NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --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 Oregon are #1 and #2 respectively, and are followed by five other teams - South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas State, Florida, and Notre Dame - that are also undefeated.
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Highlights of October 7 Harris Interactive College Football Poll | |||||
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Previous Game | Next Game |
(weekend of Oct 6) | (weekend of Oct 13) | ||||
1 | Alabama (108) | 5-0 | 2,820 | Idle | at Missouri |
2 | Oregon (5) | 6-0 | 2,706 | Beat Washington 52-21 | Idle |
3 | South Carolina | 6-0 | 2,565 | Beat Georgia 35-7 | at No. 8 LSU |
4 | West Virginia | 5-0 | 2,376 | Beat Texas 48-45 | at Texas Tech |
5 | Kansas State | 5-0 | 2,355 | Beat Kansas 56-16 | at No. 25 Iowa State |
6 | Florida | 5-0 | 2,305 | Beat LSU 14-6 | at Vanderbilt |
7 | Notre Dame | 5-0 | 2,210 | Beat Miami (FL) 41-3 | No. 16 Stanford |
8 | LSU | 5-1 | 1,901 | Lost to Florida 14-6 | No. 3 South Carolina |
9 | Florida State | 5-1 | 1,736 | Lost to North Carolina State 17-16 | Boston College |
10 | USC | 4-1 | 1,634 | Beat Utah 38-28 | at Washington |
11 | Georgia | 5-1 | 1,532 | Lost to South Carolina 35-7 | Idle |
12 | Oregon State | 4-0 | 1,516 | Beat Washington State 19-6 | at BYU |
13 | Oklahoma | 3-1 | 1,428 | Beat Texas Tech 41-20 | No. 15 Texas |
14 | Clemson | 5-1 | 1,410 | Beat Georgia Tech 47-31 | Idle |
15 | Texas | 4-1 | 1,287 | Lost to West Virginia 48-45 | No. 13 Oklahoma |
16 | Stanford | 4-1 | 1,266 | Beat Arizona 54-48 (OT) | at No. 7 Notre Dame |
17 | Mississippi State | 5-0 | 1,093 | Beat Kentucky 27-14 | Tennessee |
18 | Louisville | 5-0 | 1,088 | Idle | at Pittsburgh |
19 | Rutgers | 5-0 | 785 | Beat Connecticut 19-3 | Syracuse |
20 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 552 | Beat Miami (OH) 52-14 | Fordham |
21 | TCU | 4-1 | 384 | Lost to Iowa State 37-23 | at Baylor |
22 | Boise State | 4-1 | 335 | Beat Southern Miss 40-14 | Fresno State |
23 | Texas A&M | 4-1 | 291 | Beat Ole Miss 30-27 | at No. 24 Louisiana Tech |
24 | Louisiana Tech | 5-0 | 147 | Beat UNLV 58-31 | No. 23 Texas A&M |
25 | Iowa State | 4-1 | 129 | Beat TCU 37-23 | No. 5 Kansas State |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses. | |||||
Other teams receiving votes: Baylor 126; Michigan State 121; Ohio 108; Arizona State 99; Nebraska 75; Michigan 67; Northwestern 42; Wisconsin 42; Texas Tech 39; NC State 33; Oklahoma State 31; Duke 21; UCLA 16; Nevada 13; Washington 12; California 6; Western Kentucky 5; Fresno State 4; Tulsa 4; Tennessee 3; Arizona 2; Louisiana-Monroe 2; Virginia Tech 2; Toledo 1.
Poll Methodology and Process
The 2012 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, 113 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings (two panelists were unable to submit rankings for 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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