Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll

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NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Today`s Harris Interactive College Football PollSM 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 won and maintained their position. The only
change in the Top 10 was LSU moving up one spot to number 10, while USC dropped
from number 10 to number 20 after its loss to Stanford.

Highlights of November 15 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank Team Record Points Previous Game Next Game Previous Week's Rank
(weekend of Nov. 14) (weekend of Nov. 21)
1 Florida (78) 10-0 2,793 Beat South Carolina 24-14 Florida International 1
2 Texas (19) 10-0 2,711 Beat Baylor 47-14 Kansas 2
3 Alabama (16) 10-0 2,694 Beat Mississippi State 31-3 Chattanooga 3
4 TCU (1) 10-0 2,479 Beat No. 16 Utah 55-28 at Wyoming 4
5 Cincinnati 10-0 2,349 Beat No. 24 West Virginia 24-21 Idle 5
6 Boise State 10-0 2,317 Beat Idaho 63-25 at Utah State (Fri) 6
7 Georgia Tech 10-1 2,168 Beat Duke 49-10 Idle 7
8 Ohio State 9-2 1,960 Beat No. 12 Iowa 27-24 (OT) at Michigan 8
9 Pittsburgh 9-1 1,895 Beat Notre Dame 27-22 Idle 9
10 LSU 8-2 1,813 Beat Louisiana Tech 24-16 at Mississippi 11
11 Oregon 8-2 1,699 Beat Arizona State 44-21 at Arizona 14
12 Penn State 9-2 1,467 Beat Indiana 31-20 at Michigan State 17
13 Oklahoma State 8-2 1,408 Beat Texas Tech 24-17 Colorado (Thu) 18
14 Iowa 9-2 1,176 Lost to No. 8 Ohio State 27-24 (OT) Minnesota 12
15 Wisconsin 8-2 1,134 Beat Michigan 45-24 at Northwestern 20
16 Virginia Tech 7-3 976 Beat Maryland 36-9 North Carolina State 21
17 Stanford 7-3 946 Beat No. 10 USC 55-21 California NR
18 BYU 8-2 793 Beat New Mexico 24-19 Air Force 22
19 Clemson 7-3 578 Beat North Carolina State 43-23 Virginia 25
20 USC 7-3 576 Lost to Stanford 55-21 Idle 10
21 Utah 8-2 568 Lost to No. 4 TCU 55-28 San Diego State 16
22 Oregon State 7-3 492 Beat Washington 48-21 at Washington State NR
23 Houston 8-2 484 Lost to UCF 37-32 Memphis 13
24 Miami (FL) 7-3 442 Lost to North Carolina 33-24 Duke 15
25 Nebraska 7-3 169 Beat Kansas 31-17 Kansas State NR

Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Rutgers 143; Arizona 139; North Carolina 136;
California 123; Navy 85; Mississippi 78; West Virginia 73; Temple 47; Oklahoma
42; South Florida 34; Central Michigan 25; Auburn 19; Boston College 10; Nevada
4; Northwestern 3; Air Force 2.

Dropped out of Top 25: Arizona; South Florida; West Virginia.

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.

About Harris Interactive

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