Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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. The top five rankings are unchanged this week, as Florida, Texas, Alabama, TCU, and Cincinnati all maintained their position. Oregon moved into the Top 10 after its 44-41 win over Arizona in double overtime.

	Highlights of November 22 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous Game (weekend of Nov. 21)	Next Game (weekend of Nov. 28)	Previous Week's Rank
1	Florida (78)	11-0	2,793	Beat Florida International 62-3	Florida State	1
2	Texas (18)	11-0	2,711	Beat Kansas 51-20	at Texas A&M (Thu)	2
3	Alabama (15)	11-0	2,688	Beat Chattanooga 45-0	at Auburn (Fri)	3
4	TCU (3)	11-0	2,487	Beat Wyoming 45-10	New Mexico	4
5	Cincinnati	10-0	2,358	Idle	Illinois (Fri)	5
6	Boise State	11-0	2,307	Beat Utah State 52-21	Nevada (Fri)	6
7	Georgia Tech	10-1	2,178	Idle	Georgia	7
8	Ohio State	10-2	1,989	Beat Michigan 21-10	Idle	8
9	Pittsburgh	9-1	1,907	Idle	at West Virginia (Fri)	9
10	Oregon	9-2	1,822	Beat Arizona 44-41 (2OT)	Idle	11
11	Penn State	10-2	1,613	Beat Michigan State 42-14	Idle	12
12	Oklahoma State	9-2	1,561	Beat Colorado 31-28	at Oklahoma	13
13	Iowa	10-2	1,423	Beat Minnesota 12-0	Idle	14
14	Virginia Tech	8-3	1,196	Beat North Carolina State 38-10	at Virginia	16
15	BYU	9-2	972	Beat Air Force 38-21	No. 19 Utah	18
16	LSU	8-3	915	Lost to Mississippi 25-23	Arkansas	10
17	Clemson	8-3	891	Beat Virginia 34-21	at South Carolina	19
18	Oregon State	8-3	789	Beat Washington State 42-10	Idle	22
19	Utah	9-2	770	Beat San Diego State 38-7	at No. 15 BYU	21
20	Houston	9-2	631	Beat Memphis 55-14	Rice	23
21	Miami (FL)	8-3	606	Beat Duke 34-16	at South Florida	24
22	USC	7-3	598	Idle	UCLA	20
23	California	8-3	396	Beat Stanford 34-28	Idle	NR
24	Nebraska	8-3	314	Beat Kansas State 17-3	at Colorado (Fri)	25
25	Mississippi	8-3	285	Beat LSU 25-23	at Mississippi State	NR

Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: North Carolina 199; Wisconsin 193; Stanford 170; Navy 64; West Virginia 57; Temple 48; Central Michigan 30; Arizona 27; Northwestern 20; South Florida 18; Nevada 9; Texas Tech 7; Oklahoma 5; Tennessee 3.

Dropped out of Top 25: Wisconsin; Stanford.

Poll Methodology and Process

The 2009 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 Division I-A Conference offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 Division I-A Conferences and independent institutions. Today, 114 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.

This week’s rankings and other information about the poll can be found at www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll and www.bcsfootball.org.

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