NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) 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. This week LSU and Alabama both won decisively and maintained the top two spots. Oklahoma State and Stanford moved into the Top 5 after losses by both Oklahoma and Wisconsin, and Boise State maintained its fifth-place position.
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Highlights of October 23 Harris Interactive College Football Poll | |||||||
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Previous Game (weekend of Oct 22) | Next Game (weekend of Oct 29) | Previous Week's Rank | |
1 | LSU (94) | 8-0 | 2,854 | Beat No. 21 Auburn 45-10 | Idle | 1 | |
2 | Alabama (20) | 8-0 | 2,777 | Beat Tennessee 37-6 | Idle | 2 | |
3 | Oklahoma State | 7-0 | 2,559 | Beat Missouri 45-24 | Baylor | 6 | |
4 | Stanford (1) | 7-0 | 2,523 | Beat No. 25 Washington 65-21 | at USC | 7 | |
5 | Boise State | 7-0 | 2,410 | Beat Air Force 37-26 | Idle | 5 | |
6 | Clemson | 8-0 | 2,346 | Beat North Carolina 59-38 | at Georgia Tech | 8 | |
7 | Oregon | 6-1 | 2,136 | Beat Colorado 45-2 | Washington State | 9 | |
8 | Oklahoma | 6-1 | 1,866 | Lost to Texas Tech 41-38 | No. 10 Kansas State | 3 | |
9 | Arkansas | 6-1 | 1,851 | Beat Mississippi 29-24 | at Vanderbilt | 10 | |
10 | Kansas State | 7-0 | 1,764 | Beat Kansas 59-21 | No. 8 Oklahoma | 12 | |
11 | Michigan State | 6-1 | 1,760 | Beat No. 4 Wisconsin 37-31 | at No. 13 Nebraska | 15 | |
12 | Wisconsin | 6-1 | 1,731 | Lost to No. 15 Michigan State 37-31 | at Ohio State | 4 | |
13 | Nebraska | 6-1 | 1,508 | Beat Minnesota 41-14 | No. 11 Michigan State | 11 | |
14 | South Carolina | 6-1 | 1,378 | Idle | at Tennessee | 13 | |
15 | Virginia Tech | 7-1 | 1,343 | Beat Boston College 30-14 | at Duke | 16 | |
16 | Michigan | 6-1 | 1,072 | Idle | Purdue | 17 | |
17 | Texas A&M | 5-2 | 1,040 | Beat Iowa State 33-17 | Missouri | 19 | |
18 | Houston | 7-0 | 975 | Beat Marshall 63-28 | Rice (Thur) | 22 | |
19 | Penn State | 7-1 | 769 | Beat Northwestern 34-24 | Illinois | 24 | |
20 | Arizona State | 5-2 | 542 | Idle | Colorado | 23 | |
21 | Texas Tech | 5-2 | 407 | Beat No. 3 Oklahoma 41-38 | Iowa State | NR | |
22 | Georgia | 5-2 | 337 | Idle | Florida | NR | |
23 | West Virginia | 5-2 | 330 | Lost to Syracuse 49-23 | at Rutgers | 14 | |
24 | Cincinnati | 6-1 | 239 | Beat South Florida 37-34 | Idle | NR | |
25 | Texas | 4-2 | 152 | Idle | Kansas | NR | |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes: Georgia Tech 137; Southern Miss 135; Baylor 83; TCU 83; Auburn 60; Syracuse 57; Illinois 51; Washington 32; BYU 21; SMU 14; Iowa 13; Miami (FL) 10; Ohio State 6; Rutgers 4.
Dropped out of Top 25: Georgia Tech, Illinois, Auburn, Washington.
Poll Methodology and Process
The 2011 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 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions. Today, 115 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings. 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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