Oklahoma is the new number-1 team in the latest
Associated Press college football poll. The Sooners claimed 43 of 65 first-place votes following yesterday's 35-10 win over TCU. Oklahoma was given a chance to move atop the poll when Southern California lost at Oregon State Thursday night.

Alabama is ranked second after garnering 21 first-place votes.
LSU is third, ahead of Missouri and Texas. Sixth-ranked Penn State is followed by Texas Tech, BYU, Southern Cal and South Florida.

Georgia fell from third to 11th with yesterday's 41-30 loss to
the Crimson Tide. Florida dropped eight notches to 12th by losing
at home against Mississippi yesterday. Auburn is 13th, ahead of
Ohio State and Utah.

Number-16 Kansas is followed by Boise State, Wisconsin,
Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech. Oklahoma State, Fresno State, Oregon, Connecticut and Wake Forest round out the top 25.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll,
with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 27,
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 (43) 4-0 1,599 2
2. Alabama (21) 5-0 1,565 8
3. LSU 4-0 1,466 5
4. Missouri (1) 4-0 1,453 6
5. Texas 4-0 1,362 7
6. Penn St. 5-0 1,252 12
7. Texas Tech 4-0 1,105 10
8. BYU 4-0 1,098 11
9. Southern Cal 2-1 1,087 1
10. South Florida 5-0 1,035 13
11. Georgia 4-1 1,018 3
12. Florida 3-1 914 4
13. Auburn 4-1 860 15
14. Ohio St. 4-1 829 14
15. Utah 5-0 713 17
16. Kansas 3-1 650 18
17. Boise St. 3-0 549 19
18. Wisconsin 3-1 520 9
19. Vanderbilt 4-0 459 21
20. Virginia Tech 4-1 290 --
21. Oklahoma St. 4-0 277 --
22. Fresno St. 3-1 232 25
23. Oregon 4-1 199 --
24. Connecticut 5-0 126 --
25. Wake Forest 3-1 107 16

Others receiving votes: Maryland 46, Michigan St. 42, Kentucky
40, Ball St. 38, Northwestern 32, Tulsa 32, TCU 30, Illinois 24,
North Carolina 21, Florida St. 14, Mississippi 13, Georgia Tech 10,
California 5, Nebraska 5, Boston College 3, Oregon St. 3, Colorado
2.