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1. Alabama (3-0)

Points: 1,572 (60 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. This week: Saturday vs. No. 22 Texas A&M (CBS, 3:30). Last week: Defeated Mississipp­i 62-7.

2. Clemson (3-0)

Points: 1,477 (2). Previous ranking: 2. This week: Saturday at Georgia Tech (ABC, 3:30). Last week: Defeated Georgia Southern 38-7.

3. Georgia (3-0)

Points: 1,436. Previous ranking: 3. This week: Saturday at Missouri (ESPN, noon). Last week: Defeated Middle Tennessee 49-7.

4. Ohio State (3-0)

Points: 1,405 (1). Previous ranking: 4. This week: Saturday vs. Tulane (BTN, 3:30). Last week: Defeated then-No. 14 TCU 40-28.

5. Oklahoma (3-0)

Points: 1,339. Previous ranking: 5. This week: Saturday vs. Army. Last week: Defeated Iowa State 37-27.

6. LSU (3-0)

Points: 1,171. Previous ranking: 13. This week: Saturday vs. Louisiana Tech (ESPNU, 7). Last week: Defeated then-No. 7 Auburn 22-21.

7. Stanford (3-0)

Points: 1,116. Previous ranking: 9. This week: Saturday at No. 19 Oregon (ABC, 8). Last week: Defeated UC-Davis 30-10.

8. Notre Dame (3-0)

Points: 1,083. Previous ranking: 8. This week: Saturday at Wake Forest (ABC, noon). Last week: Defeated Vanderbilt 22-17.

9. Penn State (3-0)

Points: 1,070. Previous ranking: 10. This week: Friday at Illinois (FS1, 9). Last week: Defeated Kent State 63-10.

10. Virginia Tech (2-0)

Points: 927. Previous ranking: 11. This week: Saturday at Old Dominion (CBSSN, 3:30). Last week: Idle.

11. Auburn (2-1)

Points: 921. Previous ranking: 7. This week: Saturday vs. Arkansas (SEC, 7). Last week: Lost to then-No. 13 LSU 22-21.

12. Washington (2-1)

Points: 909. Previous ranking: 12. This week: Saturday vs. Arizona State (ESPN, 10:30). Last week: Defeated Utah 21-7.

13. West Virginia (2-0)

Points: 824. Previous ranking: 15. This week: Saturday vs. Kansas State (ESPN, 3:30). Last week: Idle.

14. Mississipp­i State (3-0)

Points: 780. Previous ranking: 16. This week: Saturday at Kentucky. Last week: Defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 56-10.

15. Oklahoma State (3-0)

Points: 672. Previous ranking: 19. This week: Saturday vs. Texas Tech (FS1, 7). Last week: Defeated then-No. 17 Boise State 44-21.

16. Wisconsin (2-1)

Points: 626. Previous ranking: 6. This week: Saturday at Iowa (Fox, 8:30). Last week: Lost to Brigham Young 24-21.

17. TCU (2-1)

Points: 508. Previous ranking: 14. This week: Saturday at Texas (Fox, 4:30) Last week: Lost to then-No. 4 Ohio State 40-28.

18. Central Florida (2-0)

Points: 500. Previous ranking: 18. This week: Friday vs. Florida Atlantic (ESPN, 7). Last week: Idle.

19. Oregon (3-0)

Points: 384. Previous ranking: 23. This week: Saturday vs. No. 7 Stanford (ABC, 8). Last week: Defeated San Jose State 35-22.

20. Miami (Fla.) (2-1)

Points: 373. Previous ranking: 20. This week: Saturday vs. Florida Internatio­nal (ESPN2, 3:30). Last week: Defeated Toledo 49-24.

21. Michigan (2-1)

Points: 354. Previous ranking: 22. This week: Saturday vs. Nebraska (FS1, noon). Last week: Defeated SMU 45-20.

22. Texas A&M (2-1)

Points: 150. Previous ranking: not ranked. This week: Saturday at

No. 1 Alabama (CBS, 3:30). Last week: Defeated Louisiana-Monroe

48-10.

23. Michigan State (1-1)

Points: 141. Previous ranking: 24. This week: Saturday at Indiana (BTN, 7:30). Last week: Idle.

24. Boise State (2-1)

Points: 114. Previous ranking: 17. Next game: Sept. 29 at Wyoming. Last week: Defeated then-No. 19 Oklahoma State 44-21.

25. Boston College (3-0)

Points: 109. Previous ranking: not ranked. This week: Saturday at Purdue (ESPN2, noon). Last week: Defeated Wake Forest 41-34.

Dropped out: No. 21 Southern California (1-2), No. 25 Arizona State (2-1).

Others receiving votes: Kentucky (3-0) 98; Duke (3-0) 55; South Florida (3-0) 45; Colorado (3-0) 41; South Carolina (1-1) 40; Iowa (3-0)

36; Washington State (3-0) 35; Brigham Young (2-1) 30; Missouri

(3-0) 21; North Carolina State (2-0) 19; Appalachia­n State (1-1) 13; California (3-0) 11; Syracuse (3-0) 11; Cincinnati (3-0) 10; Utah (2-1)

10; Texas (2-1) 9; North Texas (3-0) 5; Troy (2-1) 4; Arizona State (2-1)

3; Florida (2-1) 3; Minnesota (3-0) 3; San Diego State (2-1) 3; Arkansas State (2-1) 2; Houston (2-1) 2; Tennessee (2-1) 2; Vanderbilt (2-1) 2; Fresno State (2-1) 1.

Note: DJ Durkin of Maryland and Urban Meyer of Ohio State are currently not eligible to participat­e in the poll.

The Amway board of coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivisio­n schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Associatio­n. Weekend college football scores,

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