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October 18, 2009 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 2 Alabama (39) SEC 7-0 1447 2 2 W 20-6 H #22 South Carolina
2 < 1 Florida (20) SEC 6-0 1434 1 1 W 23-20 H Arkansas
3 < 3 Texas Big 12 6-0 1365 3 3 W 16-13 N #20 Oklahoma
4 < 6 USC Pac-10 5-1 1213 4 7 W 34-27 A #25 Notre Dame
5 < 8 Cincinnati Big East 6-0 1163 6 5 W 34-17 A #21 South Florida
6 < 5 Boise State WAC 6-0 1156 5 4 W 28-21 A Tulsa
7 < 11 Iowa Big Ten 7-0 1092 8 6 W 20-10 A Wisconsin
8 < 9 Miami (FL) ACC 5-1 1056 9 10 W 27-7 A UCF
9 < 10 LSU SEC 5-1 1014 10 9 DNP
10 < 12 TCU MWC 6-0 1001 7 8 W 44-6 H Colorado State
11 < 19 Georgia Tech ACC 6-1 861 13 12 W 28-23 H #4 Virginia Tech
12 < 13 Oregon Pac-10 5-1 849 14 11 DNP
13 < 14 Penn State Big Ten 6-1 753 11 13 W 20-0 H Minnesota
14 < 16 Oklahoma State Big 12 5-1 690 12 15 W 33-17 H Missouri
15 < 4 Virginia Tech ACC 5-2 684 15 14 L 28-23 A #19 Georgia Tech
16 < 18 BYU MWC 6-1 601 16 16 W 38-28 A San Diego State
17 < 23 Houston CUSA 5-1 478 18 17 W 44-16 A Tulane
18 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 5-2 373 17 19 L 26-18 A Purdue
19 < 24 Utah MWC 5-1 350 20 18 W 35-15 A UNLV
20 < NR Pittsburgh Big East 6-1 330 19 20 W 24-17 A Rutgers
21 < NR Texas Tech Big 12 5-2 286 24 NR W 31-10 A #15 Nebraska
22 < NR West Virginia Big East 5-1 205 22 23 W 24-7 H Marshall
23 < 22 South Carolina SEC 5-2 159 23 24 L 20-6 A #2 Alabama
24 < 17 Kansas Big 12 5-1 120 21 25 L 34-30 A Colorado
25 < 20 Oklahoma Big 12 3-3 117 NR NR L 16-13 N #3 Texas
RV < 25 Notre Dame Ind 4-2 61 NR NR L 34-27 H #6 USC
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 59 NR NR  
RV < 21 South Florida Big East 5-1 57 NR NR L 34-17 H #8 Cincinnati
RV < 15 Nebraska Big 12 4-2 52 NR NR L 31-10 H Texas Tech
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 41 NR  
RV < NR Central Michigan MAC 39 NR  
RV < NR Arizona Pac-10 25 22  
RV < NR California Pac-10 9 NR  
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 8 NR  
RV < NR Oregon State Pac-10 5 NR  
RV < NR Idaho WAC 4 NR W 35-23 H Hawaii
RV < NR Missouri Big 12 4 NR  
RV < NR Navy Ind 4 NR  
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 4 21  
RV < NR Auburn SEC 3 NR  
RV < NR Boston College ACC 3 NR  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 5 17.4 2578
SEC 4 8.8 4054
ACC 3 11.3 2601
Big Ten 3 12.7 2218
MWC 3 15.0 1952
Big East 3 15.7 1698
Pac-10 2 8.0 2062
WAC 1 6.0 1156
CUSA 1 17.0 478

Milestones

- Cincinnati makes first ever appearance in the Top 5.
- Iowa makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/6/2005 poll (70 polls).
- Texas' weekly Top 5 streak reaches 20.
- Oklahoma State's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 20.
- Virginia Tech's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- Penn State's total appearances reach 570.
- BYU ties North Carolina for #33 in total appearances.
- Utah ties Wyoming for #70 in total appearances.
- Cincinnati breaks tie with Hawaii for #91 in total appearances.

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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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.