Tigers move up in USA Today Coaches Poll

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Tue Sep 03 13:33:16 GMT-04:00 2013

1 Alabama 1-0 1545 58 1

2 Ohio St. 1-0 1444 3 2

3 Oregon 1-0 1420 0 3

4 Stanford 0-0 1292 0 4

5 Clemson 1-0 1275 0 8

6 South Carolina 1-0 1220 0 7

7 Texas A&M 1-0 1181 1 6

8 Louisville 1-0 1051 0 9

9 Florida 1-0 974 0 10

10 Florida St. 1-0 946 0 12

11 LSU 1-0 926 0 13

12 Georgia 0-1 875 0 5

13 Notre Dame 1-0 840 0 11

14 Oklahoma St. 1-0 798 0 14

15 Oklahoma 1-0 666 0 16

16 Texas 1-0 660 0 15

17 Michigan 1-0 623 0 17

18 UCLA 1-0 368 0 21

19 Nebraska 1-0 357 0 18

20 Northwestern 1-0 348 0 22

21 Wisconsin 1-0 301 0 23

22 USC 1-0 176 0 24

23 Washington 1-0 145 0 NR

24 TCU 0-1 140 0 20

24 Miami 1-0 140 0 NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 19 Boise State (0-1), No. 25 Oregon State (0-1).

Others Receiving Votes

Baylor 125; Michigan State 67; Mississippi 54; Fresno State 46; Northern Illinois 31; Arizona State 28; Cincinnati 19; Arkansas 12; San Jose State 12; Georgia Tech 10; Arizona 7; Boise State 5; Virginia Tech 5; Central Florida 4; Arkansas State 3; Kansas State 3; Texas Tech 3; Bowling Green 1; East Carolina 1; Missouri 1; North Carolina 1; Utah State 1.

List of Voters

The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2013 season: David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Tim Beckman, Illinois; Bret Bielema, Arkansas; Bill Blankenship, Tulsa; Terry Bowden, Akron; Art Briles, Baylor; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Toledo; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Dave Christensen, Wyoming; Dave Clawson, Bowling Green; Larry Coker, Texas-San Antonio; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State; Ron English, Eastern Michigan; Larry Fedora, North Carolina; Jimbo Fisher, Florida State; Kyle Flood, Rutgers; Dennis Franchione, Texas State; James Franklin, Vanderbilt; Al Golden, Miami (Fla.); Todd Graham, Arizona State; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Arkansas State; Bobby Hauck, UNLV; Mark Helfrich, Oregon; Brady Hoke, Michigan; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Doc Holliday, Marshall; Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana-Lafayette; Curtis Johnson, Tulane; Joey Jones, South Alabama; June Jones, Southern Methodist; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Jerry Kill, Minnesota; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Mike Leach, Washington State; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Dan McCarney, North Texas; Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Les Miles, LSU; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; George OLeary, Central Florida; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Arizona; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Charlie Strong, Louisville; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&amp;M; Don Treadwell, Miami (Ohio); Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati; Kyle Whittingham, Utah. AFCA policy bars schools under major NCAA or conference sanctions from receiving votes.