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Here are the new college football polls:



Oct. 12, 2008
Rank
Team (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Last week
1.
Texas (44)
6-0
1,505
5
2.
Alabama (14)
6-0
1,452
4
3.
7-0
1,416
6
4.
4-1
1,198
9
5.
6-0
1,195
7
6.
5-1
1,147
1
7.
5-1
1,145
12
8.
6-0
1,143
8
9.
5-1
1,010
10
10.
6-0
958
17
11.
6-1
920
11
12.
5-1
886
2
13.
7-0
819
13
14.
4-1
776
3
15.
5-1
676
15
16.
5-0
648
16
17.
6-1
468
19
18.
5-1
467
18
19.
4-1
376
21
20.
5-1
334
20
21.
 North Carolina
5-1
321
NR
22.
4-1
169
25
23.
5-1
147
14
24.
 TCU
6-1
138
NR
25.
 Ball State
7-0
135
NR

Dropped out
Dropped out: No. 22 Northwestern (5-1, lost to then-No. 19 Michigan State 37-20), No. 23 Auburn (4-3, lost to Arkansas 25-22), No. 24 Wisconsin (3-3, lost to then-No. 6 Penn State 48-7).
Others receiving votes
Others receiving votes: Tulsa (6-0) 121; Minnesota (6-1) 55; Florida State (4-1) 49; Pittsburgh (4-1) 45; Georgia Tech (5-1) 31; Northwestern (5-1) 21; Cincinnati (5-1) 18; Oregon (5-2) 14; South Carolina (5-2) 10; Boston College (4-1) 3; Connecticut (5-1) 3; Fresno State (4-2) 2; Notre Dame (4-2) 2; Kentucky (4-2) 1; Miami (Fla.) (3-3) 1.

The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 61 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season's board: Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Art Briles, Baylor; Mack Brown, Texas; Neil Callaway, Alabama-Birmingham; Gene Chizik, Iowa State; Mario Cristobal, Florida International; Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Butch Davis, North Carolina; Todd Dodge, North Texas; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Jeff Genyk, Eastern Michigan; Turner Gill, Buffalo; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Todd Graham, Tulsa; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Dan Hawkins, Colorado; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Butch Jones, Central Michigan; Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville; Mike Leach, Texas Tech; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Bill Lynch, Indiana; Doug Martin, Kent State; Urban Meyer, Florida; Les Miles, LSU; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Hal Mumme, New Mexico State; Rick Neuheisel, UCLA; Tom O'Brien, North Carolina State; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Mike Price, Texas-El Paso; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Michigan; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; Mark Snyder, Marshall; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Bob Toledo, Tulane; Dick Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Tyrone Willingham, Washington; Ron Zook, Illinois.

The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation.



2008 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 7 (Oct. 12)


AP Top 25
1. Texas (39) 6-0 1,599
2. Alabama (26) 6-0 1,582
3. Penn State 7-0 1,492
4. Oklahoma 5-1 1,306
5. Florida 5-1 1,284
6. USC 4-1 1,247
7. Texas Tech 6-0 1,210
8. Oklahoma State 6-0 1,184
9. Brigham Young 6-0 1,131
10. Georgia 5-1 1,081
11. Missouri 5-1 984
12. Ohio State 6-1 908
13. LSU 4-1 893
14. Utah 7-0 834
15. Boise State 5-0 714
16. Kansas 5-1 620
17. Virginia Tech 5-1 540
18. North Carolina 5-1 416
19. South Florida 5-1 397
20. Michigan State 6-1 371
21. Wake Forest 4-1 330
22. Vanderbilt 5-1 258
23. Pittsburgh 4-1 182
24. Ball State 7-0 166
25. California 4-1 115
Others Receiving Votes
Tulsa 84, TCU 61, Minnesota 48, Florida State 38, Georgia Tech 25, South Carolina 9, Kentucky 7, Oregon 4, Northwestern 3, Notre Dame 1, Cincinnati 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Auburn 20.

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