Tigers Drop Out of Polls

by TigerNet Staff - Mon Sep 29 07:51:42 GMT-04:00 2008

USA Today Coaches' Poll

Rank Team (first-place votes) Rec Pts Last week

1. Oklahoma (57) 4-0 1,520 2

2. LSU (1) 4-0 1,399 6

3. Missouri 4-0 1,398 5

4. Alabama (2) 5-0 1,350 10

5. Texas (1) 4-0 1,310 7

6. Penn State 5-0 1,146 12

7. Brigham Young 4-0 1,054 11

8. Texas Tech 4-0 1,047 9

9. Southern California 2-1 990 1

10. (tie) South Florida 5-0 888 14

10. (tie) Georgia 4-1 888 3

12. Ohio State 4-1 854 13

13. Florida 3-1 832 4

14. Auburn 4-1 776 16

15. Utah 5-0 684 17

16. Kansas 3-1 555 18

17. Wisconsin 3-1 521 8

18. Boise State 3-0 446 20

19. Vanderbilt 4-0 351 25

20. Oregon 4-1 286 22

21. Fresno State 3-1 280 24

22. Oklahoma State 4-0 229 NR

23. Connecticut 5-0 180 NR

24. Virginia Tech 4-1 161 NR

25. Wake Forest 3-1 148 15

Dropped out: No. 19 Clemson (3-2, lost to Maryland 20-17), No. 21 Illinois (2-2, lost to then-No. 12 Penn State 38-24), No. 23 TCU (4-1, lost to then-No. 2 Oklahoma 35-10).

Others receiving votes: Northwestern (5-0) 98; Michigan State (4-1) 88; Kentucky (4-0) 86; Ball State (5-0) 43; Maryland (4-1) 40; Tulsa (4-0) 38; Florida State (3-1) 31; TCU (4-1) 25; California (3-1) 20; Georgia Tech (3-1) 18; Illinois (2-2) 14; Nebraska (3-1) 8; Oregon State (2-2) 6; Clemson (3-2) 5; North Carolina (3-1) 5; Notre Dame (3-1) 3; Cincinnati (3-1) 2; Duke (3-1) 1; Mississippi (3-2) 1.

AP Poll

RANK TEAM REC PTS LAST

1 Oklahoma (43) 4-0 1599 2

2 Alabama (21) 5-0 1565 8

3 LSU 4-0 1466 5

4 Missouri (1) 4-0 1453 6

5 Texas 4-0 1362 7

6 Penn St. 5-0 1252 12

7 Texas Tech 4-0 1105 10

8 BYU 4-0 1098 11

9 Southern Cal 2-1 1087 1

10 South Florida 5-0 1035 13

11 Georgia 4-1 1018 3

12 Florida 3-1 914 4

13 Auburn 4-1 860 15

14 Ohio St. 4-1 829 14

15 Utah 5-0 713 17

16 Kansas 3-1 650 18

17 Boise St. 3-0 549 19

18 Wisconsin 3-1 520 9

19 Vanderbilt 4-0 459 21

20 Virginia Tech 4-1 290 NR

21 Oklahoma St. 4-0 277 NR

22 Fresno St. 3-1 232 25

23 Oregon 4-1 199 NR

24 Connecticut 5-0 126 NR

25 Wake Forest 3-1 107 16

Others receiving votes: Maryland 46, Michigan St. 42, Kentucky 40, Ball St. 38, Northwestern 32, Tulsa 32, TCU 30, Illinois 24, North Carolina 21, Florida St. 14, Mississippi 13, Georgia Tech 10, California 5, Nebraska 5, Boston College 3, Oregon St. 3, Colorado 2.