September 15, 1997 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		W-L		PTS		CP		Last Week
1	<  1		Penn State (25)		Big Ten		2-0		1641				W 52-10 vs Temple
2	<  3		Washington (19)		Pac-10		2-0		1615
3	<  2		Florida (14)		SEC		2-0		1598
4	<  4		Tennessee (6)		SEC		2-0		1543
5	<  5		Florida State (3)		ACC		2-0		1483
6	<  7		North Carolina (1)		ACC		2-0		1379
7	<  6		Nebraska (2)		Big 12		2-0		1364
8	<  14		Michigan		Big Ten		1-0		1253
9	<  9		Ohio State		Big Ten		2-0		1235
10	<  10		LSU		SEC		2-0		1165
11	<  15		Alabama		SEC		2-0		1007
12	<  16		Auburn		SEC		2-0		878
13	<  18		Iowa		Big Ten		2-0		850
14	<  24		Arizona State		Pac-10		2-0		698
15	<  8		Colorado		Big 12		1-1		696
16	<  19		Clemson		ACC		2-0		669
17	<  21		Michigan State		Big Ten		2-0		660
18	<  22		Virginia Tech		Big East		2-0		603
19	<  NR		Washington State		Pac-10		2-0		490				W 28-21 at USC
20	<  20		Kansas State		Big 12		2-0		431
21	<  17		Stanford		Pac-10		1-1		323
22	<  13		Miami (FL)		Big East		1-1		244
23	<  25		Colorado State		WAC		2-1		172				W 35-24 at Utah State
24	<  NR		UCLA		Pac-10		1-2		131
25	<  NR		Georgia		SEC		2-0		127
NR	<  12		Notre Dame		Ind
NR	<  11		Texas		Big 12
NR	<  23		USC		Pac-10

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NOTES
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- * = 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)
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- 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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