Clemson drops multiple spots in Coaches Poll |
Clemson's comeback win over Syracuse didn't win over the coaches in this week's USA TODAY poll.
The Tigers dropped two spots to No. 4 despite having two first-place votes still. They trail Alabama, new No. 2 Georgia and new No. 3 Ohio State, with the top-5 rounded out by Oklahoma. All of the top-6 in last week's poll were victorious, including Ohio State grabbing a road win over previous No. 9 Penn State. Notre Dame moved up one spot after downing No. 8 Stanford at home. Continuing a revolving door of ACC teams toward the back of the top-25, NC State debuts at No. 25, while Duke dropped out of the poll after losing at home to now No. 23 Virginia Tech. USA TODAY Coaches Poll - 9/30 RANK TEAM RECORD 1 Alabama 5-0 (61 first-place votes) 2 Georgia 5-0 3 Ohio State 5-0 (1) 4 Clemson 5-0 (2) 5 Oklahoma 5-0 6 Louisiana State 5-0 7 Notre Dame 5-0 8 West Virginia 4-0 9 Auburn 4-1 10 Washington 4-1 11 Penn State 4-1 12 Wisconsin 3-1 13 Central Florida 4-0 14 Stanford 4-1 15 Kentucky 5-0 16 Michigan 4-1 17 Miami 4-1 18 Oregon 4-1 19 Michigan State 3-1 20 Texas 4-1 21 Oklahoma State 4-1 22 Colorado 4-0 23 Virginia Tech 3-1 24 Boise State 3-1 25 NC State 4-0 Schools Dropped Out No. 19 Mississippi State, No. 23 Duke. Others Receiving Votes South Florida 109; Florida 105; Syracuse 48; Washington State 43; Cincinnati 42; Texas Christian 40; Appalachian State 34; Texas A&M 31; Iowa 23; Missouri 21; Maryland 14; Mississippi State 13; Southern California 10; San Diego State 9; Boston College 9; Arizona State 8; South Carolina 6; Duke 5; Troy 5; California 5; Brigham Young 4; Army 4; Louisiana Tech 2; Fresno State 1. List of Voters The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Michigan; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; DJ Durkin, Maryland; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.
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