Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll

NEW YORK, Oct. 24/PRNewswire/ --Today's Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media.  Oregon and Boise State maintained the top two spots while Auburn moved up to #3 with its win over LSU.  TCU dropped to #4 and Michigan State moved into the top 5 with its win at Northwestern.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100518/NY06801LOGO )

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100518/NY06801LOGO )

Highlights of October 24 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank		Record	Points	Previous Game (weekend of Oct 23)	Next Game (weekend of Oct 30)	Previous Week's Rank
1	Oregon (91)	7-0	2,818	Beat UCLA 60-13	at USC	1
2	Boise State (14)	6-0	2,668	Idle	Louisiana Tech (Tue)	2
3	Auburn (6)	8-0	2,611	Beat No. 6 LSU 24-17	at Mississippi	5
4	TCU (3)	8-0	2,545	Beat Air Force 38-7	at UNLV	3
5	Michigan State	8-0	2,250	Beat Northwestern 35-27	at No. 17 Iowa	8
6	Alabama	7-1	2,220	Beat Tennessee 41-10	Idle	7
7	Utah	7-0	2,095	Beat Colorado State 59-6	at Air Force	9
8	Missouri	7-0	2,061	Beat No. 4 Oklahoma 36-27	at No. 14 Nebraska	16
9	Wisconsin	7-1	1,897	Beat No. 12 Iowa 31-30	Idle	11
10	Ohio State	7-1	1,858	Beat Purdue 49-0	at Minnesota	10
11	Oklahoma	6-1	1,701	Lost to No. 16 Missouri 36-27	Colorado	4
12	LSU	7-1	1,574	Lost to No. 5 Auburn 24-17	Idle	6
13	Stanford	6-1	1,562	Beat Washington State 38-28	at Washington	13
14	Nebraska	6-1	1,448	Beat No. 15 Oklahoma State 51-41	No. 8 Missouri	14
15	Arizona	6-1	1,202	Beat Washington 44-14	at UCLA	18
16	Florida State	6-1	1,189	Idle	at North Carolina State (Thur)	17
17	Iowa	5-2	907	Lost to No. 11 Wisconsin 31-30	No. 5 Michigan State	12
18	Arkansas	5-2	828	Beat Mississippi 38-24	Vanderbilt	20
19	South Carolina	5-2	790	Beat Vanderbilt 21-7	Tennessee	21
20	Oklahoma State	6-1	755	Lost to No. 14 Nebraska 51-41	at Kansas State	15
21	Virginia Tech	6-2	556	Beat Duke 44-7	Idle	23
22	Miami (FL)	5-2	466	Beat North Carolina 33-10	at Virginia	24
23	Mississippi State	6-2	392	Beat UAB 29-24	Kentucky	NR
24	Nevada	6-1	162	Idle	Utah State	25
25		6-2	124	Beat No. 25 Kansas State 47-42	at Texas	NR
Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes:  Michigan 88; West Virginia 57; Florida 47; Hawaii 43; Oregon State 24; Navy 21; Syracuse 16; Northwestern 13; East Carolina 11; Kansas State 9; North Carolina State 8; San Diego State 8; Texas 7; Maryland 4; Central Florida 3; Washington 3; California 2; Georgia 2; Georgia Tech 2; Southern Miss 2; Pittsburgh 1.  

Dropped out of Top 25:  West Virginia, Texas, Kansas State. Poll Methodology and Process

The 2010 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of former players, coaches, administrators and current and former members of the media who have committed to submit rankings for the top 25 college football teams each week. These panelists were randomly selected from among more than 300 nominations submitted by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions.  Today, 114 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings.   Harris Interactive applies a standard statistical practice that allows it to identify potential instability, error or bias associated with unusual ranking patterns.  Those rankings that are identified through the analysis are verified to ensure that each panelist's intent is accurately reflected.

This week's rankings and other information about the poll can be found at www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll and www.bcsfootball.org.

About Harris Interactive

Harris Interactive is one of the world's leading custom market research firms, leveraging research, technology, and business acumen to transform relevant insight into actionable foresight. Known widely for the Harris Poll and for pioneering innovative research methodologies, Harris offers expertise in a wide range of industries including healthcare, technology, public affairs, energy, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, media, retail, restaurant, and consumer package goods. Serving clients in over 215 countries and territories through our North American, European, and Asian offices and a network of independent market research firms, Harris specializes in delivering research solutions that help us - and our clients - stay ahead of what's next. For more information, please visit www.harrisinteractive.com.

SOURCE Harris Interactive