Clemson Moves Up Football Polls |
CLEMSON -- Clemson is ranked in the top 25 of both polls this week. The Tigers are 20th in USA Today Coaches poll and 20th in Associated Press. The Tigers are 21st in the BCS Poll. Clemson was ranked for five straight weeks, then dropped out for two weeks and returned to the polls after the win over Maryland.
Clemson was ranked in the AP poll for five straight weeks and the USA Today poll for four straight weeks. The appearance ended after the loss to Virginia Tech on October 6. Clemson had been 22nd entering that game. The Tigers were ranked as high as #13 in the nation after its 4-0 start. Clemson was not ranked in the preseason, but jumped into the AP poll after it defeated Florida State on Labor Day night. It marked the second time in the last three years that Clemson was not ranked in the AP preseason poll, then defeated a top 25 team in the season opener to move into the top 25 by the second week. In 2005, Clemson defeated 17th ranked Texas A&M in the season opener 25-24, then moved into the poll the following week at number 25 in the AP poll. Clemson was ranked in the preseason of the AP poll in 2006 and reached a high of number-10 in the nation after a 7-1 start. Tommy Bowden?s team was ranked in the top 25 in the nation 11 weeks during the 2006 season. This is the sixth season in Tommy Bowden?s nine years that Clemson has been ranked at least once in the top 25 of one of the polls. Clemson was ranked in all 17 polls in 2000, and was also ranked in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and now 2007. Clemson was not ranked the entire year until the final poll in 2003, the only season in Clemson history that has happened. Clemson has been ranked in the final top 25 three times in Bowden?s career, 2000, 2003 and 2005. In 2003 and 2005 Clemson was not ranked in the preseason, but was ranked in the final poll. Clemson has been ranked in the top 25 of each poll (but not necessarily at the same time) 46 weeks under Bowden. BCS Top 25
1. Ohio State 10-0
AP Poll
1. Ohio State (60) 10-0 1,616 2. LSU (5) 8-1 1,523 3. Oregon 8-1 1,517 4. Oklahoma 8-1 1,421 5. Kansas 9-0 1,329 6. West Virginia 7-1 1,327 7. Missouri 8-1 1,260 8. Boston College 8-1 1,051 9. Arizona State 8-1 1,042 10. Georgia 7-2 1,021 11. Virginia Tech 7-2 923 12. USC 7-2 817 13. Michigan 8-2 783 14. Hawaii 8-0 776 15. Texas 8-2 735 16. Connecticut 8-1 665 17. Florida 6-3 623 18. Auburn 7-3 611 19. Boise State 8-1 372 20. Clemson 7-2 340 21. Alabama 6-3 335 22. Tennessee 6-3 245 23. Virginia 8-2 212 24. California 6-3 127 25. Kentucky 6-3 127
Others Receiving Votes
Florida State 89, Cincinnati 68, Brigham Young 44, Penn State 38, Illinois 27, Arkansas 20, Wisconsin 12, South Florida 11, Wake Forest 8, South Carolina 6, Purdue 3, TROY 1.
Dropped From Rankings
South Florida 20, Wake Forest 21.
USA Today Poll
1. Ohio State (55) 10-0 1,493 2. LSU (1) 8-1 1,393 3. Oregon (2) 8-1 1,376 4. Oklahoma (2) 8-1 1,330 5. Kansas 9-0 1,241 6. West Virginia 7-1 1,222 7. Missouri 8-1 1,143 8. Boston College 8-1 951 9. Arizona State 8-1 946 10. Georgia 7-2 927 11. Virginia Tech 7-2 829 12. Hawaii 8-0 807 13. Michigan 8-2 770 14. Texas 8-2 757 15. USC 7-2 706 16. Connecticut 8-1 568 17. Auburn 7-3 551 18. Florida 6-3 529 19. Boise State 8-1 368 20. Clemson 7-2 318 21. Virginia 8-2 259 22. Kentucky 6-3 197 23. Alabama 6-3 174 24. Tennessee 6-3 114 25. Penn State 7-3 105
Others Receiving Votes
Wisconsin 86, California 74, Cincinnati 58, Illinois 45, Brigham Young 39, Florida State 26, Arkansas 20, Texas Tech 18, Wake Forest 17, South Carolina 16, Purdue 14, South Florida 5, Houston 4, Oklahoma State 3, Fresno State 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Wisconsin 19, South Florida 21, South Carolina 25.
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