Tigers Tumble in Top 25 Poll

by TigerNet Staff - Sun Oct 21 11:23:41 GMT-04:00 2001

CLEMSON -- Clemson is ranked No. 25 in the USA Today / ESPN Coaches' Poll. The Tigers have been ranked in the top 25 in the USA Today poll for 26 consecutive weeks. This is the second longest streak of consecutive weeks ranked in the top 25 in a poll in Clemson history. The record for consecutive top 20 rankings is 41, set between the final poll of the 1986 season and the Oct. 10, 1989 poll. The Tigers were ranked between third and 17th in the nation in all 41 or those polls.

The record for consecutive weeks in the top 25 is 50 in a row between Oct. 24, 1989 and Oct. 19, 1992. The Tigers were ranked between 6 and 25 during that streak. Clemson was ranked between 21-25 in six of those 50 weeks. Clemson has had two other streaks of 14 weeks or more ranked in the top 20. One took place from Sept. 21, 1981 through Sept. 13, 1982, a 15-week streak, while the other took place between Oct. 12, 1959 and Oct. 10, 1960, a 14-week streak.

USA Today / ESPN Coaches' Poll

1. Miami (Fla.) (47) 5-0 1,481 1 2. Oklahoma (13) 7-0 1,444 2

3. Nebraska 8-0 1,385 3

4. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,298 4

5. UCLA 6-0 1,277 6

6. Florida 5-1 1,155 7

7. Texas 6-1 1,136 8

8. Michigan 5-1 1,077 9

9. Tennessee 4-1 948 11

10. Brigham Young 7-0 856 13

11. Washington 5-1 846 12

12. Maryland 7-0 843 14

13. Oregon 6-1 793 5

14. South Carolina 6-1 708 16

15. Washington State 7-0 620 18

16. Georgia 5-1 598 19

17. Auburn 6-1 499 21

18. Florida State 4-2 403 22

19. Fresno State 6-1 373 10

20. Purdue 4-1 290 24

21. Georgia Tech 5-2 267 25

22. Stanford 4-1 255 NR

23. Illinois 6-1 244 NR

24. Texas A&M 6-1 202 NR

25. Clemson 4-2 90 15

Dropped out

No. 17 Colorado (5-2; lost to then-No. 8 Texas 41-7); No. 20 Northwestern (4-2; lost to Penn State 38-35); No. 23 Toledo (5-1; lost to Ball State 24-20).

Also receiving votes

Colorado 87; North Carolina 66; LSU 58; Syracuse 45; Louisville 30; Marshall 25; Iowa State 20; Michigan State 19; Northwestern 19; Mississippi 15; Oregon State 8; Utah 8; Ohio State 5; Toledo 4; Boston College 2; Arkansas 1.

AP POLL

1. Miami Fla (47) (5-0) 1,771 1

2. Oklahoma (22) (7-0) 1,741 2

3. Nebraska (2) (8-0) 1,626 3

4. UCLA (1) (6-0) 1,602 4

5. Virginia Tech (6-0) 1,513 6

6. Florida (5-1) 1,389 7

7. Texas (6-1) 1,378 9

8. Michigan (5-1) 1,246 10

9. Tennessee (4-1) 1,086 11

10. Maryland (7-0) 1,082 12

11. Oregon (6-1) 981 5