Southern California Still Number One in Internet Writers and Radio Broadcasters College Football Poll.

The Trojans remain No.1 and the Sooners No. 2 in the newest IWaRB poll, while the rest of the poll is shuffled from upsets and surprises that had been absent so far from the college football season

(PRWEB) October 6, 2004 -- The University of Southern California Trojans remain number one in the latest Internet Writers and Radio Broadcasters College Football Poll.

Oklahoma remains number two, but Georgia, following the impressive win against LSU, jumps Miami and Texas to land in the number three spot. The Hurricanes and Longhorns round out the top five.

Auburn jumps from No. 9 to No. 6 with their big win against Tennessee while Purdue takes a leap from No. 12 to No. 7. The Cal Bears shoot to No. 8, followed by Virginia and Florida State.

Utah moves up to start the second ten. Florida, Minnesota, and Arizona State follow. The Wisconsin Badgers jump up five spots to close out the top fifteen.

Tennessee lands ten spots lower after the home loss to Auburn. Michigan continues the slow climb back up the polls at No. 17. Louisville shuffles up four spots to No. 18 followed by Ohio State and Boise State.

Oklahoma State jumps to No. 21. LSU lands at No. 22 with West Virginia and Maryland trailing. South Carolina enters the poll at No. 25.

North Carolina State just missed the top twenty five behind South Carolina.

Fresno State was the only team to drop out of the poll.

The full poll follows:

1. Southern California(9)                576

2. Oklahoma(3)                    569

3. Georgia(5)                    522

4. Texas                        520

5. Miami(1)                        496

6. Auburn(1)                    494

7. Purdue                        456

8. California                    447

9. Virginia                        426

10. Florida State                    415

11. Utah                        381

12. Florida                        342

13. Minnesota                    326

14. Arizona State                    288

15. Wisconsin                    282

16. Tennessee                    281

17. Michigan                    272    

18. Louisville                    267

19. Ohio State                    240

20. Boise State                    220

21. Oklahoma State                213

22. Louisiana State                200

23. West Virginia                    181

24. Maryland                    142

25. South Carolina                107

The Internet Writers and Radio Broadcasters Poll is comprised of voters from across the nation who are either free-lance writers, work for alternative media, or are radio broadcasters. The poll is designed to give votes to people who get to watch more than one or two games per weekend and have no systematic bias. We believe it is the most accurate of the polls when it comes to evaluating teams from the vantage point of actually watching the teams play multiple times against different opponents in varying situations. In a nutshell, the jobs that writers and coaches have actually impair their ability to evaluate all teams fairly. Our voters dont have that problem.

The poll can be found at: http://www.sportswritersdaily.com/rankings/rank1005.htm

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