http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/after-upsets-new-top-25-has-midmajor-flavor/
The last three days of college football saw No. 4 Ole Miss, No. 5 Penn State, No. 6 California and No. 9 Miami lose, meaning the new A.P. poll was certain to have a different look. The big beneficiaries were the “little guys.” Boise State moved up three spots to No. 5, the first time it has been in the top five during the regular season. Cincinnati rose to No. 10, its highest ranking ever. T.C.U., a winner over Clemson of the ACC on Saturday, is at No. 11, and Houston, which defeated the Big 12’s Texas Tech, is No. 12. Iowa, which knocked off Penn State for the second year in a row, made a huge leap, going from being unranked to No. 13.
But the voters didn’t sound too sure of themselves. One voter, Barker Davis of The Washington Times, told the Associated Press in an e-mail message: “This was one of the toughest weeks I can remember in my 10 years of being a pollster, because after the top 3 there simply weren’t any other squads that merited a top-10 ranking, much less a No. 4-5-6.”
Those top 3 remained the same. Florida received 55 first-place votes, Texas 1 and Alabama 4.
nytimes.com
9/27/09
Magnolia Tribune
