University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Ranked No. 25 in Associated Press Poll
October 27, 2002 | Football
Oct. 27, 2002
AP Poll| Coaches' Poll | How Top 25 Fared
Tennessee is ranked No. 25 in this week's Associated Press college football poll released Sunday afternoon. The Vols have been ranked in the top 25 for 33 consecutive weeks.
The Vols fell nine spots in the AP poll following Saturday's 34-14 loss to then-No. 19 Alabama at Neyland Stadium and out of the ESPN-USA Today/Coaches' poll for the first time this season.
Notre Dame rose two spots to No. 4 in The Associated Press Top 25 and got its first No. 1 vote since 1997.
The Fighting Irish beat Florida State 34-24 Saturday, dropping the Seminoles (5-3) from 11th to 18th.
The top three teams didn't change: No. 1 Miami (7-0), No. 2 Oklahoma (7-0) and No. 3 Virginia Tech (8-0).
The Irish (8-0) leaped past two other undefeated teams, bumping Ohio State (9-0) two spots to sixth after the Buckeyes' second straight low-scoring victory over a Big Ten team. Georgia (8-0) remained at No. 5.
Ohio State beat Penn State 13-7, dropping the Nittany Lions (5-3) two spots to No. 20.
The Hurricanes lost two first-place votes after a 40-23 win over West Virginia. The Sooners picked up one, and had 14 total, while Notre Dame received the other.
Rounding out the top 10 are Texas (7-1) in seventh, followed by Washington State (7-1), Iowa (8-1) and N.C. State (9-0). Iowa, which beat Michigan 34-9, is in the top 10 for the first time since 1991.
Southern Cal (6-2) is 11th after beating Oregon and dropping the Ducks to 19th.
Alabama vaulted to 12th after snapping a seven-game losing streak against Tennessee, which fell to 25th.
Colorado (6-2) climbed to No. 13, Kansas State rose to No. 14 and Arizona State (7-2) moved up to 16th.
Michigan fell seven places to No. 15, and LSU also tumbled seven places, to 17th after losing to Auburn.
Bowling Green improved to 7-0 with a 38-20 win over Ball State, and rose three spots to No. 21.
Air Force fell out of the rankings after losing to Wyoming. Colorado State entered the rankings at No. 24.
The top five in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll are Miami, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, Ohio State and Georgia. Notre Dame is sixth.
Associated Press
