College Football Polls Associated Press Top 25

The Top Twenty Five teams in the Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 28, 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 (23) 8-0-0 1,501 2

2. Florida St. (31) 7-0-0 1,498 1 3. Florida (2) 7-0-0 1,417 3 4. Ohio St. (6) 8-0-0 1,412 4 5. Tennessee 7-1-0 1,299 5 6. Northwestern 7-1-0 1,216 8 7. Michigan 7-1-0 1,180 9 8. Notre Dame 7-2-0 1,042 12 9. Kansas St. 7-1-0 1,038 14 10 Colorado 6-2-0 860 7 11. Kansas 7-1-0 833 6 12. Penn St. 6-2-0 828 16 13. Texas 5-1-1 764 15 14. Southern Cal 6-1-1 759 13 15. Washington 5-2-1 554 17 16. Alabama 6-2-0 544 18 17. Texas A&M 5-2-0 512 19 18. Arkansas 6-2-0 487 19. Oregon 6-2-0 457 10 20. Syracuse 6-1-0 354 21 21. Auburn 5-3-0 330 11 22. UCLA 6-2-0 328 24 23. Texas Tech 5-2-0 307 22 24. Virginia 6-3-0 305 20 25. Oklahoma 5-2-1 172 23

Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech 72, Baylor 20, San Diego St. 20, Stanford 18, Iowa 11, Toledo 10, Army 1, Clemson 1.

Steve Bergum’s picks

Here is how The Spokesman-Review staff writer Steve Bergum voted in the Associated Press college football poll:

1. Nebraska, 2. Florida State , 3. Florida, 4. Ohio State, 5. Tennessee, 6. Northwestern, 7. Notre Dame, 8. Michigan, 9. Penn State, 10. Colorado, 11. Kansas State, 12. Southern California, 13. Kansas, 14. Texas , 15. Washington, 16. Virginia, 17. Texas A&M , 18. Auburn, 19. Oregon, 20. Syracuse, 21. Alabama, 22. UCLA, 23. Texas Tech, 24. Arkansas, 25. Oklahoma.

USA Today-CNN Top 25

The USA TODAY-CNN football coaches’ poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 28, 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 (28) 8-0-0 1,505 2 2. Florida State (24) 7-0-0 1,491 1 3. Florida (1) 7-0-0 1,418 3 4. Ohio State (9) 8-0-0 1,414 4 5. Tennessee 7-1-0 1,237 5 6. Northwestern 7-1-0 1,212 8 7. Michigan 7-1-0 1,159 9 8. Kansas State 7-1-0 1,030 14 9. Texas 5-1-1 902 13 10. Notre Dame 7-2-0 837 15 11. Southern Cal 6-1-1 800 10 12. Colorado 6-2-0 784 7 13. Penn State 6-2-0 772 16 14. Kansas 7-1-0 765 6 15. Syracuse 6-1-0 717 17 16. Texas A&M 5-2-0 580 18 17. Washington 5-2-1 427 19 18. Arkansas 6-2-0 401 19. Oregon 6-2-0 400 12 20. Virginia 6-3-0 364 20 21. UCLA 6-2-0 349 24 22. Alabama 6-2-0 347 22 23. Auburn 5-3-0 312 11 24. Texas Tech 5-2-0 249 25 25. Oklahoma 5-2-1 248 21

Others receiving votes: Baylor 104, Virginia Tech 97, Iowa 35, Brigham Young 28, Clemson 25, Stanford 25, Arizona 14, Miami, Fla. 8, San Diego State 7, Toledo 7, Maryland 6, North Carolina 6, Washington State 6, Wisconsin 3.