Football Wire Notes | LSU gets all votes after wild weekend

LSU was a unanimous choice for the top spot in The Associated Press rankings released Sunday, receiving all 65 first-place votes from the media panel. The last unanimous No. 1 during the regular season was Ohio State in December.

LSU is one of just four teams that started the season ranked in the top 10 and remained there. The others are No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 8 West Virginia and No. 10 USC, which became the latest team to take a tumble after a startling loss to an unranked opponent.

California is the new No. 2, with its best showing in the AP Top 25 since 1951, when the Golden Bears were No. 1.

Ohio State is No. 3 and No. 4 Boston College has its highest ranking since Doug Flutie had the Eagles at fourth in 1984. South Florida, which entered the poll for the first time three weeks ago, is now No. 5.

On Saturday, a week after half the top 10 and nine ranked teams lost, another four top-10 teams and 11 ranked teams overall went down Saturday. As a result, there are 10 teams in the latest rankings, including four in the top 10 (BC, USF, No. 7 South Carolina and No. 9 Oregon), that were unranked to start the season.

Falling out of the Top 25 were Nebraska, Clemson, Kansas State, Rutgers and Purdue.

Hawaii undefeated

Hawaii improved to 6-0 and 3-0 in the Western Athletic Conference with a 52-37 win over Utah State. Backup quarterback Tyler Graunke provided spark off the bench, completing 9-of-11 passes for 246 yards and three touchdowns in the third quarter and ran for another score to give the No. 16 Warriors a school-record 10 straight conference wins and their best start since the 1981 team opened 7-0.

Starter Colt Brennan walked off the field on his own power after taking a hard hit with 52 seconds left in the first half with Hawaii leading 24-14. The Heisman Trophy hopeful completed a short pass when he was drilled by linebacker Paul Igboeli.

Graunke's first pass was 38 yards to set up his 1-yard TD run that put Hawaii up 31-13. Graunke was initially ruled down with 5 seconds left in the half, but the call was overturned after a review.

The Aggies (0-6, 0-2) extended their losing streak to 12 games.

NOTES

• Missouri's dominating late-night 41-6 victory over No. 25 Nebraska on Saturday finished so late quarterback Chase Daniel was 20 when it started and 21 just minutes after the finish.

"I was one of the first to wish him a happy birthday," coach Gary Pinkel joked.

Missouri (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) held the Cornhuskers (4-2, 1-1) without a touchdown for the first time in the series since 1958.

• The second-ranked Golden Bears (5-0, 2-0 Pac-10) and 14th-ranked Sun Devils (6-0, 3-0 Pac-10) are the conference's only unbeatens.

• Texas' 28-21 defeat to Oklahoma on Saturday dropped Texas to 0-2 in conference play for the first time in 50 years. The Longhorns (4-2) have lost four straight in the Big 12 but continue their streak in the AP Top 25 — 15 consecutive weeks — mostly because every team ranked from No. 21 to No. 25 lost Saturday, leaving pollsters few options.

AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record		Pts	Pvs
1. LSU (65)	6-0	1,625	1
2. California	5-0	1,538	3
3. Ohio St.	6-0	1,511	4
4. Boston College	6-0	1,346	7
5. South Florida	5-0	1,339	6
6. Oklahoma	5-1	1,221	10
7. South Carolina	5-1	1,183	11
8. West Virginia	5-1	1,059	13
9. Oregon	4-1	1,047	14
10. USC	4-1	1,024	2
11. Missouri	5-0	966	17
12. Virginia Tech	5-1	910	15
13. Florida	4-2	822	9
14. Arizona St.	6-0	752	18
15. Cincinnati	6-0	705	20
16. Hawaii	6-0	634	16
17. Kentucky	5-1	612	8
18. Illinois	5-1	595	—
19. Wisconsin	5-1	551	5
20. Kansas	5-0	336	—
21. Florida St.	4-1	307	—
22. Auburn	4-2	248	—
23. Texas	4-2	136	19
24. Georgia	4-2	131	12
25. Tennessee	3-2	90	—

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 79, Colorado 48, Purdue 48, Indiana 40, Michigan 31, Texas Tech 27, Rutgers 25, Virginia 22, Connecticut 20, Kansas St. 18, Boise St. 17, Clemson 13, Penn St. 13, Maryland 11, Alabama 9, Nebraska 9, Mississippi St. 3, Washington 2, Wyoming 2.

USA Today Top 25

The Top 25 teams in the USA Today college football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record		Pts	Pvs
1. LSU (58)	6-0	1498	2
2. California	5-0	1416	3
3. Ohio State (2)	6-0	1399	4
4. Boston College	6-0	1283	6
5t. Oklahoma	5-1	1145	10
5t. South Florida	5-0	1145	9
7. USC	4-1	1000	1
8. Oregon	4-1	936	13
9. West Virginia	5-1	931	12
10. Virginia Tech	5-1	913	14
11. Missouri	5-0	897	17
12. South Carolina	5-1	823	18
13. Arizona State	6-0	763	19
14. Florida	4-2	714	7
15. Wisconsin	5-1	689	5
16. Hawaii	6-0	632	15
17. Cincinnati	6-0	578	24
18. Kentucky	5-1	493	8
19. Illinois	5-1	425	NR
20. Kansas	5-0	390	NR
21. Florida State	4-1	213	NR
22. Texas	4-2	195	16
23. Georgia	4-2	188	11
24. Purdue	5-1	149	20
25. Auburn	4-2	143	NR

Others receiving votes: Virginia 67; Tennessee 60; Texas A&M 52; Rutgers 44; Texas Tech 44; Boise State 37; Connecticut 36; Indiana 30; Penn State 27; Michigan 22; Maryland 20; Wyoming 18; Clemson 16; Colorado 15; Wake Forest 12; Nebraska 10; Alabama 6; Brigham Young 6; Mississippi State 6; Kansas State 5; Stanford 4; Michigan State 3; UCLA 2.

Harris Interactive Top 25

The Top 25 teams in the first Harris Interactive College Football Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record		Pts	Pvs
1. LSU (113)	6-0	2,825	2
2. California	5-0	2,654	3
3. Ohio State	6-0	2,643	4
4. Boston College	6-0	2,406	6
5. Oklahoma	5-1	2,218	9
6. South Florida	5-0	2,166	10
7. USC	4-1	2,015	1
8. West Virginia	5-1	1,855	11
9. South Carolina	5-1	1,809	14
10. Oregon	4-1	1,692	13
11. Missouri	5-0	1,610	18
12. Virginia Tech	5-1	1,563	15
13. Florida	4-2	1,364	8
14. Arizona State	6-0	1,359	19
15. Wisconsin	5-1	1,309	5
16. Hawaii	6-0	1,266	16
17. Cincinnati	6-0	1,083	24
18. Kentucky	5-1	1,034	7
19. Illinois	5-1	871	NR
20. Kansas	5-0	630	NR
21. Texas	4-2	372	17
22. Florida State	4-1	344	NR
23. Georgia	4-2	327	12
24. Purdue	5-1	270	20
25. Auburn	3-2	191	NR

Other teams receiving votes: Texas A&M 117; Tennessee 116; Connecticut 104; Texas Tech 74; Virginia 74; Rutgers 65; Indiana 54; Michigan 46; Clemson 39; Penn State 35; Colorado 26; Maryland 21; Boise State 17; Wyoming 16; Kansas State 14; Nebraska 13; Michigan State 8; Alabama 4; Arkansas 2; Miami (Fla) 2; Stanford 2.