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Sooners fall out of top 25 football rankings
OU out of Associated Press ranking for first time in four years

OU's Frank Alexander (84) recovers a fumble as he pushes Nebraska's Roy Helu Jr. (10) in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday. Stephen Pingry/Tulsa World

By Staff Reports
Published: 11/8/2009 12:37 PM
Last Modified: 11/8/2009 5:46 PM

Sports Editor Mike Strain’s blog: Top 25 Q&A. OU is out. Is OSU overrated, underrated or about right?

For the first time since early in the 2005 football season, the University of Oklahoma has fallen out of the Associated Press Top 25 rankings.

Oklahoma fell from No. 20 to out of the ranking after a 10-3 loss to Nebraska on Saturday. The last time the Sooners dropped out of the top 25 was after a Sept. 17, 2005, road loss to UCLA.

OU had been ranked in 60 consecutive Associated Press top 25 polls before dropping out in the rankings released today, according to appollarchive.com.

The Sooners streak started after a Holiday Bowl win over Oregon following the 2005 season.

Oklahoma is 5-4 after the loss to Nebraska and faces Texas A&M (5-4) at 6 p.m. Saturday in Norman.

AP Top 25

;Record;Pts;Pvs

1. Florida (39);9-0;1,467;1

2. Texas (10);9-0;1,430;2

3. Alabama (11);9-0;1,422;3

4. TCU;9-0;1,271;6

5. Cincinnati;9-0;1,263;4

6. Boise St.;9-0;1,228;5

7. Georgia Tech;9-1;1,127;10

8. Pittsburgh;8-1;945;14

9. LSU;7-2;904;9

10. Ohio St.;8-2;898;15

11. Southern Cal;7-2;834;12

12. Miami;7-2;805;16

13. Houston;8-1;783;13

14.

Oregon;7-2;752;7

15. Iowa;9-1;741;8

16. Utah;8-1;706;17

17. Oklahoma St.;7-2;492;18

18. Arizona;6-2;476;21

19. Penn St.;8-2;467;11

20. Virginia Tech;6-3;275;22

21. Wisconsin;7-2;274;24

22. BYU;7-2;219;25

23. South Florida;6-2;167;—

24. Clemson;6-3;149;—

25. Stanford;6-3;107;—

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 95, Auburn 54, West Virginia 54, Texas Tech 24, Navy 19, Tennessee 12, Rutgers 11, Nebraska 9, Temple 7, Kansas St. 5, Notre Dame 3, Fresno St. 2, Mississippi 2, Troy 1.

USA Today Top 25

;Record;Pts;Rk

1. Florida (48);9-0;1,460;1

2. Texas (4);9-0;1,399;2

3. Alabama (7);9-0;1,389;3

4. TCU;9-0;1,262;4

5. Cincinnati;9-0;1,224;7

6. Boise State;9-0;1,200;5

7. Georgia Tech;9-1;1,118;11

8. Ohio State;8-2;944;12

9. Pittsburgh;8-1;940;14

10. Southern California;7-2;847;13

11. LSU;7-2;838;9

12. Houston;8-1;766;15

13. Iowa;9-1;757;6

14. Utah;8-1;688;16

15. Miami (Fla.);7-2;685;17

16. Oregon;7-2;665;8

17. Penn State;8-2;552;10

18. Oklahoma State;7-2;530;18

19. Arizona;6-2;472;19

20. Wisconsin;7-2;341;22

21. Virginia Tech;6-3;268;24

22. Brigham Young;7-2;216;25

23. West Virginia;7-2;121;NR

24. South Florida;6-2;106;NR

25. Auburn;7-3;80;NR

Others receiving votes: Clemson 71; Stanford 54; Oregon State 39; Texas Tech 36; Nebraska 31; Navy 28; Central Michigan 8; Temple 8; Boston College 7; North Carolina 7; Oklahoma 6; Rutgers 3; Tennessee 3; Mississippi 2; Troy 2; Fresno State 1; Kansas State 1.

By Staff Reports

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