Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll

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. Florida, Texas, and Alabama, all still undefeated, maintained the top three spots. TCU moved into the 4th spot after beating San Diego State 55-12. Cincinnati again rounded out the top five.

Highlights of November 8 Harris Interactive College Football
Poll
Rank  Team            Record  Points  Previous Game                   Next Game                   Previous
                                      (weekend                        (weekend                    Week's Rank
                                      of Nov. 7)                      of Nov. 14)
1     Florida (82)    9-0     2,801   Beat Vanderbilt 27-3            at South Carolina           1
2     Texas (18)      9-0     2,712   Beat UCF 35-3                   at Baylor                   2
3     Alabama (14)    9-0     2,688   Beat No. 9 LSU 24-15            at Mississippi State        3
4     TCU             9-0     2,424   Beat San Diego State 55-12      No. 16 Utah                 6
5     Cincinnati      9-0     2,377   Beat Connecticut 47-45          No. 24 West Virginia (Fri)  5
6     Boise State     9-0     2,349   Beat Louisiana Tech 45-35       Idaho                       4
7     Georgia Tech    9-1     2,131   Beat Wake Forest 30-27 (OT)     at Duke                     11
8     Ohio State      8-2     1,795   Beat No. 10 Penn State 24-7     No. 12 Iowa                 13
9     Pittsburgh      8-1     1,713   Beat Syracuse 37-10             Notre Dame                  15
10    USC             7-2     1,660   Beat Arizona State 14-9         Stanford                    12
11    LSU             7-2     1,634   Lost to No. 3 Alabama 24-15     Louisiana Tech              9
12    Iowa            9-1     1,540   Lost to Northwestern 17-10      at No. 8 Ohio State         7
13    Houston         8-1     1,476   Beat Tulsa 46-45                at UCF                      14
14    Oregon          7-2     1,381   Lost to Stanford 51-42          Arizona State               8
15    Miami (FL)      7-2     1,366   Beat Virginia 52-17             at North Carolina           17
16    Utah            8-1     1,352   Beat New Mexico 45-14           at No. 4 TCU                16
17    Penn State      8-2     1,057   Lost to No. 13 Ohio State 24-7  Indiana                     10
18    Oklahoma State  7-2     979     Beat Iowa State 34-8            Texas Tech                  18
19    Arizona         6-2     880     Beat Washington State 48-7      at California               21
20    Wisconsin       7-2     567     Beat Indiana 31-28              Michigan                    24
21    Virginia Tech   6-3     478     Beat East Carolina 16-3         at Maryland                 23
22    BYU             7-2     468     Beat Wyoming 52-0               at New Mexico               25
23    South Florida   6-2     266     Idle                            at Rutgers (Thu)            NR
24    West Virginia   7-2     182     Beat Louisville 17-9            at No. 5 Cincinnati (Fri)   NR
25    Clemson         6-3     119     Beat Florida State 40-24        at North Carolina State     NR
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Stanford 115; Auburn 100; Oregon State 94; Texas Tech 73; Navy 44; Nebraska 44; Oklahoma 37; California 30; Temple 24; Tennessee 19; Central Michigan 14; Troy University 12; Mississippi 11; Rutgers 11; Notre Dame 9; North Carolina 6; South Carolina 4; Boston College 3; Kansas State 3; Fresno State 2.

Dropped out of Top 25: Oklahoma; Notre Dame; California.

Poll Methodology and Process

The 2009 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. 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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