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 six teams, all still undefeated, remain unchanged from last week.

Highlights of November 29 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous Game (weekend of Nov. 28)	Next Game (weekend of Dec. 5)	Previous Week's Rank
1	Florida (82)	12-0	2,783	Beat Florida State 37-10	SEC Championship vs. No. 3 Alabama	1
2	Texas (15)	12-0	2,682	Beat Texas A&M 49-39	Big 12 Championship vs. No. 22 Nebraska	2
3	Alabama (12)	12-0	2,651	Beat Auburn 26-21	SEC Championship vs. No. 1 Florida	3
4	TCU (4)	12-0	2,473	Beat New Mexico 51-10	Idle	4
5	Cincinnati	11-0	2,343	Beat Illinois 49-36	at No. 15 Pittsburgh	5
6	Boise State	12-0	2,309	Beat Nevada 44-33	New Mexico State	6
7	Ohio State	10-2	2,108	Idle	Idle	8
8	Oregon	9-2	2,044	Idle	No. 16 Oregon State (Thu)	10
9	Penn State	10-2	1,804	Idle	Idle	11
10	Iowa	10-2	1,711	Idle	Idle	13
11	Georgia Tech	10-2	1,543	Lost to Georgia 30-24	ACC Championship vs. Clemson	7
12	Virginia Tech	9-3	1,524	Beat Virginia 42-13	Idle	14
13	BYU	10-2	1,263	Beat No. 19 Utah 26-23 (OT)	Idle	15
14	LSU	9-3	1,256	Beat Arkansas 33-30 (OT)	Idle	16
15	Pittsburgh	9-2	1,250	Lost to West Virginia 19-16	No. 5 Cincinnati	9
16	Oregon State	8-3	1,100	Idle	at No. 8 Oregon (Thu)	18
17	Miami (FL)	9-3	983	Beat South Florida 31-10	Idle	21
18	Houston	10-2	849	Beat Rice 73-14	C-USA Championship vs. East Carolina	20
19	USC	8-3	833	Beat UCLA 28-7	Arizona	22
20	Oklahoma State	9-3	666	Lost to Oklahoma 27-0	Idle	12
21	California	8-3	580	Idle	at Washington	23
22	Nebraska	9-3	509	Beat Colorado 28-20	Big 12 Championship vs. No. 2 Texas	24
23	Stanford	8-4	381	Beat Notre Dame 45-38	Idle	NR
24	Utah	9-3	285	Lost to No. 15 BYU 26-23 (OT)	Idle	19
25	West Virginia	8-3	253	Beat No. 9 Pittsburgh 19-16	at Rutgers	NR

Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Wisconsin 200; Clemson 135; Central Michigan 65; Arizona 47; Texas Tech 14; Oklahoma 12; Rutgers 11; Northwestern 10; Mississippi 9; Missouri 8; North Carolina 8; Ohio 6; Temple 6; Georgia 3; Mississippi State 3; Troy 2; East Carolina 1; South Carolina 1; Tennessee 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: Clemson; Mississippi.

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, 113 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings. One panelist did not submit rankings due to personal reasons. 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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