Oklahoma State jumps to No. 5 in AP poll

Oklahoma State jumps to No. 5 in AP poll

Oklahoma State's victory over Georgia Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium apparently sent a message to the Associated Press voters.

The Cowboys (1-0) jumped from a tie for ninth to No. 5 in the AP poll released Tuesday.

For the Cowboys, it's the third highest ranking for the program in its football history. The Pokes were ranked No. 3 in the Nov. 19, 1984 poll before falling to Nebraska. The next week OSU was fell one spot to No. 4. Oklahoma State has also been ranked No. 5 on one other occasion, in the Oct. 7, 1985 poll.

Florida overwhelmingly retained the top spot in this week's poll with 56 of the 60 first-place votes.

Texas got two first-place votes and is second with USC third and Alabama fourth. The Cowboys are 154 points behind the Trojans and 130 points behind the Crimson Tide, who received the other two first-place votes,

Oklahoma, ranked third in the preseason poll, fell to No. 13 after losing to Brigham Young Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

Three other Big 12 team are ranked this week. Nebraska moved up two spots to No. 22, Kansas jumped one spot to No. 24 and Missouri entered the poll for the first time at No. 25.

Texas Tech and Baylor received votes.



The AP Top 25

By The Associated Press

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, 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. Florida (56) 1-0 1,493 1

2. Texas (2) 1-0 1,424 2

3. Southern Cal 1-0 1,355 4

4. Alabama (2) 1-0 1,331 5

5. Oklahoma St. 1-0 1,201 9

6. Mississippi 1-0 1,095 8

7. Penn St. 1-0 1,082 9

8. Ohio St. 1-0 985 6

9. BYU 1-0 984 20

10. California 1-0 971 12

11. LSU 1-0 890 11

12. Boise St. 1-0 882 14

13. Oklahoma 0-1 782 3

14. Virginia Tech 0-1 652 7

15. Georgia Tech 1-0 630 15

16. TCU 0-0 523 17

17. Utah 1-0 404 19

18. Notre Dame 1-0 383 23

19. North Carolina 1-0 338 21

20. Miami 1-0 315 —

21. Georgia 0-1 294 13

22. Nebraska 1-0 266 24

23. Cincinnati 1-0 248 —

24. Kansas 1-0 196 25

25. Missouri 1-0 126 —

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 113, Michigan St. 83, Pittsburgh 82, Texas Tech 53, Oregon 47, Clemson 40, Florida St. 39, West Virginia 32, Tennessee 30, Iowa 24, Michigan 18, UCLA 18, Baylor 17, Boston College 14, Arizona 12, East Carolina 6, Air Force 4, Auburn 4, Colorado St. 4, Arkansas 3, South Carolina 3, Houston 1, South Florida 1, Southern Miss. 1, Tulsa 1.