Sept. 16, 2007

Columbia, Mo. -

The Missouri Tigers, who moved to a perfect 3-0 on the 2007 season yesterday with a 52-24 win over Western Michigan, have cracked the national polls for the first time this season, at 25th in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches' polls.  Both polls were released today.

Mizzou spent six weeks during the 2006 season ranked in the A.P. Top-25, peaking as high as No. 19 after getting out to a 6-0 start to the year. 

Here are both polls in their entirety...

September 16, 2007

AP Top 25
RANK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS	LAST
1	Southern Cal  (46)	2-0	1605	1
2	LSU  (19)	3-0	1577	2
3	Florida	3-0	1437	5
4	Oklahoma	3-0	1434	3
5	West Virginia	3-0	1388	4
6	California	3-0	1232	8
7	Texas	3-0	1169	6
8	Ohio St.	3-0	1142	10
9	Wisconsin	3-0	1111	7
10	Penn St.	3-0	1041	12
11	Rutgers	3-0	956	13
12	South Carolina	3-0	814	17
13	Oregon	3-0	810	19
14	Boston College	3-0	792	21
15	Clemson	3-0	615	20
16	Alabama	3-0	516	NR
17	Virginia Tech	2-1	458	18
18	Louisville	2-1	367	9
19	Hawaii	3-0	343	24
20	Texas A&M	3-0	342	25
21	Kentucky	3-0	338	NR
22	Georgia	2-1	333	23
23	South Florida	2-0	285	NR
24	Nebraska	2-1	277	14
25	Missouri	3-0	228	NR
Others receiving votes: Arkansas 179, Georgia Tech 128, Arizona St. 69, Cincinnati 53, UCLA 41, Texas Tech 16, Air Force 8, Purdue 6, Appalachian St. 5, Florida St. 5, Washington 2, Kansas 1, Michigan St. 1, Tulsa 1. First-place votes in parentheses   ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll Sept. 16, 2007 Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Last week 1. Southern California (44) 2-0 1,478 1 2. LSU (8) 3-0 1,438 2 3. Florida (7) 3-0 1,368 3 4. Oklahoma (1) 3-0 1,308 5 5. West Virginia 3-0 1,244 4 6. Texas 3-0 1,103 6 7. Wisconsin 3-0 1,098 7 8. California 3-0 1,093 8 9. Ohio State 3-0 1,062 10 10. Penn State 3-0 942 12 11. Rutgers 3-0 863 13 12. Boston College 3-0 754 19 13. Oregon 3-0 702 21 14. (tie) South Carolina 3-0 595 23 14. (tie) Clemson 3-0 595 20 16. Texas A&M 3-0 530 18 17. Virginia Tech 2-1 485 17 18. Hawaii 3-0 404 22 19. Louisville 2-1 383 9 20. Alabama 3-0 345 NR 21. Georgia 2-1 271 25 22. Nebraska 2-1 228 14 23. Kentucky 3-0 168 NR 24. South Florida 2-0 165 NR 25. Missouri 3-0 145 NR   Dropped out Dropped out: No. 11 UCLA (2-1, lost to Utah 44-6), No. 15 Georgia Tech (2-1, lost to then-No. 19 Boston College 24-10), No. 16 Arkansas (1-1, lost to then-unranked Alabama 41-38), No. 24 Tennessee (1-2, lost to No. 3 Florida 59-20). Others receiving votes Others receiving votes: Arkansas 143; Georgia Tech 143; Texas Tech 142; UCLA 122; Arizona State 67; Purdue 40; Michigan State 21; Cincinnati 20; Boise State 14; Florida State 7; Air Force 6; Tennessee 4; Washington 4.