Clemson stays No. 2 in latest Coaches Poll

Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Sunday, October 06 2019

The latest Amway Coaches Poll is out on Sunday afternoon as Clemson is ranked No. 2 in the poll with 1,531 points (gained 5 points) and 20 first-place votes (lost 10).

Last week, Clemson had 1,526 points and 30 first-place votes.

The top five teams consist of Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, and Oklahoma.

The Tigers are joined in the top-25 from the ACC by Wake Forest (17) and Virginia (19).

Schools that dropped out of the poll were No. 16 Washington, No. 19 Central Florida, No. 23 Michigan State, and No. 25 Oklahoma State.

New schools in the ranking were No. 23 Baylor, No. 24 Arizona State, and No. 25 Minnesota.

Latest Coaches Poll

1 Alabama 5-0 1602 42 1 — 1/2

2 Clemson 5-0 1531 20 2 — 1/2

3 Georgia 5-0 1459 0 3 — 3/3

4 Ohio State 6-0 1422 3 5 1 4/6

5 Oklahoma 5-0 1378 0 4 -1 4/5

6 Louisiana State 5-0 1364 0 6 — 5/6

7 Florida 6-0 1218 0 8 1 7/10

8 Wisconsin 5-0 1164 0 9 1 8/17

9 Penn State 5-0 1051 0 11 2 9/14

10 Notre Dame 4-1 1033 0 10 — 7/10

11 Texas 4-1 971 0 12 1 9/13

12 Auburn 5-1 929 0 7 -5 7/16

13 Oregon 4-1 866 0 13 — 13/18

14 Boise State 5-0 732 0 15 1 14/NR

15 Utah 4-1 655 0 17 2 11/19

16 Michigan 4-1 648 0 18 2 7/20

17 Wake Forest 5-0 498 0 20 3 17/NR

18 Iowa 4-1 441 0 14 -4 14/19

19 Virginia 4-1 345 0 22 3 18/NR

20 Memphis 5-0 318 0 23 3 20/NR

21 Texas A&M 3-2 306 0 21 — 11/21

22 Southern Methodist 6-0 246 0 NR 5 22/NR

23 Baylor 5-0 234 0 NR 7 23/NR

24 Arizona State 4-1 228 0 NR 4 24/NR

25 Minnesota 5-0 131 0 NR 5 25/NR

Cincinnati 74; Washington 72; Appalachian State 49; Michigan State 41; Tulane 36; California 17; Hawaii 13; Arizona 13; Central Florida 11; Washington State 9; Navy 8; Texas Christian 5; Mississippi State 3; San Diego State 2; Temple 1; Army 1.

Strength of schedules (Sagarin) for undefeated FBS schools:

Ohio St. - 19
Clemson - 35
Alabama - 49
Oklahoma - 61
Florida - 66
Wisconsin - 72
SMU - 76
LSU - 81
Minnesota - 84
Penn St. - 86
Georgia - 87
Wake Forest - 89
Boise St. - 111
Baylor - 120
Memphis - 123
App. St. - 143
— Brian Hennessy (@Brian_ClemsonAC) October 6, 2019