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Sooners close on Miami, Irish get first-place vote in AP poll
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Ticker) - Oklahoma closed the gap on Miami while Notre Dame picked up a first-place vote in the latest Associated Press college football poll, which was released Sunday.
Miami (7-0) remained the top-ranked team in the country but lost two of its 61 first-place votes - one each to No. 2 Oklahoma (7-0) and No. 4 and Notre Dame (8-0).
Despite being idle Saturday, the Sooners were given 13 first-place votes and 1,787 points in a nationwide media poll, trimming a 250-point deficit to 244. They led the all-important Bowl Championship Series headed into the week.
The Fighting Irish moved from sixth to fourth following a convincing 34-24 victory over Florida State. Third in the first release of the BCS, Notre Dame collected 1,597 points, 435 behind Miami.
The Hurricanes had to battle before pulling out a 40-23 victory over Big East Conference foe West Virginia on Saturday. They extended their winning streak to 29 games but could fall from second in the BCS.
The top two teams in the final BCS ratings will meet for the national championship in the Fiesta Bowl.
Virginia Tech (8-0), which faces Miami in a Big East clash to finish the regular season, remained third in the AP poll but lost 64 points after a lackluster 20-10 win over Temple.
Georgia (8-0) stayed fifth and was followed by Ohio State (9-0), which dropped two places after its 13-7 victory over 20th-ranked Penn State.
Texas (7-1), Washington State (7-1),
Iowa (8-1) and North Carolina State (9-0) rounded out the top 10.
The Hawkeyes jumped four spots to ninth and the Wolfpack skipped two to 10th after their thrashing Thursday night of Clemson.
Southern California (6-2) improved four spots to 11th and was followed by Alabama (6-2), Colorado (6-2), Kansas State (6-2) and
Michigan (6-2), which fell from eighth to 15th after its embarrassing 34-9 home loss to Iowa.
Arizona State (7-2) continued its meteoric rise, going from 23rd to 16th following its win over Washington. The Sun Devils debuted in the poll last week after stunning Oregon.
Louisiana State (6-2) dropped seven spots to 17th. Florida State (5-3) was 18th, with Oregon (6-2) and Penn State (5-3) rounding out the top 20.
Bowling Green (7-0), the last of the eight unbeatens in Division I-A, moved three rungs to 21st. Iowa State (6-3), Minnesota (7-1), Colorado State (7-2) and Tennessee (4-3) completed the poll.
Colorado State was new to the rankings, taking a spot previously held by then-No. 22 Air Force.
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In Big 10 play, I think both IOWA and OSU need to look out for Minnesota. They're 7-1 right now and having a pretty decent season - hopefully my hawkeyes aren't looking so far ahead to pasadena that they overlook teams like minnesota and wisconsin! OSU on the other hand, well the gophers can do with them what they please
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