Boise State narrowly missed jumping into the USA Today Coaches Poll, garnering 70 points in the vote after their 39-12 win over Miami (Ohio). The Broncos fell just two spots behind No. 25 Oklahoma State. The Broncos did slide up to No. 24 in the AP Top 25 Poll. Utah received six points in the vote following their 16-14 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday.
Alabama maintains their No. 1 spot in the rankings following their 52-0 rout of Arkansas, with LSU holding onto the No. 2 spot for the second straight week after their 63-14 dominance over the Idaho Vandals. USC was the big loser this week, falling to No. 12 in the coaches poll following their upset loss against Stanford on Saturday night. Coaches took notice, voting Stanford up to No. 11 from No. 16 after the big win.
Oregon, Florida State and Oklahoma fill out the top five this week. Virginia Tech (35-17 loss to Pittsburgh) and Arkansas (52-0 loss to Alabama) were the two teams to have dropped out of the rankings this week.
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
|
|
1.
|
Alabama (54)
|
3-0
|
1,470
|
1
|
|
|
2.
|
LSU (5)
|
3-0
|
1,411
|
2
|
|
|
3.
|
Oregon
|
3-0
|
1,339
|
4
|
|
|
4.
|
Florida State |
3-0
|
1,240
|
6
|
|
|
5.
|
Oklahoma |
2-0
|
1,201
|
5
|
|
|
6.
|
Georgia
|
3-0
|
1,150
|
7
|
|
|
7.
|
West Virginia |
2-0
|
1,114
|
8
|
|
|
8.
|
South Carolina |
3-0
|
1,071
|
9
|
|
|
9.
|
Clemson
|
3-0
|
955
|
11
|
|
|
10.
|
Texas
|
3-0
|
869
|
12
|
|
|
11.
|
Stanford
|
3-0
|
868
|
16
|
|
|
12.
|
Southern California |
2-1
|
779
|
3
|
|
|
13.
|
Kansas State
|
3-0
|
767
|
14
|
|
|
14.
|
Florida |
3-0
|
689
|
17
|
|
|
15.
|
Notre Dame |
3-0
|
681
|
19
|
|
|
16.
|
TCU |
2-0
|
675
|
15
|
|
|
17.
|
Michigan |
2-1
|
507
|
18
|
|
|
18.
|
Louisville |
3-0
|
434
|
20
|
|
|
19.
|
UCLA |
3-0
|
375
|
23
|
|
|
20.
|
Michigan State |
2-1
|
354
|
10
|
|
|
21.
|
Arizona |
3-0
|
296
|
25
|
|
|
22.
|
Nebraska |
2-1
|
194
|
24
|
|
|
23.
|
Mississippi State |
3-0
|
99
|
NR
|
|
|
24.
|
Wisconsin |
2-1
|
97
|
22
|
|
|
25.
|
Oklahoma State |
2-1
|
73
|
NR
|
|
|
|
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| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 13 Virginia Tech (2-1), No. 21 Arkansas (1-2). | |||||
| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Virginia Tech 71; Boise State 70; Baylor 54; Cincinnati 39; Northwestern 33; Iowa State 29; Rutgers 29; Oregon State 24; Georgia Tech 20; Louisiana Tech 18; Missouri 18; Texas Tech 15; Brigham Young 8; Texas A&M 7; Tennessee 6; Utah 6; Arizona State 5; Ohio 5; Louisiana-Monroe 4; Western Kentucky 3; Washington 2; San Jose State 1. | |||||
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