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. Alabama is 9-0 and took over the No. 1 ranking, while Penn State and Texas Tech, also both 9-0, moved to No. 2 and 3 respectively. Florida moved to No. 4, and Oklahoma rounds out the top 5. Texas' last-second loss to Texas Tech dropped the previously top-ranked Longhorns to No. 6.
Highlights of November 2 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank |  | Team |  | Record |  | Points |  | Previous Game Nov. 1) |  | Next Game Nov. 8) |  | Previous Week's Rank |
1 | Alabama (79) | 9-0 | 2,798 | Beat Arkansas State 35-0 | at No. 15 LSU | 2 | ||||||
2 | Penn State (17) | 9-0 | 2,689 | Idle | at Iowa | 3 | ||||||
3 | Texas Tech (16) | 9-0 | 2,644 | Beat No. 1 Texas 39-33 | No. 8 Oklahoma State | 5 | ||||||
4 | Florida (1) | 7-1 | 2,391 | Beat No. 8 Georgia 49-10 | at Vanderbilt | 6 | ||||||
5 | Oklahoma | 8-1 | 2,366 | Beat Nebraska 62-28 | at Texas A&M | 4 | ||||||
6 | Texas (1) | 8-1 | 2,322 | Lost to No. 5 Texas Tech 39-33 | Baylor | 1 | ||||||
7 | USC | 7-1 | 2,273 | Beat Washington 56-0 | No. 21 California | 7 | ||||||
8 | Oklahoma State | 8-1 | 2,021 | Beat Iowa State 59-17 | at No. 3 Texas Tech | 9 | ||||||
9 | Utah | 9-0 | 1,864 | Beat New Mexico 13-10 | No. 12 TCU (Thur) | 10 | ||||||
10 | Boise State | 8-0 | 1,797 | Beat New Mexico State 49-0 | Utah State | 11 | ||||||
11 | Ohio State | 7-2 | 1,576 | Idle | at Northwestern | 12 | ||||||
12 | TCU | 9-1 | 1,560 | Beat UNLV 44-14 | at No. 9 Utah (Thur) | 13 | ||||||
13 | Missouri | 7-2 | 1,416 | Beat Baylor 31-28 | Kansas State | 14 | ||||||
14 | Georgia | 7-2 | 1,380 | Lost to No. 6 Florida 49-10 | at Kentucky | 8 | ||||||
15 | LSU | 6-2 | 1,241 | Beat Tulane 35-10 | No. 1 Alabama | 16 | ||||||
16 | BYU | 8-1 | 1,179 | Beat Colorado State 45-42 | San Diego State | 15 | ||||||
17 | Ball State | 8-0 | 1,053 | Idle | Northern Illinois (Wed) | 17 | ||||||
18 | Michigan State | 8-2 | 857 | Beat Wisconsin 25-24 | Purdue | 21 | ||||||
19 | North Carolina | 6-2 | 670 | Idle | No. 20 Georgia Tech | 22 | ||||||
20 | Georgia Tech | 7-2 | 561 | Beat No. 18 Florida State 31-28 | at No. 19 North Carolina | 25 | ||||||
21 | California | 6-2 | 432 | Beat No. 24 Oregon 26-16 | at No. 7 USC | 25 | ||||||
22 | West Virginia | 6-2 | 369 | Beat Connecticut 35-13 | Cincinnati | NR | ||||||
23 | Maryland | 6-2 | 249 | Idle | at Virginia Tech (Thur) | NR | ||||||
24 | Florida State | 6-2 | 237 | Lost to No. 25 Georgia Tech 31-28 | Clemson | 18 | ||||||
25 | Tulsa | 8-1 | 234 | Lost to Arkansas 30-23 | Idle | 19 |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes: Northwestern 212; Pittsburgh 197; Kansas 185; Minnesota 119; Air Force 31; Cincinnati 27; Oregon 17; Miami (FLA) 16; Boston College 14; South Carolina 11; South Florida 11; Arizona 9; Central Michigan 5; Oregon State 5; Virginia 4; Fresno State 3; Louisville 2; Connecticut 1; Navy 1; Western Michigan 1.
Dropped out of Top 25: Minnesota, South Florida, Oregon.
Poll Methodology and Process
The 2008 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, 114 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings.
The 11 Division 1-A Conference Commissioners and Notre Dame Athletics Director Jack Swarbrick decided not to accept the Harris Interactive recommendation to apply a standard statistical practice that addresses potential instability, error or bias associated with unusual ranking patterns. This process, which began in 2005, will remain the same for the 2008 season. Each week Harris Interactive will conduct a thorough verification of the results, and the rankings will stand as submitted.
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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