USA TODAY Sports Weekly

USA TODAY AFCA COACHES POLL

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1. Georgia (10-0)

Points: 1,550 (62 first-place votes). Previous: 1. Next: Saturday vs. Charleston Southern. LW: Def. Tennessee 41-17.

2. Alabama (9-1)

Points: 1,464. Previous: 2. Next: Saturday vs. No. 22 Arkansas (CBS, 3:30). LW: Def. New Mexico State 59-3.

3. Cincinnati (10-0) Points: 1,401. Previous: 3. Next: Saturday SMU (ESPN, 3:30). LW: Def. South Florida 45-28.

4. Ohio State (9-1) Points: 1.363. Previous: 5. Next: Saturday at No. 8 Michigan State (ABC, noon). LW: Def. Purdue 59-31.

5. Oregon (9-1)

Points: 1,320. Previous: 6. Next: Saturday at No. 25 Utah (ABC, 7:30). LW: Def. Washington State 38-24.

6. Notre Dame (9-1) Points: 1,181. Previous: 7. Next: Saturday vs. Georgia Tech (NBC, 2:30). LW: Def. Virginia 28-3.

7. Michigan (9-1)

Points: 1,153. Previous: 8. Next: Saturday at Maryland (BTN, 3:30). LW: Def. thenNo. 23 Penn State 21-17.

8. Michigan State (9-1) Points: 1,139. Previous: 9. Next: Saturday vs. No. 4 Ohio State (ABC, noon). LW: Def. Maryland 40-21.

9. Oklahoma State (9-1) Points: 1,102. Previous: 10. Next: Saturday at Texas Tech (Fox, 8). LW: Def. TCU 63-17. 10. Mississipp­i (8-2) Points: 948. Previous: 12. Next: Saturday vs. Vanderbilt (SEC, 7:30). LW: Def. then-No. 11 Texas A&M 29-19.

11. Oklahoma (9-1) Points: 878. Previous: 4. Next: Saturday vs. Iowa State (Fox, noon). LW: Lost to then-No. 18 Baylor 27-14.

12. Wake Forest (9-1) Points: 847. Previous: 13. Next: Saturday at Clemson (ESPN, noon). LW: Def. then-No. 19 North Carolina State 45-42.

13. Baylor (8-2)

Points: 826. Previous: 18. Next: Saturday at Kansas State (FS1, 5:30). LW: Def. then-No. 4 Oklahoma 27-14.

14. Iowa (8-2)

Points: 637. Previous: 14. Next:

Saturday vs. Illinois (FS1, 2). LW: Def. Minnesota 27-22.

15. Brigham Young (8-2) Points: 605. Previous: 15. Next: Saturday at Georgia Southern. LW: Idle.

16. Texas A&M (7-3) Points: 560. Previous: 11. Next: Saturday vs. Prairie View A&M. LW: Lost to then-No. 12 Mississipp­i 29-19.

17. Houston (9-1)

Points: 541. Previous: 17. Next: Friday vs. Memphis (ESPN2, 9). LW: Def. Temple 37-8.

18. Texas-San Antonio (10-0) Points: 528. Previous: 16. Next: Saturday vs. Alabama-Birmingham. LW: Def. Southern Mississipp­i 27-17.

19. Pittsburgh (8-2) Points: 446. Previous: 22. Next: Saturday vs. Virginia (ESPN2, 3:30). LW: Def. North Carolina 30-23.

20. Wisconsin (7-3) Points: 407. Previous: 24. Next: Saturday vs. Nebraska (ABC, 3:30). LW: Def. Northweste­rn 35-7.

21. Louisiana-Lafayette (9-1) Points: 239. Previous: 25. Next: Saturday at Liberty (ESPNU, 4). LW: Def. Troy 35-21. 22. Arkansas (7-3) Points: 212. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Saturday at No. 2 Alabama (CBS, 3:30). LW: Def. LSU 16-13.

23. San Diego State (9-1) Points: 210. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Friday vs. UNLV (CBSSN, 11:30). LW: Def. Nevada 23-21.

24. North Carolina State (7-3) Points: 138. Previous: 19. Next: Saturday vs. Syracuse (ACC, 4). LW: Lost to then-No. 13 Wake Forest 45-42.

25. Utah (7-3)

Points: 133. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Saturday vs. No. 5 Oregon (ABC, 7:30). LW: Def. Arizona 38-29.

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