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September 2, 2008 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

W-L

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  3

 

USC (21)

 

Pac-10

 

1-0

 

1539

 

1

 

W 52-7 at Virginia

2

  <  1

 

Georgia (20)

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1506

 

2

 

W 45-21 vs Georgia Southern

3

  <  2

 

Ohio State (15)

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

1497

 

3

 

W 43-0 vs Youngstown State

4

  <  4

 

Oklahoma (2)

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

1432

 

4

 

W 57-2 vs Chattanooga

5

  <  5

 

Florida (5)

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1415

 

5

 

W 56-10 vs Hawaii

6

  <  6

 

Missouri (1)

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

1301

 

7

 

W 52-42 vs #20 Illinois

7

  <  7

 

LSU (1)

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1207

 

6

 

W 41-13 vs Appalachian State

8

  <  8

 

West Virginia

 

Big East

 

1-0

 

1108

 

8

 

W 48-21 vs Villanova

9

  <  10

 

Auburn

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1033

 

10

 

W 34-0 vs Louisiana-Monroe

10

  <  11

 

Texas

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

1028

 

9

 

W 52-10 vs Florida Atlantic

11

  <  13

 

Wisconsin

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

849

 

11

 

W 38-17 vs Akron

12

  <  12

 

Texas Tech

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

842

 

13

 

W 49-24 vs Eastern Washington

13

  <  24

 

Alabama

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

834

 

17

 

W 34-10 vs #9 Clemson

14

  <  14

 

Kansas

 

Big 12

 

1-0

 

748

 

12

 

W 40-10 vs Florida International

15

  <  15

 

Arizona State

 

Pac-10

 

1-0

 

672

 

14

 

W 30-13 vs Northern Arizona

15

  <  16

 

BYU

 

MWC

 

1-0

 

672

 

15

 

W 41-17 vs Northern Iowa

17

  <  19

 

South Florida

 

Big East

 

1-0

 

588

 

18

 

W 56-7 vs Tennessee-Martin

18

  <  21

 

Oregon

 

Pac-10

 

1-0

 

508

 

16

 

W 44-10 vs Washington

19

  <  22

 

Penn State

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

467

 

19

 

W 66-10 vs Coastal Carolina

20

  <  23

 

Wake Forest (NC)

 

ACC

 

1-0

 

414

 

20

 

W 41-13 at Baylor

21

  <  NR

 

Fresno State

 

WAC

 

1-0

 

242

 

21

 

W 24-7 at Rutgers

22

  <  NR

 

Utah

 

MWC

 

1-0

 

214

 

23

 

W 25-23 at Michigan

23

  <  NR

 

UCLA

 

Pac-10

 

1-0

 

151

 

NR

 

W 27-24 (1OT) vs #18 Tennessee

24

  <  20

 

Illinois

 

Big Ten

 

0-1

 

147

 

25

 

L 52-42 vs #6 Missouri

24

  <  NR

 

South Carolina

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

147

 

24

 

W 34-0 vs NC State

NR

  <  9

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  25

 

Pittsburgh

 

Big East

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  18

 

Tennessee

 

SEC

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  17

 

Virginia Tech

 

ACC

 

 

 

 

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Clemson 143, East Carolina 108, California 91, Boston College 36, Florida State 36, Cincinnati 35, Tennessee 30, Boise State 19, Bowling Green 17, Virginia Tech 14, Connecticut 9, Rutgers 6, Kentucky 5, Nebraska 4, Oklahoma State 3, Arizona 2, TCU 2, Tulsa 1, North Carolina 1, Notre Dame 1, Miami (FL) 1

MILESTONES
- Virginia Tech's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 24.
- Florida's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 50.
- Fresno State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/27/2005 poll (35 polls).
- Utah makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2004 final poll (49 polls).
- UCLA makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/9/2007 poll (14 polls).
- USC makes first appearance at #1 since 9/23/2007 (12 polls).

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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