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November 8, 2009 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 1 Florida (39) SEC 9-0 1467 1 1 W 27-3 H Vanderbilt
2 < 2 Texas (10) Big 12 9-0 1430 2 3 W 35-3 H UCF
3 < 3 Alabama (11) SEC 9-0 1422 3 2 W 24-15 H #9 LSU
4 < 6 TCU MWC 9-0 1271 4 4 W 55-12 A San Diego State
5 < 4 Cincinnati Big East 9-0 1263 5 5 W 47-45 H Connecticut
6 < 5 Boise State WAC 9-0 1228 6 6 W 45-35 A Louisiana Tech
7 < 10 Georgia Tech ACC 9-1 1127 7 7 W 30-27 (1OT) H Wake Forest
8 < 14 Pittsburgh Big East 8-1 945 9 12 W 37-10 H Syracuse
9 < 9 LSU SEC 7-2 904 11 8 L 24-15 A #3 Alabama
10 < 15 Ohio State Big Ten 8-2 898 8 11 W 24-7 A #11 Penn State
11 < 12 USC Pac-10 7-2 834 10 9 W 14-9 A Arizona State
12 < 16 Miami (FL) ACC 7-2 805 15 14 W 52-17 H Virginia
13 < 13 Houston CUSA 8-1 783 12 15 W 46-45 A Tulsa
14 < 7 Oregon Pac-10 7-2 752 16 13 L 51-42 A Stanford
15 < 8 Iowa Big Ten 9-1 741 13 10 L 17-10 H Northwestern
16 < 17 Utah MWC 8-1 706 14 16 W 45-14 H New Mexico
17 < 18 Oklahoma State Big 12 7-2 492 18 19 W 34-8 A Iowa State
18 < 21 Arizona Pac-10 6-2 476 19 17 W 48-7 H Washington State
19 < 11 Penn State Big Ten 8-2 467 17 18 L 24-7 H #15 Ohio State
20 < 22 Virginia Tech ACC 6-3 275 21 21 W 16-3 A East Carolina
21 < 24 Wisconsin Big Ten 7-2 274 20 20 W 31-28 A Indiana
22 < 25 BYU MWC 7-2 219 22 22 W 52-0 A Wyoming
23 < NR South Florida Big East 6-2 167 24 24 DNP
24 < NR Clemson ACC 6-3 149 NR NR W 40-24 H Florida State
25 < NR Stanford Pac-10 6-3 107 NR NR W 51-42 H #7 Oregon
RV < NR Oregon State Pac-10 6-3 95 23 W 31-14 A #23 California
RV < NR Auburn SEC 5-4 54 NR  
RV < NR West Virginia Big East 6-3 54 25  
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 24 NR  
RV < NR Navy Ind 19 NR  
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 12 NR  
RV < NR Rutgers Big East 11 NR  
RV < NR Nebraska Big 12 9 NR W 10-3 H #20 Oklahoma
RV < NR Temple MAC 7 NR  
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 5 NR  
RV < 19 Notre Dame Ind 6-3 3 NR NR L 23-21 H Navy
RV < NR Fresno State WAC 2 NR  
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 2 NR  
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 1 NR W 40-20 A Western Kentucky
NR < 20 Oklahoma Big 12 5-4 0 NR NR L 10-3 A Nebraska
NR < 23 California Pac-10 6-3 0 NR NR L 31-14 H Oregon State

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
ACC 4 15.8 2356
Big Ten 4 16.3 2380
Pac-10 4 17.0 2169
SEC 3 4.3 3793
Big East 3 12.0 2375
MWC 3 14.0 2196
Big 12 2 9.5 1922
WAC 1 6.0 1228
CUSA 1 13.0 783

Milestones

- TCU makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 10/15/1956 poll (808 polls).
- Pittsburgh makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/14/2003 poll (104 polls).
- Clemson makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/21/2008 poll (22 polls).
- Stanford makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2001 poll (126 polls).
- Oklahoma's Top 25 streak ends at 60.
- TCU's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 20.
- Cincinnati's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- Miami (FL)'s weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- Alabama's total appearances reach 640.
- LSU ties UCLA for #14 in total appearances.
- BYU breaks tie with North Carolina for #33 in total appearances.
- Viginia Tech breaks tie with West Virginia for #31 in total appearances.
- BYU's total appearances reach 230.
- Houston's total appearances reach 160 and ties Duke for #45.
- Oklahoma State breaks tie with Army, Boston College, and Mississippi State for #51.
- Boise State breaks tie with Rice for #67.
- Utah ties Tulane for #69 in total appearances.
- Cincinnati breaks tie with Princeton, Rutgers, and Vanderbilt at #87, and ties Yale for #86 in total appearances.
- South Florida breaks tie with Marshall for #94 in total appearances.

Notes

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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.