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Once again, Miami is ahead of Ohio State. The Hurricanes used a thrilling 23-point comeback against rival Florida to move past the Buckeyes into the No. 2 spot in The Associated Press college football poll released Sunday.

Ohio State trailed Miami in the poll all last season until beating the Hurricanes for the national title in the Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes fell a spot after narrowly escaping with a 16-13 win over 32-point underdog San Diego State. Ohio State lost 17 first-place votes in balloting by the panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Oklahoma strengthened its grip on the top spot following a 20-13 win at Alabama, garnering 47 of the 63 firsts and 1,549 points.

AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, 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. Oklahoma (47)	2-0	1,549	1
2. Miami (2)	2-0	1,448	3
3. Ohio St. (8)	2-0	1,398	2
4. Southern Cal (4)	2-0	1,380	4
5. Michigan (2)	2-0	1,332	5
6. Texas	1-0	1,267	6
7. Kansas St.	3-0	1,198	7
8. Georgia	2-0	1,085	8
9. Virginia Tech	2-0	1,075	9
10. Florida St.	2-0	998	11
11. Pittsburgh	1-0	980	10
12. LSU	2-0	896	13
13. Tennessee	2-0	879	12
14. Wisconsin	2-0	669	18
15. Notre Dame	1-0	615	19
16. Arizona St.	1-0	507	20
17. Colorado	2-0	493	24
18. Nebraska	2-0	435	23
19. Florida	1-1	383	21
20. Wake Forest	2-0	330	-
21. Washington	1-1	286	22
22. TCU	2-0	195	25
23. Iowa	2-0	184	-
24. N.C. State	1-1	181	14
25. S. Carolina	2-0	127	-

Others receiving votes: Alabama 81, Missouri 67, N. Illinois 66, Minnesota 48, Virginia 45, Purdue 44, Oregon 38, Arkansas 33, Colorado St. 30, Bowling Green 24, Texas A&M 23, Boise St. 16, Arizona 9, Air Force 8, Auburn 8, Washington St. 7, Hawaii 6, Michigan St. 6, Oregon St. 6, Marshall 5, Boston College 4, BYU 3, Oklahoma St. 2, Texas Tech 2, West Virginia 2, Louisville 1, Stanford 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, team's records through Sept. 7, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pvs
1. Oklahoma (41)	2-0	1,543	1
2. Miami (Fla.) (8)	2-0	1,477	3
3. Ohio State (13)	2-0	1,429	2
4. Southern Cal (1)	2-0	1,333	5
5. Texas	1-0	1,302	4
6. Kansas State	3-0	1,257	6
7. Michigan	2-0	1,219	7
8. Georgia	2-0	1,143	8
9. Virginia Tech	2-0	1,048	9
10. Florida State	2-0	998	10
11. LSU	2-0	887	13
12. Pittsburgh	1-0	876	12
13. Tennessee	2-0	830	14
14. Notre Dame	1-0	697	16
15. Wisconsin	2-0	674	17
16. Arizona State	1-0	491	21
17. Colorado	2-0	480	22
18. Nebraska	2-0	425	24
19. Iowa	2-0	424	23
20. Florida	1-1	410	18
21. Wake Forest	2-0	230	NR
22. N.C. State	1-1	221	11
23. TCU	2-0	157	NR
24. Washington	1-1	153	NR
25. Texas A&M	2-0	120	NR

Also receiving votes: Virginia 71; Boise State 67; South Carolina 59; Minnesota 53; Oregon 49; Northern Illinois 44; Missouri 42; Purdue 28; Air Force 26; Bowling Green 26; Colorado State 24; Hawaii 22; Texas Tech 22; Marshall 16; Washington State 16; Arkansas 14; Louisville 12; Georgia Tech 10; West Virginia 10; Boston College 8; Brigham Young 8; Fresno State 8; Oklahoma State 6; Auburn 5; Memphis 2; Michigan State 2; UCLA 1.