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. Florida, Texas, and Alabama, all still undefeated, maintained the top
three spots. TCU moved into the 4th spot after beating San Diego State 55-12.
Cincinnati again rounded out the top five.

Highlights of November 8 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank Team Record Points Previous Game Next Game Previous
(weekend of Nov. 7) (weekend of Nov. 14) Week's Rank
1 Florida (82) 9-0 2,801 Beat Vanderbilt 27-3 at South Carolina 1
2 Texas (18) 9-0 2,712 Beat UCF 35-3 at Baylor 2
3 Alabama (14) 9-0 2,688 Beat No. 9 LSU 24-15 at Mississippi State 3
4 TCU 9-0 2,424 Beat San Diego State 55-12 No. 16 Utah 6
5 Cincinnati 9-0 2,377 Beat Connecticut 47-45 No. 24 West Virginia (Fri) 5
6 Boise State 9-0 2,349 Beat Louisiana Tech 45-35 Idaho 4
7 Georgia Tech 9-1 2,131 Beat Wake Forest 30-27 (OT) at Duke 11
8 Ohio State 8-2 1,795 Beat No. 10 Penn State 24-7 No. 12 Iowa 13
9 Pittsburgh 8-1 1,713 Beat Syracuse 37-10 Notre Dame 15
10 USC 7-2 1,660 Beat Arizona State 14-9 Stanford 12
11 LSU 7-2 1,634 Lost to No. 3 Alabama 24-15 Louisiana Tech 9
12 Iowa 9-1 1,540 Lost to Northwestern 17-10 at No. 8 Ohio State 7
13 Houston 8-1 1,476 Beat Tulsa 46-45 at UCF 14
14 Oregon 7-2 1,381 Lost to Stanford 51-42 Arizona State 8
15 Miami (FL) 7-2 1,366 Beat Virginia 52-17 at North Carolina 17
16 Utah 8-1 1,352 Beat New Mexico 45-14 at No. 4 TCU 16
17 Penn State 8-2 1,057 Lost to No. 13 Ohio State 24-7 Indiana 10
18 Oklahoma State 7-2 979 Beat Iowa State 34-8 Texas Tech 18
19 Arizona 6-2 880 Beat Washington State 48-7 at California 21
20 Wisconsin 7-2 567 Beat Indiana 31-28 Michigan 24
21 Virginia Tech 6-3 478 Beat East Carolina 16-3 at Maryland 23
22 BYU 7-2 468 Beat Wyoming 52-0 at New Mexico 25
23 South Florida 6-2 266 Idle at Rutgers (Thu) NR
24 West Virginia 7-2 182 Beat Louisville 17-9 at No. 5 Cincinnati (Fri) NR
25 Clemson 6-3 119 Beat Florida State 40-24 at North Carolina State NR
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Stanford 115; Auburn 100; Oregon State 94; Texas
Tech 73; Navy 44; Nebraska 44; Oklahoma 37; California 30; Temple 24; Tennessee
19; Central Michigan 14; Troy University 12; Mississippi 11; Rutgers 11; Notre
Dame 9; North Carolina 6; South Carolina 4; Boston College 3; Kansas State 3;
Fresno State 2.

Dropped out of Top 25: Oklahoma; Notre Dame; California.

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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