Rutgers is ranked in national polls

For the first time in nearly three years, Rutgers is ranked in the Associated Press top 25.

Coming off a 35-26 win over Arkansas on Saturday night, the Scarlet Knights (4-0) earned the 23d spot in the AP poll released Sunday.

The last time Rutgers was in the AP top 25 was November 2009.

The Scarlet Knights were also tied for the 25th ranking with Virginia Tech in the USA Today poll.

This week's rankings mark just the sixth season Rutgers has held a spot in the national polls. Besides 2009, the Knights also earned rankings in 1961, 1976, 2006 and 2007.

Kyle Flood - who is just the third Rutgers coach to start his career with four straight wins - seems unfazed by the rankings, saying: "I think the fans will probably enjoy it, [but] for us, it's only four games out of 12."

Alabama kept the top spot after a 40-7 rout of Florida Atlantic. The Crimson Tide (4-0) got 59 of 60 first-place votes from the media panel, with Louisiana State receiving the other. But the Tigers (4-0), who held on for a 12-10 win at Auburn fell to No. 3.

Oregon (4-0) slipped past LSU to take the second spot after the Ducks' 49-0 demolition of Arizona in Eugene.

Florida State (4-0) remained No. 4 following the Seminoles' 49-37 victory against Clemson, while Georgia held steady at No. 5.

South Carolina was sixth, giving the Southeastern Conference four of the top six teams in the nation. Kansas State moved up eight spots to No. 7 after shocking Oklahoma, 24-19, the Wildcats' best ranking since September 2006. The Sooners dropped from sixth to 16th.

Stanford (3-0) was eighth, while West Virginia (3-0) and Notre Dame (4-0) rounded out the top 10.

Nevada back ties TD record. Stefphon Jefferson didn't know until after the game that he had tied an NCAA record by scoring seven touchdowns to lead Nevada in a 69-24 win over Hawaii in Honolulu on Saturday.

"I didn't even know what the record was," Jefferson told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "I was just playing the game."

Jefferson, a junior running back, carried 31 times for 170 yards as the Wolf Pack (3-1, 1-0 Mountain West) snapped a seven-game losing streak in Honolulu dating back to 1948. Jefferson scored on 3-, 2-, 1-, 5-, 3- and 1-yard runs and added a 55-yard scoring reception.

It was the fourth time a player had seven TDs in a game, the first since Oklahoma State's Rashaan Woods did it in 2003.

Spurrier: No questions. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier refused to take questions for a second straight session with the media, doubling up Sunday on the trend he began during Saturday's postgame session after the Gamecocks defeated Missouri, 31-10.

Spurrier seemed jovial as he spoke to media following South Carolina's win. But after talking for about 10 minutes, Spurrier said he didn't need to take any questions, got up and left.

Spurrier started his regularly scheduled Sunday teleconference as always with a five-minute review of the game, an update on injuries, and a look ahead to the next opponent, Kentucky. Then he said he'd covered everything, didn't need to take questions, and hung up before anyone could protest.