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September 2, 2008 AP Football Poll
Rank | |
Team (FPV) | |
Conf | |
W-L | |
PTS | |
CP | |
Last Week |
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1 | < 3 | |
USC
(21) | |
Pac-10 | |
1-0 | |
1539 | |
1 | |
W 52-7 at Virginia |
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2 | < 1 | |
Georgia
(20) | |
SEC | |
1-0 | |
1506 | |
2 | |
W 45-21 vs Georgia Southern |
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3 | < 2 | |
Ohio State
(15) | |
Big Ten | |
1-0 | |
1497 | |
3 | |
W 43-0 vs Youngstown State |
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4 | < 4 | |
Oklahoma
(2) | |
Big 12 | |
1-0 | |
1432 | |
4 | |
W 57-2 vs Chattanooga |
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5 | < 5 | |
Florida
(5) | |
SEC | |
1-0 | |
1415 | |
5 | |
W 56-10 vs Hawaii |
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6 | < 6 | |
Missouri
(1) | |
Big 12 | |
1-0 | |
1301 | |
7 | |
W 52-42 vs #20 Illinois |
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7 | < 7 | |
LSU
(1) | |
SEC | |
1-0 | |
1207 | |
6 | |
W 41-13 vs Appalachian State |
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8 | < 8 | |
West Virginia
| |
Big East | |
1-0 | |
1108 | |
8 | |
W 48-21 vs Villanova |
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9 | < 10 | |
Auburn
| |
SEC | |
1-0 | |
1033 | |
10 | |
W 34-0 vs Louisiana-Monroe |
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10 | < 11 | |
Texas
| |
Big 12 | |
1-0 | |
1028 | |
9 | |
W 52-10 vs Florida Atlantic |
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11 | < 13 | |
Wisconsin
| |
Big Ten | |
1-0 | |
849 | |
11 | |
W 38-17 vs Akron |
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12 | < 12 | |
Texas Tech
| |
Big 12 | |
1-0 | |
842 | |
13 | |
W 49-24 vs Eastern Washington |
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13 | < 24 | |
Alabama
| |
SEC | |
1-0 | |
834 | |
17 | |
W 34-10 vs #9 Clemson |
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14 | < 14 | |
Kansas
| |
Big 12 | |
1-0 | |
748 | |
12 | |
W 40-10 vs Florida International |
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15 | < 15 | |
Arizona State
| |
Pac-10 | |
1-0 | |
672 | |
14 | |
W 30-13 vs Northern Arizona |
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15 | < 16 | |
BYU
| |
MWC | |
1-0 | |
672 | |
15 | |
W 41-17 vs Northern Iowa |
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17 | < 19 | |
South Florida
| |
Big East | |
1-0 | |
588 | |
18 | |
W 56-7 vs Tennessee-Martin |
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18 | < 21 | |
Oregon
| |
Pac-10 | |
1-0 | |
508 | |
16 | |
W 44-10 vs Washington |
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19 | < 22 | |
Penn State
| |
Big Ten | |
1-0 | |
467 | |
19 | |
W 66-10 vs Coastal Carolina |
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20 | < 23 | |
Wake Forest (NC)
| |
ACC | |
1-0 | |
414 | |
20 | |
W 41-13 at Baylor |
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21 | < NR | |
Fresno State
| |
WAC | |
1-0 | |
242 | |
21 | |
W 24-7 at Rutgers |
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22 | < NR | |
Utah
| |
MWC | |
1-0 | |
214 | |
23 | |
W 25-23 at Michigan |
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23 | < NR | |
UCLA
| |
Pac-10 | |
1-0 | |
151 | |
NR | |
W 27-24 (1OT) vs #18 Tennessee |
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24 | < 20 | |
Illinois
| |
Big Ten | |
0-1 | |
147 | |
25 | |
L 52-42 vs #6 Missouri |
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24 | < NR | |
South Carolina
| |
SEC | |
1-0 | |
147 | |
24 | |
W 34-0 vs NC State |
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NR | < 9 | |
Clemson
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ACC | |
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NR | < 25 | |
Pittsburgh
| |
Big East | |
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NR | < 18 | |
Tennessee
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SEC | |
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NR | < 17 | |
Virginia Tech
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ACC | |
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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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