Clemson climbs to #1 in the latest Coaches Poll

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Sun Nov 15 12:03:25 GMT-04:00 2015

Clemson (10-0, 7-0) jumped over Ohio State for the #1 national rankings in the latest Amway Coaches Poll with 1560 points and 28 first-place votes on Sunday after a 37-27 road victory over Syracuse on Saturday afternoon.

The Tigers are 10-0 for the third time (1948 and 1981) in school history, and Clemson's win in the Carrier Dome clinched a fifth straight season with at least ten wins for the Tigers.

Clemson has won 19 of its last 20 games which is the best 20-game streak since the 1938-40 era.

During Week 11 of college football action, #6 Baylor lost to #12 Oklahoma, #7 Stanford lost to Oregon, #9 LSU was dominated by Arkansas and #10 Utah fell to Arizona.

The biggest riser in the Poll was Oregon that jumped seven spots to a #22 ranking while the LSU Tigers had the biggest drop moving down eight spots to 17th overall.

ACC coastal team North Carolina jumped up five spots to #12 in the rankings.

Three schools dropped out of the Top 25 with #18 UCLA, #21 Temple and #25 Memphis.

Latest Coaches Poll

1 Clemson 10-0 1560 28 2 1 2/12

2 Ohio State 10-0 1541 32 1 -1 1/1

3 Alabama 9-1 1484 4 4 1 2/13

4 Oklahoma State 10-0 1348 0 5 1 5/NR

5 Notre Dame 9-1 1333 0 6 1 6/15

6 Iowa 10-0 1278 0 8 2 8/NR

7 Oklahoma 9-1 1240 0 11 4 9/19

8 Florida 9-1 1132 0 10 2 10/NR

9 Michigan State 9-1 1020 0 14 5 2/14

10 Baylor 8-1 999 0 3 -7 2/5

11 Texas Christian 9-1 970 0 12 1 2/12

12 North Carolina 9-1 801 0 17 5 17/NR

13 Michigan 8-2 759 0 15 2 14/NR

14 Houston 10-0 745 0 16 2 16/NR

15 Stanford 8-2 690 0 7 -8 7/NR

16 Florida State 8-2 638 0 18 2 6/18

17 Louisiana State 7-2 584 0 9 -8 4/15

18 Utah 8-2 493 0 13 -5 7/NR

19 Navy 8-1 456 0 23 4 23/NR

20 Wisconsin 8-2 447 0 22 2 18/NR

21 Northwestern 8-2 359 0 24 3 14/NR

22 Oregon 7-3 186 0 29 7 5/NR

23 Washington State 7-3 155 0 30 7 –

24 Southern California 7-3 154 0 26 2 7/NR

25 Mississippi 7-3 70 0 28 3 5/NR

25 Mississippi State 7-3 70 0 20 -5 20/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 18 UCLA, No. 21 Temple, No. 25 Memphis.

Others Receiving Votes

UCLA 57; Memphis 51; Georgia 35; Toledo 33; Arkansas 28; Texas A&M 25; Temple 17; Pittsburgh 14; Western Kentucky 11; Bowling Green 8; Louisville 3; Arkansas State 2; Appalachian State 2; Brigham Young 1; Marshall 1.