Top 25 Team Rankings of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll -- NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Harris Interactive logo. PRNewsFoto/Harris Interactive NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's Harris Interactive College Football PollSM shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media. Alabama and Oregon are ranked #1 and #2 respectively, and Florida State moved to #3 after its win over Clemson. Ohio State remains at #4 and Baylor moved up eight spots to #5 after several teams in last week's top 10 lost this week. Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100518/NY06801LOGO Highlights of October 20 Harris Interactive College Football Poll Record Points Previous Game Next Game Previous Week's Rank weekend of Oct 19 weekend of Oct 26 Alabama (95) Beat Arkansas 52-0 Tennessee Oregon (8) Beat Washington State 62-38 Florida State (2) Beat #3 Clemson 51-14 North Carolina State Ohio State Beat Iowa 34-24 Penn State Baylor Beat Iowa State 71-7 at Kansas Missouri Beat #21 Florida 36-17 #20 South Carolina Miami (FL) Beat North Carolina 27-23 Wake Forest Stanford at Oregon State Texas Tech Beat West Virginia 37-27 at #14 Oklahoma Clemson Lost to #5 Florida State 51-14 at Maryland Lost to #12 Stanford 24-10 at #2 Oregon Lost to Ole Miss 27-24 Furman Texas A&M Lost to Auburn 45-41 Vanderbilt Oklahoma Beat Kansas 34-19 #9 Texas Tech Auburn Beat #7 Texas A&M 45-41 Florida Atlantic Louisville Lost to Central Florida 38-35 at South Florida Oklahoma State at Iowa State Fresno State at San Diego State Idle Duke South Carolina Lost to Tennessee 23-21 at #6 Missouri Northern Illinois Beat Central Michigan 38-17 Eastern Michigan Michigan Beat Indiana 63-47 Nebraska at Minnesota Wisconsin Beat Illinois 56-32 Central Florida Beat #6 Louisville 38-35 Connecticut Number of first place votes shown in parentheses. Other teams receiving votes: Michigan State 196; Oregon State 168; Arizona State 124; Georgia 113; Notre Dame 61; Florida 30; Mississippi 21; Texas 14; Ball State 8; Houston 4; Washington 2; Boise State 1. Dropped out of Top 25: Georgia, Florida, Washington. Poll Methodology and Process The 2013 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of former players, coaches, administrators and current and former members of the media who have committed to submit rankings for the top 25 college football teams each week. These panelists were randomly selected from among more than 300 nominations submitted by the 10 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions. Today, 105 poll participants submitted their top 25 college football team rankings. Harris Interactive applies a standard statistical practice that allows it to identify potential instability, error or bias associated with unusual ranking patterns. Those rankings that are identified through the analysis are verified to ensure that each panelist's intent is accurately reflected. This week's rankings and other information about the poll can be found at www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll and www.bcsfootball.org. About Harris Interactive Harris Interactive is one of the world's leading market research firms, leveraging research, technology, and business acumen to transform relevant insight into actionable foresight. For more information, please visit www.harrisinteractive.com Press Contact: Corporate Communications Harris Interactive, Inc. (212) 539-9600 press@harrisinteractive.com