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College Football Rankings: Florida State No. 4, Florida No. 14 In Coaches Poll

The Florida St. Seminoles moved up two spots in the USA Today Coaches Poll to No. 4 after their dominante 52-0 win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Florida State hopped Oklahoma, and with USC losing to Stanford that allowed them to move up two spots. The ACC now has two teams in the top 10 as the Clemson Tigers are ranked No. 9 after three weeks.

The Florida Gators also saw a jump in the poll as they moved up three spots to No. 14 after they defeated Tennessee 37-20 on Saturday night. Being ranked No. 14 makes the gators the fourth highest ranked SEC team. They are trailing the Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers who hold down the top two spots, and then the South Carolina Gamecocks are No. 8. Mississippi State ranked at No. 23 gives the SEC five teams ranked in the top 25.

Here's the coaches poll top 25:

Rank Team Points
1 Alabama (54) 1,470
2 LSU (5) 1,411
3 Oregon 1,339
4 Florida State 1,240
5 Oklahoma 1,201
6 Georgia 1,150
7 West Virginia 1,114
8 South Carolina 1,071
9 Clemson 955
10 Texas 869
11 Stanford 868
12 Southern California 779
13 Kansas State 767
14 Florida 689
15 Notre Dame 681
16 TCU 675
17 Michigan 507
18 Louisville 434
19 UCLA 375
20 Michigan State 354
21 Arizona 296
22 Nebraska 194
23 Mississippi State 99
24 Wisconsin 97
25 Oklahoma State 73

Read more on the Gators at Alligator Army and for more on the 'Noles head over toTomahawk Nation.

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