Final Ap Poll

Tue., Jan. 5, 1999

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

Record Pts Pv 1. Tenn. (70) 13-0 1,750 1 2. Ohio St. 11-1 1,673 3 3. Florida St. 11-2 1,574 2 4. Arizona 12-1 1,535 5 5. Florida 10-2 1,463 7 6. Wisconsin 11-1 1,427 9 7. Tulane 12-0 1,252 10 8. UCLA 10-2 1,123 6 9. Georgia Tech 10-2 1,122 12 10. Kansas St. 11-2 1,086 4 11. Texas A&M 11-3 1,071 8 12. Michigan 10-3 1,052 15 13. Air Force 12-1 980 16 14. Georgia 9-3 785 19 15. Texas 9-3 740 20 16. Arkansas 9-3 621 11 17. Penn St. 9-3 619 22 18. Virginia 9-3 544 13 19. Nebraska 9-4 454 14 20. Miami 9-3 426 24 21. Missouri 8-4 335 23 22. Notre Dame 9-3 315 17 23. Virginia Tech 9-3 256 24. Purdue 9-4 236 25. Syracuse 8-4 161 18

Others receiving votes: Colorado 46, Marshall 45, Oregon 28, Mississippi St. 10, Miami, Ohio 9, West Virginia 6, Idaho 2, Texas Christian 2, Mississippi 1, Southern Cal 1.

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