Tigers Continue to Climb Football Polls |
CLEMSON -- Clemson continues to move up both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls after its win 52-7 rout of North Carolina on Saturday. Clemson is ranked 18th by Associated Press and 19th by USA Today coaches according to the polls released on Sunday, September 24. Clemson has now been ranked in the top 25 of the AP poll for eight of the last nine polls. The Tigers finished 21st in the final poll of both AP and USA Today last year.
USA Today Coaches' Top 25
Rank Team (first-place votes) Rec Pts Last
Dropped out: No. 18 Arizona State (3-1, lost to No. 20 California 49-21), No. 22 Alabama (3-1, lost to Arkansas 24-23 2OT).
Others receiving votes: Alabama (3-1) 52; Arizona State (3-1) 39; Arkansas (3-1) 39; Missouri (4-0) 39; Purdue (4-0) 36; Georgia Tech (3-1) 33; Miami (Fla.) (1-2) 29; Penn State (2-2) 24; Texas A&M (4-0) 23; Michigan State (3-1) 17; Wake Forest (4-0) 16; Washington (3-1) 6; Wisconsin (3-1) 5; Southern Mississippi (2-1) 4; Houston (4-0) 3; Pittsburgh (3-1) 2; South Carolina (3-1) 2; UCLA (2-1) 2; Nevada (2-2) 1; Utah (3-1) 1.
AP Top 25
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS LAST 1 Ohio St. (59) 4-0 1617 1 2 Auburn (2) 4-0 1513 2 3 Southern Cal (2) 3-0 1491 3 4 West Virginia (2) 4-0 1404 4 5 Florida 4-0 1363 5 6 Michigan 4-0 1318 6 7 Texas 3-1 1196 7 8 Louisville 4-0 1166 8 9 LSU 3-1 1114 10 10 Georgia 4-0 972 9 11 Virginia Tech 4-0 945 11 12 Notre Dame 3-1 879 12 13 Iowa 4-0 864 14 14 Oregon 3-0 805 13 15 Tennessee 3-1 658 15 16 Oklahoma 3-1 613 17 17 TCU 3-0 563 16 18 Clemson 3-1 529 19 19 Florida St. 3-1 510 18 20 California 3-1 508 21 21 Nebraska 3-1 327 23 22 Boise St. 4-0 226 25 23 Rutgers 4-0 117 NR 24 Georgia Tech 3-1 77 NR 25 Missouri 4-0 70 NR
Others receiving votes: Boston College 42, Miami 37, Arizona St. 34, Purdue 34, Michigan St. 20, Texas A&M 20, Penn St. 19, Texas Tech 17, Arkansas 13, Washington 13, Wake Forest 12, Wisconsin 6, Houston 5, UCLA 5, Alabama 3.
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