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 and Florida retain the top two spots in the rankings, while Texas narrowly edges Oklahoma for the No. 3 spot. USC again rounds out the top five.
Highlights of November 30 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank |  | Team |  | Record |  | Points |  | Previous Game |  | Next Game |  | Previous Week's Rank |
1 |  | Alabama (107) |  | 12-0 |  | 2,815 |  | Beat Auburn 36-0 |  | SEC Championship vs. No. 2 Florida |  | 1 |
2 |  | Florida (4) |  | 11-1 |  | 2,619 |  | Beat No. 23 Florida State 45-15 |  | SEC Championship vs. No. 1 Alabama |  | 2 |
3 |  | Texas (1) |  | 11-1 |  | 2,575 |  | Beat Texas A&M 49-9 |  | TBD |  | 4 |
4 |  | Oklahoma |  | 11-1 |  | 2,569 |  | Beat No. 12 Oklahoma State 61-41 |  | TBD |  | 3 |
5 |  | USC |  | 10-1 |  | 2,378 |  | Beat Notre Dame 38-3 |  | at UCLA |  | 5 |
6 |  | Penn State |  | 11-1 |  | 2,177 |  | Idle |  | Idle |  | 6 |
7 |  | Utah (1) |  | 12-0 |  | 2,111 |  | Idle |  | Idle |  | 8 |
8 |  | Texas Tech |  | 11-1 |  | 2,090 |  | Beat Baylor 35-28 |  | TBD |  | 7 |
9 |  | Boise State |  | 12-0 |  | 1,937 |  | Beat Fresno State 61-10 |  | Idle |  | 9 |
10 |  | Ohio State |  | 10-2 |  | 1,856 |  | Idle |  | Idle |  | 10 |
11 |  | Ball State |  | 12-0 |  | 1,526 |  | Beat Western Michigan 45-22 |  | MAC Championship vs. Buffalo (Fri) |  | 14 |
12 |  | TCU |  | 10-2 |  | 1,502 |  | Idle |  | Idle |  | 15 |
13 |  | Cincinnati |  | 10-2 |  | 1,425 |  | Beat Syracuse 30-10 |  | at Hawaii |  | 16 |
14 |  | Oklahoma State |  | 9-3 |  | 1,217 |  | Lost to No. 3 Oklahoma 61-41 |  | Idle |  | 12 |
15 |  | Oregon |  | 9-3 |  | 1,076 |  | Beat No. 17 Oregon State 65-38 |  | Idle |  | 19 |
16 |  | Georgia Tech |  | 9-3 |  | 1,065 |  | Beat No. 13 Georgia 45-42 |  | Idle |  | 22 |
17 |  | BYU |  | 10-2 |  | 990 |  | Idle |  | Idle |  | 18 |
18 |  | Missouri |  | 9-3 |  | 896 |  | Lost to Kansas 40-37 |  | Big 12 Championship vs. TBD |  | 11 |
19 |  | Boston College |  | 9-3 |  | 834 |  | Beat Maryland 28-21 |  | ACC Championship vs. Virginia Tech |  | 20 |
20 |  | Georgia |  | 9-3 |  | 833 |  | Lost to No. 22 Georgia Tech 45-42 |  | Idle |  | 13 |
21 |  | Michigan State |  | 9-3 |  | 688 |  | Idle |  | Idle |  | 21 |
22 |  | Northwestern |  | 9-3 |  | 414 |  | Idle |  | Idle |  | 24 |
23 |  | Pittsburgh |  | 8-3 |  | 346 |  | Beat West Virginia 19-15 |  | at Connecticut |  | 25 |
24 |  | Mississippi |  | 8-4 |  | 239 |  | Beat Mississippi State 45-0 |  | Idle |  | NR |
25 |  | Oregon State |  | 8-4 |  | 211 |  | Lost to No. 19 Oregon 65-38 |  | Idle |  | 17 |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes: Tulsa 87; Virginia Tech 71; Iowa 60; Florida State 30; Nebraska 20; California 18; Rice 12; North Carolina 9; West Virginia 9; Kansas 6; Connecticut 5; Western Michigan 4; LSU 3; Maryland 2.
Dropped out of Top 25: Florida State.
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, 113 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings. One panelist did not submit rankings due to personal reasons.
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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