Clemson moves up 2 spots in Coaches Poll

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USA Today Coaches Poll

Oct. 23, 2011

Rank, Team (first-place votes), Record, Points , Last week's poll,

1. LSU (41) , 8-0, 1,457, 2

2. Alabama (18) , 8-0, 1,434, 3

3. Stanford, 7-0, 1,327, 5

4. Oklahoma State , 7-0, 1,301, 6

5. Boise State , 7-0, 1,213, 7

6. Clemson , 8-0, 1,174, 8

7. Oregon, 6-1, 1,121, 9

8. Arkansas, 6-1, 974, 10

9. Oklahoma, 6-1, 964, 1

10. Michigan State, 6-1, 932, 13

11. Wisconsin, 6-1, 867, 4

12. Kansas State , 7-0, 827, 16

13. Nebraska, 6-1, 798, 11

14. South Carolina, 6-1, 730, 12

15. Virginia Tech , 7-1, 729, 15

16. Texas A&M , 5-2, 520, 18

17. Michigan, 6-1, 519, 17

18. Houston, 7-0, 507, 20

19. Penn State, 7-1, 448, 22

20. Arizona State , 5-2, 253, 25

21. Georgia, 5-2, 208, NR

22. Texas Tech, 5-2, 180, NR

23. Cincinnati, 6-1, 159, NR

24. West Virginia, 5-2, 155, 14

25. Southern Mississippi, 6-1, 128, NR

Dropped out

No. 19 Georgia Tech (6-2, lost to Miami, Fla. 24-7), No. 21 Illinois (6-2, lost to Purdue 21-14), No. 23 Auburn (5-3, lost to then-No. 2 LSU 45-10), No. 24 Washington (5-2, lost to then-No. 5 Stanford 65-21).

Others receiving votes

Texas (4-2) 49; Georgia Tech (6-2) 39; TCU (5-2) 33; Baylor (4-2) 29; Illinois (6-2) 22; Washington (5-2) 20; Iowa (5-2) 14; Syracuse (5-2) 10; Brigham Young (6-2) 9; Southern Methodist (5-2) 7; Wake Forest (5-2) 6; Notre Dame (4-3) 5; Auburn (5-3) 3; Rutgers (5-2) 2; Florida (4-3) 1; Miami (Fla.) (4-3) 1.

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