Mountaineers bring change to AP poll
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After pulling off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, Appalachian State is still shaking things up. The Associated Press said Thursday that lower-division schools &#151; that means you, Mountaineers &#151; are now eligible for its 71-year-old poll.
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Virginia Tech's first ACC victory put coach Beth Dunkenberger in the Top 25 for the first time. While Connecticut lost even more ground and Tennessee hit an eight-year low Monday, Virginia Tech joined The AP women's basketball poll at No. 25 after making its ACC debut with a 77-67 victory over then-No. 17 Maryland.
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Off to its best start in the Big East in 14 seasons, Pittsburgh is back in the women's basketball Top 25. Pitt entered the poll Monday at No. 22 Â its first time in The Associated Press Top 25 since the preseason, when the Panthers were ranked 20th.
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When the Associated Press announced this week that it no longer would allow its Top 25 football poll to be used in the Bowl Championship Series standings, the procedure for selecting teams to play in major bowl games again became the center of controversy
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Facing a hopelessly overmatched opponent, Appalachian State did to Lenoir-Rhyne what Michigan was supposed to do to the Mountaineers a week earlier.
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Rutgers keeps rising, Connecticut is still falling and Duke is back at No. 1. The AP women's basketball poll underwent more upheaval Monday, nothing new in this season of change among the Top 25.
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The Associated Press has told the Bowl Championship Series to stop using its college football poll to determine which teams play for the national title and in the most prestigious bowl games.
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In a move that should drastically alter the way the national college football championship game is determined, The Associated Press informed the Bowl Championship Series not to use its media poll in its formula in future years.
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-- Last week's three big-time matchups caused plenty of movement in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday, except at the top. For the fourth straight week, North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas were the top three teams in the rankings. Then came the changes courtesy of the high-profile...
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The Associated Press announced Tuesday that it will remove its poll from being used by the Bowl Championship Series.
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Riding a ten-game regular season winning streak, ranked 6th nationally by the Associated Press, and coming off a lackluster performance against 1-AA James Madison, the Mountaineers showed they have a long way to go to even be a decent football team, much
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No. 1 Southern California and No. 2 Oklahoma have been the top two teams in The Associated Press Top 25 since the preseason, a nine-poll run that is the longest to start a season in nine years. There were few changes in the media poll Sunday with no movement among the first 11 teams.
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MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (Ticker) -- No. 10 West Virginia tries to move one step closer to the Big East Conference championship and a BCS Bowl berth when No.
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Defending national champion Texas moves up to No. 2 in Tuesday's AP poll to set up a 1 vs. 2 showdown versus top-ranked Ohio State on Saturday.
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Auburn&#39;s domination of Georgia on the heels of two narrow escapes by Oklahoma (vs. Oklahoma State and Texas A&amp;M) has apparently prompted a significant number of voters to change their minds about which team should be ranked No.
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LSU remained unanimous No. 1 and Utah joined at No. 25 Monday in The Associated Press women's basketball poll. There was some shuffling within the poll after five members of the Top 25 lost to unranked opponents during the past week, but Utah was the only newcomer.
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With the release of the first Bowl Championship Series poll on Monday, the reinvented BCS formula is finally being put to work. In July, the BCS unveiled its new formula, which relies on the rankings from three different polls.