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November 16, 2008 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 1 Alabama (42) SEC 11-0 1601 1 1 W 32-7 H Mississippi State
2 < 2 Texas Tech (21) Big 12 10-0 1574 2 2 DNP
3 < 3 Florida (2) SEC 9-1 1476 3 4 W 56-6 H #24 South Carolina
4 < 4 Texas Big 12 10-1 1437 4 3 W 35-7 A Kansas
5 < 5 Oklahoma Big 12 9-1 1369 5 5 DNP
6 < 6 USC Pac-10 9-1 1310 6 6 W 45-23 A Stanford
7 < 7 Penn State Big Ten 10-1 1178 8 8 W 34-7 H Indiana
8 < 8 Utah MWC 11-0 1158 7 7 W 63-14 A San Diego State
9 < 9 Boise State WAC 10-0 1098 9 9 W 45-10 A Idaho
10 < 10 Ohio State Big Ten 9-2 1017 10 10 W 30-20 A Illinois
11 < 11 Oklahoma State Big 12 9-2 987 12 12 W 30-17 A Colorado
12 < 12 Missouri Big 12 9-2 913 11 13 W 52-20 A Iowa State
13 < 13 Georgia SEC 9-2 864 13 11 W 17-13 A Auburn
14 < 14 Ball State MAC 10-0 714 16 17 W 31-16 A Miami (OH)
15 < 15 TCU MWC 9-2 659 17 16 DNP
16 < 16 BYU MWC 10-1 656 14 14 W 38-24 A Air Force
17 < 18 Michigan State Big Ten 9-2 612 15 15 DNP
18 < 19 LSU SEC 7-3 526 18 18 W 40-31 H Troy
19 < 22 Cincinnati Big East 8-2 413 20 19 W 28-20 A Louisville
20 < 21 Pittsburgh Big East 7-2 406 19 20 DNP
21 < 23 Oregon State Pac-10 7-3 389 21 21 W 34-21 H California
22 < NR Maryland ACC 7-3 161 23 25 W 17-15 H #17 North Carolina
23 < NR Miami (FL) ACC 7-3 139 NR 23 W 16-14 H Virginia Tech
24 < NR Oregon Pac-10 8-3 126 22 24 DNP
25 < 17 North Carolina ACC 7-3 115 NR 22 L 17-15 A Maryland
RV < NR Boston College ACC 79 NR  
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 44 NR  
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 34 NR  
RV < NR Central Michigan MAC 13 NR  
RV < NR Western Michigan MAC 12 NR  
RV < 20 Florida State ACC 7-3 11 NR L 27-17 H Boston College
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 8 NR  
RV < NR West Virginia Big East 6 NR  
RV < 24 South Carolina SEC 7-4 5 NR L 56-6 A #3 Florida
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 4 NR  
RV < NR Air Force MWC 3 NR  
RV < NR Nebraska Big 12 3 NR  
RV < NR California Pac-10 2 NR  
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 2 NR  
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 1 NR  
RV < 25 Tulsa CUSA 8-2 0 NR L 70-30 A Houston

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 5 6.8 6280
SEC 4 8.8 4467
Big Ten 3 11.3 2807
MWC 3 13.0 2473
Pac-10 3 17.0 1825
ACC 3 23.3 415
Big East 2 19.5 819
WAC 1 9.0 1098
MAC 1 14.0 714

Milestones

- Miami (FL) makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/10/2006 poll (41 polls).
- Alabama's weekly Top 10 streak reaches 10.
- Georgia's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 30.

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.