Ap Top 25

Mon., Aug. 30, 1999

The Top Twenty Five teams in the Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Aug. 29, 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. Florida St. (28) 1-0 1,671 1 2. Penn St. (26) 1-0 1,663 3 3. Tennessee (13) 0-0 1,610 2 4. Florida (1) 0-0 1,429 5 5. Nebraska 0-0 1,376 6 6. Texas A&M 0-0 1,368 7 7. Michigan 0-0 1,328 8 8. Miami 1-0 1,238 12 9. Wisconsin 0-0 1,146 10 10. Georgia Tech 0-0 1,048 11 11. Virginia Tech (1) 0-0 951 13 12. Georgia 0-0 900 14 13. Ohio St. 0-1 766 9 14. Colorado 0-0 687 15 15. Arizona 0-1 656 4 16. Notre Dame 1-0 655 18 17. UCLA 0-0 606 16 18. Arkansas 0-0 489 22 19. Kansas St. 0-0 488 t20 20. Alabama 0-0 463 t20 21. Southern Cal 0-0 455 19 22. Purdue 0-0 385 23 23. Virginia 0-0 241 24 24. N.C. State 1-0 174 - 25. Arizona St. 0-0 125 25

Others receiving votes: BYU 92, Marshall 80, Texas 68, Mississippi St. 53, Michigan St. 45, Mississippi 27, Air Force 21, Louisville 20, Syracuse 16, LSU 15, Oklahoma 15, Wyoming 14, Oklahoma St. 10, Oregon 8, Missouri 7, Washington 4, Southern Miss. 3, North Carolina 2, TCU 2, Miami, Ohio 1, Texas Tech 1, Utah 1, W. Michigan 1, West Virginia 1.

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