Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Climb Into AP Top 25
October 19, 2003 | Football
Oct 19, 2003
Bowling Green, Ohio - History will be made in the Mid-American Conference when two nationally ranked MAC foes will meet in a regular season game, Saturday at BGSU. BGSU, 6-1 and 3-0 in the MAC, has moved into the AP Top 25 at #23 and will host #12 Northern Illinois, 7-0 and 3-0 in the MAC, at 4 p.m., October 25. It marks the second straight year that the Falcons have been nationally ranked and it is the third season (1985 and 2002) that BGSU has gained national attention. The Huskies are rated #14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, while BGSU is #26.
By The Associated Press
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Oklahoma (62) 7-0 1,622 1
2. Miami (3) 7-0 1,558 2
3. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,498 3
4. Georgia 6-1 1,394 4
5. Southern Cal 6-1 1,378 5
6. Florida St. 6-1 1,213 7
6. Washington St. 6-1 1,213 6
8. Ohio St. 6-1 1,161 8
9. LSU 6-1 1,087 10
10. Purdue 6-1 957 13
11. Michigan St. 7-1 918 15
12. N. Illinois 7-0 885 12
13. Michigan 6-2 744 17
14. Nebraska 6-1 732 18
15. TCU 7-0 685 16
16. Iowa 5-2 623 9
17. Auburn 5-2 593 19
18. Oklahoma St. 6-1 467 23
19. Texas 5-2 435 20
20. Wisconsin 6-2 402 14
21. Arkansas 4-2 331 11
22. Tennessee 4-2 295 21
23. Bowling Green 6-1 189 -
24. Utah 6-1 171 -
25. Florida 5-3 156 -
Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 60, Missouri 58, Miami (Ohio) 55, Pittsburgh 55, Maryland 45, Minnesota 41, Mississippi 30, Louisville 27, UCLA 17, Boise St. 11, Oregon St. 11, Kansas 3, Kansas St. 3, Syracuse 1, Washington 1.
