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. Unbeaten Alabama garnered 108 first place votes to retain the top ranking. Florida edged Oklahoma for the No. 2 spot following its 70-19 win over The Citadel. Oklahoma jumped two spots to No. 3 following its win over previously No. 2 ranked Texas Tech. Texas and USC round out the top five.
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Rank |  | Team |  | Record |  | Points |  | Previous Game |  | Next Game |  | Previous |
1 |  | Alabama (108) |  | 11-0 |  | 2,839 |  | Idle |  | Auburn |  | 1 |
2 |  | Florida (3) |  | 10-1 |  | 2,644 |  | Beat Citadel 70-19 |  | at No. 23 Florida State |  | 3 |
3 |  | Oklahoma (2) |  | 10-1 |  | 2,598 |  | Beat No. 2 Texas Tech 65-21 |  | at No. 12 Oklahoma State |  | 5 |
4 |  | Texas |  | 10-1 |  | 2,577 |  | Idle |  | Texas A&M (Thur) |  | 4 |
5 |  | USC |  | 9-1 |  | 2,387 |  | Idle |  | Notre Dame |  | 6 |
6 |  | Penn State |  | 11-1 |  | 2,187 |  | Beat No. 16 Michigan State 49-18 |  | Idle |  | 7 |
7 |  | Texas Tech |  | 10-1 |  | 2,118 |  | Lost to No. 5 Oklahoma 65-21 |  | Baylor |  | 2 |
8 |  | Utah (1) |  | 12-0 |  | 2,113 |  | Beat No. 14 BYU 48-24 |  | Idle |  | 8 |
9 |  | Boise State |  | 11-0 |  | 1,901 |  | Beat Nevada 41-34 |  | Fresno State (Fri) |  | 9 |
10 |  | Ohio State |  | 10-2 |  | 1,827 |  | Beat Michigan 42-7 |  | Idle |  | 10 |
11 |  | Missouri |  | 9-2 |  | 1,622 |  | Idle |  | Kansas |  | 11 |
12 |  | Oklahoma State |  | 9-2 |  | 1,621 |  | Idle |  | No. 3 Oklahoma |  | 13 |
13 |  | Georgia |  | 9-2 |  | 1,607 |  | Idle |  | No. 22 Georgia Tech |  | 12 |
14 |  | Ball State |  | 11-0 |  | 1,346 |  | Beat Central Michigan 31-24 |  | Western Michigan (Tue) |  | 15 |
15 |  | TCU |  | 10-2 |  | 1,268 |  | Beat Air Force 44-10 |  | Idle |  | 17 |
16 |  | Cincinnati |  | 9-2 |  | 1,101 |  | Beat No. 19 Pittsburgh 28-21 |  | Syracuse |  | 20 |
17 |  | Oregon State |  | 8-3 |  | 976 |  | Beat Arizona 19-17 |  | No. 19 Oregon |  | 21 |
18 |  | BYU |  | 10-2 |  | 761 |  | Lost to No. 8 Utah 48-24 |  | Idle |  | 14 |
19 |  | Oregon |  | 8-3 |  | 584 |  | Idle |  | at No. 17 Oregon State |  | 22 |
20 |  | Boston College |  | 8-3 |  | 537 |  | Beat Wake Forest 24-21 |  | Maryland |  | 25 |
21 |  | Michigan State |  | 9-3 |  | 517 |  | Lost to No. 7 Penn State 49-18 |  | Idle |  | 16 |
22 |  | Georgia Tech |  | 8-3 |  | 415 |  | Beat Miami (FLA) 41-23 |  | at No. 13 Georgia |  | NR |
23 |  | Florida State |  | 8-3 |  | 401 |  | Beat No. 23 Maryland 37-3 |  | No. 2 Florida |  | NR |
24 |  | Northwestern |  | 9-3 |  | 330 |  | Beat Illinois 27-10 |  | Idle |  | NR |
25 |  | Pittsburgh |  | 7-3 |  | 130 |  | Lost to No. 20 Cincinnati 28-21 |  | West Virginia (Fri) |  | 19 |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes: West Virginia 116; Mississippi 101; LSU 97; Tulsa 82; Iowa 71; Western Michigan 54; California 45; Virginia Tech 14; Central Michigan 13; Connecticut 13; Miami (FLA) 11; North Carolina 9; South Carolina 6; Maryland 5; Troy 3; Fresno State 1; North Carolina State 1; Rice 1.
Dropped out of Top 25: LSU, Maryland, North Carolina.
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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