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It wasn't the prettiest of efforts for the newly-minted #1 team in the country, but the Bulldogs were able to come up big in key situations to seize a good 45-31 road win over Kentucky yesterday. Following that effort and the full day of games that was week nine of college football, the Bulldogs were able to remain on top of both the Coaches' and AP college football polls.
You can check out both polls in full below.
Hail State
| Coaches | AP | Massey | |
| 1 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | Alabama |
| 2 | Florida State | Florida State | Ole Miss |
| 3 | Alabama | Alabama | Mississippi State |
| 4 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| 5 | Michigan State | Oregon | Florida State |
| 6 | Oregon | Notre Dame | Georgia |
| 7 | Notre Dame | Ole Miss | Oregon |
| 8 | Georgia | Michigan State | LSU |
| 9 | Ole Miss | Georgia | Kansas State |
| 10 | TCU | TCU | TCU |
| 11 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Michigan State |
| 12 | Baylor | Baylor | Oklahoma |
| 13 | Ohio State | Ohio State | Arizona State |
| 14 | Arizona State | Arizona | Baylor |
| 15 | Arizona | Arizona State | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Nebraska | LSU | Clemson |
| 17 | LSU | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| 18 | Utah | Utah | Texas A&M |
| 19 | East Carolina | Oklahoma | West Virginia |
| 20 | Oklahoma | West Virginia | Arizona |
| 21 | Clemson | East Carolina | Ohio State |
| 22 | West Virginia | Clemson | UCLA |
| 23 | Marshall | Marshall | Missouri |
| 24 | Duke | Duke | Utah |
| 25 | UCLA | UCLA | USC |