Usa Today/Espn Top 25

Mon., Sept. 21, 1998

The Top Twenty Five teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 19, 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 (53) 3-0 1,538 1 2. Nebraska (7) 3-0 1,451 3 3. Kansas State (1) 3-0 1,386 4 4. Tennessee 2-0 1,326 6 5. UCLA (1) 2-0 1,324 5 6. LSU 2-0 1,214 7 7. Penn State 3-0 1,120 8 8. Washington 2-0 1,069 9 9. Florida 2-1 1,041 2 10. Virginia 3-0 960 10 11. Florida State 2-1 915 11 12. Georgia 3-0 840 12 13. Syracuse 2-1 798 13 14. Wisconsin 3-0 719 14 15. Colorado 3-0 673 15 16. Arizona 3-0 558 17 17. So. California 3-0 549 16 18. Texas A&M 2-1 491 18 19. Virginia Tech 3-0 428 21 20. West Virginia 1-1 392 20 21. Oregon 3-0 325 23 22. Alabama 2-0 295 22 23. Air Force 3-0 151 - 24. Missouri 2-1 129 19 25. Kentucky 3-0 96 -

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 78, Tulane, 52, Michigan 46, Boston College 37, Arizona St. 28, Washington St. 21, Texas Tech 18, Miami 15, Utah 12, Miami (Ohio) 11, Brigham Young 8, North Carolina St. 8, Purdue 8, Marshall 7, Mississippi St. 5, Baylor 2, Michigan St. 2, Tulsa 2, Iowa St. 1, North Carolina 1.

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