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2008 Final AP Football Poll
Rank | |
Team (FPV) | |
Conf | |
W-L | |
PTS | |
CP | |
Last Week |
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1 | < 1 | |
Florida
(48) | |
SEC | |
13-1 | |
1606 | |
1 | |
W 24-14 vs #2 Oklahoma (BCS) |
|
2 | < 7 | |
Utah
(16) | |
MWC | |
13-0 | |
1519 | |
4 | |
W 31-17 vs #4 Alabama (Sugar) |
|
3 | < 5 | |
USC
(1) | |
Pac-10 | |
12-1 | |
1481 | |
2 | |
W 38-24 vs #6 Penn State (Rose) |
|
4 | < 3 | |
Texas
| |
Big 12 | |
12-1 | |
1478 | |
3 | |
W 24-21 vs #10 Ohio State (Fiesta) |
|
5 | < 2 | |
Oklahoma
| |
Big 12 | |
12-2 | |
1391 | |
5 | |
L 24-14 vs #1 Florida (BCS) |
|
6 | < 4 | |
Alabama
| |
SEC | |
12-2 | |
1264 | |
6 | |
L 31-17 vs #7 Utah (Sugar) |
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7 | < 11 | |
TCU
| |
MWC | |
11-2 | |
1193 | |
7 | |
W 17-16 vs #9 Boise State (Poinsettia) |
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8 | < 6 | |
Penn State
| |
Big Ten | |
11-2 | |
1153 | |
8 | |
L 38-24 vs #5 USC (Rose) |
|
9 | < 10 | |
Ohio State
| |
Big Ten | |
10-3 | |
1013 | |
11 | |
L 24-21 vs #3 Texas (Fiesta) |
|
10 | < 15 | |
Oregon
| |
Pac-10 | |
10-3 | |
997 | |
9 | |
W 42-31 vs #13 Oklahoma State (Holiday) |
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11 | < 9 | |
Boise State
| |
WAC | |
12-1 | |
938 | |
13 | |
L 17-16 vs #11 TCU (Poinsettia) |
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12 | < 8 | |
Texas Tech
| |
Big 12 | |
11-2 | |
916 | |
12 | |
L 47-34 vs #20 Mississippi (Cotton) |
|
13 | < 16 | |
Georgia
| |
SEC | |
10-3 | |
903 | |
10 | |
W 24-12 vs #19 Michigan State (Capital One) |
|
14 | < 20 | |
Mississippi
| |
SEC | |
9-4 | |
857 | |
15 | |
W 47-34 vs #8 Texas Tech (Cotton) |
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15 | < 21 | |
Virginia Tech
| |
ACC | |
10-4 | |
713 | |
14 | |
W 20-7 vs #12 Cincinnati (Orange) |
|
16 | < 13 | |
Oklahoma State
| |
Big 12 | |
9-4 | |
534 | |
18 | |
L 42-31 vs #15 Oregon (Holiday) |
|
17 | < 12 | |
Cincinnati
| |
Big East | |
11-3 | |
506 | |
17 | |
L 20-7 vs #21 Virginia Tech (Orange) |
|
18 | < 24 | |
Oregon State
| |
Pac-10 | |
9-4 | |
467 | |
19 | |
W 3-0 vs #18 Pittsburgh (Sun) |
|
19 | < 25 | |
Missouri
| |
Big 12 | |
10-4 | |
435 | |
16 | |
W 30-23 (1OT) vs #22 Northwestern (Alamo) |
|
20 | < NR | |
Iowa
| |
Big Ten | |
9-4 | |
317 | |
20 | |
W 31-10 vs South Carolina (Outback) |
|
21 | < NR | |
Florida State
| |
ACC | |
9-4 | |
246 | |
23 | |
W 42-13 vs Wisconsin (Champs Sports) |
|
22 | < 14 | |
Georgia Tech
| |
ACC | |
9-4 | |
223 | |
22 | |
L 38-3 vs LSU (Peach) |
|
23 | < NR | |
West Virginia
| |
Big East | |
9-4 | |
144 | |
NR | |
W 31-30 vs North Carolina (Meineke Car Care) |
|
24 | < 19 | |
Michigan State
| |
Big Ten | |
9-4 | |
138 | |
24 | |
L 24-12 vs #16 Georgia (Capital One) |
|
25 | < 17 | |
BYU
| |
MWC | |
10-3 | |
137 | |
21 | |
L 31-21 vs Arizona (Las Vegas) |
|
NR | < 23 | |
Ball State
| |
MAC | |
12-2 | |
| |
| |
L 45-13 vs Tulsa |
|
NR | < 22 | |
Northwestern
| |
Big Ten | |
9-4 | |
| |
| |
L 30-23 (1OT) vs #25 Missouri |
|
NR | < 18 | |
Pittsburgh
| |
Big East | |
9-4 | |
| |
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L 3-0 vs #24 Oregon State |
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OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
California 128, Pittsburgh 106, LSU 95, Nebraska 64, Tulsa 61, Northwestern 53, Ball State 13, Boston College 11, Rutgers 11, Rice 8, Arizona 4, Kansas 2
MILESTONES
- Utah makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2004 poll (64 polls).
- Oregon makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 11/18/2007 poll (19 polls).
- TCU makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 11/16/2003 poll (84 polls).
- Iowa makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/8/2006 poll (41 polls).
- Alabama's weekly Top 5 streak ends at 11.
- Texas Tech's weekly Top 10 streak ends at 12.
- Ball State's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 10.
- Florida's weekly Top 5 and Top 10 streaks reach 10.
- USC's weekly Top 10 streak reaches 20.
- Oklahoma's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 50.
- Missouri's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 30.
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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