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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