University of Oklahoma Athletics

Football Team Ranked Third In AP Poll

October 15, 2000 | Football

By: Athletics Communications

Oct. 15, 2000

NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma football team has climbed to No. 3 in the Associated Press top 25 poll and No. 4 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll. The AP ranking is the Sooners' highest since also being ranked third prior to the 1988 Southern California game. Oklahoma received four first-place votes in the writers' poll and one in the coaches' poll.

OU improved to 6-0 on the season, its best start since 1987, after defeating then second-ranked Kansas State, 41-31, in Manhattan, Kan., Saturday. The win snapped a five-game losing streak to the Wildcats, as well as Kansas State's 25-game home winning streak. It also gave OU back-to-back victories against top-10 teams for the first time since beating fifth-ranked Nebraska (20-17) and No. 9 Arkansas (42-8) in 1987. The Sooners knocked off Texas, which was ranked 10th in the coaches' poll, 63-14 last Saturday.

The Sooners are idle this week before facing top-ranked Nebraska Oct. 28 in Norman.

Associated Press Top 10 

Team                   Record   Pts.
1. Nebraska (66)       6-0      1,770
2. Virginia Tech (1)   6-0      1,656
3. Oklahoma (4)        6-0      1,603
4. Miami (Fla.)        4-1      1,546
5. Clemson             7-0      1,523
6. Florida State       6-1      1,439
7. Oregon              5-1      1,290
8. Florida             6-1      1,242
9. Washington          5-1      1,147
10. Kansas State       6-1      1,118

ESPN/USA Today Top 10 

Team                   Record   Pts.
1. Nebraska (57)       6-0      1,473
2. Virginia Tech (1)   6-0      1,412
3. Clemson             7-0      1,308
4. Oklahoma (1)        6-0      1,276
5. Miami (Fla.)        4-1      1,262
6. Florida State       6-1      1,166
7. Florida             6-1      1,116
8. Kansas State        6-1      943
9. Washington          5-1      934
10. TCU                5-0      897

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