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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Alabama retained the top spot when the USA Today college football coaches poll was released Sunday.
The Crimson Tide (10-0) stayed unbeaten with a 27-21 overtime victory over reigning national champion and SEC rival LSU.
Texas Tech (10-0) supplanted Penn State at No. 2 after walloping fellow Big 12 member Oklahoma State 56-20, while PSU suffered a 24-23 last second loss to Iowa.
Both the Crimson Tide and the Red Raiders are idle Saturday.
The rest of this week's top 10 are: Florida (8-1), Oklahoma (9-1), Texas (9-1), Southern California (8-1), Utah (10-0), the Nittany Lions, Boise State (9-0) and Ohio State (8-2).
Georgia Tech, Maryland, California, West Virginia, and Northwestern fell out of the poll following losses this week.
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