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This Week’S Polls

AP Top 25

The Top Twenty Five teams in the Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and ranking in the previous poll:

Rec Pts Pvs 1. Nebraska (67) 7-0 1,747 1 2. Virginia Tech 7-0 1,605 2 3. Oklahoma (3) 6-0 1,599 3 4. Miami 5-1 1,532 4 5. Clemson 8-0 1,495 5 6. Florida St. 7-1 1,420 6 7. Oregon 6-1 1,309 7 8. Florida 6-1 1,247 8 9. Washington 6-1 1,141 9 10. Kansas St. 7-1 1,072 10 11. TCU 6-0 1,014 11 12. Ohio St. 6-1 881 14 13. Georgia 6-1 872 12 14. Southern Miss. 5-1 853 15 15. Michigan 6-2 762 16 16. Purdue 6-2 688 17 17. South Carolina 7-1 671 18 18. Oregon St. 6-1 668 19 19. Notre Dame 5-2 555 20 20. Mississippi St. 4-2 365 13 21. N.C. State 5-1 289 24 22. Texas 5-2 206 - 23. Northwestern 5-2 204 25 24. Arizona 5-2 201 21 25. Auburn 6-2 129 -

Others receiving votes: Colorado St. 65, Pittsburgh 47, W. Michigan 38, LSU 19, Arizona St. 14, Tennessee 8, Georgia Tech 6, Texas A&M 6, UCLA 6, Toledo 5, Mississippi 4, Iowa St. 3, UTEP 2, East Carolina 1, Minnesota 1.

Carter Strickland’s ballot

1. Nebraska; 2. Oklahoma; 3. Miami; 4. Virginia Tech; 5. Clemson; 6. Florida State; 7. Florida; 8. Oregon; 9. Kansas State; 10. Washington; 11. Ohio State; 12. TCU; 13. Michigan; 14. Georgia; 15. Oregon State; 16. Southern Mississippi; 17. Notre Dame; 18. Purdue; 19. South Carolina; 20. N.C. State; 21. Mississippi State; 22. Northwestern; 23. Texas; 24. Colorado State; 25. Auburn.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 poll

The Top Twenty Five teams in the USA Today/ ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Rec Pts Pvs 1. Nebraska (58) 7-0 1,474 1 2. Virginia Tech 7-0 1,394 2 3. Oklahoma (1) 6-0 1,307 4 4. Clemson 8-0 1,306 3 5. Miami 5-1 1,255 5 6. Florida State 7-1 1,181 6 7. Florida 6-1 1,101 7 8. Kansas State 7-1 973 8 9. Washington 6-1 950 9 10. Oregon 6-1 936 11 11. Texas Christian 6-0 881 10 12. Georgia 6-1 809 12 13. Ohio State 6-1 799 13 14. Southern Miss. 5-1 709 15 15. Michigan 6-2 678 16 16. Purdue 6-2 541 17 17. Oregon State 6-1 526 18 18. South Carolina 7-1 491 19 19. Notre Dame 5-2 333 22 20. Texas 5-2 302 21 21. Mississippi State 4-2 300 14 22. North Carolina St. 5-1 215 25 23. Arizona 5-2 140 20 24. Colorado State 6-1 129 - 25. Auburn 6-2 124 -

Others receiving votes: Northwestern 91, Western Michigan 43, Pittsburgh 26, Arizona State 23, Texas A&M 23, Minnesota 20, Mississippi 18, Tennessee 18, LSU 14, East Carolina 12, UCLA 10, Georgia Tech 8, Toledo 8, Air Force 2, Iowa State 2, Alabama 1, Louisville 1, Texas-El Paso 1.