| College sports have always been a popular way for | | | | in at number five on the rankings with a little over |
| people to pass time and enjoy themselves. College | | | | thirteen hundred votes. Ohio State stands at number |
| sports are also important to the people who are | | | | four in the USA Today ranking with nearly thirteen |
| more than serious about their sports. College players | | | | hundred votes. Missouri is also located in each of |
| are good to get familiar with as they may one day | | | | these poll's top five. Missouri is number four on the |
| be in the Major Leagues. College football rankings of | | | | Associated Press poll and number five on the USA |
| this year are varying only a little from poll to poll. | | | | Today poll. So, the top five are also in agreement |
| Most of these poll's top three are basically the same | | | | between both of these polls with only small variations |
| teams only slightly out of order from poll to poll. The | | | | and very similar amounts of votes. This season of |
| statistics and information in this report are from the | | | | college football should be an exciting one. It will be |
| two top polls: The Associated Press Poll and the USA | | | | interesting to watch this season unfold and see who |
| Today Poll. They show many similarities and were | | | | really comes out on top and to see who beats who. |
| both taken recently to this writing. | | | | With the poll rankings on these sites being so very |
| At the top of both of these polls is the Louisiana | | | | close together in their top five, it seems like this will |
| State Tigers. This team has drawn in over a | | | | be an edge of your seat year in the world of college |
| thousand votes on both polls. Last year they were | | | | football. And many of this year's top college football |
| prospected as the second best team in the college | | | | players are seniors, and may be making way for a |
| football world, but they have worked they way up | | | | great football future in the National Football League. |
| to first this year. The second pick on Associated | | | | Another popular poll has about the same top five as |
| Press is Georgia with over fifteen hundred votes and | | | | the Associated Press and USA Today polls with |
| USC is the third pick with fifteen hundred votes | | | | some small variations. This is the Bowl Championship |
| exactly. However, the USA today poll shows USC | | | | Series Rankings and is also well known. Number one |
| second with one thousand three hundred and eighty | | | | on their top five is the Ohio State Buckeyes. Number |
| votes and Georgia in third place with one thousand | | | | two is the Louisiana State Tigers. Number three is |
| three hundred and seventy votes. So, the top three | | | | the Virginia Tech Hokies. Number four on the poll is |
| picks on these polls are the same with just a little | | | | the Oklahoma Sooners and number five is the |
| variation. It is quite close between Georgia and the | | | | Georgia Bulldogs. The BCS college football rankings |
| University of Southern California, so it will be | | | | are very important because they determine who |
| interesting to find out who really is the better team | | | | goes to the important bowl games played near the |
| this year. | | | | end of each season, and which are watched by |
| Ohio State hit both of these polls in the top five as | | | | millions. |
| well. For the Associated Press poll, Ohio State comes | | | | |