Clemson ranked #1 in latest Coaches Poll

Watson is a perfect 15-0 when he starts and finishes a game.

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Sun Nov 29 13:03:27 GMT-04:00 2015

Clemson (12-0, 8-0) remained No. 1 in the nation in the latest Amway Coaches Poll with 1558 points and 52 first-place votes on Sunday after a 37-32 road victory over South Carolina on Saturday afternoon.

Clemson lost 32 points and six first-place votes from last week's poll after completing a perfect regular season. This is just the second time the Clemson football program is 12-0 in a season (1981, 2015), and the Tigers have won 15 in a row which is the longest active streak in the nation.

Clemson and Iowa are the only two undefeated teams left in the nation.

The biggest riser in the Poll was USC that jumped eight spots to a #24 ranking while Michigan had the biggest drop moving down seven spots to 19th overall.

ACC coastal team North Carolina moved up three spots to #8 in the rankings. The ACC Championship game featuring Clemson-North Carolina will be held next Saturday, December 5, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. and will have an 8 p.m. kickoff and will be nationally televised by ABC.

Three schools dropped out of the Top 25 with #20 Washington State, #22 Mississippi State and #23 UCLA.

Latest Coaches Poll

1 Clemson 12-0 1558 52 1 0 1/12

2 Alabama 11-1 1508 8 2 0 2/13

3 Iowa 12-0 1412 1 3 0 3/NR

4 Oklahoma 11-1 1408 2 5 1 5/19

5 Michigan State 11-1 1350 0 6 1 2/14

6 Ohio State 11-1 1252 0 8 2 1/8

7 Stanford 10-2 1155 0 12 5 7/NR

8 North Carolina 11-1 1107 0 11 3 11/NR

9 Florida State 10-2 1054 0 14 5 6/18

10 Notre Dame 10-2 994 0 4 -6 4/15

11 Texas Christian 10-2 931 0 16 5 2/16

12 Baylor 9-2 836 0 7 -5 2/10

13 Northwestern 10-2 768 0 17 4 14/NR

14 Oklahoma State 10-2 688 0 10 -4 4/NR

15 Florida 10-2 655 0 9 -6 8/NR

16 Oregon 9-3 634 0 18 2 5/NR

17 Mississippi 9-3 595 0 19 2 5/NR

18 Houston 11-1 526 0 21 3 14/NR

19 Michigan 9-3 515 0 12 -7 12/NR

20 Utah 9-3 287 0 25 5 7/NR

21 Temple 10-2 276 0 24 3 21/NR

22 Navy 9-2 223 0 15 -7 15/NR

23 Louisiana State 8-3 207 0 26 3 4/NR

24 Southern California 8-4 164 0 32 8 7/NR

25 Wisconsin 9-3 148 0 28 3 18/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 20 Washington State, No. 22 Mississippi State, No. 23 UCLA.

Others Receiving Votes

Georgia 82; Western Kentucky 22; UCLA 20; Memphis 14; San Diego State 14; Washington State 13; Brigham Young 13; Mississippi State 9; Tennessee 8; West Virginia 8; Arkansas State 7; Toledo 6; Appalachian State 5; Texas A&M 2; Bowling Green 1.