Miami No. 1 Again
Oct 14, 2001
NEW YORK (AP) – Miami has regained the top spot and there are four newcomers in the latest Associated Press college football poll, which was released Sunday afternoon.
The Hurricanes (5-0), ranked No. 1 in the preseason and again after the campaign’s initial week, are back in the lofty position based on their 49-27 rout of Florida State and then-No. 1 Florida’s 23-20 loss to Auburn.
Miami received 48 first-place votes and a total of 1,772 points from a nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters and holds a 33-point advantage over Oklahoma (6-0), which garnered 21 first-place nods.
Florida (5-1) dropped six spots to seventh and Florida State (3-2) tumbled seven notches to 21st.
Among the four new teams in the rankings, Washington State (6-0) enters in the highest position at No. 19 after an impressive 45-39 victory over then-No. 23 Stanford. Auburn (5-1) used its triumph over the Gators to move into the 20th slot.
No. 22 Northwestern (4-1) and 25th-ranked Toledo (5-0) are also among the nation’s elite this week.
Joining Stanford on the outside of the poll is Ohio State, Kansas State and Texas A&M.
Nebraska (7-0) received two-first place votes and is ranked third, while No. 4 UCLA (5-0) was given one. Rounding out the top 10 is Oregon (6-0), Virginia Tech (6-0), No. 8 Fresno State (6-0), Texas (5-1) and Michigan (5-1).
Tennessee (3-1) is ranked 11th and is followed by surprising Maryland (6-0), Clemson (4-1), Colorado (5-1), Washington (4-1), South Carolina (5-1), Georgia (4-1) and Brigham Young (6-0).
No. 23 Georgia Tech (4-2) and 24th-ranked Purdue (4-1) complete the rankings.
The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll,with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 13, total pointsbased on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th placevote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs 1. Miami (48) 5-0 1,772 2 2. Oklahoma (21) 6-0 1,739 3 3. Nebraska (2) 7-0 1,631 4 4. UCLA (1) 5-0 1,530 7 5. Oregon 6-0 1,506 5 6. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,473 6 7. Florida 5-1 1,298 1 8. Fresno St. 6-0 1,280 8 9. Texas 5-1 1,251 1110. Michigan 5-1 1,159 1211. Tennessee 3-1 924 1312. Maryland 6-0 832 2213. Clemson 4-1 747 1614. Colorado 5-1 744 2015. Washington 4-1 725 1016. South Carolina 5-1 710 917. Georgia 4-1 669 1918. BYU 6-0 599 1819. Washington St. 6-0 581 -20. Auburn 5-1 568 -21. Florida St. 3-2 285 1422. Northwestern 4-1 238 -23. Georgia Tech 4-2 234 1524. Purdue 4-1 222 1725. Toledo 5-0 183 -
Others receiving votes: Illinois 105, Michigan St. 103, Texas A&M 71,Stanford 70, Mississippi 30, Ohio St. 28, LSU 23, North Carolina 22, Syracuse19, Wisconsin 10, Kansas St. 7, Arizona St. 5, Iowa St. 3, Louisville 2, AirForce 1, Arkansas 1.
