October 5, 2008 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		W-L		PTS		CP		HP		Last Week
1	<  1		Oklahoma (51)		Big 12		5-0		1608		1		1		W 49-17 at Baylor
2	<  2		Alabama (13)		SEC		6-0		1537		4		3		W 17-14 vs Kentucky
3	<  4		Missouri (1)		Big 12		5-0		1487		2		4		W 52-17 at Nebraska
4	<  3		LSU		SEC		4-0		1444		3		2		DNP
5	<  5		Texas		Big 12		5-0		1374		5		5		W 38-14 at Colorado
6	<  6		Penn State		Big Ten		6-0		1287		6		6		W 20-6 at Purdue
7	<  7		Texas Tech		Big 12		5-0		1163		7		7		W 58-28 at Kansas State
8	<  9		USC		Pac-10		3-1		1137		9		8		W 44-10 vs #23 Oregon
9	<  8		BYU		MWC		5-0		1103		8		9		W 34-14 at Utah State
10	<  11		Georgia		SEC		4-1		1014		10		10		DNP
11	<  12		Florida		SEC		4-1		977		12		11		W 38-7 at Arkansas
12	<  14		Ohio State		Big Ten		5-1		931		11		12		W 20-17 at #18 Wisconsin
13	<  19		Vanderbilt		SEC		5-0		833		14		14		W 14-13 vs #13 Auburn
14	<  15		Utah		MWC		6-0		815		13		13		W 31-28 vs Oregon State
15	<  17		Boise State		WAC		4-0		677		16		15		W 38-3 vs Louisiana Tech
16	<  16		Kansas		Big 12		4-1		623		15		16		W 35-33 at Iowa State
17	<  21		Oklahoma State		Big 12		5-0		565		17		17		W 56-28 vs Texas A&M
18	<  20		Virginia Tech		ACC		5-1		485		18		18		W 27-13 vs Western Kentucky
19	<  10		South Florida		Big East		5-1		392		20		19		L 26-21 vs Pittsburgh
20	<  13		Auburn		SEC		4-2		236		23		20		L 14-13 at #19 Vanderbilt
21	<  25		Wake Forest (NC)		ACC		3-1		205		21		22		DNP
22	<  NR		North Carolina		ACC		4-1		196		NR		25		W 38-12 vs #24 Connecticut
23	<  NR		Michigan State		Big Ten		5-1		161		19		21		W 16-13 vs Iowa
24	<  NR		Pittsburgh		Big East		4-1		121		NR		NR		W 26-21 at #10 South Florida
25	<  NR		Ball State		MAC		6-0		97		NR		NR		W 31-0 at Toledo
NR	<  24		Connecticut		Big East
NR	<  22		Fresno State		WAC
NR	<  23		Oregon		Pac-10
NR	<  18		Wisconsin		Big Ten

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Wisconsin 96, Tulsa 85, Illinois 81, California 80, Northwestern 78, TCU 70, Georgia Tech 59, Kentucky 49, Florida State 36, Notre Dame 6, Fresno State 5, Arizona 5, Oregon 4, Boston College 3

MILESTONES
- Ball State makes first ever appearance in the Top 25.
- North Carolina makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/28/2001 poll (112 polls).
- Michigan State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/16/2005 poll (46 polls).
- Texas makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 8/18/2007 poll (21 polls).
- Wisconsin's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 11.
- Oklahoma's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 40.
- Missouri's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 20.
- USC's weekly Top 10 streak reaches 10.

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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