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2 Ohio State
3 Florida State
4 Arizona State
5 BYU
6 Nebraska
7 Penn State
8 Colorado
9 Tennessee
10 North Carolina
11 Alabama
12 Virginia Tech
13 LSU
14 Miami
15 Washington
16 Northwestern
17 Kansas State
18 Iowa
19 Syracuse
20 Michigan
21 Notre Dame
22 Wyoming
23 Texas
24 Army
25 Auburn
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