Atlanta, GA 10/20/2008 9:58:51 PM
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USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25 College Football Rankings: Texas Longhorns Remain #1

The Texas Longhorns remain the top-ranked team in the USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25 college football rankings.

After defeating their archrivals, the Oklahoma Sooners, two weeks ago, the Longhorns followed up with a key victory against #11 Missouri Tigers, 56-31, on Saturday. Texas will take on #8 Oklahoma State, then the #6 Texas Tech Red Raiders in arguably the toughest schedule stretch in college football.

The Sooners bounced back from the Texas loss, defeating then-#15 Kansas Jayhawks, 45-31. Oklahoma is now #5.

#2 Alabama Crimson Tide survived a late-game scare by the Mississippi Rebels by defeating them 24-20, while #3 Penn State Nittany Lions end a nine-game losing streak against Michigan Wolverines as they won 46-17.

Overall, nine ranked teams lost this past weekend, six of which vaulted them out of the USA Today Coaches Poll: Michigan State Spartans, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, North Carolina Tar Heels, California Golden Bears and Vanderbilt Commodores. Each of these teams, except Michigan State and Vandy, lost to an unranked opponent.

TCU Horned Frogs, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Pittsburgh Panthers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Northwestern Wildcats and Minnesota Golden Gophers have all moved into the USA Today Coaches Poll.

For the full list of the USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25 college football rankings, please look below:

USA Today Poll

 1. Texas (58) 7-0 1,522

 2. Alabama (1) 7-0 1,436

 3. Penn State (2) 8-0 1,413

 4. USC 5-1 1,264

 5. Oklahoma 6-1 1,218

 6. Texas Tech 7-0 1,210

 7. Florida 5-1 1,184

 8. Oklahoma State 7-0 1,083

 9. Georgia 6-1 1,067

10. Ohio State 7-1 995

11. LSU 5-1 903

12. Utah 8-0 891

13. Boise State 6-0 786

14. South Florida 6-1 643

15. TCU 7-1 582

16. Missouri 5-2 551

17. Brigham Young 6-1 464

18. Kansas 5-2 342

19. Tulsa 7-0 328

20. Pittsburgh 5-1 292

21. Georgia Tech 6-1 282

22. Ball State 7-0 274

23. Florida State 5-1 258

24. Northwestern 6-1 177

25. Minnesota 6-1 165

Others Receiving Votes

Boston College 159, Michigan State 92, Virginia Tech 77, North Carolina 28, Oregon 27, Cincinnati 26, Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 15, Wake Forest 14, Maryland 12, Arizona 11, Fresno State 4, Illinois 4, California 2, Notre Dame 2, Colorado 1, East Carolina 1.

Dropped From Rankings

Michigan State 17, Virginia Tech 18, Wake Forest 19, North Carolina 21, California 22, Vanderbilt 23.

 

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