October 26, 2008 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		W-L		PTS		CP		HP		BCS		Last Week
1	<  1		Texas (65)		Big 12		8-0		1625		1		1		1		W 28-24 vs #7 Oklahoma State
2	<  2		Alabama		SEC		8-0		1542		2		2		2		W 29-9 at Tennessee
3	<  3		Penn State		Big Ten		9-0		1503		3		3		3		W 13-6 at #10 Ohio State
4	<  4		Oklahoma		Big 12		7-1		1361		4		4		4		W 58-35 at Kansas State
5	<  5		Florida		SEC		6-1		1337		7		6		8		W 63-5 vs Kentucky
6	<  8		Texas Tech		Big 12		8-0		1280		5		5		7		W 63-21 at #19 Kansas
7	<  6		USC		Pac-10		6-1		1234		6		7		5		W 17-10 at Arizona
8	<  9		Georgia		SEC		7-1		1212		8		8		6		W 52-38 at #11 LSU
9	<  7		Oklahoma State		Big 12		7-1		1168		10		9		9		L 28-24 at #1 Texas
10	<  12		Utah		MWC		8-0		1027		9		10		10		DNP
11	<  13		Boise State		WAC		7-0		946		11		11		11		W 33-16 at San Jose State
12	<  15		TCU		MWC		8-1		848		12		13		13		W 54-7 vs Wyoming
13	<  10		Ohio State		Big Ten		7-2		834		13		12		12		L 13-6 vs #3 Penn State
14	<  16		Missouri		Big 12		6-2		791		14		14		14		W 58-0 vs Colorado
15	<  11		LSU		SEC		5-2		649		15		16		19		L 52-38 vs #9 Georgia
16	<  24		Florida State		ACC		6-1		558		16		18		15		W 30-20 vs Virginia Tech
17	<  18		BYU		MWC		7-1		553		17		15		20		W 42-35 vs UNLV
18	<  20		Ball State		MAC		8-0		542		19		17		16		W 38-16 vs Eastern Michigan
19	<  22		Tulsa		C-USA		8-0		527		18		19		18		W 49-19 vs UCF
20	<  25		Minnesota		Big Ten		7-1		438		20		20		17		W 17-6 at Purdue
21	<  NR		North Carolina		ACC		6-2		228		22		22		22		W 45-24 vs #23 Boston College
22	<  NR		Michigan State		Big Ten		7-2		219		21		21		21		W 35-21 at Michigan
23	<  NR		Oregon		Pac-10		6-2		188		24		24		24		W 54-20 at Arizona State
24	<  14		South Florida		Big East		6-2		100		23		23		23		L 24-20 at Louisville
25	<  NR		Maryland		ACC		6-2		89		25		NR		NR		W 27-24 vs NC State
NR	<  23		Boston College		ACC
	<		Connecticut		Big East										25
NR	<  21		Georgia Tech		ACC
NR	<  19		Kansas		Big 12
NR	<  17		Pittsburgh		Big East

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
West Virginia 73, California 42, Kansas 40, Pittsburgh 33, Connecticut 30 (#25 in BCS), Virginia 25, Georgia Tech 19, Louisville 15, Notre Dame 11, Oregon State 11, Virginia Tech 6, Troy 5, Northwestern 5, Boston College 4, Air Force 4, Navy 2, Arizona 1

MILESTONES
- Utah makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 2005 poll (57 polls).
- Maryland makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/12/2006 poll (29 polls).
- Alabama's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- Penn State's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- South Florida's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- Kansas' weekly Top 25 streak ends at 19.

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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