Usa Today/Espn Poll

Mon., Oct. 26, 1998

The Top Twenty Five teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Rec. Pts. Pv. 1. Ohio State (55) 7-0 1,543 1 2. UCLA (1) 6-0 1,453 2 3. Kansas St. (5) 7-0 1,412 3 4. Tennessee (1) 6-0 1,402 4 5. Florida 6-1 1,274 5 6. Florida St. 7-1 1,233 6 7. Nebraska 7-1 1,134 7 8. Wisconsin 8-0 1,130 8 9. Texas A&M 7-1 1,018 10 10. Penn St. 5-1 1,008 9 11. Georgia 6-1 891 11 12. Arkansas 6-0 808 12 13. Oregon 6-1 806 14 14. Virginia 6-1 739 15 15. Arizona 7-1 709 16 16. Notre Dame 5-1 521 20 17. Virginia Tech 6-1 471 21 18. Tulane 6-0 451 23 19. Syracuse 4-2 424 22 20. West Virginia 4-2 318 13 21. Missouri 5-2 302 18 22. Michigan 5-2 179 23. Air Force 6-1 170 24. Georgia Tech 5-2 153 19 25. Colorado 6-2 143 17

Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 112, Washington 63, Marshall 54, LSU 46, Texas 46, Miami 41, Wyoming 38, Colorado St. 14, Kentucky 11, Southern California 10, Mississippi St. 8, Central Florida 7, North Carolina 4, Mississippi 2, Miami (Ohio) 1, Southern Miss 1.

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