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The Associated Press Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1999 records, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and ranking in the 1999 final poll:
| No. | School | Record | Pts | Pv |
| 1 | Nebraska (36) | 12-1 | 1,732 | 3 |
| 2 | Florida St. (29) | 12-0 | 1,720 | 1 |
| 3 | Alabama (3) | 10-3 | 1,570 | 8 |
| 4 | Wisconsin (1) | 10-2 | 1,408 | 4 |
| 5 | Miami | 9-4 | 1,392 | 15 |
| 6 | Michigan | 10-2 | 1,380 | 5 |
| 7 | Texas (2) | 9-5 | 1,297 | 12 |
| 8 | Kansas St. | 11-1 | 1,276 | 6 |
| 9 | Florida | 9-4 | 1,255 | 12 |
| 10 | Georgia | 8-4 | 1,226 | 16 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 11-1 | 1,044 | 2 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 9-3 | 940 | 9 |
| 13 | Washington | 7-5 | 816 | - |
| 14 | Purdue | 7-5 | 751 | 25 |
| 15 | Southern California | 6-6 | 723 | - |
| 16 | Ohio State | 6-6 | 601 | - |
| 17 | Clemson | 6-6 | 599 | - |
| 18 | Mississippi | 8-4 | 541 | 22 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 7-5 | 455 | - |
| 20 | TCU | 8-4 | 404 | - |
| 21 | Illinois | 8-4 | 361 | 24 |
| 22 | Penn State | 10-3 | 359 | 11 |
| 23 | Southern Miss | 9-3 | 224 | 14 |
| 24 | Colorado | 7-5 | 166 | - |
| 25 | Michigan State | 10-2 | 145 | 7 |
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Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 139, UCLA 115, East Carolina 75, Oregon 63, Auburn 36, Colorado St. 35, Mississippi St. 34, Utah 33, Notre Dame 32, Virginia 26, Marshall 23, Arkansas 22, Georgia Tech 10, LSU 10, Syracuse 9, BYU 7, Minnesota 5, Boston College 3, Kentucky 3, Texas Tech 3, Toledo 3, Stanford 2, Arizona St. 1, Oregon St. 1. |
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