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September 14, 2008 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

W-L

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  1

 

USC (61)

 

Pac-10

 

2-0

 

1596

 

1

 

W 35-3 vs #5 Ohio State

2

  <  3

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 12

 

3-0

 

1485

 

2

 

W 55-14 at Washington

3

  <  2

 

Georgia (2)

 

SEC

 

3-0

 

1437

 

3

 

W 14-7 at South Carolina

4

  <  4

 

Florida (1)

 

SEC

 

2-0

 

1414

 

4

 

DNP

5

  <  6

 

Missouri

 

Big 12

 

3-0

 

1389

 

5

 

W 69-17 vs Nevada

6

  <  7

 

LSU

 

SEC

 

2-0

 

1274

 

6

 

W 41-3 vs North Texas

7

  <  8

 

Texas

 

Big 12

 

2-0

 

1140

 

7

 

DNP

8

  <  10

 

Wisconsin

 

Big Ten

 

3-0

 

1076

 

8

 

W 13-10 at #21 Fresno State

9

  <  11

 

Alabama

 

SEC

 

3-0

 

982

 

13

 

W 41-7 vs Western Kentucky

10

  <  9

 

Auburn

 

SEC

 

3-0

 

958

 

9

 

W 3-2 at Mississippi State

11

  <  12

 

Texas Tech

 

Big 12

 

3-0

 

904

 

10

 

W 43-7 vs SMU

12

  <  19

 

South Florida

 

Big East

 

3-0

 

801

 

16

 

W 37-34 vs #13 Kansas

13

  <  5

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

2-1

 

800

 

14

 

L 35-3 at #1 USC

14

  <  18

 

BYU

 

MWC

 

3-0

 

788

 

11

 

W 59-0 vs UCLA

15

  <  14

 

East Carolina

 

C-USA

 

3-0

 

781

 

17

 

W 28-24 at Tulane

16

  <  17

 

Penn State

 

Big Ten

 

3-0

 

779

 

15

 

W 55-13 at Syracuse

17

  <  16

 

Oregon

 

Pac-10

 

3-0

 

679

 

12

 

W 32-26 (2OT) at Purdue

18

  <  20

 

Wake Forest (NC)

 

ACC

 

2-0

 

482

 

18

 

DNP

19

  <  13

 

Kansas

 

Big 12

 

2-1

 

445

 

19

 

L 37-34 at #19 South Florida

20

  <  22

 

Utah

 

MWC

 

3-0

 

428

 

20

 

W 58-10 at Utah State

21

  <  25

 

West Virginia

 

Big East

 

1-1

 

179

 

22

 

DNP

22

  <  24

 

Illinois

 

Big Ten

 

2-1

 

163

 

23

 

W 20-17 vs Louisiana-Lafayette

23

  <  NR

 

Clemson

 

ACC

 

2-1

 

160

 

21

 

W 27-9 vs NC State

24

  <  NR

 

Florida State

 

ACC

 

2-0

 

146

 

25

 

W 46-7 vs Chattanooga

25

  <  21

 

Fresno State

 

WAC

 

1-1

 

121

 

NR

 

L 13-10 vs #10 Wisconsin

NR

  <  15

 

Arizona State

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  23

 

California

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Vanderbilt 63, Oklahoma State 62, TCU 45, Boise State 38, Arizona State 36, North Carolina 31, Virginia Tech 28, Nebraska 21, Tennessee 15, Connecticut 13, Iowa 12, Kentucky 6, Tulsa 6, Northwestern 4, Notre Dame 4, Minnesota 4, Arizona 2, UCF 1, Ball State 1, South Carolina 1

MILESTONES
- Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/7/2007 poll (12 polls).
- Alabama makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 2005 poll (35 polls).
- Arizona State's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 15.
- Ohio State's weekly Top 10 streak ends at 17.
- Oklahoma's weekly Top 10 streak reaches 20.

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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