The SouthernPigskin.com Top 25 is an average of the individual polls of senior editor B.J. Bennett, staff writer Kevin Thomas and columnist Charlie Kay.
The exact specifications for the poll can be found at the bottom of the page.

Week Four
1. Southern Cal
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Virginia Tech
5. Georgia
6. LSU
7. Florida State
8. Ohio State
9. Miami (FL)
10. Georgia Tech
11. Louisville
12. Tennessee
13. Purdue
14. Iowa State
15. Michigan
16. California
17. Wisconsin
18. Minnesota
19. Notre Dame
20. Alabama
21. Auburn
22. Texas Tech
23. West Virginia
24. Arizona State
25. UCLA

Others Receiving Votes: Clemson, Michigan State, Iowa, Virginia

The polls correspond with a descending, one-point ranking scale. One first place is worth 25 points, one second place vote is worth 24 points, all the way to a 25th place vote being worth one point. Each team ranked in the top ten receives one bonus point in an attempt to minimize the effect of outliers. Ties are broken by senior edtior B.J. Bennett.

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