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UF, FSU In Top 10 College Football Ranking

Today’s Harris Interactive College Football Poll^SM shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media.

Alabama and Oregon maintained their #1 and #2 rankings, while Florida, Kansas State, and Notre Dame all moved up in the rankings following losses by South Carolina and West Virginia. The top five teams all remain undefeated.

Other teams receiving votes: Michigan 172; Ohio 153; Northwestern 95; Louisiana Tech 81; Wisconsin 27; Iowa State 24: Nebraska 24; Michigan State 21; Oklahoma State 19; NC State 18; Western Kentucky 11; Tulsa 10; UCLA 5; Nevada 4; Baylor 3; Louisiana-Monroe 1; Virginia Tech 1; Washington 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: Louisiana Tech, Iowa State.

Highlights of October 14 Harris Interactive College Football Poll

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous Game	Next Game	Previous Week’s Rank
Rank	Team	Record	Points	(weekend of Oct 13)	(weekend of Oct 20)	Previous Week’s Rank
1	Alabama (110)	6-0	2,870	Beat Missouri 42-10	at Tennessee	1
2	Oregon (5)	6-0	2,758	Idle	at No. 24 Arizona State (Thur)	2
3	Florida	6-0	2,554	Beat Vanderbilt 31-17	No. 7 South Carolina	6
4	Kansas State	6-0	2,538	Beat No. 25 Iowa State 27-21	at No. 15 West Virginia	5
5	Notre Dame	6-0	2,427	Beat No. 16 Stanford 20-13 (OT)	BYU	7
6	LSU	6-1	2,263	Beat No. 3 South Carolina 23-21	at No. 19 Texas A&M	8
7	South Carolina	6-1	1,992	Lost to No. 8 LSU 23-21	at No. 3 Florida	3
8	Florida State	6-1	1,898	Beat Boston College 51-7	at Miami (FL)	9
9	Oklahoma	4-1	1,860	Beat No. 15 Texas 63-21	Kansas	13
10	Oregon State	5-0	1,850	Beat BYU 42-24	Utah	12
11	USC	5-1	1,820	Beat Washington 24-14	Colorado	10
12	Georgia	5-1	1,574	Idle	at Kentucky	11
13	Clemson	5-1	1,437	Idle	Virginia Tech	14
14	Mississippi State.	6-0	1,348	Beat Tennessee 41-31	Middle Tennessee State	17
15	West Virginia	5-1	1,291	Lost to Texas Tech 49-14	No. 4 Kansas State	4
16	Louisville	6-0	1,228	Beat Pittsburgh 45-35	South Florida	18
17	Rutgers	6-0	947	Beat Syracuse 23-15	at Temple	19
18	Cincinnati	5-0	793	Beat Fordham 49-17	at Toledo	20
19	Texas A&M	5-1	674	Beat No. 24 Louisiana Tech 59-57	No. 6 LSU	23
20	Stanford	4-2	634	Lost to No. 7 Notre Dame 20-13 (OT)	at California	16
21	Texas Tech	5-1	534	Beat No. 4 West Virginia 49-14	at No. 22 TCU	NR
22	TCU	5-1	514	Beat Baylor 49-21	No. 21 Texas Tech	21
23	Boise State	5-1	488	Beat Fresno State 20-10	UNLV	22
24	Arizona State	5-1	225	Beat Colorado 51-17	No. 2 Oregon (Thur)	NR
25	Texas	4-2	188	Lost to No. 13 Oklahoma 63-21	Baylor	15
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Poll Methodology and Process

The 2012 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of former players, coaches, administrators and current and former members of the media who have committed to submit rankings for the top 25 college football teams each week. These panelists were randomly selected from among more than 300 nominations submitted by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions. Today, 115 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings. Harris Interactive applies a standard statistical practice that allows it to identify potential instability, error or bias associated with unusual ranking patterns. Those rankings that are identified through the analysis are verified to ensure that each panelist’s intent is accurately reflected.

SOURCE Harris Interactive