
Nov 29 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
For the second straight season the Southeastern Conference championship game will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup.

Nov 25 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Nebraska can make a mess of the BCS.

Nov 22 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
For the second straight season the Southeastern Conference championship game will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup.
Nov 18 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
The national championship race seems as if it's being put on hold this week, with the top contenders all big — in some cases too big to count — favorites.

Nov 15 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Mississippi, California and North Carolina, teams that started the season with lofty expectations before stumbling, have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.

Nov 8 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
After another humiliating loss, Southern California tumbled to its worst ranking since Pete Carroll's Trojans began their run as one of college football's best programs in 2002.

Nov 1 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.

Oct 25 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
NEW YORK — After its best performance of the season, Texas is back to No. 2 in the AP college football poll.

Oct 21 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Boise State better watch its back. TCU is trying to bust into the BCS, too.

Oct 18 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Flip-flop. Florida regained the top spot Sunday in The Associated Press poll from Alabama, which was ranked No. 1 for a week ahead of the Gators.

Oct 14 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
An injured Heisman Trophy winner and a pair of one-point losses have made the first half of Oklahoma's season a real downer.

Oct 11 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
After a steady climb, Alabama has reached the top of the AP poll.

Oct 4 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Rejuvenated Auburn jumped into the AP Top 25 for the first time this season, landing at No. 17 after improving to 5-0 under new coach Gene Chizik.

Sep 30 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
This is not the ideal way to bounce back from a loss.

Sep 27 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
After a weekend in which four top-10 teams lost, The Associated Press college football poll received a major makeover.

Sep 20 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Southern California dropped nine spots and out of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, and Washington moved into the rankings for the first time in six years.

Sep 16 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
It's one of the most asked questions by college football fans and media members: Is (insert lagging program name here) "back?" — as in back to being one of the elite program it once was.

Sep 9 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Florida has a score to settle. Texas, too, but for a different reason.

Sep 8 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
After a season on the outs, Michigan is back in the AP Top 25.

Sep 4 - By Tim Booth, AP Sports Writer
Four quarters of getting flustered by the guys in blue finally made Oregon's LeGarrette Blount snap.
Sep 2 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Even Nick Saban, a coach who is all about urgency, wasn't quite ready to buy into the idea that the first game of the season was a make-or-break deal

Aug 22 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
As Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators prepare to make a run at their third national title in the last four seasons, the defending champions have already made some history. Florida is No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25 released Saturday, followed by Texas, Oklahoma, Southern California and Alabama. But the Gators are in a class by themselves, the most overwhelming preseason No. 1 in the history of the media poll.
Aug 22 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators are preparing to make a run at their third national title in four seasons, but the defending champs have already made some history.

Jan 8 - By Ralph D. Russo, AP College Football Writer
Florida is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Utah is perfect at No. 2, though not perfectly happy. Texas and Southern California also claimed to be the best — but media voters didn't think so.

Dec 11 - By Associated Press
Tim Tebow won the Maxwell Award for the second year, edging Texas' Colt McCoy and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell for the honor given to college football's best all-round player Thursday night at the college football awards.