AP FBS Top 25 (As of 11/01/2009)
Rank	School	W-L	Points	Prev
1	Florida (38)	8-0	1448	1
2	Texas (13)	8-0	1408	3
3	Alabama (8)	8-0	1390	2
4	Cincinnati	8-0	1212	5
5	Boise St.	8-0	1211	6
6	TCU	8-0	1147	8
7	Oregon	7-1	1130	10
8	Iowa	9-0	1127	7
9	LSU	7-1	1036	9
10	Georgia Tech	8-1	949	11
11	Penn St.	8-1	886	12
12	Southern California	6-2	741	4
13	Houston	7-1	707	15
14	Pittsburgh	7-1	690	16
15	Ohio St.	7-2	636	17
16	Miami (Fla.)	6-2	602	18
17	Utah	7-1	552	19
18	Oklahoma St.	6-2	361	13
19	Notre Dame	6-2	352	25
20	Oklahoma	5-3	348	22
21	Arizona	5-2	322	23
22	Virginia Tech	5-3	185	14
23	California	6-2	181	NR
24	Wisconsin	6-2	172	NR
25	BYU	6-2	130	NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: South Florida 115, Clemson 35, Auburn 30, Texas Tech 24, West Virginia 15, Rutgers 11, Boston College 6, Central Michigan 4, Oregon State 4, Tennessee 3, Idaho 2, Richmond 1, South Carolina 1, Temple 1.

DROPPED OUT: No. 20 West Virginia, No. 21 South Carolina, No. 24 Mississippi.

Ranking includes number of first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points and previous ranking