USA TODAY Sports Weekly

AMWAY COACHES POLL

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1. Clemson (6-0)

Points: 1,540 (52 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. Next: Sat. vs. Boston College (ABC, noon ET). Last: Beat Syracuse 47-21.

2. Alabama (5-0)

Points: 1,493 (8 first-place votes). Previous: 2. Next: Sat. vs. Mississipp­i State (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET). Last: Beat Tennessee 48-17.

3. Ohio State (1-0) Points: 1,374 (2 first-place votes). Previous: 5. Next: Sat. at No. 17 Penn State (ABC, 7:30 p.m. ET). Last: Beat Nebraska 52-17.

4. Notre Dame (5-0) Points: 1,368. Previous: 3. Next: Sat. at Georgia Tech (ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET). Last: Beat Pittsburgh 45-3.

5. Georgia (3-1)

Points: 1,293. Previous: 4. Next: Sat. at Kentucky (SEC, noon ET). Last: Idle.

6. Oklahoma State (4-0) Points: 1,209. Previous: 6. Next: Sat. vs. Texas (Fox, 4 p.m. ET). Last: Beat then

No. 17 Iowa State 24-21.

7. Cincinnati (4-0) Points: 1,058. Previous: 10. Next: Sat. vs. Memphis (ESPN, noon ET). Last: Beat thenNo. 16 SMU 42-13.

8. Texas A&M (3-1) Points: 1,055. Previous: 9. Next: Sat. vs. Arkansas (SEC, 7:30 p.m. ET). Last: Idle.

9. Florida (2-1)

Points: 1,010. Previous: 8. Next: Sat. vs. Missouri. Last: Idle.

10. Brigham Young (6-0) Points: 941. Previous: 11. Next: Sat. vs. Western Kentucky (ESPN, 10:15 p.m. ET). Last: Beat Texas State 52-14.

11. Wisconsin (1-0) Points: 928. Previous: 14. Next: Sat. at Nebraska (FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET). Last: Beat Illinois 45-7.

12. Miami (5-1)

Points: 911. Previous: 11. Next: Nov. 6 at North Carolina State. Last: Beat Virginia 19-14.

13. North Carolina (4-1) Points: 796. Previous: 13. Next: Sat. at Virginia (ACC, 8 p.m. ET). Last: Beat then-No. 22 North Carolina State 48-21.

14. Michigan (1-0) Points: 789. Previous: 17. Next: Sat. vs. Michigan State (Fox, noon ET). Last: Beat thenNo. 21 Minnesota 49-24.

15. Oregon (0-0)

Points: 674. Previous: 15. Next: Nov. 7 vs. Stanford. Last: Idle. 16. Kansas State (4-1) Points: 592. Previous: 19. Next: Sat. at West Virginia (ESPN2, noon ET). Last: Beat Kansas 55-14.

17. Penn State (0-1) Points: 413. Previous: 7. Next: Sat. vs. No. 3 Ohio State (ABC, 7:30 p.m. ET). Last: Lost to Indiana 36-35 (OT).

18. Marshall (5-0) Points: 309. Previous: 25. Next: Fri. at Florida Internatio­nal (CBSSN, 7 p.m. ET). Last: Beat Florida Atlantic 20-9.

19. Indiana (1-0)

Points: 302. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Sat. vs. Rutgers (BTN, 3:30 p.m. ET). Last: Beat then-No. 7 Penn State 36-35. 20. Southern California (0-0) Points: 271. Previous: 23. Next: Nov. 7 vs. Arizona State. Last: Idle.

21. Coastal Carolina (5-0) Points: 268. Previous: 24. Next: Sat. at Georgia State (ESPNU, noon ET). Last: Beat Georgia Southern 28-14.

22. Iowa State (3-2) Points: 215. Previous: 18. Next: Sat. at Kansas (FS1, noon ET). Last: Lost to then-No. 6 Oklahoma State 24-21.

23. Southern Methodist (5-1) Points: 192. Previous: 16. Next: Sat. vs. Navy (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m. ET). Last: Lost to then-No. 10 Cincinnati 42-13.

24. Oklahoma (3-2) Points: 138. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Sat. at Texas Tech (Fox, 8 p.m. ET). Last: Beat TCU 33-14.

25. Army (6-1)

Points: 130. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Nov. 7 vs. Air Force. Last: Beat Mercer 49-3.

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