Ohio State Jumps in Polls
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Posted: 3:44 PM Oct 5, 2008
Ohio State Jumps in Polls
The Ohio State Buckeyes are 12th in the new AP Top 25 poll after defeating Wisconsin Saturday. West Virginia remains unranked, while Kentucky falls down to 33rd.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Oklahoma remains at the top of the The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll.

Oklahoma is Number 1 with 51 first-place votes and 1,608 points, gaining a few points and top votes in its second week on top of the rankings this season.

Alabama is Number 2, and Missouri moves up one spot to third after winning 52-17 at Nebraska.

LSU drops a spot to Number 4 after an off week, and Texas remains fifth. The Longhorns and Sooners meet Saturday in the annual Red River Rivalry in Dallas.

Number 6 Penn State and seventh-ranked Texas Tech hold their spots. Number 8 Southern California and 9th-ranked BYU flip-flopped after USC's easy 44-10 victory against Oregon.

Oklahoma State moved up to Number 17 after a 56-28 defeat of Texas A&M.


AP Top 25 List:

Record Pts Pvs
1. Oklahoma (51) 5-0 1,608 1
2. Alabama (13) 6-0 1,537 2
3. Missouri (1) 5-0 1,487 4
4. LSU 4-0 1,444 3
5. Texas 5-0 1,374 5
6. Penn St. 6-0 1,287 6
7. Texas Tech 5-0 1,163 7
8. Southern Cal 3-1 1,137 9
9. BYU 5-0 1,103 8
10. Georgia 4-1 1,014 11
11. Florida 4-1 977 12
12. Ohio St. 5-1 931 14
13. Vanderbilt 5-0 833 19
14. Utah 6-0 815 15
15. Boise St. 4-0 677 17
16. Kansas 4-1 623 16
17. Oklahoma St. 5-0 565 21
18. Virginia Tech 5-1 485 20
19. South Florida 5-1 392 10
20. Auburn 4-2 236 13
21. Wake Forest 3-1 205 25
22. North Carolina 4-1 196 -
23. Michigan St. 5-1 161 -
24. Pittsburgh 4-1 121 -
25. Ball St. 6-0 97 -

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 96, Tulsa 85, Illinois 81, California 80, Northwestern 78, TCU 70, Georgia Tech 59, Kentucky 49, Florida St. 36, Notre Dame 6, Arizona 5, Fresno St. 5, Oregon 4, Boston College 3.


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Posted by: Phil on Oct 5, 2008 at 11:21 PM

spot the Buckeyes 21 pts and they could compete with SEC teams
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Posted by: BUCKEYE on Oct 5, 2008 at 04:55 PM

WAY 2 GO BUCKS,I LOVE YOU ALL. KEEP ON WINNING THANKS AGAIN PLAYERS!
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