AP Poll Released (10/12)
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Updated: 7:49 PM Oct 12, 2008
AP Poll Released (10/12)
Ohio State Steady at 12th
Texas has leaped from No. 5 all the way to the top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll.
Posted: 3:06 PM Oct 12, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) - Fresh from yesterday's 45-35 victory over Oklahoma, Texas has leaped from No. 5 all the way to the top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll.

Ohio State is holding at No. 12.

The Longhorns are on top during the regular season for the first time in 24 years. Their jump to No. 1 is the largest since Miami went from No. 6 to No. 1 in August of 1988.

Texas is the fourth No. 1 team this season, following Georgia, Southern California and Oklahoma. So it's just more of the same following an unpredictable 2007 season that had four No. 1 teams and eight different teams ranked second.


The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 11, 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. Texas (39) 6-0 1,599 5
2. Alabama (26) 6-0 1,582 2
3. Penn St. 7-0 1,492 6
4. Oklahoma 5-1 1,306 1
5. Florida 5-1 1,284 11
6. Southern Cal 4-1 1,247 8
7. Texas Tech 6-0 1,210 7
8. Oklahoma St. 6-0 1,184 17
9. BYU 6-0 1,131 9
10. Georgia 5-1 1,081 10
11. Missouri 5-1 984 3
12. Ohio St. 6-1 908 12
13. LSU 4-1 893 4
14. Utah 7-0 834 14
15. Boise St. 5-0 714 15
16. Kansas 5-1 620 16
17. Virginia Tech 5-1 540 18
18. North Carolina 5-1 416 22
19. South Florida 5-1 397 19
20. Michigan St. 6-1 371 23
21. Wake Forest 4-1 330 21
22. Vanderbilt 5-1 258 13
23. Pittsburgh 4-1 182 24
24. Ball St. 7-0 166 25
25. California 4-1 115 -

Others receiving votes: Tulsa 84, TCU 61, Minnesota 48, Florida St. 38, Georgia Tech 25, South Carolina 9, Kentucky 7, Oregon 4, Northwestern 3, Cincinnati 1, Notre Dame 1.

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