Oklahoma catches USC at the top of the iTwentyFive college football poll.

The Oklahoma Sooners, off their strong performance against Texas, have caught the USC Trojans at the top of the latest iTwentyFive college football poll. The iTwentyFive was previously known as the internet writers and radio broadcasters poll.

(PRWEB) October 12, 2004 -- Oklahoma Pulls Even With USC at No. 1 in iTwentyFIve Poll

The Oklahoma Sooners have tied the Southern California Trojans in the latest iTwentyFive College Football Poll. The Trojans garnered one more first place vote than the Sooners. Auburn moves up three spots to No. 3, followed by Miami. The Purdue Boilermakers, after their win at Penn State, round out the top five.

Virginia moves up three spots to No. 6 after crushing Clemson. FSU and their new quarterback also move up three slots followed by Utah. Texas dropped only five spots after their loss to Oklahoma. Wisconsin jumps up five spots and claims the last spot in the top ten.

The Cal Bears drop only three after nearly pulling off the upset at USC and Tennessee jumps up four spots to No. 12 after the win against Georgia. Arizona State, with USC on the schedule this weekend, moves up one with Georgia and Michigan finishing up the top fifteen.

Oklahoma State rockets up five to come in at No. 15. Louisville and LSU follow with Boise State behind them at No. 19. The Golden Gophers of Minnesota drop seven spots all the way to No. 20 after the extremely disappointing loss to Michigan.

Southern Miss enters the poll at No 21, followed by the shrinking Florida Gators at No. 22. Next, West Virginia slots in at No. 23. The Big XII ends the top twenty-five with new entries the Texas A&M Aggies and the Missouri Tigers.

Ohio State, Maryland, and South Carolina dropped from the poll with the Buckeyes just missing out at No. 26.

The iTwentyFive poll was previously named the Internet Writers and Radio Broadcasters Poll

The poll can be found at www.iTwentyFive.com

The full poll follows:

1(tie). Southern California(8)            551
Oklahoma(7)                  551
3. Auburn(2)                  510
4. Miami(3)                  499
5. Purdue                  479
6. Virginia                  439
7. Florida State               394
8. Utah                  383
9. Texas                  377
10. Wisconsin                  371
11. California                  370
12. Tennessee                  369
13. Arizona State                  350
14. Georgia                     337
15. Michigan                  318
16. Oklahoma State               315
17. Louisville                  282   
18. Louisiana State               229
19. Boise State                  223
20. Minnesota                  181
21. Southern Mississippi               165
22. Florida                     155
23. West Virginia                  148
24. Texas A&M                  106
25. Missouri                  104

The iTwentyFive 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.

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