AMWAY COACHES POLL

1. Clemson (7-0) Points: 1,527 (43 first-place votes). Previous: 1. Next: Sat. at No. 4 Notre Dame (NBC, 7:30). Last: Defeated Boston College 34-28.

2. Alabama (6-0) Points: 1,503 (17 first-place votes). Previous: 2. Next: Nov. 14 at LSU. Last: Defeated Mississippi State 41-0.

3. Ohio State (2-0) Points: 1,407 (2 first-place votes). Previous: 3. Next: Sat. vs. Rutgers (BTN, 7:30). Last: Defeated then-No. 17 Penn State 38-25.

4. Notre Dame (6-0) Points: 1,358. Previous: 4. Next: Sat. vs. No. 1 Clemson (NBC, 7:30). Last: Defeated Georgia Tech 31-13.

5. Georgia (4-1) Points: 1,304. Previous: 5. Next: Sat. vs. No. 8 Florida (CBS, 3:30). Last: Defeated Kentucky 14-3.

6. Cincinnati (5-0) Points: 1,157. Previous: 7. Next: Sat. vs. Houston (ESPN, 3:30). Last: Defeated Memphis 49-10.

7. Texas A&M (4-1) Points: 1,154. Previous: 8. Next: Sat. at South Carolina (ESPN, 7). Last: Defeated Arkansas 42-31.

8. Florida (3-1) Points: 1,101. Previous: 9. Next: Sat. vs. No. 5 Georgia (CBS, 3:30). Last: Defeated Missouri 41-17.

9. Brigham Young (7-0) Points: 1,025. Previous: 10. Next: Fri. at No. 23 Boise State (FS1, 9:45). Last: Defeated Western Kentucky 41-10.

10. Miami (5-1) Points: 964. Previous: 12. Next: Fri. at North Carolina State (ESPN, 7:30). Last: Idle. 11. Wisconsin (1-0) Points: 908. Previous: 11. Next: Sat. vs. Purdue (ABC, 3:30). Last: Idle.

12. Oklahoma State (4-1) Points: 783. Previous: 6. Next: Sat. vs. Kansas State (Fox, 4). Last: Lost to Texas 41-34 (OT).

13. Indiana (2-0) Points: 730. Previous: 19. Next: Sat. vs. No. 25 Michigan (FS1, noon). Last: Defeated Rutgers 37-21. 14. Oregon (0-0) Points: 725. Previous: 15. Next: Sat. vs. Stanford (ABC, 7:30). Last: Idle.

15. Marshall (5-0) Points: 473. Previous: 18. Next: Sat. vs. Massachusetts. Last: Idle.

16. Coastal Carolina (6-0) Points: 464. Previous: 21. Next: Sat. vs. South Alabama (ESPNU, 8). Last: Defeated Georgia State 51-0.

17. Iowa State (4-2) Points: 433. Previous: 22. Next: Sat. vs. Baylor (FS1, 7). Last: Defeated Kansas 52-22. 18. SMU (6-1)

Points: 421. Previous: Next: Sat. at Temple. Last: feated Navy 51-37.

19. Oklahoma (4-2) Points: 413. Previous: 24. Next: Sat. vs. Kansas (ESPN2, 3:30). Last: Defeated Texas Tech (62-28)

20. Southern

(0-0)

Points: 365. Previous: 20. Next: Sat. vs. Arizona State (Fox, noon). Last: Idle.

21. Auburn (4-2) Points: 246. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Nov. 14 at Mississippi State. Last: Defeated LSU 48-11.

22. Army (6-1) Points: 208. Previous: 25. Next: Sat. vs. Air Force (CBS, 11:30 a.m.). Last: Idle.

23. Boise State (2-0) Points: 204. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Fri. vs. No. 9 Brigham Young (FS1, 9:45). Last: Defeated Air Force 49-30. 24. North Carolina (4-2) Points: 192. Previous: 13. Next: Sat. vs. Duke (ESPN2, noon). Last: Lost to Virginia 4441.

25. Michigan (1-1) Points: 141. Previous: 14. Next: Sat. at No. 13 Indiana (FS1, noon). Last: Lost to Michigan State 27-24.

Dropped teams:

State (0-2). 23. De

California

Texas (4-2) 115; Northwestern (2-0) 112; Liberty (6-0) 92; Louisiana Lafayette (5-1) 90; Kansas State (4-2) 64; Utah (0-0) 57; Penn State (0-2) 56; Purdue (2-0) 55; West Virginia (4-2) 49; Virginia Tech (4-2) 37; Appalachian State (4-1) 32; Tulsa (3-1) 29; Missouri (2-3) 23; Boston College (4-3) 20; North Carolina State (4-2) 16; Kentucky (2-4) 13; Memphis (3-2) 12; Wake Forest (4-2) 11; Tennessee (2-3) 11; Arizona State (0-0) 11; Michigan State (1-1) 9; California (0-0) 9; South Carolina (2-3) 8; Arkansas (2-3) 8; Nevada (2-0) 3; San Diego State (2-0) 1; Central Florida (4-2) 1.

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.