Tigers fall in Amway Coaches Poll

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Tue Sep 02 12:12:42 GMT-04:00 2014

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS FIRST PLACE VOTES PREVIOUS RANK CHANGE HI/LOW*

1 Florida State Seminoles 1-0 1541 57 NR --

2 Alabama Crimson Tide 1-0 1432 0 NR --

3 Oklahoma Sooners 1-0 1407 2 NR --

4 Oregon Ducks 1-0 1358 2 NR --

5 Auburn Tigers 1-0 1289 0 NR --

6 Michigan State Spartans 1-0 1141 0 NR --

7 Ohio State Buckeyes 1-0 1114 0 NR --

8 Georgia Bulldogs 1-0 1108 1 NR --

9 Baylor Bears 1-0 1018 0 NR --

10 Stanford Cardinal 1-0 999 0 NR --

11 UCLA Bruins 1-0 964 0 NR --

12 LSU Tigers 1-0 912 0 NR --

13 Texas A&M Aggies 1-0 895 0 NR --

14 USC Trojans 1-0 713 0 NR --

15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1-0 605 0 NR --

16 Arizona State Sun Devils 1-0 502 0 NR --

17 Ole Miss Rebels 1-0 438 0 NR --

18 Nebraska Cornhuskers 1-0 384 0 NR --

19 Wisconsin Badgers 0-1 373 0 NR --

20 Kansas State Wildcats 1-0 370 0 NR --

21 South Carolina Gamecocks 0-1 272 0 NR --

22 Missouri Tigers 1-0 189 0 NR --

23 North Carolina Tar Heels 1-0 168 0 NR --

24 Clemson Tigers 0-1 155 0 NR --

25 Texas Longhorns 1-0 150 0 NR --

Others Receiving Votes

Oklahoma State 106; Florida 84; Louisville 73; Mississippi State 72; Michigan 59; Washington 51; Duke 47; Brigham Young 26; Iowa 23; TCU 23; Minnesota 16; Louisiana-Lafayette 13; Marshall 11; Virginia Tech 11; West Virginia 7; Cincinnati 7; Arizona 6; Oregon State 5; Pittsburgh 2; Rutgers 2; Northern Illinois 2; Colorado State 2; Texas Tech 2; Temple 1; Boise State 1; Memphis 1.

*Hi/Low Rankings

Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

List of Voters

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2014 season: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Dino Babers, Bowling Green; David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Todd Berry, Louisiana-Monroe; Bret Bielema, Arkansas; Larry Blakeney, Troy; Bill Blankenship, Tulsa; Craig Bohl, Wyoming; Terry Bowden, Akron; Art Briles, Baylor; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Toledo; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Norm Chow, Hawaii; Larry Coker, Texas-San Antonio; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State; Bob Diaco, Connecticut; Larry Fedora, North Carolina; Jimbo Fisher, Florida State; Dennis Franchione, Texas State; Justin Fuente, Memphis; Al Golden, Miami (Fla.); Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bobby Hauck, UNLV; Brady Hoke, Michigan; Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Jerry Kill, Minnesota; Mike Leach, Washington State; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Dan McCarney, North Texas; Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Les Miles, LSU; Todd Monken, Southern Mississippi; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Washington; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Jeff Quinn, Buffalo; Matt Rhule, Temple; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Arizona; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Sarkisian, USC; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Charlie Strong, Texas; Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&amp;amp;M; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati; Ron Turner, Florida International; Kevin Wilson, Indiana. AFCA policy bars schools under major NCAA or conference sanctions from receiving votes.