Miami Stays on Top

The Miami Hurricanes remained the unanimous No. 1 choice while Penn State, USC and Notre Dame made significant moves upward.

SEATTLE - There was only minor reshuffling in the top five of TheInsiders.com Top 25 College Football Poll.

The Miami Hurricanes (3-0) maintained their stranglehold atop the poll, again earning a unanimous choice as No. 1. Oklahoma (3-0) remained at No. 2, but Texas (2-0) leapfrogged Tennessee (3-0) following a 52-21 victory over North Carolina.

Following a convincing win over previous No. 10 Washington State, Ohio State (3-0) moved up into a tie at No. 5 with Florida State (3-0). The Cougars (2-1) dropped to No. 17.

Among the biggest climbers were Penn State (2-0), which went from unranked to No. 13 after a 40-7 thumping of previous No. 9 Nebraska. USC (2-0) slammed previous No. 19 Colorado 40-3 and jumped from No. 17 to No. 10. After beating a second straight ranked opponent, Notre Dame (3-0) moved from No. 20 to No. 14.

The Sept. 15 poll:

Rank		Team*	Points		Rank Last Week
1		Miami (40)	1000		1
2		Oklahoma	907		2
3		Texas	893		4
4		Tennessee	891		3
5		Florida State	821		5
		Ohio State	821		6
7		Virginia Tech	781		8
8		Georgia	693		11
9		Oregon	656		12
10		USC	531		17
11		Florida	493		13
12		Michigan	475		7
13		Penn State	472
14		Notre Dame	464		20
15		NC State	344		18
16		Washington	299		14
17		Washington State	269		10
18		Wisconsin	240		19
19		Nebraska	221		9
20		Texas A&M	211		22
21		Kansas State	197		24
22		LSU	195		23
23		California	184
24		Iowa State	181		25
		UCLA	181
*First place votes in parenthesis. Other teams receiving votes: Oregon State 39, Michigan State 28, Colorado State 18, Texas Tech 17, Clemson 12, Colorado 12, Boston College 11, Air Force 11, Alabama 11, Marshall 10, Georgia Tech 8, Louisville 7, Southern Mississippi 7, Kentucky 7, Minnesota 6, Bowling Green State 4, Brigham Young 2, Arizona 2, Auburn 2, Arkansas 2, South Carolina 1.

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