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Clemson still No. 1 in season’s first Amway Coaches poll

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There was lot of movement after Week 2 but not for the usual reasons of wins and losses,

1. Clemson (1-0)

Points: 1,020 (37 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. This week: Saturday vs. The Citadel (ACC, 4). Last week: Defeated Wake Forest 37-13.

2. Alabama (0-0)

Points: 973 (1 first-place vote). Previous ranking: 3. Next game: Sept. 26 at Missouri. Last Week: Idle.

3. Oklahoma (1-0)

Points: 907. Previous ranking: 6. Next game: Sept. 26 vs. Kansas State. Last week: Defeated Missouri State 48-0.

4. Georgia (0-0)

Points: 904. Previous ranking: 4. Next game: Sept. 26 at Arkansas. Last Week: Idle.

5. LSU (0-0)

Points: 852 (3 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 5. Next game: Sept. 26 vs. Mississipp­i State. Last Week: Idle.

6. Florida (0-0)

Points: 837. Previous ranking: 8. Next game: Sept. 26 at Mississipp­i. Last Week: Idle.

7. Notre Dame (1-0)

Points: 760. Previous ranking: 10. This week: Saturday vs. South Florida (USA, 2:30). Last week: Defeated Duke 27-13.

8. Texas (1-0)

Points: 697. Previous ranking: 14. This week: Idle. Last week: Defeated Texas El Paso 59-3.

9. Auburn (0-0)

Points: 694. Previous ranking: 11. Next game: Sept. 26 vs. No. 20 Kentucky. Last Week: Idle.

10. Texas A&M (0-0)

Points: 639. Previous ranking: 13. Next game: Sept. 26 vs. Vanderbilt. Last Week: Idle.

11. North Carolina (1-0)

Points: 575. Previous ranking: 19. This week: Saturday vs. Charlotte. Last week: Defeated Syracuse 31-6.

12. Oklahoma State (0-0)

Points: 547. Previous ranking: 16. This week: Saturday vs. Tulsa (ESPN, noon). Last Week: Idle.

13. Central Florida (0-0)

Points: 415. Previous ranking: 21. This week: Saturday vs. Georgia Tech (ABC, 3:30). Last Week: Idle.

14. Cincinnati (0-0)

Points: 403. Previous ranking: 22. This week: Saturday vs. Austin Peay. Last Week: Idle.

15. Memphis (1-0)

Points: 316. Previous ranking: Not ranked. Next game: Sept. 25 vs. Texas-San Antonio. Last Week: Idle.

16. Louisville (1-0)

Points: 314. Previous ranking: Not ranked. This week: Saturday vs. No. 18 Miami (Fla.) (ABC, 7:30). Last week: Defeated Western Kentucky 35-21.

17. Tennessee (0-0)

Points: 310. Previous ranking: Not ranked. Next game: Sept. 26 at South Carolina. Last Week: Idle.

18. Miami (Fla.) (1-0)

Points: 268. Previous ranking: Not ranked. This week: Saturday at No. 16 Louisville (ABC, 7:30). Last week: Defeated Alabama-Birmingham 31-14.

19. Virginia Tech (0-0)

Points: 266. Previous ranking: Not ranked. Next game: Sept. 26 vs. North Carolina State. Last Week: Idle.

20. Kentucky (0-0)

Points: 233. Previous ranking: Not ranked. Next game: Sept. 26 at No. 9 Auburn. Last Week: Idle.

21. Louisiana-Lafayette (1-0)

Points: 220. Previous ranking: Not ranked. This week: Saturday vs. Georgia State (ESPN2, noon). Last week: Defeated then-No. 25 Iowa State 31-14.

22. Brigham Young (1-0)

Points: 201. Previous ranking: Not ranked. This week: Sept. 26 vs. Troy. Last Week: Idle.

23. Appalachia­n State (1-0)

Points: 177. Previous ranking: Not ranked.

This week: Saturday vs. Marshall (CBSSN, 1:30).

Last week: Defeated Charlotte 35-20.

24. Baylor (0-0) Points: 162. Previous ranking: Not ranked.

Next game: Saturday vs. Houston (Fox, noon). Last week: Idle.

25. Army (2-0)

Points: 128. Previous ranking: Not ranked.

Next game: Sept. 26 at No. 14 Cincinnati. Last week: Defeated Louisiana-Monroe 37-7.

Dropped teams: No. 2 Ohio State (0-0), No. 7 Penn State (0-0), No. 9 Oregon (0-0), No. 12 Wisconsin (0-0), No. 15 Michigan (0-0), No. 17 Southern California (0-0), No. 18 Minnesota (0-0), No. 20 Utah (0-0), No. 23 Iowa (0-0), No. 25 Iowa State (0-1).

Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech (1-0) 97; Pittsburgh (1-0) 81; West Virginia (1-0) 59; TCU (0-0) 57; Virginia (0-0) 57; SMU (1-0) 25; Tulane (1-0) 20; South Carolina (0-0) 18; Marshall (1-0) 14; Arkansas State (1-1) 13; Duke (0-1) 13; Mississipp­i State (0-0) 12; Texas Tech (1-0) 11; Mississipp­i (0-0) 8; Coastal Carolina (1-0) 8; Iowa State (0-1) 6; North Texas (1-0) 5; South Florida (1-0) 3.

Note: One ballot is missing. Huge Freeze of Liberty could not be reached before the voting deadline.

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