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Posted on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 : 4:28 p.m.

Michigan football team earns votes in national polls

By Jim Knight

The Michigan football team isn't ranked, but it did earn four votes in the USA Today Top 25 coaches poll and 18 votes in the Associated Press college football poll.

Notre Dame, which visits Michigan Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. game Saturday, is ranked No. 18 in the AP poll and No. 20 in the coaches poll.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, 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. Florida (56) 1-0 1,493 1 2. Texas (2) 1-0 1,424 2 3. Southern Cal 1-0 1,355 4 4. Alabama (2) 1-0 1,331 5 5. Oklahoma St. 1-0 1,201 9 6. Mississippi 1-0 1,095 8 7. Penn St. 1-0 1,082 9 8. Ohio St. 1-0 985 6 9. BYU 1-0 984 20 10. California 1-0 971 12 11. LSU 1-0 890 11 12. Boise St. 1-0 882 14 13. Oklahoma 0-1 782 3 14. Virginia Tech 0-1 652 7 15. Georgia Tech 1-0 630 15 16. TCU 0-0 523 17 17. Utah 1-0 404 19 18. Notre Dame 1-0 383 23 19. North Carolina 1-0 338 21 20. Miami 1-0 315 — 21. Georgia 0-1 294 13 22. Nebraska 1-0 266 24 23. Cincinnati 1-0 248 — 24. Kansas 1-0 196 25 25. Missouri 1-0 126 — Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 113, Michigan St. 83, Pittsburgh 82, Texas Tech 53, Oregon 47, Clemson 40, Florida St. 39, West Virginia 32, Tennessee 30, Iowa 24, Michigan 18, UCLA 18, Baylor 17, Boston College 14, Arizona 12, East Carolina 6, Air Force 4, Auburn 4, Colorado St. 4, Arkansas 3, South Carolina 3, Houston 1, South Florida 1, Southern Miss. 1, Tulsa 1.

USA TODAY TOP 25 COACHES POLL The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th and previous ranking: Record Pts Rk 1. Florida (56) 1-0 1,472 1 2. Texas (2) 1-0 1,407 2 3. Southern California (1) 1-0 1,352 4 4. Alabama 1-0 1,299 5 5. Penn State 1-0 1,145 8 6. Oklahoma State 1-0 1,114 11 7. Ohio State 1-0 1,106 6 8. Mississippi 1-0 1,006 10 9. LSU 1-0 977 9 10. California 1-0 935 12 11. Boise State 1-0 803 16 12. Brigham Young 1-0 755 24 13. Georgia Tech 1-0 685 15 14. Oklahoma 0-1 682 3 15. Virginia Tech 0-1 633 7 16. TCU 0-0 543 17 17. Utah 1-0 503 18 18. Nebraska 1-0 360 22 19. North Carolina 1-0 358 20 20. Notre Dame 1-0 335 23 21. Georgia 0-1 304 13 22. Miami (Fla.) 1-0 276 NR 23. Cincinnati 1-0 187 NR 24. Oregon State 1-0 169 25 25. Kansas 1-0 139 NR Others receiving votes: Michigan State 133; Missouri 97; Iowa 70; Florida State 62; Texas Tech 53; Oregon 50; Pittsburgh 26; Clemson 24; South Carolina 23; Tennessee 21; Auburn 13; West Virginia 13; South Florida 12; Kentucky 8; Arizona 5; Michigan 4; Northwestern 4; Boston College 3; Arkansas 2; Baylor 2; UCLA 2; Colorado State 1; Minnesota 1; Tulsa 1.

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tater

Tue, Sep 8, 2009 : 7:32 p.m.

UM will make it into the poll if they beat ND.