The Insiders Top 25 College Football Poll (10/21)

One of the fruits of Stanford's Saturday labor is a boost in the rankings. A win at Autzen impressed the publisher voters enough to boost the Cardinal to #17 in the country this week. The loss knocked the Ducks out of the top ten, leaving UCLA as the lone Pac-10 resident. Read on for the full rankings.

SEATTLE - Though the very top of TheInsiders.com Top 25 College Football Poll remained intact, the Top 10 continued to see upheaval. Out this week were upset victims Oregon and Fresno State. Crashing the national championship party were Tennessee and Maryland.

The Ducks (6-1) nose-dived out of the terrific 10 after collapsing 49-42 to Stanford (4-1), which rose to No. 17. Meanwhile, Fresno State (6-1) continued its weekly dose of surprises, albeit in a negative fashion, by losing to Boise State 35-30 on Friday.

Tennessee (4-1) rose to No. 9 after a 35-24 victory over Alabama, setting up an SEC showdown next week with No. 15 South Carolina. After jumping to the top of the ACC with a 59-17 victory over Duke, Maryland (7-0) was elevated to No. 10.

Illinois (6-1), Texas A&M (6-1) and Georgia Tech (5-2) rejoined the Top 25, while Northwestern, Toledo and previously 17th-ranked Clemson dropped out of the poll.

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The Oct. 21, 2001 Poll:

Rank		Team	Points		Rank Last Week
1		Miami (7)	222		1
2		Oklahoma (2)	218		2
3		Nebraska	202		3
4		UCLA	180		4
5		Virginia Tech	189		5
6		Texas	172		8
7		Florida	167		7
8		Michigan	157		9
9		Tennessee	147		11
10		Maryland	143		12
11		Washington St.	127		15
12		Oregon	125		6
13		Brigham Young	108		13
14		Washington	106		16
15		South Carolina	87		18
16		Georgia	76		19
17		Stanford	75		23
18		Auburn	73		20
19		Florida State	61		22
20		Fresno State	53		10
21		Purdue	50		24
22		Illinois	32
23		Colorado	26		14
24		Texas A&M	24
25		Georgia Tech	23
*First place votes in parenthesis. Other teams receiving votes: North Carolina 17, LSU 14, Mississippi 10, Syracuse 7, Boston College 4, Louisville 4, Iowa State 2, Iowa 2, Utah 2.

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