Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll

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Nov 14, 2010, 04:34 ET

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. Oregon and Auburn each won and held on to the top two spots, while Boise State regained the number three ranking and holds a slim margin over 4th-ranked TCU. Wisconsin retained the number five ranking after its win over Indiana.

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Highlights of November 14 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous Game (weekend of Nov 13)	Next Game (weekend of Nov 20)	Previous Week's Rank
1	Oregon (65)	10-0	2,788	Beat California 15-13	Idle	1
2	Auburn (35)	11-0	2,733	Beat Georgia 49-31	Idle	2
3	Boise State (11)	9-0	2,591	Beat Idaho 52-14	Fresno State (Fri)	4
4	TCU (3)	11-0	2,583	Beat San Diego State 40-35	Idle	3
5	Wisconsin	9-1	2,268	Beat Indiana 83-20	at Michigan	5
6	LSU	9-1	2,241	Beat Louisiana-Monroe 51-0	Mississippi	6
7	Ohio State	9-1	2,142	Beat Penn State 38-14	at No. 19 Iowa	7
8	Stanford	9-1	2,118	Beat Arizona State 17-13	at California	8
9	Nebraska	9-1	1,971	Beat Kansas 20-3	at No. 20 Texas A&M	9
10	Michigan State	9-1	1,753	Idle	Purdue	10
11	Alabama	8-2	1,693	Beat No. 18 Mississippi State 30-10	Georgia State (Thu)	11
12	Oklahoma State	9-1	1,657	Beat Texas 33-16	at Kansas	13
13	Arkansas	8-2	1,524	Beat UTEP 58-21	at No. 22 Mississippi State	14
14	Oklahoma	8-2	1,326	Beat Texas Tech 45-7	at Baylor	16
15	Virginia Tech	8-2	1,244	Beat North Carolina 26-10	at No. 24 Miami (FL)	17
16	Missouri	8-2	1,122	Beat Kansas State 38-28	at Iowa State	20
17	South Carolina	7-3	969	Beat No. 23 Florida 36-14	Troy	22
18	Nevada	9-1	851	Beat Fresno State 35-34	New Mexico State	21
19	Iowa	7-3	698	Lost to Northwestern 21-17	No. 7 Ohio State	12
20	Texas A&M	7-3	636	Beat Baylor 42-30	No. 9 Nebraska	24
21	Utah	8-2	364	Lost to Notre Dame 28-3	at San Diego State	15
22	Mississippi State	7-3	331	Lost to No. 11 Alabama 30-10	No. 13 Arkansas	18
23	Arizona	7-3	321	Lost to USC 24-21	Idle	19
24	Miami (FL)	7-3	311	Beat Georgia Tech 35-10	No. 15 Virginia Tech	NR
25	Florida State	7-3	187	Beat Clemson 16-13	at Maryland	NR
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Northwestern 165; North Carolina State 98; Michigan 80; Northern Illinois 48; Temple 34; San Diego State 29; Maryland 27; Navy 25; Syracuse 23; West Virginia 22; Florida 14; Central Florida 12; Hawaii 11; Air Force 9; Kansas State 9; Southern Miss 8; Fresno State 4; Tulsa 4; Baylor 2; Penn State 2; Connecticut 1; South Florida 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: Florida, Central Florida.

Poll Methodology and Process

The 2010 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, 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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