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AP Top 25 College Football Poll

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Rankings

Released January 20
Rank
Teams
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Indiana 16-0 Big Ten
-
-
1650 (66)
2
Miami (FL) 13-3 Atlantic Coast
8
-
1584 (0)
3
Ole Miss 13-2 Southeastern
3
-
1492 (0)
4
Oregon 13-2 Big Ten
1
-
1429 (0)
5
Ohio State 12-2 Big Ten
-2
-
1378 (0)
6
Georgia 12-2 Southeastern
-4
-
1364 (0)
7
Texas Tech 12-2 Big 12
-3
-
1232 (0)
8
Texas A&M 11-2 Southeastern
-1
-
1157 (0)
9
Alabama 11-4 Southeastern
2
-
1065 (0)
10
Notre Dame 10-2 IA Independents
-1
-
1049 (0)
11
BYU 12-2 Big 12
1
-
961 (0)
12
Texas 10-3 Southeastern
2
-
952 (0)
13
Oklahoma 10-3 Southeastern
-5
-
941 (0)
14
Utah 11-2 Big 12
1
-
812 (0)
15
Vanderbilt 10-3 Southeastern
-2
-
623 (0)
16
Virginia 11-3 Atlantic Coast
4
-
603 (0)
17
Iowa 9-4 Big Ten
-
-
430 (0)
18
Tulane 11-3 American
-1
-
404 (0)
19
James Madison 12-2 Sun Belt
-
-
399 (0)
20
USC 9-4 Big Ten
-4
-
378 (0)
21
Michigan 9-4 Big Ten
-3
-
276 (0)
22
Houston 10-3 Big 12
-
-
270 (0)
23
Navy 11-2 American
-1
-
227 (0)
24
North Texas 12-2 American
-1
-
191 (0)
25
TCU 9-4 Big 12
-
-
125 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Illinois 123, Washington 76, SMU 69, Duke 58, Arizona 54, Georgia Tech 44, Tennessee 10, Missouri 8, Louisville 7, Old Dominion 3, W. Michigan 2, Wake Forest 2, Hawaii 1, Boise St. 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.

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