After a dominating 69-3 over Murray State, the Florida St. Seminoles were rewarded by the USA Today Coaches Poll and leaped over the Georgia Bulldogs to be ranked No. 6, and the Seminoles also have inched closer to the Oklahoma Sooners who fell to No. 5.
The top of the coaches poll is the exact same as the AP poll with the Alabama Crimson Tide taking over the top spot, followed by the USC Trojans who also improved to the No. 2 spot, the LSU Tigers dropped two spots and are No. 3 and the Oregon Ducks earned a first-place vote and are ranked No. 4.
Here is the complete poll:
Rank | Team (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Last week | |
1. | Alabama (37) | 1-0 | 1,447 | 2 | |
2. | Southern California (14) | 1-0 | 1,398 | 3 | |
3. | LSU (7) | 1-0 | 1,375 | 1 | |
4. | Oregon (1) | 1-0 | 1,286 | 5 | |
5. | Oklahoma | 1-0 | 1,171 | 4 | |
6. | Florida State | 1-0 | 1,144 | 7 | |
7. | Georgia | 1-0 | 1,092 | 6 | |
8. | West Virginia | 1-0 | 1,032 | 11 | |
9. | South Carolina | 1-0 | 943 | 9 | |
10. | Arkansas | 1-0 | 929 | 10 | |
11. | Michigan State | 1-0 | 868 | 13 | |
12. | Clemson | 1-0 | 826 | 14 | |
13. | Wisconsin | 1-0 | 719 | 12 | |
14. | Nebraska | 1-0 | 652 | 16 | |
15. | Texas | 1-0 | 600 | 15 | |
16. | Oklahoma State | 1-0 | 595 | 19 | |
17. | TCU | 0-0 | 479 | 17 | |
18. | Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 476 | 20 | |
19. | Michigan | 0-1 | 427 | 8 | |
20. | Kansas State | 1-0 | 414 | 21 | |
21. | Stanford | 1-0 | 324 | 18 | |
22. | Notre Dame | 1-0 | 252 | 24 | |
23. | Florida | 1-0 | 204 | 23 | |
24. | Louisville | 1-0 | 109 | NR | |
25. | Boise State | 0-1 | 82 | 22 | |
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Dropped out | |||||
No. 25 Auburn (0-1). | |||||
Others receiving votes | |||||
Washington 55; Brigham Young 41; Baylor 39; Tennessee 29; Utah 20; Auburn 18; Georgia Tech 16; Missouri 16; Texas A&M 13; South Florida 12; Central Florida 11; Ohio 11; Cincinnati 10; Mississippi State 10; Virginia 7; Arizona 6; Louisiana Tech 6; Nevada 5; Vanderbilt 3; Northwestern 1; Rutgers 1; Texas Tech 1. |
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