By The Associated Press

Published: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

    Record    Pts    Pvs

 1. Oklahoma (51)    5-0    1,608    1

 2. Alabama (13)    6-0    1,537    2

 3. Missouri (1)    5-0    1,487    4

 4. LSU    4-0    1,444    3

 5. Texas    5-0    1,374    5

 6. Penn St.    6-0    1,287    6

 7. Texas Tech    5-0    1,163    7

 8. Southern Cal    3-1    1,137    9

 9. BYU    5-0    1,103    8

10. Georgia    4-1    1,014    11

11. Florida    4-1    977    12

12. Ohio St.    5-1    931    14

13. Vanderbilt    5-0    833    19

14. Utah    6-0    815    15

15. Boise St.    4-0    677    17

16. Kansas    4-1    623    16

17. Oklahoma St.    5-0    565    21

18. Virginia Tech    5-1    485    20

19. South Florida    5-1    392    10

20. Auburn    4-2    236    13

21. Wake Forest    3-1    205    25

22. North Carolina    4-1    196    —

23. Michigan St.    5-1    161    —

24. Pittsburgh    4-1    121    —

25. Ball St.    6-0    97    —

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 96, Tulsa 85, Illinois 81, California 80, Northwestern 78, TCU 70, Georgia Tech 59, Kentucky 49, Florida St. 36, Notre Dame 6, Arizona 5, Fresno St. 5, Oregon 4, Boston College 3.