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2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Season	2009
Bowl season	2009–10 bowl games
Preseason No. 1	Florida
End of season champions	Alabama
Conference with most; teams in final AP poll	ACC, Big Ten, SEC (4)
	NCAA Division I FBS football rankings ← 2008 2010 →

Three human polls and one formula ranking make up the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Two additional polls are released midway through the season; the Harris Interactive Poll is released after the fourth week of the season and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings is released after the seventh week. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS standings. At the end of the season, on Sunday, December 6, 2009, the BCS standings determines who plays in the BCS bowl games as well as the 2010 BCS National Championship Game on January 7, 2010 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		Selected for BCS National Championship Game
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

	Preseason Aug 22^[1]	Week 1 Sep 8	Week 2 Sep 13	Week 3 Sep 20	Week 4 Sep 27	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 Dec 6	Week 15 (Final) Jan 7
1.	Florida (58)	Florida (1–0) (56)	Florida (2–0) (56)	Florida (3–0) (55)	Florida (4–0) (55)	Florida (4–0) (54)	Florida (5–0) (50)	Alabama (7–0) (39)	Florida (7–0) (30)	Florida (8–0) (38)	Florida (9–0) (39)	Florida (10–0) (36)	Florida (11–0) (36)	Florida (12–0) (46)	Alabama (13–0) (58)	Alabama (14–0) (60)	1.
2.	Texas (2)	Texas (1–0) (2)	Texas (2–0) (1)	Texas (3–0) (2)	Texas (4–0) (1)	Texas (4–0) (1)	Alabama (6–0) (10)	Florida (6–0) (20)	Alabama (8–0) (23)	Texas (8–0) (13)	Texas (9–0) (10)	Alabama (10–0) (14)	Alabama (11–0) (13)	Alabama (12–0) (7)	Texas (13–0) (2)	Texas (13–1)	2.
3.	Oklahoma	USC (1–0)	USC (2–0) (1)	Alabama (3–0) (3)	Alabama (4–0) (4)	Alabama (5–0) (5)	Texas (5–0)	Texas (6–0)	Texas (7–0) (7)	Alabama (8–0) (8)	Alabama (9–0) (11)	Texas (10–0) (10)	Texas (11–0) (11)	Texas (12–0) (7)	TCU (12–0)	Florida (13–1)	3.
4.	USC	Alabama (1–0) (2)	Alabama (2–0) (2)	Ole Miss (2–0)	LSU (4–0)	LSU (5–0)	Virginia Tech (5–1)	USC (5–1)	USC (6–1)	Cincinnati (8–0)	TCU (9–0)	TCU (10–0)	TCU (11–0)	TCU (12–0)	Cincinnati (12–0)	Boise State (14–0)	4.
5.	Alabama	Oklahoma State (1–0)	Ole Miss (1–0) т	Penn State (3–0)	Boise State (4–0)	Virginia Tech (4–1)	Boise State (5–0)	Cincinnati (6–0)	Cincinnati (7–0)	Boise State (8–0)	Cincinnati (9–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (11–0)	Florida (12–1)	Ohio State (11-2)	5.
6.	Ohio State	Ole Miss (1–0)	Penn State (2–0) т	California (3–0)	Virginia Tech (3–1)	Boise State (5–0)	USC (4–1)	Boise State (6–0)	Boise State (7–0)	TCU (8–0)	Boise State (9–0)	Boise State (10–0)	Boise State (10–0)	Boise State (12–0)	Boise State (13–0)	TCU (12–1)	6.
7.	Virginia Tech	Penn State (1–0)	BYU (2–0)	LSU (3–0)	USC (3–1)	USC (4–1)	Ohio State (5–1)	Iowa (7–0)	Iowa (8–0)	Oregon (7–1)	Georgia Tech (9–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Oregon (9–2)	Oregon (10–2)	Iowa (11–2)	7.
8.	Ole Miss	Ohio State (1–0)	California (2–0)	Boise State (3–0)	Oklahoma (2–1)	Cincinnati (5–0)	Cincinnati (5–0)	Miami (FL) (5–1)	TCU (7–0)	Iowa (9–0)	Pittsburgh (8–1)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Ohio State (10–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	Cincinnati (12–1)	8.
9.	Oklahoma State т	BYU (1–0)	LSU (2–0)	Miami (FL) (2–0)	Ohio State (3–1)	Ohio State (4–1)	Miami (FL) (4–1)	LSU (5–1)	LSU (6–1)	LSU (7–1)	LSU (7–2)	Ohio State (9–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	Iowa (10–2)	Georgia Tech (11–2)	Penn State (11–2)	9.
10.	Penn State т	California (1–0)	Boise State (2–0)	Oklahoma (2–1)	Cincinnati (4–0)	TCU (4–0)	LSU (5–1)	TCU (6–0)	Oregon (6–1)	Georgia Tech (7–1)	Ohio State (8–2)	LSU (8–2)	Oregon (9–2)	Penn State (10–2)	Iowa (10–2)	Virginia Tech (10–3)	10.
11.	LSU	LSU (1–0)	Ohio State (1–1)	Virginia Tech (2–1)	TCU (3–0)	Miami (FL) (3–1)	Iowa (6–0)	Georgia Tech (6–1)	Georgia Tech (7–1)	Penn State (7–1)	USC (7–2)	Oregon (8–2)	Oklahoma State (9–2)	Virginia Tech (9–3)	Penn State (10–2)	Oregon (10–3)	11.
12.	California	Boise State (1–0)	Oklahoma (1–1)	USC (2–1)	Houston (3–0)	Iowa (5–0)	TCU (5–0)	Oregon (5–1)	Penn State (7–1)	USC (6–2)	Miami (FL) (7–2)	Oklahoma State (8–2)	Penn State (10–2)	Georgia Tech (10–2)	Virginia Tech (9–3)	BYU (11–2)	12.
13.	Georgia	Oklahoma (0–1)	Virginia Tech (1–1)	Ohio State (2–1)	Iowa (4–0)	Oregon (4–1)	Oregon (5–1)	Penn State (6–1)	Oklahoma State (6–1)	Houston (7–1)	Houston (8–1)	Penn State (9–2)	Iowa (10–2)	Oregon State (8–3)	LSU (9–3)	Georgia Tech (11–3)	13.
14.	Boise State	Virginia Tech (0–1)	Georgia Tech (2–0)	Cincinnati (3–0)	Oklahoma State (3–1)	Penn State (4–1)	Penn State (5–1)	Oklahoma State (5–1)	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Oregon (7–2)	Stanford (7–3)	Virginia Tech (8–3)	Pittsburgh (9–2)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	Nebraska (10–4)	14.
15.	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech (1–0)	TCU (1–0)	TCU (2–0)	Penn State (3–1)	Oklahoma State (3–1)	Nebraska (4–1)	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Houston (6–1)	Ohio State (7–2)	Iowa (9–1)	Iowa (9–2)	Clemson (8–3)	LSU (9–3)	BYU (10–2)	Pittsburgh (10–3)	15.
16.	Oregon	TCU (0–0)	Oklahoma State (1–1)	Oklahoma State (2–1)	Oregon (3–1)	Kansas (4–0)	Oklahoma State (4–1)	BYU (6–1)	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Miami (FL) (6–2)	Utah (8–1)	Virginia Tech (7–3)	Oregon State (8–3)	BYU (10–2)	Oregon State (8–4)	Wisconsin (10–3)	16.
17.	TCU	Utah (1–0)	Cincinnati (2–0)	Houston (2–0)	Miami (FL) (2–1)	Auburn (5–0)	Kansas (5–0)	Houston (5–1)	Ohio State (6–2)	Utah (7–1)	Oklahoma State (7–2)	Wisconsin (8–2)	LSU (8–3)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	Pittsburgh (9–3)	LSU (9–4)	17.
18.	Florida State	Notre Dame (1–0)	Utah (2–0)	Florida State (2–1)	Georgia (3–1) т	BYU (4–1)	BYU (5–1)	Ohio State (5–2)	Miami (FL) (5–2)	Oklahoma State (6–2)	Arizona (6–2)	Clemson (7–3)	BYU (9–2)	Houston (10–2)	West Virginia (9–3)	Utah (10–3)	18.
19.	Utah	North Carolina (1–0)	Nebraska (1–0)	BYU (2–1)	Kansas (4–0) т	Oklahoma (2–2)	Georgia Tech (5–1)	Utah (5–1)	Utah (6–1)	Notre Dame (6–2)	Penn State (8–2)	BYU (8–2)	Miami (FL) (8–3)	California (8–3)	Stanford (8–4)	Miami (FL) (9–4)	19.
20.	BYU	Miami (FL) (1–0)	Miami (FL) (1–0)	Kansas (3–0)	BYU (3–1)	Ole Miss (3–1)	Oklahoma (3–2)	Pittsburgh (6–1)	West Virginia (6–1)	Oklahoma (5–3)	Virginia Tech (6–3)	Oregon State (7–3)	Ole Miss (8–3)	USC (8–3)	Nebraska (9–4)	Ole Miss (9–4)	20.
21.	North Carolina	Georgia (0–1)	Houston (2–0)	Georgia (2–1)	Ole Miss (2–1)	Nebraska (3–1)	South Florida (5–0)	Texas Tech (5–2)	South Carolina (6–2)	Arizona (5–2)	Wisconsin (7–2)	Miami (FL) (7–3)	California (8–3)	Nebraska (9–3)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	Texas Tech (9–4)	21.
22.	Iowa	Nebraska (1–0)	Kansas (2–0)	North Carolina (3–0)	Michigan (4–0)	Georgia Tech (4–1)	South Carolina (5–1)	West Virginia (5–1)	Oklahoma (4–3)	Virginia Tech (5–3)	BYU (7–2)	USC (7–3)	Utah (9–2)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	Arizona (8–4)	USC (9–4)	22.
23.	Notre Dame	Cincinnati (1–0)	Georgia (1–1)	Michigan (3–0)	Nebraska (3–1)	South Florida (5–0)	Houston (4–1)	South Carolina (5–2)	Arizona (5–2)	California (6–2)	South Florida (6–2)	Utah (8–2)	North Carolina (8–3)	Stanford (8–4)	Utah (9–3)	Central Michigan (12–2)	23.
24.	Nebraska	Kansas (1–0)	North Carolina (2–0)	Washington (2–1)	California (3–1)	Missouri (4–0)	Utah (4–1)	Kansas (5–1)	Ole Miss (5–2)	Wisconsin (6–2)	Clemson (6–3)	Houston (8–2)	USC (7–3)	West Virginia (8–3)	Wisconsin (9–3)	Clemson (9–5)	24.
25.	Kansas	Missouri (1–0)	Michigan (2–0)	Nebraska (2–1)	Georgia Tech (3–1)	South Carolina (4–1)	Notre Dame (4–1)	Oklahoma (3–3)	Notre Dame (5–2)	BYU (6–2)	Stanford (6–3)	Rutgers (7–2)	Houston (9–2)	Clemson (8–4)	Central Michigan (11–2)	West Virginia (9–4)	25.
	Preseason Aug 22^[1]	Week 1 Sep 8	Week 2 Sep 13	Week 3 Sep 20	Week 4 Sep 27	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 Dec 6	Week 15 (Final) Jan 7
		Dropped: Iowa Florida State Oregon	Dropped: Notre Dame Missouri	Dropped: Georgia Tech Utah	Dropped: Florida State North Carolina Washington	Dropped: Houston Georgia Michigan California	Dropped: Auburn Ole Miss Missouri	Dropped: Nebraska South Florida Notre Dame	Dropped: BYU Texas Tech Kansas	Dropped: West Virginia South Carolina Ole Miss	Dropped: Notre Dame Oklahoma California	Dropped: Arizona South Florida	Dropped: Stanford Wisconsin Rutgers	Dropped: Ole Miss Utah North Carolina	Dropped: Houston California USC Clemson	Dropped: Oregon State Stanford Oklahoma State Arizona

Coaches Poll

	Preseason Aug 7^[2]	Week 1 Sep 8	Week 2 Sep 13	Week 3 Sep 20	Week 4 Sep 27	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 Dec 6	Week 15 (Final) Jan 7
1.	Florida (53)	Florida (1–0) (56)	Florida (2–0) (56)	Florida (3–0) (59)	Florida (4–0) (58)	Florida (4–0) (57)	Florida (5–0) (53)	Florida (6–0) (49)	Florida (7–0) (46)	Florida (8–0) (50)	Florida (9–0) (48)	Florida (10–0) (48)	Florida (11–0) (47)	Florida (12–0) (53)	Alabama (13–0) (54)	Alabama (14–0) (58)	1.
2.	Texas (4)	Texas (1–0) (2)	Texas (2–0)	Texas (3–0)	Texas (4–0) (1)	Texas (4–0) (1)	Texas (5–0) (1)	Alabama (7–0) (9)	Alabama (8–0) (9)	Texas (8–0) (4)	Texas (9–0) (4)	Texas (10–0) (4)	Texas (11–0) (4)	Texas (12–0) (3)	Texas (13–0) (4)	Texas (13–1)	2.
3.	Oklahoma (1)	USC (1–0) (1)	USC (2–0) (3)	Alabama (3–0)	Alabama (4–0)	Alabama (5–0) (1)	Alabama (6–0) (5)	Texas (6–0) (1)	Texas (7–0) (4)	Alabama (8–0) (5)	Alabama (9–0) (7)	Alabama (10–0) (7)	Alabama (11–0) (8)	Alabama (12–0) (3)	TCU (12–0)	Florida (13–1)	3.
4.	USC (1)	Alabama (1–0)	Alabama (2–0)	Penn State (3–0)	LSU (4–0)	LSU (5–0)	Virginia Tech (5–1)	USC (5–1)	USC (6–1)	TCU (8–0)	TCU (9–0)	TCU (10–0)	TCU (11–0)	TCU (12–0)	Cincinnati (12–0) (1)	Boise State (14–0)	4.
5.	Alabama	Penn State (1–0)	Penn State (2–0)	Ole Miss (2–0)	Boise State (4–0)	Virginia Tech (4–1)	USC (4–1)	Boise State (6–0)	Boise State (7–0)	Boise State (8–0)	Cincinnati (9–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (11–0)	Florida (12–1)	Ohio State (11–2)	5.
6.	Ohio State	Oklahoma State (1–0)	Ole Miss (1–0)	California (3–0)	Virginia Tech (3–1)	Boise State (5–0)	Boise State (5–0)	Cincinnati (6–0)	TCU (7–0)	Iowa (9–0)	Boise State (9–0)	Boise State (10–0)	Boise State (11–0)	Boise State (12–0)	Boise State (13–0)	TCU (12–1)	6.
7.	Virginia Tech	Ohio State (1–0)	LSU (2–0) T	LSU (3–0)	USC (3–1)	USC (4–1)	Ohio State (5–1)	TCU (6–0)	Cincinnati (7–0)	Cincinnati (8–0)	Georgia Tech (9–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Ohio State (10–2)	Oregon (10–2)	Iowa (11–2)	7.
8.	Penn State	Ole Miss (1–0)	California (2–0) T	Boise State (3–0)	Oklahoma (2–1)	Ohio State (4–1)	TCU (5–0)	Iowa (7–0)	Iowa (8–0)	Oregon (7–1)	Ohio State (8–2)	Ohio State (9–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	Oregon (9–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	Penn State (11–2)	8.
9.	LSU	LSU (1–0)	BYU (2–0)	Oklahoma (2–1)	Ohio State (3–1)	TCU (4–0)	Cincinnati (5–0)	Miami (FL) (5–1)	LSU (6–1)	LSU (7–1)	Pittsburgh (8–1)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Penn State (10–2)	Penn State (10–2)	Cincinnati (12–1)	9.
10.	Ole Miss	California (1–0)	Boise State (2–0)	USC (2–1)	TCU (3–0)	Cincinnati (5–0)	LSU (5–1)	LSU (5–1)	Penn State (7–1)	Penn State (8–1)	USC (7–2)	LSU (8–2)	Oregon (9–2)	Iowa (10–2)	Georgia Tech (11–2)	Virginia Tech (10–3)	10.
11.	Oklahoma State	Boise State (1–0)	Ohio State (1–1)	Ohio State (2–1)	Cincinnati (4–0)	Miami (FL) (3–1)	Miami (FL) (4–1)	Penn State (6–1)	Georgia Tech (7–1)	Georgia Tech (8–1)	LSU (7–2)	Oregon (8–2)	Penn State (10–2)	Virginia Tech (9–3)	Iowa (10–2)	Oregon (10–3)	11.
12.	California	BYU (1–0)	Oklahoma (1–1)	Virginia Tech (2–1)	Oklahoma State (3–1)	Penn State (4–1)	Iowa (6–0)	Oklahoma State (5–1)	Oregon (6–1)	Ohio State (7–2)	Houston (8–1)	Penn State (9–2)	Oklahoma State (9–2)	Georgia Tech (10–2)	Virginia Tech (9–3)	BYU (11–2)	12.
13.	Georgia	Georgia Tech (1–0)	Georgia Tech (2–0)	Miami (FL) (2–0)	Penn State (3–1)	Oklahoma State (3–1)	Penn State (5–1)	Georgia Tech (6–1)	Oklahoma State (6–1)	USC (6–2)	Iowa (9–1)	Oklahoma State (8–2)	Iowa (10–2)	BYU (10–2)	LSU (9–3)	Georgia Tech (11–3)	13.
14.	Oregon	Oklahoma (0–1)	Virginia Tech (1–1)	TCU (2–0)	Georgia (3–1)	Iowa (5–0)	Oklahoma State (4–1)	Oregon (5–1)	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Utah (8–1)	Wisconsin (8–2)	Virginia Tech (8–3)	LSU (9–3)	BYU (10–2)	Nebraska (10–4)	14.
15.	Georgia Tech	Virginia Tech (0–1)	TCU (1–0)	Cincinnati (3–0)	Houston (3–0)	Kansas (4–0)	Kansas (5–0)	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Ohio State (6–2)	Houston (7–1)	Miami (FL) (7–2)	Iowa (9–2)	BYU (9–2)	Pittsburgh (9–2)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	Pittsburgh (10–3)	15.
16.	Boise State	TCU (0–0)	Utah (2–0)	Oklahoma State (2–1)	Kansas (4–0)	Ole Miss (3–1)	Oregon (5–1)	BYU (6–1)	Houston (6–1)	Utah (7–1)	Oregon (7–2)	Virginia Tech (7–3)	Clemson (8–3)	Oregon State (8–3)	Pittsburgh (9–3)	Wisconsin (10–3)	16.
17.	TCU	Utah (1–0)	Oklahoma State (1–1)	Georgia (2–1)	Iowa (4–0)	Oregon (4–1)	Nebraska (4–1)	Houston (5–1) т	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Miami (FL) (6–2)	Penn State (8–2)	Stanford (7–3)	LSU (8–3)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	West Virginia (9–3)	LSU (9–4)	17.
18.	Utah	Nebraska (1–0)	Nebraska (2–0)	North Carolina (3–0)	Ole Miss (2–1)	Missouri (4–0)	Oklahoma (3–2)	Ohio State (5–2) т	Miami (FL) (5–2)	Oklahoma State (6–2)	Oklahoma State (7–2)	BYU (8–2)	Oregon State (8–3)	Houston (10–2)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	Utah (10–3)	18.
19.	Florida State	North Carolina (1–0)	North Carolina (2–0)	Kansas (3–0)	California (3–1)	Auburn (5–0)	BYU (5–1)	Pittsburgh (6–1)	Utah (6–1)	Arizona (5–2)	Arizona (6–2)	Clemson (7–3)	Utah (9–2)	USC (8–3)	Nebraska (9–4)	Miami (FL) (9–4)	19.
20.	North Carolina	Notre Dame (1–0)	Georgia (1–1)	BYU (2–1)	Michigan (4–0)	BYU (4–1)	Georgia Tech (5–1)	Utah (5–1)	West Virginia (6–1)	Oklahoma (5–3)	Wisconsin (7–2)	Oregon State (7–3)	Houston (9–2)	Nebraska (9–3)	Oregon State (8–4)	USC (9–4)	20.
21.	Iowa	Georgia (0–1)	Cincinnati (2–0)	Missouri (3–0)	BYU (3–1) т	Oklahoma (2–2)	South Florida (5–0)	Kansas (5–1)	South Carolina (6–2)	Notre Dame (6–2)	Virginia Tech (6–3)	USC (7–3)	Miami (FL) (8–3)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	Stanford (8–4)	Ole Miss (9–4)	21.
22.	Nebraska	Miami (FL) (1–0)	Miami (FL) (1–0)	Michigan (3–0)	Miami (FL) (2–1) т	Nebraska (3–1)	South Carolina (5–1)	West Virginia (5–1)	Ole Miss (5–2)	Wisconsin (6–2)	BYU (7–2)	Houston (8–2)	USC (7–3)	California (8–3)	Wisconsin (9–3)	West Virginia (9–4)	22.
23.	Notre Dame	Cincinnati (1–0)	Kansas (2–0)	Houston (2–0)	Missouri (4–0)	Georgia Tech (4–1)	Houston (4–1)	South Carolina (5–2)	Oklahoma (4–3)	California (6–2)	West Virginia (7–2)	Utah (8–2)	Nebraska (8–3)	West Virginia (8–3)	Arizona (8–4)	Texas Tech (9–4)	23.
24.	BYU	Oregon State (1–0)	Oregon State (2–0)	Nebraska (2–1)	Nebraska (3–1)	South Florida (5–0)	Missouri (4–0)	Texas Tech (5–2)	Arizona (5–2)	Virginia Tech (5–3)	South Florida (6–2)	Miami (FL) (7–3)	North Carolina (8–3)	Stanford (8–4)	Utah (9–3)	Central Michigan (12–2)	24.
25.	Oregon State	Kansas (1–0)	Missouri (2–0)	Florida State (2–1)	Oregon (3–1)	Wisconsin (5–0)	Notre Dame (4–1)	Ole Miss (4–2)	Notre Dame (5–2)	BYU (6–2)	Auburn (7–3)	Nebraska (7–3) T North Carolina (7–3) T	Ole Miss (8–3)	Utah (9–3)	Houston (10–3)	Oklahoma State (9–4)	25.
	Preseason Aug 7^[2]	Week 1 Sep 8	Week 2 Sep 13	Week 3 Sep 20	Week 4 Sep 27	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 Dec 6	Week 15 (Final) Jan 7
		Dropped: Oregon Florida State Iowa	Dropped: Notre Dame	Dropped: Georgia Tech Utah Oregon State	Dropped: North Carolina Florida State	Dropped: Georgia Houston California Michigan	Dropped: Ole Miss Auburn Wisconsin	Dropped: Nebraska Oklahoma South Florida Missouri Notre Dame	Dropped: BYU Kansas Texas Tech	Dropped: West Virginia South Carolina Ole Miss	Dropped: Oklahoma Notre Dame California	Dropped: Arizona West Virginia South Florida Auburn	Dropped: Wisconsin Stanford	Dropped: Clemson North Carolina Ole Miss	Dropped: USC California	Dropped: Oregon State Stanford Arizona Houston

Harris Interactive Poll

	Week 4 Sep 27^[3]	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 (Final) Dec 6
1.	Florida (4–0) (99)	Florida (4–0) (97)	Florida (5–0) (99)	Florida (6–0) (77)	Florida (7–0) (75)	Florida (8–0) (83)	Florida (9–0) (82)	Florida (10–0) (78)	Florida (11–0) (78)	Florida (12–0) (82)	Alabama (13–0) (105)	1.
2.	Texas (4–0) (4)	Texas (4–0) (12)	Alabama (6–0) (13) т	Alabama (7–0) (33)	Alabama (8–0) (17)	Texas (8–0) (19)	Texas (9–0) (18)	Texas (10–0) (19)	Texas (11–0) (18)	Texas (12–0) (15)	Texas (13–0) (6)	2.
3.	Alabama (4–0) (11)	Alabama (5–0) (5)	Texas (5–0) (2) т	Texas (6–0) (4)	Texas (7–0) (20)	Alabama (8–0) (9)	Alabama (9–0) (14)	Alabama (10–0) (16)	Alabama (11–0) (15)	Alabama (12–0) (12)	TCU (12–0) (3)	3.
4.	LSU (4–0)	LSU (5–0)	Virginia Tech (5–1)	USC (5–1)	USC (6–1)	Boise State (8–0) (1)	TCU (9–0)	TCU (10–0) (1)	TCU (11–0) (3)	TCU (12–0) (4)	Cincinnati (12–0)	4.
5.	Boise State (4–0)	Boise State (5–0)	Boise State (5–0)	Boise State (6–0)	Boise State (7–0)	Cincinnati (8–0)	Cincinnati (9–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (11–0)	Florida (12–1)	5.
6.	Virginia Tech (3–1)	Virginia Tech (4–1)	USC (4–1)	Cincinnati (6–0)	Cincinnati (7–0)	TCU (8–0)	Boise State (9–0)	Boise State (10–0)	Boise State (11–0)	Boise State (12–0)	Boise State (13–0)	6.
7.	USC (3–1)	USC (4–1)	Ohio State (5–1)	Iowa (7–0)	TCU (7–0)	Iowa (9–0) (2)	Georgia Tech (9–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Ohio State (10–2)	Oregon (10–2)	7.
8.	Ohio State (3–1)	Ohio State (4–1)	Cincinnati (5–0)	TCU (6–0)	Iowa (8–0) (1)	Oregon (7–1)	Ohio State (8–2)	Ohio State (9–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	Oregon (9–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	8.
9.	Oklahoma (2–1)	Cincinnati (5–0)	LSU (5–1)	LSU (5–1)	LSU (6–1)	LSU (7–1)	Pittsburgh (8–1)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Penn State (10–2)	Penn State (10–2)	9.
10.	Cincinnati (4–0)	TCU (4–0)	TCU (5–0)	Miami (FL) (5–1)	Penn State (7–1)	Penn State (8–1)	USC (7–2)	LSU (8–2)	Oregon (9–2)	Iowa (10–2)	Georgia Tech (11–2)	10.
11.	TCU (3–0)	Iowa (5–0)	Iowa (6–0)	Penn State (6–1)	Oregon (6–1)	Georgia Tech (8–1)	LSU (7–2)	Oregon (8–2)	Penn State (10–2)	Georgia Tech (10–2)	Iowa (10–2)	11.
12.	Penn State (3–1)	Miami (FL) (3–1)	Miami (FL) (4–1)	Oregon (5–1)	Georgia Tech (7–1)	USC (6–2)	Iowa (9–1)	Penn State (9–2)	Oklahoma State (9–2)	Virginia Tech (10–2)	Virginia Tech (9–3)	12.
13.	Houston (3–0)	Penn State (4–1)	Penn State (5–1)	Georgia Tech (6–1)	Oklahoma State (6–1)	Ohio State (7–2)	Houston (8–1)	Oklahoma State (8–2)	Iowa (10–2)	BYU (10–2)	LSU (9–3)	13.
14.	Iowa (4–0)	Oklahoma State (3–1)	Oregon (5–1)	Oklahoma State (5–1)	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Houston (7–1)	Oregon (7–2)	Iowa (9–2)	Virginia Tech (8–3)	LSU (9–3)	BYU (10–2)	14.
15.	Oklahoma State (3–1)	Oregon (4–1)	Oklahoma State (4–1)	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Ohio State (5–2)	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Miami (FL) (7–2)	Wisconsin (8–2)	BYU (9–2)	Pittsburgh (9–2)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	15.
16.	Kansas (4–0)	Kansas (4–0)	Kansas (5–0)	BYU (6–1)	Houston (6–1)	Utah (7–1)	Utah (8–1)	Virginia Tech (7–3)	LSU (8–3)	Oregon State (8–3)	Pittsburgh (9–3)	16.
17.	Georgia (3–1)	BYU (4–1)	BYU (5–1)	Ohio State (5–2)	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Miami (FL) (6–2)	Penn State (8–2)	Stanford (7–3)	Clemson (8–3)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	17.
18.	Ole Miss (2–1)	Ole Miss (3–1)	Oklahoma (2–2)	Houston (5–1)	Miami (FL) (5–2)	Oklahoma State (6–2)	Oklahoma State (7–2)	BYU (8–2)	Oregon State (8–3)	Houston (10–2)	West Virginia (9–3)	18.
19.	BYU (3–1)	Auburn (5–0)	Nebraska (4–1)	Utah (5–1)	Utah (6–1)	Oklahoma (5–3)	Arizona (6–2)	Clemson (7–3)	Utah (9–2)	USC (8–3)	Oregon State (8–4)	19.
20.	Michigan (4–0)	Oklahoma (2–2)	Georgia Tech (5–1)	Pittsburgh (6–1)	West Virginia (6–1)	Notre Dame (6–2)	Wisconsin (7–2)	USC (7–3)	Houston (9–2)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	Nebraska (8–4)	20.
21.	California (3–1)	Nebraska (3–1)	South Florida (5–0)	Kansas (5–1)	South Carolina (6–2)	Arizona (5–2)	Virginia Tech (6–3)	Utah (8–2)	Miami (FL) (8–3)	California (8–3)	Stanford (8–4)	21.
22.	Miami (FL) (2–1)	Georgia Tech (4–1)	South Carolina (5–1)	Texas Tech (5–2)	Oklahoma (4–3)	California (6–2)	BYU (7–2)	Oregon State (7–3)	USC (7–3)	Nebraska (9–3)	Utah (9–3)	22.
23.	Oregon (3–1)	Missouri (4–0)	Houston (4–1)	West Virginia (5–1)	Ole Miss (5–2)	Virginia Tech (5–3)	South Florida (6–2)	Houston (8–2)	California (8–3)	Stanford (8–4)	Wisconsin (9–3)	23.
24.	Nebraska (3–1)	South Florida (5–0)	Auburn (5–1)	South Florida (5–1)	Notre Dame (5–2)	Wisconsin (6–2)	West Virginia (7–2)	Miami (FL) (7–3)	Nebraska (8–3)	Utah (9–3)	Arizona (8–4)	24.
25.	Missouri (4–0)	Wisconsin (5–0)	Notre Dame (4–1)	Oklahoma (3–3)	Arizona (5–2)	BYU (6–2)	Clemson (6–3)	Nebraska (7–3)	Ole Miss (8–3)	West Virginia (8–3)	Houston (10–3)	25.
	Week 4 Sep 27^[3]	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 (Final) Dec 6
		Dropped: Houston Georgia Michigan California	Dropped: Ole Miss Missouri Wisconsin	Dropped: Nebraska South Carolina Auburn Notre Dame	Dropped: BYU Kansas Texas Tech South Florida	Dropped: West Virginia South Carolina Ole Miss	Dropped: Oklahoma Notre Dame California	Dropped: Arizona South Florida West Virginia	Dropped: Wisconsin Stanford	Dropped: Clemson Ole Miss	Dropped: USC California

BCS standings

	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 (Final) Dec 6
1.	Florida (6–0)	Florida (7–0)	Florida (8–0)	Florida (9–0)	Florida (10–0)	Florida (11–0)	Florida (12–0)	Alabama (13–0)	1.
2.	Alabama (7–0)	Alabama (8–0)	Texas (8–0)	Alabama (9–0)	Alabama (10–0)	Alabama (11–0)	Alabama (12–0)	Texas (13–0)	2.
3.	Texas (6–0)	Texas (7–0)	Alabama (8–0)	Texas (9–0)	Texas (10–0)	Texas (11–0)	Texas (12–0)	Cincinnati (12–0)	3.
4.	Boise State (6–0)	Iowa (8–0)	Iowa (9–0)	TCU (9–0)	TCU (10–0)	TCU (11–0)	TCU (12–0)	TCU (12–0)	4.
5.	Cincinnati (6–0)	USC (6–1)	Cincinnati (8–0)	Cincinnati (9–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (10–0)	Cincinnati (11–0)	Florida (12–1)	5.
6.	Iowa (7–0)	TCU (7–0)	TCU (8–0)	Boise State (9–0)	Boise State (10–0)	Boise State (11–0)	Boise State (12–0)	Boise State (13–0)	6.
7.	USC (5–1)	Boise State (7–0)	Boise State (8–0)	Georgia Tech (9–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Georgia Tech (10–1)	Oregon (9–2)	Oregon (10–2)	7.
8.	TCU (6–0)	Cincinnati (7–0)	Oregon (7–1)	LSU (7–2)	LSU (8–2)	Oregon (9–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	8.
9.	LSU (5–1)	LSU (6–1)	LSU (7–1)	USC (7–2)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Pittsburgh (9–1)	Iowa (10–2)	Georgia Tech (11–2)	9.
10.	Miami (FL) (5–1)	Oregon (6–1)	Georgia Tech (8–1)	Iowa (9–1)	Ohio State (9–2)	Ohio State (10–2)	Georgia Tech (10–2)	Iowa (10–2)	10.
11.	Oregon (5–1)	Georgia Tech (7–1)	Penn State (8–1)	Ohio State (8–2)	Oregon (8–2)	Iowa (10–2)	Penn State (10–2)	Virginia Tech (9–3)	11.
12.	Georgia Tech (6–1)	Penn State (7–1)	USC (6–2)	Pittsburgh (8–1)	Oklahoma State (8–2)	Oklahoma State (9–2)	Virginia Tech (9–3)	LSU (9–3)	12.
13.	Penn State (6–1)	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Oregon (7–2)	Iowa (9–2)	Penn State (10–2)	LSU (9–3)	Penn State (10–2)	13.
14.	Virginia Tech (5–2)	Oklahoma State (6–1)	Utah (7–1)	Miami (FL) (7–2)	Penn State (9–2)	Virginia Tech (8–3)	BYU (10–2)	BYU (10–2)	14.
15.	Oklahoma State (5–1)	Pittsburgh (7–1)	Houston (7–1)	Houston (8–1)	Virginia Tech (7–3)	LSU (8–3)	Pittsburgh (9–2)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	15.
16.	BYU (6–1)	Utah (6–1)	Ohio State (7–2)	Utah (8–1)	Wisconsin (8–2)	Oregon State (8–3)	Oregon State (8–3)	West Virginia (9–3)	16.
17.	Houston (5–1)	Ohio State (6–2)	Miami (FL) (6–2)	Arizona (8–2)	Stanford (7–3)	Miami (FL) (8–3)	Miami (FL) (9–3)	Pittsburgh (9–3)	17.
18.	Utah (5–1)	Houston (6–1)	Arizona (5–2)	Penn State (8–2)	USC (7–3)	Clemson (8–3)	USC (8–3)	Oregon State (8–4)	18.
19.	Ohio State (5–2)	Miami (FL) (5–2)	Oklahoma State (6–2)	Oklahoma State (7–2)	Oregon State (7–3)	BYU (9–2)	California (8–3)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	19.
20.	Pittsburgh (6–1)	Arizona (5–2)	California (6–2)	Wisconsin (7–2)	Miami (FL) (7–3)	USC (7–3)	Oklahoma State (9–3)	Arizona (8–4)	20.
21.	Wisconsin (5–2)	West Virginia (6–1)	Wisconsin (6–2)	Virginia Tech (6–3)	Utah (8–2)	Utah (9–2)	Houston (10–2)	Stanford (8–4)	21.
22.	Arizona (4–2)	South Carolina (6–2)	Notre Dame (6–2)	BYU (7–2)	BYU (8–2)	California (8–3)	Nebraska (9–3)	Nebraska (9–4)	22.
23.	West Virginia (5–1)	Notre Dame (5–2)	Virginia Tech (5–3)	Oregon State (6–3)	Clemson (7–3)	Houston (9–2)	West Virginia (8–3)	Utah (9–3)	23.
24.	South Carolina (5–2)	California (5–2)	Oklahoma (5–3)	South Florida (6–2)	Houston (8–2)	North Carolina (8–3)	Stanford (8–4)	USC (8–4)	24.
25.	Kansas (5–1)	Ole Miss (5–2)	South Florida (6–2)	West Virginia (7–2)	California (7–3)	Ole Miss (8–3)	Utah (9–3)	Wisconsin (9–3)	25.
	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 (Final) Dec 6
		Dropped: BYU Wisconsin Kansas	Dropped: West Virginia South Carolina Ole Miss	Dropped: California Notre Dame Oklahoma	Dropped: Arizona South Florida West Virginia	Dropped: Wisconsin Stanford	Dropped: Clemson North Carolina Ole Miss	Dropped: California Houston

References

^ "2009 Preseason AP Poll". AP Poll Archive. August 22, 2009. Archived from the original on September 19, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
^ "Breaking down the preseason Top 25". USA Today. August 7, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
^ "Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll" (PDF) (Press release). Harris Interactive College Football Poll. September 27, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009.

[AP_week_1-1] "2009 Preseason AP Poll". AP Poll Archive. August 22, 2009. Archived from the original on September 19, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.

[Coach_week_1-2] "Breaking down the preseason Top 25". USA Today. August 7, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2009.

[3] "Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll" (PDF) (Press release). Harris Interactive College Football Poll. September 27, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009.

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2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings