USA TODAY Coaches Poll - 11/11 RANK TEAM RECORD 1 Alabama 10-0 (64 first-place votes) 2 Clemson 10-0 (1) 3 Notre Dame 10-0 4 Michigan 9-1 5 Georgia 9-1 6 Oklahoma 9-1 7 West Virginia 8-1 8 Ohio State 9-1 9 Washington State 9-1 10 Louisiana State 8-2 11 Central Florida 9-0 12 Syracuse 8-2 13 Utah State 9-1 14 Texas 7-3 15 Penn State 7-3 16 Florida 7-3 17 Washington 7-3 18 Iowa State 6-3 19 Utah 7-3 20 Cincinnati 9-1 21 Kentucky 7-3 22 Boston College 7-3 23 Mississippi State 6-4 24 Boise State 8-2 25 UAB 9-1
Schools Dropped Out No. 17 Fresno State, No. 22 NC State.
Others Receiving Votes Northwestern 87; Fresno State 64; Army 58; Buffalo 56; Virginia 44; Duke 38; NC State 37; Pittsburgh 30; Texas A&M 29; Michigan State 20; Auburn 19; Troy 17; Appalachian State 14; Missouri 13; San Diego State 10; Wisconsin 7; Arizona State 2; Tennessee 1.
AP Poll - 11/11 1. Alabama (61 first-place votes) 2. Clemson 3. Notre Dame 4. Michigan 5. Georgia 6. Oklahoma 7. West Virginia 8. Washington St. 9. Ohio St. 10. LSU 11. UCF 12. Syracuse 13. Texas 14. Utah St. 15. Florida 16. Penn St. 17. Washington 18. Iowa St. 19. Cincinnati 20. Kentucky 21. Utah 22. Boton College 23. Boise St. 24. Northwestern 25. Miss. St.
Others receiving votes: Army 128, UAB 78, Fresno St. 61, Michigan St. 31, NC State 30, Buffalo 29, Pittsburgh 28, Duke 20, Texas A&M 16, Iowa 8, Arizona St. 6, Stanford 3, Auburn 3, Troy 1.