By Ralph D. Russo
The Associated Press

LSU fell out of the top 10 Sunday while Auburn moved in, the result of a one-point game decided by a second-chance extra point.

Defending BCS champion LSU dropped eight spots to No. 13 in The Associated Press media poll after losing 10-9 at Auburn on Saturday. Auburn moved up five spots to No. 9.

"Is this a turning point? No, I think it's just a point that people will recognize that we've got a pretty decent team and things are going to just heat up on us," Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said Sunday. "We're going to see if we can handle it."

The top four teams in the rankings were unchanged with Southern California keeping a firm hold on No. 1 with 54 first-place votes and 1,613 points.

No. 2 Oklahoma had 10 first-place votes and 1,562 points. No. 3 Georgia received the remaining first-place vote, despite showing little offense in a 13-3 victory over Marshall. No. 4 Miami, like USC and Oklahoma, won easily on Saturday.

LSU's fall helped No. 5 Texas move up one spot during an off week. No. 6 West Virginia also moved up one spot after beating No. 23 Maryland in overtime.

No. 7 Ohio State jumped up two spots after beating North Carolina State on the road. Florida State held steady at No. 8, and California, which had its game against Southern Mississippi postponed by Hurricane Ivan, did the same at No. 10.

Tennessee, the winner of Saturday's other big Southeastern Conference game, moved up a spot to No. 11 after edging past Florida 30-28 on a late field goal. The Gators dropped five spots to No. 16.

"It's something to build on. It was not pretty a lot of the way, but it's a win," Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said.

Auburn plays The Citadel on Saturday while Tennessee should get a break against Louisiana Tech. The next week, the Volunteers and Tigers meet in Knoxville.

Auburn's win over LSU hints at a role reversal for the SEC West rivals.

Last season Auburn was highly touted in the preseason with national title hopes, but it was LSU that made a championship run with little hype.

Now with little fanfare Auburn has taken the early lead in the SEC West, while LSU struggles to find offensive consistency.

The difference between the two teams is slim, though.

Auburn scored a tying touchdown Saturday with just over a minute left, but kicker John Vaughn missed his first shot at the go-ahead PAT. A penalty on LSU gave Vaughn another try and he booted it through.

"We need to get better from this, learn our lessons, grow, mature," LSU coach Nick Saban said.

It was almost another narrow escape by LSU, which won its opener when Oregon State's kicker missed three extra points.

Wins by Auburn and Tennessee shook up the order of the Top 25, but with few upsets, most of the members remained the same.

Arizona State's surprisingly easy 44-7 win over Iowa jumped the unbeaten Sun Devils (3-0) into the rankings at No. 22 and knocked the Hawkeyes out.

Oklahoma State (3-0) was the only other team to enter the rankings this week, taking the 25th spot and giving the Big 12 a third team in the poll, along with Oklahoma and Texas.

Last week the Big 12 had just two ranked teams, the fewest ever for the 8-year-old conference.

Iowa tumbled out of the rankings after being 16th and Memphis' first appearance in the poll lasted just one week. The Tigers were No. 25 last week, but needed a frantic 21-point comeback in the final four minutes to beat lowly Arkansas State on the road.

Virginia is No. 12 after its third straight lopsided victory, followed by LSU, Utah and Purdue.

No. 17 is Fresno State followed by three Big Ten teams - Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Boise State moved up two spots to 21 and Louisville remained 24th.

AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in the Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pvs
1. Southern Cal (54)	3-0	1,613	1
2. Oklahoma (10)	3-0	1,562	2
3. Georgia (1)	3-0	1,456	3
4. Miami	2-0	1,437	4
5. Texas	2-0	1,358	6
6. West Virginia	3-0	1,169	7
7. Ohio St.	3-0	1,117	9
8. Florida St.	1-1	1,079	8
9. Auburn	3-0	1,064	14
10. California	2-0	1,034	10
11. Tennessee	2-0	1,031	13
12. Virginia	3-0	919	12
13. LSU	2-1	844	5
14. Utah	3-0	763	15
15. Purdue	2-0	652	18
16. Florida	1-1	646	11
17. Fresno St.	3-0	535	19
18. Michigan	2-1	478	17
19. Minnesota	3-0	475	22
20. Wisconsin	3-0	381	20
21. Boise St.	3-0	307	23
22. Arizona St.	3-0	210	-
23. Maryland	2-1	208	21
24. Louisville	2-0	195	24
25. Oklahoma St.	3-0	134	-

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 89, Memphis 78, Iowa 66, Kansas St. 46, Southern Miss. 34, Missouri 33, Virginia Tech 29, Alabama 23, Colorado 23, Boston College 19, Arkansas 9, Georgia Tech 4, South Carolina 4, UCLA 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 18, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pvs
1. Southern Cal (48)	3-0	1,510	1
2. Oklahoma (12)	3-0	1,465	2
3. Georgia	3-0	1,370	3
4. Miami (1)	2-0	1,357	5
5. Texas	2-0	1,258	6
6. Ohio State	3-0	1,192	7
7. West Virginia	3-0	1,047	8
8. Tennessee	2-0	971	13
9. California	2-0	937	10
10. Auburn	3-0	928	15
11. Florida State	1-1	896	11
12. Virginia	3-0	796	16
13. LSU	2-1	795	4
14. Utah	3-0	752	14
15. Purdue	2-0	662	18
16. Florida	1-1	532	9
17. Fresno State	3-0	500	20
18. Michigan	2-1	476	17
19. Minnesota	3-0	435	22
20. Wisconsin	3-0	395	21
21. Boise State	3-0	346	23
22. Louisville	2-0	204	24
23. Maryland	2-1	193	19
24. Iowa	2-1	147	12
25. Oklahoma State	3-0	144	-

Others receiving votes: Arizona State 79, Virginia Tech 73, Memphis 66, Notre Dame 54, Kansas State 52, Missouri 37, Colorado 35, Boston College 30, Alabama 26, Nebraska 11, Southern Mississippi 11, Arkansas 8, North Carolina State 8, Texas Tech 8, Bowling Green 5, Clemson 4, South Carolina 3, Texas A&M 3, Stanford 2, Oregon 1, UCLA 1.

Schedule

La Salle at St. Peter's, 7 p.m.

Akron at Kent St., 7 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Bowling Green at N. Illinois, 7 p.m.

BYU at Boise St., 10 p.m.

Harvard at Brown, Noon

Army at Connecticut, Noon

Dartmouth at New Hampshire, 12:30 p.m.

Georgetown, D.C. at Colgate, 1 p.m.

Yale at Cornell, 1 p.m.

Duquesne at Fordham, 1 p.m.

Delaware at Massachusetts, 1 p.m.

Stony Brook at Monmouth, N.J., 1 p.m.

Furman at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Albany, N.Y. at Sacred Heart, 1 p.m.

Robert Morris at St. Francis, Pa., 1 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Navy, 1:30 p.m.

Rhode Island at Hofstra, 3:30 p.m.

James Madison at West Virginia, 4 p.m.

Wagner at Cent. Connecticut St., 6 p.m.

Northeastern at Towson, 6 p.m.

Columbia at Bucknell, 7 p.m.

Iona at Marist, 7 p.m.

Villanova at Penn, 7 p.m.

Maryland at Duke, Noon

N.C. State at Virginia Tech, Noon

Boston College at Wake Forest, Noon

Mississippi St. at LSU, 12:30 p.m.

Butler at Davidson, 1 p.m.

S. Illinois at Delaware St., 1 p.m.

Savannah St. at Howard, 1 p.m.

Lafayette at Richmond, 1 p.m.

VMI at William & Mary, 1 p.m.

Charleston, W.Va. at Charleston Southern, 1:30 p.m.

Elon at N. Carolina A&T, 1:30 p.m.

Louisville at North Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

Dayton at Austin Peay, 2 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff vs. Alabama A&M at St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.

The Citadel at Auburn, 2:30 p.m.

Clemson at Florida St., 3:30 p.m.

Syracuse at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Norfolk St. at Bethune-Cookman, 4 p.m.

Illinois St. at Florida Atlantic, 4 p.m.

Hampton vs. Morgan St. at East Rutherford, N.J., 4 p.m.

Florida A&M vs. Tennessee St. at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Georgia Southern at Chattanooga, 4 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Northwestern St., 5 p.m.

Kentucky at Florida, 6 p.m.

W. Kentucky at Fla. International, 6 p.m.

W. Carolina at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Jacksonville St. at E. Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.

Alabama St. at Alcorn St., 7 p.m.

North Greenville at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati at East Carolina, 7 p.m.

MVSU at Jackson St., 7 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m.

Tennessee Tech at Murray St., 7 p.m.

Sam Houston St. at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.

Troy at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at Tennessee, 7 p.m.

Southern Miss. at Tulane, 7 p.m.

Memphis at UAB, 7 p.m.

Johnson C. Smith at Wofford, 7 p.m.

Arkansas St. at Louisiana-Monroe, 7:30 p.m.

S. Dakota St. at Southern U., 8 p.m.

Purdue at Illinois, Noon

Michigan St. at Indiana, Noon

Jacksonville at Valparaiso, 1 p.m.

Morehead St. at Drake, 2 p.m.

Tenn.-Martin at Indiana St., 2 p.m.

Texas Tech at Kansas, 3:30 p.m.

Iowa at Michigan, 3:30 p.m.

Washington at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.

Penn St. at Wisconsin, 5:45 p.m.

Liberty at Youngstown St., 6 p.m.

E. Illinois at E. Michigan, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Ohio, 7 p.m.

Samford at SE Missouri, 7 p.m.

Temple at Toledo, 7 p.m.

Quincy at W. Illinois, 7 p.m.

W. Michigan at Ball St., 8 p.m.

Northwestern at Minnesota, 9 p.m.

Alabama at Arkansas, 3:30 p.m.

North Texas at Baylor, 7 p.m.

South Florida at TCU, 7 p.m.

Rice at Texas, 7 p.m.

SW Missouri St. at Tulsa, 7 p.m.

San Jose St. at SMU, 8 p.m.

S. Utah at Stephen F.Austin, 8 p.m.

Nicholls St. at Texas Southern, 8 p.m.

Montana St. at Colorado St., 3 p.m.

N. Colorado at Montana, 3 p.m.

Air Force at Utah, 3 p.m.

Mississippi at Wyoming, 3 p.m.

Washington St. at Arizona, 3:30 p.m.

Idaho at Oregon, 3:30 p.m.

Princeton at San Diego, 4 p.m.

Sacramento St. at UC Davis, 6:30 p.m.

Southern Cal at Stanford, 7 p.m.

New Mexico at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.

Idaho St. at E. Washington, 9 p.m.

Weber St. at N. Arizona, 9 p.m.

McNeese St. at Portland St., 9 p.m.

Nevada at San Diego St., 9 p.m.

Oregon St. at Arizona St., 10 p.m.

Utah St. at UNLV, 10 p.m.