Tigers move into the top 20 in polls |
CLEMSON -- Clemson is ranked in both the Associated Press Top 25 poll and USA Today coaches' Top 25 poll for the first time this season. Clemson has moved into the rankings after winning five consecutive games. The Tigers have defeated Wake Forest (38-3), Miami (FL) (40-34 in overtime), Coastal Carolina (49-3), Florida State (40-24), and NC State (43-23)
. USA Today AP Top 25
Team (first-place
votes)
Pittsburgh
Oregon
Stanford
Oregon State
Southern California
Utah
North Carolina
Nebraska
Dropped
out
No. 19 Arizona
(6-3, lost to California 24-16), No. 23 West Virginia (7-3, lost to No.
5 Cincinnati 24-21), No. 24 South Florida (6-3, lost to Rutgers 31-0), No.
25 Auburn (7-4, lost to Georgia 31-24).
color="#FFFFFF">Others receiving votes
Arizona (6-3) 87; Navy (8-3) 76; Rutgers
(7-2) 74; California (7-3) 55; Mississippi (7-3) 46; West Virginia (7-3)
46; Central Michigan (8-2) 27; Temple (8-2) 17; Oklahoma (6-4) 15; Boston
College (7-3) 14; Auburn (7-4) 8; Texas Tech (6-4) 7; Nevada (7-3) 6; Northwestern
(7-4) 3; Georgia (6-4) 2.
AP Top 25
RK
TEAM
RECORD
PTS
PVS
1
10-0
1463
1
2
10-0
1429
3
3
10-0
1424
2
4
10-0
1307
4
5
10-0
1247
5
6
10-0
1213
6
7
10-1
1139
7
8
9-1
1030
8
9
9-2
990
10
10
8-2
968
9
11
8-2
918
14
12
8-2
754
17
13
9-2
689
19
14
7-3
652
25
15
9-2
633
15
16
7-3
559
20
17
8-2
547
21
18
7-3
442
24
19
8-2
344
22
20
7-3
338
NR
21
7-3
255
12
22
7-3
223
11
23
8-2
183
16
24
8-2
149
13
25
7-2
145
NR
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