Tigers Drop in Coaches' Poll

by TigerNet Staff - Sun Sep 07 23:26:57 GMT-04:00 2008

CLEMSON -- Clemson drops one spot in the USA Today Coaches' Poll after a 45-17 win over the Citadel on Saturday. Clemson was ranked ninth in the preseason Associated Press and USA Today college football polls released on August 16. It was the highest preseason ranking for the Tigers program since 1991 when Clemson was also ninth.

The preseason poll has not been much of an indicator for Clemson in the last few years. Each of the last three years Clemson has not been ranked in the preseason poll (2003, 2005, 2007), Clemson has finished in the top 25 of both polls. Each of the last two years Clemson was ranked in the preseason top 25 (2001 and 2006), the Tigers have not finished in the top 25.

USA Today' Poll

1. USC (34) 1-0 1,481

2. Georgia (18) 2-0 1,454

3. Oklahoma (3) 2-0 1,370

4. Florida (3) 2-0 1,306

5. Ohio State (1) 2-0 1,289

6. Missouri 2-0 1,212

7. LSU (2) 1-0 1,198

8. Texas 2-0 1,069

9. Auburn 2-0 1,017

10. Wisconsin 2-0 946

11. Kansas 2-0 854

12. Texas Tech 2-0 755

13. Arizona State 2-0 737

14. Oregon 2-0 665

15. Brigham Young 2-0 628

16. Alabama 2-0 611

17. Penn State 2-0 547

18. South Florida 2-0 475

19. Wake Forest 2-0 419

20. East Carolina 2-0 375

21. Fresno State 1-0 300

22. Utah 2-0 235

23. Clemson 1-1 175

24. West Virginia 1-1 145

25. California 2-0 128

Others Receiving Votes

Illinois 124, UCLA 86, Florida State 50, Kentucky 28, Boise State 22, Tennessee 21, TCU 18, Nebraska 16, Georgia Tech 15, Arizona 11, Virginia Tech 11, Vanderbilt 8, Oklahoma State 7, Iowa 4, Colorado 3, Notre Dame 3, Tulsa 2, Connecticut 2, Bowling Green 1, South Carolina 1, Northwestern 1.

Dropped From Rankings

South Carolina 24, Illinois 25.

AP Top 25

1. USC (33) 1-0 1,577

2. Georgia (23) 2-0 1,525

3. Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1,458

4. Florida (4) 2-0 1,438

5. Ohio State (1) 2-0 1,347

6. Missouri (1) 2-0 1,336

7. LSU (1) 1-0 1,231

8. Texas 2-0 1,100

9. Auburn 2-0 1,067

10. Wisconsin 2-0 910

11. Alabama 2-0 865

12. Texas Tech 2-0 845

13. Kansas 2-0 825

14. East Carolina 2-0 762

15. Arizona State 2-0 744

16. Oregon 2-0 616

17. Penn State 2-0 607

18. Brigham Young 2-0 537

19. South Florida 2-0 493

20. Wake Forest 2-0 404

21. Fresno State 1-0 290

22. Utah 2-0 258

23. California 2-0 195

24. Illinois 1-1 164

25. West Virginia 1-1 163

Others Receiving Votes

UCLA 150, Clemson 73, Florida State 50, Boise State 22, Tennessee 15, Georgia Tech 14, Oklahoma State 11, Vanderbilt 7, TCU 6, Kentucky 6, Virginia Tech 4, Tulsa 3, South Carolina 2, Arizona 2, Connecticut 1, North Carolina 1, Rice 1.

Dropped From Rankings

UCLA 23, South Carolina 24.