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USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll #12 – April 22, 2008

Alabama widened its lead in the top spot this week, holding 17 of a possible 30 first-place votes in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll. The Crimson Tied is followed by Arizona State with seven first-place votes and Florida with six. UCLA and Texas A&M round out the top-five in the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by NCAA Division I head coaches representing each of the 30 Division I conferences. Records shown are through April 20, 2008. First-place votes are in parentheses.

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	TOTALS	LAST
1	Alabama (17)	44-3	736	1
2	Arizona State (7)	48-3	715	2
3	Florida (6)	51-2	705	3
4	UCLA	38-5	646	5
5	Texas A&M	42-7	629	4
6	Michigan	41-4	618	6
7	Stanford	40-8	550	7
8	Oklahoma	37-11	525	8
9	Houston	40-7	455	9
10	Fresno State	42-8	454	12
11	Arizona	29-14	447	10
12	Northwestern	28-10	427	13
13	Tennessee	43-9	409	11
14	North Carolina	45-8-1	378	15
15	LSU	34-14	307	14
16	Louisiana-Lafayette	34-10	292	17
17	Long Beach State	33-12	285	16
18	Virginia Tech	38-12	252	19
19	San Diego State	35-13	171	24
20	Nevada	32-14	116	NR
21	California	36-18	101	23
22	Washington	25-16-1	93	22
23	DePaul	32-14	84	20
24	Hawai'i	31-14	79	18
25	Iowa	32-14	76	25

Others Receiving Votes:

Mississippi State 46, UMass 37, Georgia 30, Creighton 22, Auburn 16, Missouri 16, South Florida 15, Central Florida 9, BYU 8, Hofstra 1

Dropped Out:

No. 21 Georgia