The Gators surged in the Coaches poll this week, after the beating they gave in-state rival FSU. The top six teams in the USA TODAY coaches' poll remained the same this week, but No. 1 Florida picked up six more first-place votes to total 53 in all.

No. 2 Texas, which had four first-place votes last week, and third-ranked Alabama, which was placed No. 1 on eight ballots last week, each received three first-place votes in that latest tally.

The top three teams are followed by TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State.



USA Today/Coaches Top 25
Nov. 29, 2009



Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Last week
1. Florida (53) 12-0 1,468 1
2. Texas (3) 12-0 1,394 2
3. Alabama (3) 12-0 1,380 3
4. TCU 12-0 1,285 4
5. Cincinnati 11-0 1,231 5
6. Boise State 12-0 1,197 6
7. Ohio State 10-2 1,104 8
8. Oregon 9-2 1,061 10
9. Penn State 10-2 975 11
10. Iowa 10-2 889 13
11. Virginia Tech 9-3 831 14
12. Georgia Tech 10-2 774 7
13. Brigham Young 10-2 680 15
14. LSU 9-3 674 17
15. Pittsburgh 9-2 631 9
16. Oregon State 8-3 607 18
17. Miami (Fla.) 9-3 509 21
18. Houston 10-2 473 20
19. Southern California 8-3 361 22
20. Nebraska 9-3 335 23
21. Oklahoma State 9-3 309 12
22. California 8-3 210 NR
23. West Virginia 8-3 163 NR
24. Stanford 8-4 154 NR
25. Utah 9-3 120 19

Dropped out
No. 16 Clemson (8-4, lost to South Carolina 34-17), No. 24 North Carolina (8-4, lost to North Carolina State 28-27), No. 25 Mississippi (8-4, lost to Mississippi State 41-27).


Others receiving votes
Wisconsin (8-3) 112; Clemson (8-4) 94; Central Michigan (8-4) 40; Arizona (7-4) 31; Northwestern (8-4) 23; South Carolina (7-5) 13; Texas Tech (8-4) 9; Georgia (7-5) 8; Rutgers (8-3) 7; Missouri (8-4) 6; Troy (9-3) 5; North Carolina (8-4) 4; Arkansas (7-5) 2; Middle Tennessee (9-3) 2; Oklahoma (7-5) 2; Mississippi (8-4) 1; Navy (8-4) 1.

Congrats to USC for knocking Clemson right out of the rankings. Man, that's embarrassing; one of the ACC teams playing in the ACCCG isn't even ranked.