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USA TODAY AFCA COACHES POLL

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1. Georgia (11-0)

Points: 1,550 (62 first-place votes). Previous: 1. Next: Saturday at Georgia Tech (ABC, noon). Last: Defeated Charleston Southern 56-7.

2. Alabama (10-1)

Points: 1,450. Previous: 2. Next: Saturday at Auburn (CBS, 3:30). Last: Defeated then-No. 21 Arkansas 42-35.

3. Ohio State (10-1)

Points: 1,428. Previous: 4. Next: Saturday at No. 6 Michigan (Fox, noon). Last: Defeated then-No. 8 Michigan State 56-7.

4. Cincinnati (11-0)

Points: 1,388. Previous: 3. Next: Friday at East Carolina (ABC, 3:30). Last: Defeated SMU 48-14.

5. Notre Dame (10-1)

Points: 1,258. Previous: 6. Next: Saturday at Stanford (Fox, 8). Last: Defeated Georgia Tech 55-0.

6. Michigan (10-1)

Points: 1,250. Previous: 7. Next: Saturday vs. No. 3 Ohio State (Fox, noon). Last: Defeated Maryland 59-18.

7. Oklahoma State (10-1)

Points: 1,210. Previous: 9. Next: Saturday vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (ABC, 7:30). Last: Defeated Texas Tech 23-0.

8. Mississippi (9-2)

Points: 1,049. Previous: 10. Next: Thursday vs. Mississippi State (ESPN, 7:30). Last: Defeated Vanderbilt 31-17.

9. Oklahoma (10-1)

Points: 1,010. Previous: 11. Next: Saturday at No. 7 Oklahoma State (ABC, 7:30). Last: Defeated Iowa State 28-21.

10. Baylor (9-2)

Points: 977. Previous: 13. Next: Saturday vs. Texas Tech (FS1, noon). Last: Defeated Kansas State 20-10.

11. Oregon (9-2)

Points: 864. Previous: 5. Next: Saturday vs. Oregon State (ESPN, 3:30). Last: Lost to then-No. 25 Utah 38-7.

12. Iowa (9-2)

Points: 722. Previous: 14. Next: Friday at Nebraska (BTN, 1:30). Last: Defeated Illinois 33-23.

13. Michigan State (9-2)

Points: 698. Previous: 8. Next: Saturday vs. Penn State (ABC, 3:30). Last: Lost to then-No. 4 Ohio State 56-7.

14. Texas A&M (8-3)

Points: 683. Previous: 16. Next: Saturday at LSU (ESPN, 7). Last: Defeated Prairie View A&M 52-3.

15. Brigham Young (9-2)

Points: 675. Previous: 15. Next: Saturday at Southern California (ESPN, 10:30). Last: Defeated Georgia Southern 34-17.

16. Houston (10-1)

Points: 572. Previous: 17. Next:

Saturday at Connecticut (CBSSN, noon). Last: Defeated Memphis 31-13.

17. Pittsburgh (9-2)

Points: 507. Previous: 19. Next: Saturday at Syracuse (ACC, 7:30). Last: Defeated Virginia 48-38.

18. Wisconsin (8-3)

Points: 485. Previous: 20. Next: Saturday at Minnesota (Fox, 4). Last: Defeated Nebraska 35-28.

19. Utah (8-3)

Points: 478. Previous: 25. Next: Friday vs. Colorado (Fox, 4). Last: Defeated then-No. 5 Oregon 38-7.

20. Texas-San Antonio (11-0)

Points: 475. Previous: 18. Next: Saturday vs. North Texas. Last: Defeated Alabama-Birmingham 34-31.

21. Wake Forest (9-2)

Points: 404. Previous: 12. Next: Saturday at Boston College (ESPN2, noon). Last: Lost to Clemson 48-27.

22. San Diego State (10-1)

Points: 257. Previous: 23. Next: Friday vs. Boise State (CBS, noon). Last: Defeated UNLV 28-20.

23. Louisiana-Lafayette (10-1)

Points: 236. Previous: 21. Next: Saturday vs. Louisiana-Monroe (ESPNU, 4). Last: Defeated Liberty 42-14.

24. North Carolina State (8-3)

Points: 196. Previous: 24. Next: Friday vs. North Carolina (ESPN, 7). Last: Defeated Syracuse 41-17.

25. Kentucky (8-3)

Points: 91. Previous: Not ranked. Next: Saturday at Louisville (ESPN2, 7:30). Last: Defeated New Mexico State 56-16.

Dropped out: No. 22 Arkansas (7-4).

Others receiving votes: Arkansas (7-4) 67; Clemson (8-3) 56; Mississippi State (7-4) 42; Penn State (7-4) 22; Appalachian State (9-2) 20; Purdue (7-4) 10; Air Force (8-3) 9; Coastal Carolina (9-2) 9; Oregon State (7-4) 2. The USA TODAY Sports AFCA board of coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.