Auburn gains first-place votes, still second behind Oregon in all three polls

Auburn's win against Alabama netted it some first-place votes , but it remained No. 2 behind Oregon overall in the Associated Press, USA Today coaches' and Harris Interactive polls.

The Tigers got 10 first-place votes in the coaches' poll, up from four a week ago, but they still trail the Ducks by 40 points in the poll. Last week the gap was 61. Oregon got 46 first-place votes.

In the AP poll, Auburn got 23 first-place votes, up from 13 last week. Oregon, which was in the No. 1 spot by 19 points, got 36 first-place votes.

Auburn got 42 first-place votes in the Harris poll, up from 31 last week.

All three polls have the same top five: Oregon, Auburn, TCU, Wisconsin and Stanford.

The highest-ranked SEC team behind Auburn is Arkansas, which is eighth in all three polls.

The coaches' and Harris polls makes up two-thirds of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, which will be released tonight.

Coaches' poll glance:

1. Oregon (46), 11-0, 1,459 points, LW: 1

2. Auburn (10), 12-0, 1,419 points, LW: 2

3. TCU (3), 12-0 1,343 points, LW: 4

4. Wisconsin, 11-1, 1,282 points, LW: 5

5. Stanford, 11-1, 1,233 points, LW: 8

Harris poll glance:

1. Oregon (70), 11-0, 2,804 points, LW: 1

2. Auburn (42), 12-0, 2,769 points, LW: 2

3. TCU (2), 12-0, 2,621 points, LW: 3

4. Wisconsin, 11-1, 2,441 points, LW: 5

5. Stanford, 11-1, 2,417 points, LW: 7

AP poll glance:

1. Oregon (36), 11-0, 1,475 points, LW: 1

2. Auburn (23), 12-0, 1,456 points, LW: 2

3. TCU (1), 12-0 1,383 points, LW: 4

4. Wisconsin, 11-1, 1,289 points, LW: 5

5. Stanford, 11-1, 1,283 points, LW: 7

And here's the usual breakdown of the AP ballots (although there's no much to break down at this point):

• Too many first-place votes to list everyone. Just know this: Auburn got 23 first-place votes, 30 second-place votes and seven third-place votes.

• Auburn's average ranking is 1.73, its highest this year.

• On six of the seven ballots that Auburn is third, Oregon was first and TCU second. One of those voters had TCU first and Oregon second.