[AP via Chron.com]
Florida is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Utah is perfect at No. 2, though not perfectly happy.
Texas and Southern California also claimed to be the best — but media voters didn’t think so.
The Gators received 48 first-place votes and 1,606 points in the poll released early Friday, after they beat Oklahoma 24-14 in the BCS national title game.
Utah, the only team in major college football to go undefeated this season, got 16 first-place votes and 1,519 points.
“I thought we had an outside chance,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said in a telephone interview with the AP. “There was enough national sentiment, I thought we might get the No. 1 slot. It wasn’t to be.”
Florida won its third AP national championship and second in the last three seasons. Steve Spurrier and Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel led the Gators to the 1996 title.
No. 3 USC received one first-place vote. Texas was No. 4 and will have to settle for finishing ahead of fifth-ranked Oklahoma.
Utah received 16 first place votes, including the vote of the Chron's Longhorn beat writer.
Of course, they don't give a vote to opinionated bloggers with no credentials, but if they did...
1. Florida
2. Utah
3. USC
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma
6. TCU
7. Boise State
8. Oregon
9. Alabama
10. Penn State
11. Georgia
12. Texas Tech
13. Ohio State
14. Misissippi
15. W. Virginia
16. Cincinnati
17. Va Tech
18. Mizzou
19. Oklahoma State
20. Tulsa
21. Rice
22. Oregon State
23. Nebraska
24. Iowa
25. LSU
