Bob's Top 25

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Bob's AP ballot

PREVIOUS

1. Florida 1

2. Texas 2

3. Alabama 3

4. Boise State 4

5. TCU 5

6. Cincinnati 6

7. Iowa 7

8. Oregon 12

9. LSU 9

10. Penn State 10

11. Georgia Tech 13

12. Houston 16

13. Pittsburgh 17

14. Utah 18

15. Southern Cal 8

16. Ohio State 19

17. Arizona 21

18. Notre Dame 24

19. Wisconsin 25

20. Cal –

21. BYU –

22. South Florida –

23. Auburn –

24. Texas Tech –

25. West Virginia 15

What Bob's thinking

A lot of voters in both polls are panicking like they own stock or something. Please, folks, relax. Watch the games. See what happens. Don't keep yanking teams up and down the poll on a whim.

The News-Gazette's first seven remained the same. As they should have. Sure, you could have punished Iowa for playing poorly for three quarters against Indiana. But you can't drop them below teams with one loss.

The seven teams at the top aren't moving out of the top seven until they lose. Period. They have done enough to earn their places and they can't/shouldn't be jumped by a one-loss team.

Remember how everybody thought Southern Cal had a chance to play for the national title? Bzzzzz. Wrong again. These are not the Matt Leinart/Reggie Bush Trojans. This is a lesser version. The kind that loses at Washington, which should have meant a bigger drop by most voters.

This week's Big Mover: Oregon. The only loss is against Boise State and the Ducks drilled Southern Cal at home. Oregon is the country's best one-loss team, but anybody who puts it ahead of Boise State is a dope.

All sorts of new teams in the poll this week, led by California. BYU, South Florida, Auburn and Texas Tech also climb in. Virginia Tech is just outside. So is Boston College.

Associated Press Top 25

    Record    Pts    Pvs
 1. Florida (38)    8-0    1,448    1
 2. Texas (13)    8-0    1,408    3
 3. Alabama (8)    8-0    1,390    2
 4. Cincinnati    8-0    1,212    5
 5. Boise St.    8-0    1,211    6
 6. TCU    8-0    1,147    8
 7. Oregon    7-1    1,130    10
 8. Iowa    9-0    1,127    7
 9. LSU    7-1    1,036    9
10. Georgia Tech    8-1    949    11
11. Penn St.    8-1    886    12
12. Southern Cal    6-2    741    4
13. Houston    7-1    707    15
14. Pittsburgh    7-1    690    16
15. Ohio St.    7-2    636    17
16. Miami    6-2    602    18
17. Utah    7-1    552    19
18. Oklahoma St.    6-2    361    13
19. Notre Dame    6-2    352    25
20. Oklahoma    5-3    348    22
21. Arizona    5-2    322    23
22. Virginia Tech    5-3    185    14
23. California    6-2    181    —
24. Wisconsin    6-2    172    —
25. BYU    6-2    130    —
Others receiving votes: South Florida 115, Clemson 35, Auburn 30, Texas Tech 24, West Virginia 15, Rutgers 11, Boston College 6, Cent. Michigan 4, Oregon St. 4, Tennessee 3, Idaho 2, Richmond 1, South Carolina 1, Temple 1.

Coaches Top 25
    Pts    Pvs
 1. Florida (50)    1,463    1
 2. Texas (4)    1,395    3
 3. Alabama (5)    1,390    2
 4. TCU    1,182    6
 5. Boise State    1,176    5
 6. Iowa    1,161    8
 7. Cincinnati    1,150    7
 8. Oregon    1,079    12
 9. LSU    1,062    9
10. Penn State    966    10
11. Georgia Tech    934    11
12. Ohio State    730    15
13. USC    729    4
14. Pittsburgh    694    17
15. Houston    672    16
16. Utah    567    19
17. Miami     549    18
18. Okla. St.    371    13
19. Arizona    320    24
20. Oklahoma    313    23
21. Notre Dame    281    25
22. Wisconsin    204    —
23. California    197    —
24. Virginia Tech    193    14
25. BYU    106    —
Others receiving votes: South Florida 65; West Virginia 51; Texas Tech 49; Auburn 46; Clemson 18; South Carolina 15; Idaho 8; North Carolina 8; Central Michigan 7; Boston College 5; Navy 5; Rutgers 4; Tennessee 4; Duke 3; Kansas State 1; Temple 1; Troy 1.

Harris Top 25
    Pts    Pvs
 1. Florida (83)    2,803    1
 2. Texas (19)    2,714    3
 3. Alabama (9)    2,672    2
 4. Boise St. (1)    2,313    5
 5. Cincinnati    2,281    6
 6. TCU    2,226    7
 7. Iowa (2)    2,209    8
 8. Oregon    2,148    11
 9. LSU    2,070    9
10. Penn State    1,809    10
11. Georgia Tech    1,775    12
12. USC    1,415    4
13. Ohio State    1,369    15
14. Houston    1,303    16
15. Pittsburgh    1,282    17
16. Utah    1,121    19
17. Miami    1,111    18
18. Okla. State    690    13
19. Oklahoma    673    22
20. Notre Dame    657    24
21. Arizona    598    25
22. California    385    —
23. Virginia Tech    333    14
24. Wisconsin    295    —
25. BYU    250    —
Others receiving votes: South Florida 176; West Virginia 83; Texas Tech 70; Auburn 61; Clemson 25; Central Michigan 24; Idaho 16; Tennessee 16; Temple 15; Rutgers 10; South Carolina 10; Kansas 9; Oregon State 7; Troy 7; Nebraska 6; Boston College 3; Mississippi 3; Stanford 3; North Carolina 2; Arkansas 1; Duke 1. Dropped out of Top 25: West Virginia; South Carolina; Mississippi.

BCS standings

PREVIOUS
 1. Florida   1
 2. Texas   3
 3. Alabama   2
 4. Iowa   4
 5. Cincinnati   8
 6. TCU   6
 7. Boise St.   7
 8. Oregon   10
 9. LSU   9
10. Georgia Tech  11
11. Penn St.    12
12. Southern Cal   5
13. Pittsburgh   15
14. Utah   16
15. Houston   18
16. Ohio St.   17
17. Miami   19
18. Arizona   20
19. Oklahoma St.   14
20. California   24
21. Wisconsin   —
22. Notre Dame   23
23. Virginia Tech   13
24. Oklahoma    —
25. South Florida   —

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