Top 25 Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll

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. Alabama and Florida retain the top two spots in the rankings, while Texas narrowly edges Oklahoma for the No. 3 spot. USC again rounds out the top five.

Highlights of November 30 Harris Interactive College Football Poll

Rank Team Record Points
Previous Game Next Game Previous Week's Rank (weekend (weekend of Nov. 29) of Dec. 6) 1 Alabama (107) 12-0 2,815 Beat Auburn
36-0 SEC Championship vs. No. 2 Florida 1 2 Florida (4) 11-1 2,619 Beat No. 23 Florida State 45-15 SEC Championship vs. No.
1 Alabama 2 3 Texas (1) 11-1 2,575 Beat Texas A&M 49-9 TBD 4 4 Oklahoma 11-1 2,569 Beat No. 12 Oklahoma State 61-41 TBD
3 5 USC 10-1 2,378 Beat Notre Dame 38-3 at UCLA 5 6 Penn State 11-1 2,177 Idle Idle 6 7 Utah (1) 12-0 2,111 Idle Idle 8 8
Texas Tech 11-1 2,090 Beat Baylor 35-28 TBD 7 9 Boise State 12-0 1,937 Beat Fresno State 61-10 Idle 9 10 Ohio State 10-2 1,856
Idle Idle 10 11 Ball State 12-0 1,526 Beat Western Michigan 45-22 MAC Championship vs. Buffalo (Fri) 14 12 TCU 10-2 1,502
Idle Idle 15 13 Cincinnati 10-2 1,425 Beat Syracuse 30-10 at Hawaii 16 14 Oklahoma State 9-3 1,217 Lost to No. 3 Oklahoma
61-41 Idle 12 15 Oregon 9-3 1,076 Beat No. 17 Oregon State 65-38 Idle 19 16 Georgia Tech 9-3 1,065 Beat No. 13 Georgia 45-42
Idle 22 17 BYU 10-2 990 Idle Idle 18 18 Missouri 9-3 896 Lost to Kansas 40-37 Big 12 Championship vs. TBD 11 19 Boston College
9-3 834 Beat Maryland 28-21 ACC Championship vs. Virginia Tech 20 20 Georgia 9-3 833 Lost to No. 22 Georgia Tech 45-42 Idle
13 21 Michigan State 9-3 688 Idle Idle 21 22 Northwestern 9-3 414 Idle Idle 24 23 Pittsburgh 8-3 346 Beat West Virginia 19-15
at Connecticut 25 24 Mississippi 8-4 239 Beat Mississippi State 45-0 Idle NR 25 Oregon State 8-4 211 Lost to No. 19 Oregon
65-38 Idle 17

Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Tulsa 87; Virginia Tech 71; Iowa 60; Florida State 30; Nebraska 20; California 18; Rice 12; North Carolina 9; West Virginia 9; Kansas 6; Connecticut 5; Western Michigan 4; LSU 3; Maryland 2.

Dropped out of Top 25: Florida State.

Poll Methodology and Process

The 2008 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.

The 11 Division 1-A Conference Commissioners and Notre Dame Athletics Director Jack Swarbrick decided not to accept the Harris Interactive recommendation to apply a standard statistical practice that addresses potential instability, error or bias associated with unusual ranking patterns. This process, which began in 2005, will remain the same for the 2008 season. Each week Harris Interactive will conduct a thorough verification of the results, and the rankings will stand as submitted.

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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