USA TODAY SPORTS AFCA COACHES POLL
1. Georgia (9-0)
Points: 1,600 (64 first-place votes). Previous: 1. Next: Saturday at Tennessee (CBS, 3:30). LW: Defeated Missouri 43-6.
2. Alabama (8-1)
Points: 1,483. Previous: 3. Next: Saturday vs. New Mexico State (SEC, noon). LW: Defeated LSU 20-14.
3. Cincinnati (9-0)
Points: 1,430. Previous: 2. Next: Friday at South Florida (ESPN2, 6). LW: Defeated Tulsa 28-20.
4. Oklahoma (9-0)
Points: 1,423. Previous: 4. Next: Saturday at No. 18 Baylor (Fox, noon).
LW: Idle.
5. Ohio State (8-1)
Points: 1,356. Previous: 5. Next: Saturday vs. Purdue (ABC, 3:30). LW: Defeated Nebraska 26-17.
6.
Points: 1,291. Previous: 7. Next: Saturday vs. Washington State (ESPN, 10:30). LW: Defeated Washington 26-16.
Oregon (8-1) 7. Notre Dame (8-1)
Points: 1,182. Previous: 8. Next: Saturday at Virginia (ABC, 7:30). LW: Defeated Navy 34-6.
8. Michigan (8-1)
Points: 1,099. Previous: 10. Next: Saturday at No. 23 Penn State (ABC, noon). LW: Defeated Indiana 29-7.
9. Michigan State (8-1)
Points: 1,074. Previous: 6. Next: Saturday vs. Maryland (Fox, 4) LW: Lost to Purdue 40-29.
10. Oklahoma State (8-1)
Points: 1,045. Previous: 11. Next: Saturday vs. TCU (Fox, noon). LW: Defeated West Virginia 24-3.
11. Texas A&M (7-2)
Points: 1,023. Previous: 12. Next: Saturday at No. 12 Mississippi
(ESPN, 7). LW: Defeated thenNo. 14 Auburn 20-3.
12. Mississippi (7-2)
Points: 862. Previous: 15. Next: Saturday vs. No. 11 Texas A&M (ESPN, 7). LW: Defeated Liberty 27-14.
13. Wake Forest (8-1)
Points: 769. Previous: 9. Next: Saturday vs. No. 19 North Carolina State (ACC, 7:30). LW: Lost to North Carolina 58-55.
14. Iowa (7-2)
Points: 636. Previous: 16. Next: Saturday vs. Minnesota (BTN, 3:30).
LW: Defeated Northwestern 17-12.
15. Brigham Young (8-2)
Points: 552. Previous: 20. Next game: Nov. 20 at Georgia Southern. LW: Defeated Idaho State 5914.
16. Texas-San Antonio (9-0)
Points: 525. Previous: 18. Next: Saturday vs. Southern Mississippi. LW: Defeated Texas-El Paso 44-23.
17. Houston (8-1)
Points: 472. Previous: 19. Next: Saturday at Temple. LW: Defeated South Florida 54-42.
18. Baylor (7-2)
Points: 449. Previous: 13. Next: Saturday vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (Fox, noon). LW: Lost to TCU 30-28.
19. North Carolina State (7-2) Points: 445. Previous: 22. Next: Saturday at No. 13 Wake Forest (ACC, 7:30). LW: Defeated Florida State 28-14.
20. Auburn (6-3)
Points: 382. Previous: 14. Next: Saturday vs. Mississippi State (ESPN, noon). LW: Lost to thenNo. 12 Texas A&M 20-3.
21. Coastal Carolina (8-1)
Points: 335. Previous: 21. Next: Saturday vs. Georgia State. LW: Defeated Georgia Southern 28-8.
22. Pittsburgh (7-2)
Points: 293. Previous: 25. Next: Thursday vs. North Carolina (ESPN, 7:30).
LW: Defeated Duke 54-29.
23. Penn State (6-3)
Points: 249. Previous: 23. Next: Saturday vs. No. 8 Michigan (ABC, noon). LW: Defeated Maryland 31-14.
24. Wisconsin (6-3)
Points: 177. Previous: Not raked. Next: Saturday vs. Northwestern (ESPN2, noon). LW: Defeated Rutgers 52-3.
25. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-1)
Points: 164. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Saturday at Troy. LW: Defeated Georgia State 21-17.
Dropped out: No. 17 Kentucky(6-3), No. 24 SMU (7-2). Others receiving votes: Arkansas (6-3) 116; San Diego State (8-1) 103; Purdue (6-3) 77; Kentucky (6-3) 74; Utah (6-3) 34; Iowa State (6-3) 21; Appalachian State (7-2) 19; SMU (7-2) 18; Minnesota (6-3) 10; Clemson (6-3) 3; Fresno State (7-3) 3; Nevada (7-2) 3; Tennessee (5-4) 2; Arizona State (6-3) 1. The USA TODAY Sports AFCA board of coaches is made up of 64 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.