Usa Today/Espn Top 25

Mon., Sept. 14, 1998

The Top Twenty Five teams in the USA Today/ ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and last week’s ranking:

Rec Pts Pv 1. Ohio State (52) 2-0 1,537 1 2. Florida (1) 2-0 1,432 4 3. Nebraska (7) 3-0 1,425 3 4. Kansas State (1) 2-0 1,324 5 5. UCLA (1) 1-0 1,289 6 6. Tennessee 1-0 1,171 7 7. LSU 1-0 1,170 8 8. Penn State 2-0 1,134 9 9. Washington 1-0 1,020 10 10. Virginia 2-0 952 12 11. Florida State 1-1 901 2 12. Georgia 2-0 879 13 13. Syracuse 1-1 683 18 14. Wisconsin 2-0 680 17 15. Colorado 2-0 661 16 16. Southern Cal 2-0 495 23 17. Arizona 2-0 490 21 18. Texas A&M 1-1 424 19 19. Missouri 2-0 342 25 20. West Virginia 0-1 333 20 21. Virginia Tech 2-0 245 22. Alabama 2-0 207 23. Oregon 2-0 165 24. N. Carolina St. 2-0 159 25. Notre Dame 1-1 156 11

Others receiving votes: Air Force 98, Mississippi State 91, North Carolina 91, Miami 89, Michigan 79, Brigham Young 75, Kentucky 58, Arizona State 46, Tulane 46, Colorado State 34, Texas 30, Boston College 28, Washington State 26, Southern Mississippi 16, Miami (Ohio) 13, Auburn 12, Utah 11, Texas Tech 10, Michigan State 6, Central Florida 5, Duke 5, Marshall 4, Fresno State 1, Georgia Tech 1, Tulsa 1.

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