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Associated Press Top 25

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press final regular-season college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv 1. Nebraska (50) 11-0-0 1,538 1 2. Florida (12) 12-0-0 1,500 2 3. Northwestern 10-1-0 1,413 3 4. Ohio St. 11-1-0 1,325 5 tie. Tennessee 10-1-0 1,325 4 6. Notre Dame 9-2-0 1,203 6 7. Colorado 9-2-0 1,140 7 8. Florida St. 9-2-0 1,128 8 9. Texas 10-1-1 1,105 9 10. Kansas St. 9-2-0 963 10 11. Kansas 9-2-0 833 11 12. Oregon 9-2-0 809 12 13. Virginia Tech 9-2-0 801 13 14. Michigan 9-3-0 758 14 15. Penn St. 8-3-0 733 15 16. Auburn 8-3-0 637 17 17. Southern Cal 8-2-1 536 18 18. Virginia 8-4-0 420 19 19. Texas A&M 8-3-0 406 16 20. Washington 7-3-1 365 20 21. Alabama 8-3-0 319 21 22. Miami 8-3-0 289 22 23. Clemson 8-3-0 225 24 24. Arkansas 8-4-0 111 23 25. Toledo 10-0-1 86 25

Others receiving votes: Syracuse 57, UCLA 48, Texas Tech 25, Stanford 19, East Carolina 14, Colorado St. 11, Michigan St. 6, Nevada 2.

USA Today-CNN top 25

The USA TODAY-CNN football coaches’ poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv 1. Nebraska (55) 11-0-0 1,543 1 2. Florida (7) 12-0-0 1,494 2 3. Northwestern 10-1-0 1,412 3 4. Tennessee 10-1-0 1,315 4 5. Ohio State 11-1-0 1,305 5 6. Texas 10-1-1 1,213 6 7. Colorado 9-2-0 1,140 7 8. Florida State 9-2-0 1,087 8 9. Notre Dame 9-2-0 1,068 9 10. Kansas State 9-2-0 963 10 11. Virginia Tech 9-2-0 888 11 12. Oregon 9-2-0 847 12 13. Kansas 9-2-0 805 14 14. Michigan 9-3-0 676 15 15. Auburn 8-3-0 662 16 16. Penn State 8-3-0 651 17 17. Southern Cal 8-2-1 557 18 18. Texas A&M 8-3-0 508 13 19. Virginia 8-4-0 427 19 20. Washington 7-3-1 360 20 21. Clemson 8-3-0 344 22 22. Syracuse 8-3-0 223 25 23. Arkansas 8-4-0 143 24 24. UCLA 7-4-0 125 25. Texas Tech 8-3-0 106 Others receiving votes: Stanford 80, Colorado State 52, Toledo 48, Iowa 33, East Carolina 19, North Carolina 13, Air Force 11, Michigan State 11, Utah 9, Baylor 3, BYU 3, Louisville 3, Arizona 1, Miami, Ohio 1, San Diego State 1.

Bowl glance Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 14)

Nevada (9-2) vs. Toledo (10-0-1), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Blue-Gray Classic (Dec. 25)

Blue vs. Gray, 9 a.m. (ABC) Aloha Bowl (Dec. 25)

Kansas (9-2) vs. UCLA (7-4), 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Copper Bowl (Dec. 27)

Air Force (8-4) vs. Texas Tech (8-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl (Dec. 28)

Texas A&M (8-3) vs. Michigan (9-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Heritage Bowl (Dec. 29)

Florida A&M (9-2) vs. Southern University (10-1), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl (Dec. 29)

Washington (7-3-1) vs. Iowa (7-4), 11:30 a.m. (CBS) Independence Bowl (Dec. 29)

Michigan State (6-4-1) vs. LSU (6-4-1), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl (Dec. 29)

Colorado State (8-3) vs. Kansas State (9-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Liberty Bowl (Dec. 30)

East Carolina (8-3) vs. Stanford (7-3-1), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Carquest Bowl (Dec. 30)

North Carolina (6-5) vs. Arkansas (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (TBS) Peach Bowl (Dec. 30)

Virginia (8-4) vs. Georgia (6-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl (Dec. 31)

Texas (10-1-1) vs. Virginia Tech (9-2), 4:30 p.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl (Jan. 1)

Penn State (8-3) vs. Auburn (8-3), 8 a.m. (ESPN) Citrus Bowl (Jan. 1)

Tennessee (10-1) vs. Ohio State (11-1), 10 a.m. (ABC) Gator Bowl (Jan. 1)

Clemson (8-3) vs. Syracuse (8-3), 10 a.m. (NBC) Cotton Bowl (Jan. 1)

Colorado (9-2) vs. Oregon (9-2), 10:30 a.m. (CBS) Rose Bowl (Jan. 1)

Northwestern (10-1) vs. Southern California (8-2-1), 2 p.m. (ABC) Orange Bowl (Jan. 1)

Notre Dame (9-2) vs. Florida State (9-2), 5 p.m. (CBS) Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 2)

Nebraska (11-0) vs. Florida (12-0), 5:30 p.m. (CBS)