AP poll voter removed after mistakingly thinking OU lost Oklahoma football
Published: November 16, 2006
A voter for The Associated Press college football poll was removed from the poll board Wednesday because he mistakenly thought Oklahoma had lost to Texas Tech and voted the Sooners lower in this week's rankings.
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Jim Kleinpeter of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans said he was in the press box at the Alabama-LSU game and was told the Sooners had lost to Texas Tech. OU rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Texas Tech 34-24.
Because he believed the Sooners (8-2, 5-1) had lost, Kleinpeter said he dropped Oklahoma from 15th to 24th on his ballot.
The Sooners actually moved up one spot, from No. 17 to No. 16, in the current poll.
"It was my fault. I probably had other avenues I could have gone to get the score, but I usually rely on the morning paper here in Baton Rouge. And for some reason, they didn't have the score," he said.
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