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Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll

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    Highlights of November 28 Harris Interactive College Football Poll
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    Rank   Team   Record Points   Previous Game          Next Game      Week's
    ----  ----    ------ ------  (weekend of Nov 27) (weekend of Dec 4)  Rank
                                 ------------------   --------------   ------ 
                                  Beat No. 21 Arizona
      1 Oregon (70) 11-0  2,804      48-29             at Oregon State     1
                                  Beat No. 11      SEC Championship vs. 
      2 Auburn (42) 12-0  2,769  Alabama 28-27     No. 17 South Carolina   2
      3 TCU (2)     12-0  2,621  Beat New Mexico 66-17  Idle               4
                                  Beat Northwestern
      4 Wisconsin  11-1  2,441    70-23                Idle                5
      5 Stanford   11-1  2,417  Beat Oregon State 38-0 Idle                7
      6 Ohio State 11-1  2,301   Beat Michigan 37-7    Idle                8
        Michigan
      7 State      11-1  2,080   Beat Penn State 28-22 Idle               10
      8 Arkansas   10-2  1,997   Beat No. 6 LSU 31-23  Idle               12
                                Beat No. 9 Oklahoma
      9 Oklahoma   10-2  1,809  State 47-41            Idle               13
                                  Lost to No. 19 Nevada
      10 Boise State 10-1 1,802   34-31 (OT)            Utah State         3
                                  Lost to No. 12
      11 LSU        10-2  1,569  Arkansas 31-23        Idle                6
         Virginia                                     ACC Championship vs. 
      12 Tech      10-2   1,503  Beat Virginia 37-7  No. 20 Florida State  14
      13 Nebraska  10-2  1,446  Beat Colorado 45-17    Idle                15
      14 Missouri  10-2  1,291  Beat Kansas 35-7       Idle                16
                                Beat No. 3 Boise State
      15 Nevada    11-1  1,231  34-31 (OT)             at Louisiana Tech   19
         Oklahoma               Lost to No. 13
      16 State     10-2  1,171  Oklahoma 47-41        Idle                  9
          South                                       SEC Championship vs. 
      17  Carolina 9-3   1,142  Beat Clemson 29-7      No. 2 Auburn        17
                                Lost to No. 2 Auburn
      18 Alabama   9-3   1,113    28-27                 Idle               11
      19 Texas A&M 9-3   1,032  Beat Texas 24-17       Idle                18
         Florida                                      ACC Championship vs. 
      20  State    9-3   650    Beat Florida 31-7   No. 12 Virginia Tech   22
      21 Utah     10-2   567    Beat BYU 17-16         Idle                20
         Mississippi
      22 State     8-4   393     Beat Mississippi 31-23 Idle               25
         West
      23 Virginia  8-3   251     Beat Pittsburgh 35-10  Rutgers            NR
         Northern               Beat Eastern Michigan  MAC Championship
      24 Illinois  10-2  161        71-3              vs. Miami (OH) (Fri) NR
                                Lost to No. 1 Oregon
      25 Arizona   7-4   120     48-29                 Arizona State (Thu) 21


    Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Maryland 75; Central Florida 74; Hawaii 65; Navy 36; Connecticut 32; Iowa 23; Tulsa 23; North Carolina State 16; San Diego State 7; South Florida 7; Notre Dame 6; Air Force 3; Miami (OH) 1; Ohio 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: North Carolina State; Iowa.

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.

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