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Stanford, a last-play, 40-37 winner over Notre Dame Saturday night, moved into The Associated Press' Top 25 college football poll at No. 22, the first time the Cardinal have been ranked since 1997.

Stanford (8-3), the Pac-10 Conference champion, will play No. 4 Wisconsin (9-2) in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. The Cardinal are the first Pac-10 team in a month to crack the Top 25.

Florida State and Virginia Tech again were 1-2 in the AP poll as the top six teams were unchanged. Texas, a 20-16 loser to Texas A&M on Friday, slipped out of the Top 10 from No. 7 to No. 12.

The Seminoles (11-0) received 64 first-place votes and 1,744 points from the 70 sports writers and broadcasters on the AP panel. The Hokies (11-0) had six first-place votes and 1,685 points, and No. 3 Nebraska (10-1) had 1,599 points.

Virginia Tech completed its perfect regular season with a 38-14 win over Boston College on Friday. Nebraska beat Colorado 33-30 in overtime Friday and plays Texas on Saturday in the Big 12 title game.

The final AP regular-season poll will be released Dec. 5; the final AP poll will be released Jan. 5.

Wisconsin was No. 4, followed by No. 5 Florida, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 7 Alabama, No. 8 Kansas State, No. 9 Michigan and No. 10 Michigan State.

Florida (9-2) plays Alabama (9-2) in the SEC title game Saturday, and Tennessee (9-2) completed its regular season with a 38-10 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday.

Marshall (11-0), which goes for the Mid-American Conference title against Western Michigan on Saturday, was No. 11, followed by No. 12 Texas, No. 13 Minnesota, No. 14 Penn State, No. 15 Southern Mississippi, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 18 Texas A&M, No. 19 Purdue and No. 20 East Carolina.

Georgia, a 51-48 loser to Georgia Tech, fell five places to No. 21, followed by No. 22 Stanford, No. 23 Miami, No. 24 Arkansas, and No. 25 Boston College.

Mississippi and Louisiana Tech dropped out of the Top 25, Stanford and Miami were the newcomers.

In the coaches poll, the top five were the same as the AP poll.

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