NEW YORK -- The voters for the 2007 Associated Press college football poll: Western writers in bold face:

Alex Abrams, The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas, Springdale; Parrish Alford, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; Paul Arnett, Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Chuck Banning, The Day of New London (Conn.); Steve Batterson, Quad City (Iowa) Times; David Birkett, The Oakland (Mich.) Press; Bret Bloomquist, El Paso (Texas) Times; Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American Statesman;

B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News, Denver; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram; Steve Conroy, Boston Herald; Chip Cosby, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader; Barker Davis, The Washington Times; Mike DeArmond, Kansas City Star; Pete DiPrimio, The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel; Doug Doughty, The Roanoke (Va.) Times;

Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle; Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Chris Fowler, ESPN; Jason Franchuk, Provo (Utah) Daily Herald; Joe Giglio, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.; Dave Goren, WXII-TV, Greensboro, N.C.; Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times; Glen Guilbeau, Gannett Louisiana News Service;

Israel Gutierrez, Miami Herald; Eric Hansen, The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune; Tom Hart, College Sports Television; Joseph Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Kirk Herbstreit, WBNS-AM Columbus, Ohio & ESPN; John Heuser, The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News; John Hunt, The Oregonian; Craig James, ABC;

David Jones, Florida Today, Melbourne; Rich Kaipust, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald; Tom Keegan, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World; Aditi Kinkhabwala, The Record, Bergen County, N.J.; Brian Landman, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times; Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland; Stewart Mandel, SI.com; Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM, Columbus, Ohio;

Neal McCready, Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register; Rodney McKissic, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News; John Moredich, Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen; Dave Morrison, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.; Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison; Myron Patton, KOKH-TV, Okla.; Kevin Pearson, Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise; Joe Person, The State, Columbia, S.C.;

Wayne Phillips, The Greeneville (Tenn.) Sun; Mike Prater, The Idaho Statesman, Boise; Scott Rabalais, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.; Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle; Shannon Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer; Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune of Minneapolis; Mike Strain, Tulsa (Okla.) World; Jay G. Tate, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser;

Tommy Trujillo, The New Mexican, Santa Fe; Mark Tupper, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review; Adan Van Brimmer, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News-Augusta; Austin Ward, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune; Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News; Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News; Molly Yanity, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Jim Young, News & Record of Greensboro (N.C.); Eric Yutzy, WTVF-TV, Nashville, Tenn.