Two top-ranked teams could meet for the national championship in the Orange Bowl.
Florida State regained the top spot in The Associated Press media poll on Sunday, while Nebraska became No. 1 in the USA Today-CNN coaches' poll.Nebraska, which plays No. 16 Oklahoma on Friday, already has clinched the Big Eight title and a spot in the Orange Bowl. Florida State, which closes its regular season Saturday against No. 7 Florida, figures to be the Cornhuskers' opponent if both teams win their remaining games.
Florida State (10-1) got 33 of 61 first-place votes in the AP poll after routing North Carolina State 62-3 Saturday night. Nebraska (10-0), which was off, got 20 first-place votes.
Notre Dame (10-1), which had taken over the top spot last week after a 31-24 victory over Florida State, tumbled to fourth following Saturday's 41-39 loss to Boston College.
Florida State, which had led the AP poll all season before losing to the Irish, got 1,471 points this week, 16 more than Nebraska.
One voter, Loren Tate of the Champaign (Ill.) News-Gazette, resigned from the poll Sunday for personal reasons.
Auburn (11-0), ineligible for postseason play because of NCAA sanctions, rose from sixth to third in the AP poll with six first-place votes and 1,369 points. The Tigers' season concluded Saturday with a 22-14 victory over Alabama.
Notre Dame was fourth with one first-place vote and 1,334 points, and West Virginia (10-0) moved up from ninth to fifth following a 17-14 victory over Miami, which had been No. 4. The Mountaineers got one first-place vote and 1,320 points.
Tennessee (8-1-1) moved up a spot to sixth, followed by Florida (9-1), Texas A&M (9-1), Miami (8-2) and Wisconsin (8-1-1).
In the coaches' poll, Nebraska was No. 1 with 43 first-place votes and 1,528 points. Florida State was second with 11 firsts and 1,444 points.
West Virginia was third with seven first-place votes and 1,433 points, followed by Notre Dame with one first and 1,342 points. Auburn is ineligible for votes in the coaches' poll because of the NCAA sanctions.
Nebraska was No. 1 in the bowl coalition poll, a combination of the media and coaches' rankings that is used to determine the major bowl matchups. The Cornhuskers hold a 68-point lead over Florida State.