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November 15, 2009 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 1 Florida (36) SEC 10-0 1463 *1 1 W 24-14 A South Carolina
2 < 3 Alabama (14) SEC 10-0 1429 *3 2 W 31-3 A Mississippi State
3 < 2 Texas (10) Big 12 10-0 1424 *2 3 W 47-14 A Baylor
4 < 4 TCU MWC 10-0 1307 4 4 W 55-28 H #16 Utah
5 < 5 Cincinnati Big East 10-0 1247 5 5 W 24-21 H West Virginia
6 < 6 Boise State WAC 10-0 1213 6 6 W 63-25 H Idaho
7 < 7 Georgia Tech ACC 10-1 1139 7 7 W 49-10 A Duke
8 < 8 Pittsburgh Big East 9-1 1030 9 9 W 27-22 H Notre Dame
9 < 10 Ohio State Big Ten 9-2 990 8 10 W 27-24 (1OT) H #15 Iowa
10 < 9 LSU SEC 8-2 968 10 8 W 24-16 H Louisiana Tech
11 < 14 Oregon Pac-10 8-2 918 11 11 W 44-21 H Arizona State
12 < 17 Oklahoma State Big 12 8-2 754 13 12 W 24-17 H Texas Tech
13 < 19 Penn State Big Ten 9-2 689 12 14 W 31-20 H Indiana
14 < 25 Stanford Pac-10 7-3 652 17 17 W 55-21 A #11 USC
15 < 15 Iowa Big Ten 9-2 633 15 13 L 27-24 (1OT) A #10 Ohio State
16 < 20 Virginia Tech ACC 7-3 559 16 15 W 36-9 A Maryland
17 < 21 Wisconsin Big Ten 8-2 547 14 16 W 45-24 H Michigan
18 < 24 Clemson ACC 7-3 442 19 23 W 43-23 A NC State
19 < 22 BYU MWC 8-2 344 18 22 W 24-19 A New Mexico
20 < NR Oregon State Pac-10 7-3 338 20 19 W 48-21 H Washington
21 < 12 Miami (FL) ACC 7-3 255 24 20 L 33-24 A North Carolina
22 < 11 USC Pac-10 7-3 223 21 18 L 55-21 H #25 Stanford
23 < 16 Utah MWC 8-2 183 23 21 L 55-28 A #4 TCU
24 < 13 Houston CUSA 8-2 149 22 24 L 37-32 A UCF
25 < NR Rutgers Big East 7-2 145 RV NR W 31-0 H #23 South Florida
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 7-3 144 25 NR L 24-7 A Georgia Tech
RV < NR Nebraska Big 12 7-3 64 25 NR W 31-17 A Kansas
RV < NR California Pac-10 53 RV 25  
RV < 18 Arizona Pac-10 6-3 50 RV NR L 24-16 A California
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 45 RV NR  
RV < NR Navy Ind 41 RV NR  
RV < NR Temple MAC 23 RV NR  
RV < NR Auburn SEC 9 RV NR  
RV < NR Georgia SEC 9 RV NR  
RV < NR West Virginia Big East 8 RV NR  
RV < NR Oklahoma Big 12 5 RV NR  
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 4 RV NR  
RV < NR Boston College ACC 3 RV NR  
RV < NR Nevada WAC 1 RV NR  
NR < 23 South Florida Big East 6-3 0 NR NR L 31-0 A Rutgers
NR < NR Air Force MWC 0 NR NR  
NR < NR Central Michigan MAC 0 RV NR  
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 0 RV NR  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 4 13.5 2859
ACC 4 15.5 2395
Pac-10 4 16.8 2131
SEC 3 4.3 3860
Big East 3 12.7 2422
MWC 3 15.3 1834
Big 12 2 7.5 2178
WAC 1 6.0 1213
CUSA 1 24.0 149

Milestones

- Oregon State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2008 poll (11 polls).
- Rutgers makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/21/2007 poll (35 polls).
- Boise State's Top 10 streak reaches 10.
- LSU's Top 10 streak reaches 10.
- Ohio State's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 80.
- LSU breaks tie with UCLA for #14 in total appearances.
- Houston breaks tie with Duke for #45, and ties SMU for #44.
- Utah breaks tie with Tulane for #69 in total appearances.
- Cincinnati breaks tie with Yale for #86 in total appearances.
- Rutgers ties Yale for #87 in total appearances.

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.