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Ap Top 25

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll:

Record Pts Pv

1. Nebraska (46) 8-0 1,719 1

2. Penn St. (16) 7-0 1,643 2

3. Florida St. (5) 8-0 1,627 3

4. Michigan (1) 8-0 1,561 4

5. N. Carolina (2) 8-0 1,481 5

6. Washington 7-1 1,362 7

7. Ohio St. 8-1 1,324 9

8. Tennessee 6-1 1,312 8

9. Georgia 7-1 1,138 14 10. UCLA 7-2 1,089 12 11. Kansas St. 7-1 1,013 13 12. Iowa 6-2 904 15 13. Florida 6-2 902 6 14. LSU 6-2 837 16 15. Arizona St. 6-2 811 20 16. Washington St. 7-1 775 10 17. Auburn 7-2 515 11 18. Toledo 8-0 449 22 19. Mississippi St. 6-2 347 20. Virginia Tech 6-2 304 23 21. Texas A&M 6-2 299 25 22. Syracuse 6-3 286 23. Purdue 6-2 255 18 24. So. Miss. 6-2 253 24 25. Oklahoma St. 6-2 125 19

Others receiving votes: West Virginia 99, Missouri 93, Colorado St. 49, Wisconsin 42, Ohio U. 35, Michigan St. 32, Virginia 29, Louisiana Tech 11, Georgia Tech 10, Brigham Young 7, Marshall 4, New Mexico 3, Air Force 2, Mississippi 2, Southern Cal 1.

How staff writer Mike Sando voted:

1, Nebraska. 2, Penn State. 3, Michigan. 4, North Carolina. 5, Florida State. 6, Ohio State. 7, Washington. 8, Tennessee. 9, Iowa. 10, Georgia. 11, Arizona State. 12, Washington State. 13, UCLA. 14, Florida. 15, Kansas State. 16, LSU. 17, Syracuse. 18, Virginia Tech. 19, Purdue. 20, Michigan State. 21, Texas A&M. 22, Mississippi State. 23, Auburn. 24, Toledo. 25, Southern Mississippi.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The Top Twenty Five teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll:

Record Pts Pv

1. Nebraska (50) 8-0 1,526 1

2. Florida State (2) 8-0 1,449 3

3. Penn St. (8) 7-0 1,438 2

4. Michigan (2) 8-0 1,373 4

5. North Carolina 8-0 1,322 5

6. Washington 7-1 1,198 7

7. Tennessee 6-1 1,162 8

8. Ohio State 8-1 1,161 9

9. Georgia 7-1 960 15

10. Kansas St. 7-1 907 12

11. UCLA 7-2 898 13

12. LSU 6-2 844 14

13. Florida 6-2 790 6

14. Iowa 6-2 767 16

15. Washington St. 7-1 691 10

16. Arizona St. 6-2 635 21

17. Auburn 7-2 476 11

18. Virginia Tech 6-2 418 22

19. Syracuse 6-3 334 24

20. Toledo 8-0 302 23

21. Texas A&M 6-2 275 NR

22. West Virginia 6-2 225 17

23. Oklahoma St. 6-2 205 19

24. Purdue 6-2 201 18

25. Southern Miss 6-2 126 NR

Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 110, Wisconsin 98, Michigan State 54, Air Force 46, Colorado State 44, Missouri 44, Virginia 17, Clemson 15, BYU 8, Georgia Tech 8, Texas Tech 8, Louisiana Tech 5, New Mexico 5, Rice 5.