AP Top 25

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pvs
1. Miami (73)	5-0	1,849	1
2. Oklahoma	5-0	1,707	3
3. Texas (1)	5-0	1,698	2
4. Virginia Tech	5-0	1,632	4
5. Ohio St.	6-0	1,552	5
6. Georgia	5-0	1,485	7
7. Oregon	5-0	1,390	8
8. Notre Dame	5-0	1,349	9
9. Florida St.	5-1	1,182	11
10. Tennessee	4-1	1,132	10
11. Iowa St.	5-1	1,000	15
12. Washington St.	5-1	998	17
13. Michigan	4-1	986	14
14. N.C. State	6-0	877	16
15. Penn St.	4-1	710	20
16. Florida	4-2	687	6
17. Iowa	5-1	582	24
18. LSU	4-1	569	21
19. Kansas St.	4-1	435	13
20. Southern Cal	3-2	301	18
21. Air Force	5-0	298	-
22. Washington	3-2	293	12
23. Wisconsin	5-1	223	19
24. Auburn	4-1	222	-
25. Mississippi	4-1	173	-

Others receiving votes: Alabama 150, UCLA 123, Colorado 97, California 80, Texas Tech 50, Kentucky 43, Bowling Green 39, Marshall 39, Louisville 23, Pittsburgh 21, Arkansas 15, Nebraska 9, Boston College 7, Colorado St. 7, Oregon St. 6, Michigan St. 4, Texas A&M 3, Clemson 2, Boise St. 1, Southern Miss. 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-place vote and last ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pvs
1. Miami (Fla.) (60)	5-0	1,524	1
2. Texas (1)	5-0	1,423	2
3. Oklahoma	5-0	1,405	3
4. Virginia Tech	5-0	1,346	4
5. Ohio State	6-0	1,260	5
6. Georgia	5-0	1,220	6
7. Oregon	5-0	1,147	7
8. Notre Dame	5-0	1,116	9
9. Tennessee	4-1	974	10
10. Michigan	4-1	891	13
11. N.C. State	6-0	828	14
12. Florida State	5-1	816	11
13. Washington St.	5-1	763	17
14. Iowa State	5-1	727	18
15. LSU	4-1	655	19
16. Florida	4-2	542	8
17. Penn State	4-1	541	21
18. Washington	3-2	349	12
19. Air Force	5-0	328	25
20. Iowa	5-1	317	-
21. Auburn	4-1	305	24
22. Wisconsin	5-1	285	15
23. Kansas State	4-1	267	16
24. Southern Cal	3-2	154	20
25. UCLA	4-1	129	-

Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 75, Mississippi 67, Colorado 65, Marshall 51, Minnesota 37, Colorado State 32, Boston College 27, Pittsburgh 26, Southern Mississippi 24, Louisville 15, Boise State 13, Nebraska 13, Texas A&M 12, Oregon State 11, South Carolina 11, Clemson 8, Maryland 6, Oklahoma State 6, Arizona State 5, Texas Tech 5, Brigham Young 3, Fresno State 1.

Scores

EAST
Albany, N.Y. 35, Wagner 14
Canisius 14, Iona 13
Catholic 26, La Salle 15
Cent. Connecticut St. 30, Gannon 27
Colgate 13, Bucknell 10, OT
Cornell 34, Towson 31, 2OT
Delaware 27, Northeastern 10
Duquesne 23, Lafayette 22
Fordham 41, Georgetown, D.C. 10
Lehigh 36, Harvard 35
Marist 33, Fairfield 29
Maryland 48, West Virginia 17
Penn 49, Dartmouth 14
Pittsburgh 48, Syracuse 24
Princeton 35, Columbia 32
Rhode Island 38, Brown 28
Sacred Heart 34, Robert Morris 0
St. Peter's 19, Siena 0
Stony Brook 24, St. Francis, Pa. 14
Villanova 35, Hofstra 7
W. Michigan 31, Buffalo 17
Yale 28, Holy Cross 19

SOUTH
Alabama A&M 27, Southern U. 11
Alabama St. 40, Morris Brown 7
Albany St., Ga. 36, Savannah St. 14
Alcorn St. 10, Fort Valley St. 7
Appalachian St. 29, ETSU 10
Bethune-Cookman 41, Morgan St. 27
E. Illinois 35, Tennessee Tech 28
E. Kentucky 58, Tenn.-Martin 3
East Carolina 59, Army 24
Furman 24, W. Carolina 23
Gardner-Webb 31, Liberty 21
Georgia 27, Alabama 25
Georgia Southern 52, VMI 7
Hampton 44, Delaware St. 13
Jacksonville St. 37, Samford 23
LSU 48, Louisiana-Lafayette 0
MVSU 52, Paul Quinn 16
Maine 17, James Madison 6
Massachusetts 34, Richmond 13
Miami 48, Connecticut 14
Mississippi 17, Florida 14
Morehead St. 39, Davidson 7
N. Carolina A&T 36, Norfolk St. 10
Nicholls St. 33, Florida Atlantic 22
Northwestern St. 47, Elon 20
S. Carolina St. 31, Florida A&M 13
South Carolina 34, Mississippi St. 10
Tennessee 41, Arkansas 38, 6OT
Troy St. 41, Austin Peay 3
Tulane 52, Louisiana-Monroe 9
Virginia 27, Duke 22
Wake Forest 24, Georgia Tech 21
Wofford 27, Chattanooga 21, 2OT

MIDWEST
Bowling Green 72, Ohio 21
Dayton 41, Butler 0
Drake 52, Valparaiso 35
E. Michigan 42, Akron 34
Illinois St. 30, SW Missouri St. 20
Iowa 31, Purdue 28
Marshall 42, Kent St. 21
Miami (Ohio) 31, Cincinnati 26
N. Illinois 41, Ball St. 29
Nebraska 38, McNeese St. 14
Notre Dame 31, Stanford 7
Ohio St. 27, Northwestern 16
Oklahoma 31, Missouri 24
Penn St. 34, Wisconsin 31
S. Illinois 54, W. Illinois 52
SE Missouri 49, Tennessee St. 25
W. Kentucky 31, N. Iowa 12
Youngstown St. 31, Indiana St. 16

SOUTHWEST
Arkansas St. 13, Middle Tennessee 7
Baylor 35, Kansas 32
Grambling St. 35, Prairie View 13
Rice 37, Louisiana Tech 20
San Jose St. 34, SMU 23
South Florida 24, North Texas 17
Stephen F.Austin 52, S. Utah 6
TCU 34, Houston 17
Texas 17, Oklahoma St. 15
Texas Tech 48, Texas A&M 47, OT

FAR WEST
Air Force 48, Navy 7
Boise St. 58, Hawaii 31
California 34, Washington 27
Cent. Washington 31, Montana St. 16
Colorado 35, Kansas St. 31
Idaho St. 21, E. Washington 14
Montana 38, Idaho 31
N. Arizona 26, Weber St. 21
New Mexico St. 49, UTEP 14
North Carolina 38, Arizona St. 35
Oregon 31, Arizona 14
Portland St. 16, SW Texas 0
San Diego 44, Jacksonville 20
St. Mary's, Cal. 36, Humboldt St. 7
UC Davis 38, Sacramento St. 21
UCLA 43, Oregon St. 35
UNLV 21, Nevada 17
Washington St. 30, Southern Cal 27, OT
Wyoming 34, The Citadel 30

Leaders
Total Offense

	Plays	Yds	Yds
Marshall	331	2266	566.5
Bowling Green	295	2100	525.0
Washington	413	2455	491.0
Miami (Fla.)	340	2392	478.4
West Virginia	404	2375	475.0
Illinois	457	2835	472.5
Iowa	415	2809	468.2
Texas Tech	488	2802	467.0
Hawaii	353	2328	465.6
Brigham Young	441	2299	459.8

Total Defense

	Plays	Yds	Yds
LSU	315	1010	202.0
Texas	302	1128	225.6
Miami (Fla.)	350	1206	241.2
Southern California	311	1336	267.2
Virginia Tech	329	1341	268.2
Alabama	363	1638	273.0
Notre Dame	330	1368	273.6
Pittsburgh	401	1670	278.3
Louisville	329	1392	278.4
South Fla.	359	1395	279.0

Leading Rushers

	Car	Yds	Avg	Yds
Cobourne,WVa	128	761	5.9	152.2
Cribbs,Kent S	102	898	8.8	149.7
Turner,Nill	174	872	5.0	145.3
Russell,Iowa	120	722	6.0	144.4
Clarett,OhioSt	113	715	6.3	143.0
Akpan,EMich	157	821	5.2	136.8
Brown,Colo	116	678	5.8	135.6
McGahee,MiaFla	79	640	8.1	128.0
Williams,Aub	113	639	5.7	127.8
Mixon,CMich	143	626	4.4	125.2

Leading Passers

	Att	Cp	Yds	Tds	Pts
Rivers,N.C.St	140	91	1481	13	177.4
Walter,ArizSt	127	74	1281	12	169.5
Banks,Iowa	137	82	1231	12	161.3
Schaub,Va	168	115	1319	16	161.1
Rhode,Boise	116	75	1012	9	158.4
Wallace,IowaSt	170	109	1653	10	158.1
Fife,Oregon	129	74	1124	10	154.6
Lorenzen,Ky	139	84	1074	14	154.3
Pierce,NMxSt	61	41	514	3	154.2
Harris,BGreen	94	55	873	6	153.3

Leading Receivers

	Gms	Ct	Yds	Ct
Burleson,Nevada	5	53	682	10.6
Osgood,SDSt	5	49	717	9.8
Tolver,SDSt	5	47	747	9.4
Gage,Mo	5	42	512	8.4
Wade,Ariz	5	40	581	8.0
Jelmberg,Idaho	6	48	565	8.0
Walter,EMich	6	46	702	7.7
Woods,OklaSt	5	38	599	7.6
Owens,Hawaii	5	35	406	7.0
Jacobs,Fla	6	41	729	6.8

Total Offense

	Yds	Avg	Yds
Leftwich,Marsh	1611	7.7	402.8
Pickett,Wash	1868	7.1	373.6
Kingsbury,TxTec	2086	5.9	347.7
Hall,SDSt	1708	6.5	341.6
Threadgil,Nevad	1684	7.4	336.8
Smith,Mo	1660	6.5	332.0
Guidugli,Cin	1545	6.5	309.0
Durant,NC	1496	7.0	299.2
Frye,Akron	1786	6.8	297.7
Wallace,IowaSt	1768	8.2	294.7

Interceptions

	G	No	Yds	TD	IPG
Pruitt,SMiss	5	5	52	0	1.00
Elpheage,Tulane	6	6	108	1	1.00
Jones,SnJose	6	6	106	1	1.00
Walton,NDame	5	5	39	1	1.00
Goss,TCU	5	4	19	0	.80
Groce,Neb	6	4	26	0	.67
Johnson,Kansas	6	4	0	0	.67
White,Ohio	6	4	17	0	.67
Leonhard,Wis	6	4	36	0	.67
B.Tucker,Wis	6	4	67	1	.67

Scoring

	TD	XP	FG	Pts	PtPg
Clarett,OhioSt	12	0	0	72	14.40
Harridge,AFA	11	0	0	66	13.20
Harris,BGreen	10	0	0	62	15.50
Jensen,Cal	0	28	11	61	10.17
Beitia,FlaSt	0	28	11	61	10.17
Abron,Mo	10	0	0	60	12.00
Kaeding,Iowa	0	27	11	60	10.00
McGahee,MiaFl	10	0	0	60	12.00
McLendon,NCSt	10	0	0	60	12.00
Nugent,OhioSt	0	25	11	58	9.67

       

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