FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL
THE AP TOP 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2005 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and final ranking:
RecordPtsPvs
1. Ohio St. (35)10-21,5584
2. Notre Dame (10)9-31,4709
3. Texas (8)13-01,4111
4. Auburn (3)9-31,39514
5. West Virginia (6)11-11,3545
6. Southern Cal (3)12-11,3452
7. Florida9-31,178t12
8. LSU11-21,1446
9. California8-497525
10. Oklahoma8-496022
11. Florida St.8-594923
12. Miami9-389317
13. Louisville9-384419
14. Michigan7-5824--
15. Georgia10-374310
16. Iowa7-5720--
17. Virginia Tech11-26147
18. Clemson8-447921
19. Penn St.11-13863
20. Nebraska8-433224
21. Oregon10-2324t12
22. TCU11-125711
23. Tennessee5-6215--
24. Arizona St.7-5182--
25. Texas Tech9-318120
Others receiving votes: Alabama 141, Utah 52, Boston College 41, Georgia Tech 39, Boise St. 23, Arkansas 18, Wisconsin 18, South Carolina 15, Tulsa 11, Texas A & amp;M 10, BYU 4, Purdue 4, UTEP 4, Iowa St. 3, Mississippi 3, N. Illinois 3, Michigan St. 2, Arizona 1.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Thursday, Aug. 31
EAST
Temple at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Wagner at La Salle, 7 p.m.
Hofstra at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.
Rhode Island at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.
SOUTH
St. Paul's at Liberty, 7 p.m.
Fla. International at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.
S. Arkansas at Nicholls St., 7 p.m.
Chowan at W. Carolina, 7 p.m.
Alcorn St. at Louisiana-Monroe, 8 p.m.
South Carolina at Mississippi St., 8 p.m.
Miles at Samford, 8 p.m.
Chattanooga at Tennessee Tech, 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
Boston College at Cent. Michigan, 6 p.m.
Morehead St. at W. Illinois, 7:05 p.m.
E. Michigan at Ball St., 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Kent St., 7:30 p.m.
Northwestern at Miami (Ohio), 7:30 p.m.
Slippery Rock at Youngstown St., 7:30 p.m.
N. Iowa at Drake, 8 p.m.
Toledo at Iowa St., 8 p.m.
Concordia-St. Paul at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
Lock Haven at S. Illinois, 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Stephen F.Austin at Tulsa, 7 p.m.
Henderson St. vs. Cent. Arkansas at Little Rock, Ark., 8 p.m.
FAR WEST
Sacramento St. at Boise St., 9 p.m.
SE Louisiana at New Mexico St., 9 p.m.
N. Arizona at Arizona St., 10 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 2
EAST
Holy Cross at Georgetown, D.C., 1 p.m.
Montclair St. at Iona, 1 p.m.
Albany, N.Y. at Lehigh, 1 p.m.
Colgate at Massachusetts, 1 p.m.
St. Peter's at St. Francis, Pa., 1 p.m.
Lafayette at Sacred Heart, 2 p.m.
East Carolina at Navy, 5:30 p.m.
Monmouth, N.J. at For. at Towson, 6 p.m.
Duquesne at Bucknell, 7 p.m.
Virginia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
SOUTH
Hampton vs. Grambling St. at Birmingham, Ala., Noon
W. Kentucky at Georgia, 12:30 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Jacksonville, 12:30 p.m.
Davidson at VMI, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville St. at Furman, 1:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Presbyterian, 1:30 p.m.
Northeastern at Virginia Tech, 1:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Clemson, 3:30 p.m.
Rutgers at North Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
Savannah St. at Benedict, 5 p.m.
California at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m.
Richmond at Duke, 6 p.m.
Southern Miss. at Florida, 6 p.m.
Bloomsburg at James Madison, 6 p.m.
William & amp; Mary at Maryland, 6 p.m.
Appalachian St. at N.C. State, 6 p.m.
Virginia St. at Norfolk St., 6 p.m.
Villanova at UCF, 6 p.m.
Winston-Salem at N. Carolina A & amp;T, 6:30 p.m.
Syracuse at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m.
SE Missouri at Austin Peay, 7 p.m.
Elon at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.
Paul Quinn at Jackson St., 7 p.m.
McNeese St. at South Florida, 7 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman vs. Southern U. at Jacksonville, Fla., 7 p.m.
Alabama A & amp;M at Tennessee St., 7 p.m.
Alabama St. at Troy, 7 p.m.
S. Carolina St. at Wofford, 7 p.m.
Hawaii at Alabama, 7:07 p.m.
Washington St. at Auburn, 7:45 p.m.
Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU, 8 p.m.
MIDWEST
Vanderbilt at Michigan, Noon
Idaho at Michigan St., Noon
Montana at Iowa, 12:05 p.m.
Butler at Albion, 1 p.m.
Robert Morris at Dayton, 1 p.m.
Indiana St. at Purdue, 1 p.m.
Florida A & amp;M vs. Delaware St. at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Valparaiso at Wis. Lutheran, 2 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m.
N. Illinois at Ohio St., 3:30 p.m.
MVSU vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Chicago, 5 p.m.
W. Michigan at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Wisconsin vs. Bowling Green at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
E. Illinois at Illinois, 7 p.m.
Northwestern St. at Kansas, 7 p.m.
Murray at Missouri, 7 p.m.
Tenn.-Martin at Ohio, 7 p.m.
Illinois St. at Kansas St., 7:10 p.m.
E. Kentucky at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Wis.-LaCrosse at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
North Texas at Texas, Noon
UAB at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Mis at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Army at Arkansas St., 7:05 p.m.
Texas Sou.
Houston at Rice, 9 p.m.
FAR WEST
Montana St. at Colorado, 3:30 p.m.
Stanford at Oregon, 3:30 p.m.
San Jose St. at Washington, 3:30 p.m.
UC Davis at N. Colorado, 3:35 p.m.
Utah St. at Wyoming, 4:30 p.m.
Weber St. at Colorado St., 5 p.m.
Utah at UCLA, 7 p.m.
Montana Tech at S. Utah, 8 p.m.
Portland St. at New Mexico, 8:30 p.m.
Fort Lewis at Cal Poly, 9 p.m.
Idaho St. at UNLV, 10 p.m.
BYU at Arizona, 10:15 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 3
SOUTH
Memphis at Mississippi, 4:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Louisville, 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
TCU at Baylor, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 4
SOUTH
Florida State at Miami, 8 p.m.
AFCA DIVISION II POLL
Through Aug. 27
RecordPtsPvs
1. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (28)0-07001
2. Northwest Missouri St.0-06332
3. North Alabama0-06313
4. North Dakota0-0598t4
5. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)0-0575t4
6. Valdosta St. (Ga.)0-05366
7. Bloomsburg (Pa.)0-04977
8. Pittsburg St. (Kan.)0-04918
9. Carson-Newman (Tenn.)0-045610
10. West Texas A & amp;M0-041511
11. Nebraska-Omaha0-040212
12. SE Oklahoma St.0-033913
13. South Dakota0-033315
14. Presbyterian (S.C.)1-031914
15. Shepherd (W.Va.)1-026116
16. Washburn (Kan.)0-024117
17. Winona St. (Minn.)0-021519
18. East Stroudsburg (Pa.)0-017318
19. California (Pa.)0-0163t20
20. Tuskegee (Ala.)1-0146t20
21. Ashland (Ohio)0-012323
22. North Carolina Central1-0108-
23. Albany St. (Ga.)0-1979
24. C.W. Post (N.Y.)0-09122
25. Northwood (Mich.)0-08124
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