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2000 Associated Press Top 25
The Associated Press Top 25 college football preseason poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses as of August 7, 2000.
Rank 
Team
1999 Record
Points
1999 Final Rank
1. Nebraska (36)
(12-1)
1,732
3
2. Florida State (29)
(12-0)
1,720
1
3. Alabama (3)
(10-3)
1,570
8
4. Wisconsin (1)
(10-2)
1,408
4
5. Miami (FL)
(9-4)
1,392
15
6. Michigan
(10-2)
1,380
5
7. Texas (2)
(9-5)
1,297
21
8. Kansas State (6)
(11-1)
1,276
6
9. Florida
(9-4)
1,255
12
10. Georgia
(8-4)
1,226
16
11. Virginia Tech
(11-1)
1,044
2
12. Tennessee
(9-3)
940
9
13. Washington
(7-5)
816
NR
14. Purdue
(7-5)
751
25
15. Southern Cal
(6-6)
723
NR
16. Ohio State
(6-6)
601
NR
17. Clemson
(6-6)
599
NR
18. Mississippi
(8-4)
541
22
19. Oklahoma
(7-5)
455
NR
20. Texas Christian
(8-4)
404
NR
21. Illinois
(8-4)
361
24
22. Penn State
(10-3)
359
11
23. Southern Miss
(9-3)
224
14
24. Colorado
(7-5)
166
NR
25. Michigan State
(10-2)
145
7
Others Receiving Votes:
Texas A&M 139, UCLA 115, East Carolina 75, Oregon 63, Auburn 36, Colorado State 35, Mississippi State 34, Utah 33, Notre Dame 32, Virginia 26, Marshall 23, Arkansas 22, Georgia Tech 10, Louisiana State 10, Syracuse 9, Brigham Young 7, Minnesota 5, Boston College 3, Texas Tech 3, Toledo 3, Stanford 2, Arizona State 1, Oregon State 1.