Clemson maintains spot in Coaches Poll

by Brandon Rink - Staff Writer - Tue Sep 04 13:29:52 GMT-04:00 2018

Clemson stayed at No. 2 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll on Tuesday.

The Tigers maintained their three first-place votes to Alabama's 59, ahead of Georgia moving up to No. 3, Ohio State at No. 4 and Oklahoma rounding out the top-5.

ACC Atlantic rival Florida State dropped out of the polls from No. 19, while Miami dropped to No. 21 and South Carolina made its poll debut at No. 24.

Texas A&M tallied the 28th-most votes, behind Oregon (136 points) and Northwestern (87) in the receiving votes category.

USA TODAY - 9/4

RANK TEAM RECORD

1 Alabama 1-0

2 Clemson 1-0

3 Georgia 1-0

4 Ohio State 1-0

5 Oklahoma 1-0

6 Wisconsin 1-0

7 Auburn 1-0

8 Notre Dame 1-0

9 Stanford 1-0

10 Penn State 1-0

11 Washington 0-1

12 Southern California 1-0

13 Michigan State 1-0

14 Virginia Tech 1-0

15 Louisiana State 1-0

16 Texas Christian 1-0

17 West Virginia 1-0

18 Mississippi State 1-0

19 Boise State 1-0

20 Central Florida 1-0

21 Miami 0-1

22 Michigan 0-1

23 Oklahoma State 1-0

24 South Carolina 1-0

25 Florida 1-0

Schools Dropped Out

No. 19 Florida State.

Others Receiving Votes

Oregon 136; Northwestern 87; Texas A&M 84; Utah 70; Florida State 46; Memphis 27; Boston College 21; Kentucky 13; Washington State 11; Duke 9; South Florida 9; NC State 9; Iowa 9; Appalachian State 9; Fresno State 7; Arkansas 6; Iowa State 6; Arkansas State 5; Hawaii 4; Houston 4; Kansas State 4; Cincinnati 3; Maryland 2; Georgia Tech 1; San Diego 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.