Today’s Harris Interactive College Football PollSM shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media. Florida retained its No. 1 ranking with 75 first place votes. The top five teams in the rankings are unchanged from last week.
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Highlights of October 25 Harris Interactive College Football Poll | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Previous Game | Next Game | Previous | ||||||
| 1 | Florida (75) | 7-0 | 2,765 | Beat Mississippi State 29-19 | Georgia | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Alabama (17) | 8-0 | 2,674 | Beat Tennessee 12-10 | Idle | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Texas (20) | 7-0 | 2,672 | Beat Missouri 41-7 | at No. 13 Oklahoma State | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | USC | 6-1 | 2,316 | Beat Oregon State 42-36 | at No. 11 Oregon | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Boise State | 7-0 | 2,273 | Beat Hawaii 54-9 | San Jose State | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Cincinnati | 7-0 | 2,224 | Beat Louisville 41-10 | at Syracuse | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | TCU | 7-0 | 2,119 | Beat No. 16 BYU 38-7 | UNLV | 8 | ||||||
| 8 | Iowa (1) | 8-0 | 2,086 | Beat Michigan State 15-13 | Indiana | 7 | ||||||
| 9 | LSU | 6-1 | 1,994 | Beat Auburn 31-10 | Tulane | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Penn State | 7-1 | 1,699 | Beat Michigan 35-10 | at Northwestern | 11 | ||||||
| 11 | Oregon | 6-1 | 1,689 | Beat Washington 43-19 | No. 4 USC | 12 | ||||||
| 12 | Georgia Tech | 7-1 | 1,644 | Beat Virginia 34-9 | at Vanderbilt | 13 | ||||||
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 6-1 | 1,522 | Beat Baylor 34-7 | No. 3 Texas | 14 | ||||||
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 5-2 | 1,350 | Idle | North Carolina (Thu) | 15 | ||||||
| 15 | Ohio State | 6-2 | 1,125 | Beat Minnesota 38-7 | New Mexico State | 17 | ||||||
| 16 | Houston | 6-1 | 1,064 | Beat Southern Methodist 38-15 | Southern Miss | 18 | ||||||
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 952 | Beat No. 24 South Florida 41-14 | Idle | 20 | ||||||
| 18 | Miami (FL) | 5-2 | 858 | Lost to Clemson 40-37 (OT) | at Wake Forest | 10 | ||||||
| 19 | Utah | 6-1 | 834 | Beat Air Force 23-16 (OT) | Wyoming | 19 | ||||||
| 20 | West Virginia | 6-1 | 622 | Beat Connecticut 28-24 | at South Florida (Fri) | 23 | ||||||
| 21 | South Carolina | 6-2 | 475 | Beat Vanderbilt 14-10 | at Tennessee | NR | ||||||
| 22 | Oklahoma | 4-3 | 399 | Beat No. 21 Kansas 35-13 | Kansas State | 25 | ||||||
| 23 | Mississippi | 5-2 | 342 | Beat Arkansas 30-17 | at Auburn | NR | ||||||
| 24 | Notre Dame | 5-2 | 236 | Beat Boston College 20-16 | Washington State | NR | ||||||
| 25 | Arizona | 5-2 | 230 | Beat UCLA 27-13 | Idle | NR | ||||||
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes: BYU 202; Central Michigan 107; California 65; Wisconsin 54; Kansas 42; Navy 25; Texas Tech 23; Tennessee 11; South Florida 8; Georgia 5; Oregon State 5; Temple 5; Idaho 4; Clemson 3; Connecticut 1; Troy University 1.
Dropped out of Top 25: BYU; Kansas; Texas Tech; South Florida.
Poll Methodology and Process
The 2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of former players, coaches, administrators and current and former members of the media who have committed to submit rankings for the top 25 college football teams each week. These panelists were randomly selected from among more than 300 nominations submitted by the 11 Division I-A Conference offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 Division I-A Conferences and independent institutions. Today, 113 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings. One panelist did not submit rankings due to personal reasons. Harris Interactive applies a standard statistical practice that allows it to identify potential instability, error or bias associated with unusual ranking patterns. Those rankings that are identified through the analysis are verified to ensure that each panelist’s intent is accurately reflected.
This week’s rankings and other information about the poll can be found at www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll and www.bcsfootball.org.
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