Clemson gains No. 1 votes in latest Coaches Poll

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Clemson increased its lead atop of college football in the Coaches Poll on Sunday.

The No. 1 Tigers have 60 first-place votes, up two from last week, to No. 2 Alabama’s three. Georgia, Oklahoma and LSU round out the top-five.

Clemson is one of three teams nationally with two wins over Power 5 conference teams already (UNC and Hawaii the others).

Outside of the Tigers’ 24-10 win over former No. 12 Texas A&M, LSU had the marquee win of the weekend with a 45-38 win at former No. 9 Texas.

Clemson is the lone ACC team ranked after Syracuse's blowout loss at Maryland. Virginia is next-best in other teams receiving votes.

USA TODAY Coaches Poll - Sept. 8

Rank Team Record Points 1st place votes

1 Clemson 1-0 1572 60

2 Alabama 1-0 1513 3

3 Georgia 1-0 1415

4 Oklahoma 1-0 1362

5 Louisiana State 1-0 1314

6 Ohio State 1-0 1309

7 Notre Dame 1-0 1118

8 Florida 1-0 1064

9 Auburn 1-0 993

10 Michigan 1-0 945

11 Penn State 1-0 868

12 Utah 1-0 839

13 Texas 1-0 823

14 Wisconsin 1-0 739

15 Texas A&M 1-0 668

16 Central Florida 1-0 584

17 Oregon 0-1 568

18 Iowa 1-0 496

19 Michigan State 1-0 446

20 Washington State 1-0 418

21 Washington 1-0 314

22 Boise State 1-0 214

23 Mississippi State 1-0 134

24 Southern California 1-0 120

25 Maryland 2-0 109

Dropped out: No. 22 Syracuse; No. 23 Stanford; No. 25 Nebraska.

Virginia 64; Kentucky 62; California 51; Iowa State 48; Memphis 46; Oklahoma State 45; North Carolina 42; Boston College 31; Army 31; Texas Christian 28; NC State 28; Colorado 16; Stanford 8; Hawaii 7; Appalachian State 6; Minnesota 5; Wyoming 3; Wake Forest 2; Troy 2; Arizona State 2; Tulane 1; Nebraska 1; Navy 1.

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