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Top 25

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 9, 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. Florida St. (33) 2-0-0 1,514 1

2. Nebraska (20) 2-0-0 1,481 2

3. Texas A&M (4) 1-0-0 1,372 3

4. Florida (2) 2-0-0 1,313 5

5. Auburn (2) 2-0-0 1,302 6

6. Southern Cal 1-0-0 1,217 7

7. Penn St. 1-0-0 1,155 4

8. Tennessee (1) 2-0-0 1,058 8

9. Colorado 2-0-0 1,033 10

10. Ohio St. 1-0-0 1,023 9

11. Michigan 3-0-0 957 11

12. UCLA 2-0-0 941 12

13. Alabama 2-0-0 762 13

14. Oklahoma 1-0-0 720 14

15. Texas 1-0-0 647 15

16. Virginia 2-1-0 637 16

17. Arizona 2-0-0 509 17

18. Washington 1-0-0 478 18

19. Miami 1-1-0 393 19

20. Oregon 2-0-0 296 24

21. Air Force 2-0-0 287

22. Kansas St. 2-0-0 249 21

23. Georgia 1-1-0 153

24. Notre Dame 1-1-0 137 25

25. Northwestern 1-0-0 121

Others receiving votes: Boston College 80, N. Carolina St. 73, Baylor 40, Texas Tech 38, LSU 35, Virginia Tech 35, Fresno St. 15, Maryland 15, Pittsburgh 10, Iowa 7, Oregon St. 7, East Carolina 6, Arkansas 5, Clemson 5, Texas Christian 5, Nevada 4, Stanford 4, Kansas 3, Mississippi St. 3, Southern Miss. 2, Wisconsin 2, Colorado St. 1.

Bergum’s picks

How Spokesman-Review report Steve Bergum voted in this week’s poll: 1. Nebraska 2. Florida State 3. Texas A&M 4. Southern California 5. Penn State 6. Florida 7. UCLA 8. Tennessee 9. Auburn 10. Colorado 11. Oklahoma 12. Alabama 13. Ohio State 14. Miami 15. Michigan 16. Notre Dame 17. Washington 18. Virginia 19. Arizona 20. Texas 21. Kansas State 22. Air Force 23. Georgia 24. Oregon 25. LSU