Hurricanes Ranked Consensus #15 In Final Polls
Jan. 5, 2000
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami football team (9-4) isranked No. 15 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches final1999 poll. The Hurricanes earned the ranking following their 28-13 victoryover Georgia Tech in the Toyota Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day.
The ranking marks Miami’s highest since a consensus No. 14 rankingfollowing a 9-3 record in 1996. Miami has been ranked in the AssociatedPress poll’s final top-25 in 18 of the last 20 seasons. In 14 of the last20 years, Miami has been ranked in the final AP poll’s top-15, includingfour No. 1 rankings (1983, ’87, ’89, ’91).
The Hurricanes return 17 starters and 40 players listed on theend-of-year two-deep for next season. The 2000 schedule includes home gamesagainst No. 1 Florida State, No. 2 Virginia Tech, and Boston College, aswell as road games at Washington, West Virginia and Syracuse.
2000 season tickets are available at the Hurricane ticket office.Call 1-800-GO-CANES or (305) 284-3244 to purchase tickets or for moreinformation.
NCAA Division I-A:
AP Top 25
The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, with number offirst-place votes and record in parentheses, total points and previousranking:
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS1. Florida St (70) 12-0 1,750 12. Virginia Tech 11-1 1,647 23. Nebraska 12-1 1,634 34. Wisconsin 10-2 1,519 45. Michigan 10-2 1,406 86. Kansas St 11-1 1,402 77. Michigan St 10-2 1,357 98. Alabama 10-3 1,236 59. Tennessee 9-3 1,168 610. Marshall 13-0 1,136 1111. Penn St 10-3 1,038 1312. Florida 9-4 941 1013. Mississippi St 10-2 923 1514. So Mississippi 9-3 788 1615. Miami Fla 9-4 678 2316. Georgia 8-4 640 2117. Arkansas 8-4 575 2418. Minnesota 8-4 452 1219. Oregon 9-3 358 NR20. Georgia Tech 8-4 345 1721. Texas 9-5 340 14 22. Mississippi 8-4 281 NR23. Texas A&M 8-4 272 1824. Illinois 8-4 201 NR25. Purdue 7-5 198 19
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Stanford 168, East Carolina 97, Colorado 75, TCU 45, Syracuse 21, Utah 20,Hawaii 19, Washington 7, Wake Forest 5, Boise St 3, Oklahoma 3, Colorado St2.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
No. 20 East Carolina, No. 22 Stanford, No. 25 Boston College
NCAA Division I-A:
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
The USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 college football coaches’ poll, withnumber of first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points andprevious ranking:
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS1. Florida St (59) 12-0 1,475 12. Nebraska 12-1 1,390 33. Virginia Tech 11-1 1,366 2 4. Wisconsin 10-2 1,283 45. Michigan 10-2 1,189 86. Kansas St 11-1 1,188 77. Michigan St 10-2 1,117 98. Alabama 10-3 1,042 6 9. Tennessee 9-3 985 510. Marshall 13-0 956 1111. Penn St 10-3 840 1712. Mississippi St 10-2 810 1613. So Mississippi 9-3 763 1414. Florida 9-4 713 1015. Miami Fla 9-4 605 2316. Georgia 8-4 505 24 17. Minnesota 8-4 395 1218. Oregon 9-3 375 NR19. Arkansas 8-4 357 NR20. Texas A&M 8-4 344 13 21. Georgia Tech 8-4 337 1522. Mississippi 8-4 231 NR23. Texas 9-5 173 1824. Stanford 8-4 155 2125. Illinois 8-4 139 NR
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
East Carolina 119, Purdue 118, TCU 54, Colorado 49, Hawaii 27, Utah 21, BYU17, Colorado St 9, Wake Forest 8, Ohio St 6, Syracuse 6, Washington 4, BoiseSt 2, Oklahoma 2.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
No. 19 East Carolina, No. 20 Purdue, No. 22 Boston College, No. 25 BYU
MIAMI IN THE POLLS 1980-1999:
Year AP Coaches1980 18 181981 8 --1982 -- --1983 1 11984 18 --1985 9 81986 2 21987 1 11988 2 21989 1 11990 3 31991 1 21992 3 31993 15 151994 6 61995 20 --1996 14 141997 -- --1998 20 211999 15 15
