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Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll


  • Press Release
  • Source: Harris Interactive
  • On 2:44 pm EST, Sunday November 15, 2009

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
(weekend of Nov. 14) 		  Next Game
(weekend of Nov. 21) 		  Previous Week's Rank
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

Harris Interactive is a global leader in custom market research. With a long and rich history in multimodal research, powered by our science and technology, we assist clients in achieving business results. Harris Interactive serves clients globally through our North American, European and Asian offices and a network of independent market research firms. For more information, please visit www.harrisinteractive.com.

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