Bleacher Creature Top 25 College Football Poll: Week Nine

Texas and Penn State solidified their place atop the Bleacher Creature Poll with close, hard fought victories over top 10 teams Oklahoma State and Ohio State.

Voters rewarded the Cowboys and Buckeyes for keeping it close, as each team only fell one spot in the poll.

Texas Tech jumps from No. 7 to No. 4 with a dominating offensive performance over Kansas and Alabama stayed strong at No. 3 with a win over the struggling Volunteers of Tennessee.

Most interesting this week is that heading into the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party", Georgia and Florida each received the exact same number of votes and are tied for No. 7.  The tie will be broken in next week's Game of the Week.

1.  Texas (14)  8-0  445  last week: 1

2.  Penn State (4)  9-0  428  last week: 2

3.  Alabama  8-0  417  last week: 3

4.  Texas Tech  8-0  373  last week: 7

5.  Oklahoma  7-1  365  last week: 4

6.  USC  6-1  343  last week: 6

7T.  Florida  6-1  335  last week: 5

7T.  Georgia  7-1  335  last week: 9

9.  Oklahoma State  7-1  308  last week: 8

10.  Utah  9-0  284  last week: 11

11.  Ohio State  7-2  274  last week: 10

12.  Boise State  7-0  269  last week: 13

13.  Missouri  6-2  204  last week: 17

14.  TCU  8-1  194  last week: 15

15.  Tulsa  8-0  184  last week: 16

16.  Ball State  8-0  162  last week: 18

17.  Florida State  6-1  157  last week: unranked

18.  Minnesota  7-1  148  last week: 24

19.  LSU  5-2  140  last week: 12

20.  BYU  7-1  96  last week: 22

21.  North Carolina  6-2  92  last week: unranked

22.  Michigan State  7-2  86  last week: unranked

23.  Oregon  6-2  54  last week: unranked

24.  South Florida  6-2  26  last week: 14

25.  Maryland  6-2  25  last week: unranked

Others Receiving Votes:  West Virginia 12, Boston College 11, Virginia 10, Kansas 9, Arizona 8, Georgia Tech 8, Troy 8, Cal 7, Notre Dame 7, Air Force 6, Connecticut 5, Iowa 5, Pitt 5, Northwestern 3, South Carolina 2

Dropped Out:  No. 19 Pitt, No. 20 Georgia Tech, No. 21 Kansas, No. 23 Northwestern, No. 25 Boston College

The Bleacher Creatures who voted in this week's poll are: BabyTate; Miami Mitch; Joe Guarr; Michael Shibley; 12; Kristofer Green; Dan Boss; Jimson Cuenta; Isaac Luber; Ryan Jelley; Brian Scott; Nick Shepkowski; Ned Dutton; Bobby Cash; Mitchell Morse; William Qualkinbush; Brett Field; Pete Dymeck.