Ap Top 25

Mon., Sept. 7, 1998

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and ranking in previous poll:

Rec Pts Pv 1. Ohio St. (39) 1-0 1,708 1 2. Florida St. (22) 1-0 1,667 2 3. Florida (4) 1-0 1,571 3 4. Nebraska (2) 2-0 1,546 4 5. Kansas St. (2) 1-0 1,418 6 6. UCLA (1) 0-0 1,394 7 7. LSU 0-0 1,279 9 8. Tennessee 1-0 1,274 10 9. Penn St. 1-0 1,131 13 10. Notre Dame 1-0 1,104 22 11. Washington 1-0 1,051 18 12. Virginia 1-0 963 16 13. Michigan 0-1 818 5 14. Arizona St. 0-1 737 8 15. Georgia 1-0 716 19 16. Colorado 1-0 619 17. Wisconsin 1-0 534 20 18. Texas A&M 0-1 487 14 19. Syracuse 0-1 470 17 20. West Virginia 0-1 445 11 21. Arizona 1-0 361 24 22. Southern Cal 1-0 287 23. Texas 1-0 250 24. Oregon 1-0 141 25. Missouri 1-0 123

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 102, Mississippi St. 90, Colorado St. 83, Kentucky 81, Oklahoma St. 45, Miami, Ohio 40, Mississippi 34, Air Force 29, Alabama 26, Miami 24, Virginia Tech 14, Tulane 13, Utah 13, Boston College 12, Georgia Tech 11, Southern Miss. 9, Auburn 6, Cent. Florida 6, Washington St. 5, Arkansas 4, Iowa 4, South Carolina 3, Brigham Young 1, Toledo 1.

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