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AP Top 25 College Football Poll

Rankings

Released January 20
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Rank
Teams
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Indiana16-0Big Ten
-
-
1650 (66)
2
Miami (FL)13-3Atlantic Coast
8
-
1584 (0)
3
Ole Miss13-2Southeastern
3
-
1492 (0)
4
Oregon13-2Big Ten
1
-
1429 (0)
5
Ohio State12-2Big Ten
-2
-
1378 (0)
6
Georgia12-2Southeastern
-4
-
1364 (0)
7
Texas Tech12-2Big 12
-3
-
1232 (0)
8
Texas A&M11-2Southeastern
-1
-
1157 (0)
9
Alabama11-4Southeastern
2
-
1065 (0)
10
Notre Dame10-2IA Independents
-1
-
1049 (0)
11
BYU12-2Big 12
1
-
961 (0)
12
Texas10-3Southeastern
2
-
952 (0)
13
Oklahoma10-3Southeastern
-5
-
941 (0)
14
Utah11-2Big 12
1
-
812 (0)
15
Vanderbilt10-3Southeastern
-2
-
623 (0)
16
Virginia11-3Atlantic Coast
4
-
603 (0)
17
Iowa9-4Big Ten
-
-
430 (0)
18
Tulane11-3American
-1
-
404 (0)
19
James Madison12-2Sun Belt
-
-
399 (0)
20
USC9-4Big Ten
-4
-
378 (0)
21
Michigan9-4Big Ten
-3
-
276 (0)
22
Houston10-3Big 12
-
-
270 (0)
23
Navy11-2American
-1
-
227 (0)
24
North Texas12-2American
-1
-
191 (0)
25
TCU9-4Big 12
-
-
125 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Illinois 123, Washington 76, SMU 69, Duke 58, Arizona 54, Georgia Tech 44, Tennessee 10, Missouri 8, Louisville 7, Old Dominion 3, W. Michigan 2, Wake Forest 2, Hawaii 1, Boise St. 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.

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