October 20, 1997 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		W-L		PTS		CP		Last Week
1	<  2		Nebraska (33)		Big 12		6-0		1698				W 29-0 vs Texas Tech
2	<  1		Penn State (26)		Big Ten		6-0		1668				W 16-15 vs Minnesota
3	<  3		Florida State (9)		ACC		6-0		1629
4	<  4		North Carolina (2)		ACC		7-0		1524
5	<  5		Michigan		Big Ten		6-0		1494
6	<  7		Florida		SEC		6-1		1401
7	<  10		Washington		Pac-10		5-1		1264
8	<  9		Tennessee		SEC		5-1		1253
9	<  11		Ohio State		Big Ten		6-1		1222
10	<  13		Washington State		Pac-10		6-0		1155				W 63-37 vs California
11	<  6		Auburn		SEC		6-1		1048
12	<  16		Oklahoma State		Big 12		6-0		883				DNP
13	<  17		UCLA		Pac-10		5-2		868
14	<  20		Kansas State		Big 12		5-1		806
15	<  12		Michigan State		Big Ten		5-1		666
16	<  19		Georgia		SEC		5-1		664
17	<  8		LSU		SEC		5-2		642
18	<  15		Iowa		Big Ten		4-2		561
19	<  22		Virginia Tech		Big East		5-1		415
20	<  14		Texas A&M		Big 12		5-1		376
21	<  23		West Virginia		Big East		5-1		366
22	<  NR		Purdue		Big Ten		5-1		304
23	<  NR		Arizona State		Pac-10		5-2		290
24	<  NR		Toledo (OH)		MAC		6-0		134				W 41-14 vs Northern Illinois
25	<  NR		Mississippi		SEC		4-2		114
NR	<  18		Air Force		WAC
NR	<  21		Georgia Tech		ACC
NR	<  25		Stanford		Pac-10
NR	<  24		Wisconsin		Big Ten

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NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
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- 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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