NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2013 /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. All of the top five teams in last week's poll won this week and retained their position in the top five. Alabama and Oregon remain in the top two spots.
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Highlights of October 27 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Previous Game | Next Game | Previous Week's Rank | |
1 | Alabama (94) | 8-0 | 2,590 | Beat Tennessee 45-10 | Idle | 1 | |
2 | Oregon (10) | 8-0 | 2,492 | Beat #11 UCLA 42-14 | Idle | 2 | |
3 | Florida State | 7-0 | 2,386 | Beat North Carolina State 49-17 | #7 Miami (FL) | 3 | |
4 | Ohio State | 8-0 | 2,301 | Beat Penn State 63-14 | at Purdue | 4 | |
5 | Baylor | 7-0 | 2,130 | Beat Kansas 59-14 | Idle | 5 | |
6 | Stanford | 7-1 | 2,035 | Beat Oregon State 20-12 | Idle | 8 | |
7 | Miami (FL) | 7-0 | 1,977 | Beat Wake Forest 24-21 | at #3 Florida State | 7 | |
8 | Clemson | 7-1 | 1,767 | Beat Maryland 40-27 | at Virginia | 10 | |
9 | Missouri | 7-1 | 1,510 | Lost to #20 South Carolina 27-24 (2OT) | Tennessee | 6 | |
10 | Oklahoma | 7-1 | 1,475 | Beat #9 Texas Tech 38-30 | Idle | 14 | |
11 | Auburn | 7-1 | 1,453 | Beat Florida Atlantic 45-10 | at Arkansas | 15 | |
12 | LSU | 7-2 | 1,408 | Beat Furman 48-16 | Idle | 12 | |
13 | Texas A&M | 6-2 | 1,364 | Beat Vanderbilt 56-24 | UTEP | 13 | |
14 | Texas Tech | 7-1 | 1,093 | Lost to #14 Oklahoma 38-30 | #15 Oklahoma State | 9 | |
15 | Oklahoma State | 6-1 | 1,081 | Beat Iowa State 58-27 | at #14 Texas Tech | 17 | |
16 | Louisville | 7-1 | 1,056 | Beat South Florida 34-3 | Idle | 16 | |
17 | South Carolina | 6-2 | 1,043 | Beat #6 Missouri 27-24 (2OT) | Mississippi State | 20 | |
18 | Fresno State | 7-0 | 965 | Beat San Diego State 35-28 (OT) | Nevada | 18 | |
19 | UCLA | 5-2 | 683 | Lost to #2 Oregon 42-14 | Colorado | 11 | |
20 | Northern Illinois | 8-0 | 650 | Beat Eastern Michigan 59-20 | at Massachusetts | 21 | |
21 | Michigan | 6-1 | 528 | Idle | at #23 Michigan State | 22 | |
22 | Central Florida | 6-1 | 502 | Beat Connecticut 62-17 | Idle | 25 | |
23 | Michigan State | 7-1 | 391 | Beat Illinois 42-3 | #21 Michigan | NR | |
24 | Wisconsin | 5-2 | 350 | Idle | at Iowa | 24 | |
25 | Arizona State | 5-2 | 135 | Idle | at Washington State (Thur) | NR |
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.
Other teams receiving votes: Notre Dame 91; Virginia Tech 79; Oregon State 62; Georgia 50; Texas 40; Houston 38; BYU 19; Florida 13; Minnesota 9; Mississippi 9; Nebraska 8; Ball State 7; Duke 5; Arizona 3; Washington 2.
Dropped out of Top 25: Virginia Tech, Nebraska.
Poll Methodology and Process
The 2013 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 10 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 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions. Today, 104 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings (one panelist did not rank due to 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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