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2008 Preseason and Regular season Polls

Coaches barely have Oklahoma #1, by 1 point.

usatoday
Dec. 7, 2008


Rank Team(#1 votes)Record Pts Lst week
1. Oklahoma ....(31)12-1 1,482 .2
2. Florida .....(26)12-1 1,481 .4
3. Texas ........(4)11-1 1,408 .3
T4 Southern Cal ....11-1 1,309 .5
T4 Alabama .........12-1 1,309 .1
6. Penn State.......11-1 1,193 .6
7. Utah.............12-0 1,134 .7
8. Texas Tech.......11-1 1,132 .8
9. Boise State......12-0 1,034 .9
10.Ohio State.......10-2 1,004 10
11.TCU..............10-2 ..877 11
12.Cincinnati.......11-2 ..830 12
13.Oregon............9-3 ..747 14
14.Oklahoma State....9-3 ..722 15
15.Georgia Tech......9-3 ..690 16
16.Brigham Young....10-2 ..541 18
17.Georgia...........9-3 ..537 19
18.Michigan State....9-3 ..466 21
19.Virginia Tech.....9-4 ..337 NR
20.Northwestern......9-3 ..334 22
21.Pittsburgh........9-3 ..316 23
22.Ball State.......12-1 ..219 13
23.Missouri..........9-4 ..218 17
24.Mississippi.......8-4 ..160 25
25.Oregon State......8-4 ..131 24
 
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Florida's a huge #1 in the AP poll - It should be noted that the BCS doeasn't use the AP, just the Harris and the Coaches. But this pretty much shuts out the dream that Texas might have had about a split title.

College Football Polls - CBSSports.com 120, BCS and AP Top 25

AP Top 25
No..School..........Record.Points..Prev
01. Florida ...(50)..12-1...1602...2
02. Oklahoma ...(9)..12-1...1540...4
03. Texas ......(6)..11-1...1530...3
04. Alabama .........12-1...1410...1
05. Southern Cal ....11-1...1372...5
06. Penn State.......11-1...1259...6
07. Utah ............12-0...1225...7
08. Texas Tech ......11-1...1193...8
09. Boise State .....12-0...1101...9
10. Ohio State ......10-2...1069..10
11. TCU .............10-2....921..11
12. Cincinnati ......11-2....863..13
13. Oklahoma State ...9-3....853..14
14. Georgia Tech .....9-3....761..15
15. Oregon ...........9-3....710..16
16. Georgia ..........9-3....599..17
17. Brigham Young ...10-2....477..20
18. Pittsburgh .......9-3....428..23
19. Michigan State ...9-3....423..21
20. Mississippi ......8-4....389..22
21. Virginia Tech ....9-4....318..27
22. Northwestern .....9-3....262..24
23. Ball State ......12-1....249..12
24. Oregon State .....8-4....163..25
25. Missouri .........9-4....150..19


Others Receiving Votes: Iowa(8-4) 104; Boston College(9-4) 95; Florida State(8-4) 13; West Virginia(8-4) 12; East Carolina(9-4) 12; California(8-4) 8; Rice(9-3) 6; Nebraska(8-4) 5; Tulsa(10-3) 2; Rutgers(7-5) 1
 
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Florida Gators clinch AP title; Utah Utes settle for No. 2 ranking - ESPN

Final AP poll


School Record Points
1. Florida 13-1 1,606
2. Utah 13-0 1,519
3. USC 12-1 1,481
4. Texas 12-1 1,478
5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,391
6. Alabama 12-2 1,264
7. TCU 11-2 1,193
8. Penn State 11-2 1,153
9. Ohio State 10-3 1,013
10. Oregon 10-3 997
11. Boise State 12-1 938
12. Texas Tech 11-2 916
13. Georgia 10-3 903
14. Mississippi 9-4 857
15. Virginia Tech 10-4 712
16. Oklahoma State 9-4 534
17. Cincinnati 11-3 506
18. Oregon State 9-4 467
19. Missouri 10-4 435
20. Iowa 9-4 317
21. Florida State 9-4 246
22. Georgia Tech 9-4 223
23. West Virginia 9-4 144
24. Michigan State 9-4 138
25. BYU 10-3 137
 
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Final Coaches Poll

Rank Team Record Votes Previous
1 Florida (60) 13-1 1,524 2
2 USC 12-1 1,393 4
3 Texas 12-1 1,389 3
4 Utah (1) 13-0 1,375 7
5 Oklahoma 12-2 1,333 1
6 Alabama 12-2 1,157 4
7 TCU 11-2 1,114 11
8 Penn State 11-2 1,091 6
9 Oregon 10-3 1,011 13
10 Georgia 10-3 904 17
11 Ohio State 10-3 874 10
12 Texas Tech 11-2 867 8
13 Boise State 12-1 809 9
14 Virginia Tech 10-4 740 19
15 Mississippi 9-4 620 24
16 Missouri 10-4 549 23
17 Cincinnati 11-3 493 12
18 Oklahoma State 9-4 480 14
19 Oregon State 9-4 407 25
20 Iowa 9-4 250 NR
21 Brigham Young 10-3 248 16
22 Georgia Tech 9-4 219 15
23 Florida State 9-4 217 NR
24 Michigan State 9-4 179 18
25 California 9-4 116 NR
 
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I'm suprised Ohio State finished 9th. Rewarded for playing tough against Texas obviously.

Utah got 14 first place votes. USC 1. Speaking of the AP Poll of course. Utah beat as many Top 25 and Top 10 teams as Florida did. Only different is Florida also lost to Mississippi...and Utah didn't lose at all. Now as far as how good the other teams they played were, I think the bottom MWC team's record against BCS schools this year shows that they are just as talented as the bottom BCS schools. I firmly believe that if Utah played in a BCS conference, they still likely would have gone undefeated. They were the best bowl team I saw this year...and played strong all year. But their name is Utah so they aren't allowed to win a national championship.

As far as the coach's poll. I thought Mack Brown said he was voting Texas #1. Nobody did. But somebody voted Utah #1 in the coach's. I don't know how that is possible though. I thought they all HAD to vote the BCS champion #1. Obviously I was wrong.

Obama just had a question at the end of the press conference asking about who should be the national champion. He said Utah, USC, Texas all have a beef, and that is why we need a playoff. I love how the President wants a playoff. He needs to use his power to make this happen. :)
 
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