USA Today/Coaches Top 25 11-8-2009

Nov. 8, 2009



Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Last week
1. Florida (48) 9-0 1,460 1
2. Texas (4) 9-0 1,399 2
3. Alabama (7) 9-0 1,389 3
4. TCU 9-0 1,262 4
5. Cincinnati 9-0 1,224 7
6. Boise State 9-0 1,200 5
7. Georgia Tech 9-1 1,118 11
8. Ohio State 8-2 944 12
9. Pittsburgh 8-1 940 14
10. Southern California 7-2 847 13
11. LSU 7-2 838 9
12. Houston 8-1 766 15
13. Iowa 9-1 757 6
14. Utah 8-1 688 16
15. Miami (Fla.) 7-2 685 17
16. Oregon 7-2 665 8
17. Penn State 8-2 552 10
18. Oklahoma State 7-2 530 18
19. Arizona 6-2 472 19
20. Wisconsin 7-2 341 22
21. Virginia Tech 6-3 268 24
22. Brigham Young 7-2 216 25
23. West Virginia 7-2 121 NR
24. South Florida 6-2 106 NR
25. Auburn 7-3 80 NR

Dropped out
No. 20 Oklahoma (5-4, lost to Nebraska 10-3), No. 21 Notre Dame (6-3, lost to Navy 23-21), No. 23 California (6-3, lost to Oregon State 31-14).

Others receiving votes
Clemson (6-3) 71; Stanford (6-3) 54; Oregon State (6-3) 39; Texas Tech (6-3) 36; Nebraska (6-3) 31; Navy (7-3) 28; Central Michigan (7-2) 8; Temple (7-2) 8; Boston College (6-3) 7; North Carolina (6-3) 7; Oklahoma (5-4) 6; Rutgers (6-2) 3; Tennessee (5-4) 3; Mississippi (6-3) 2; Troy (7-2) 2; Fresno State (6-3) 1; Kansas State (6-4) 1.


Auburn back in the rankings, and LSU only drops 2 spots.

I cannot believe Alabama is still below Texas after Texas' hilarious first half against UCF.

Hahahah @ Iowa, and I hate Houston. Everything else seems acceptable enough, if we ignore the inexcusable amount of Big East teams on the list.

Alabama should be ahead of Texas.
LSU should be ahead of USC & Ohio State.

This poll has been a joke for years. I put no stock in it. I hate that it is part of the BCS rankings. The AP is usually slightly more objective, although neither of them make perfect sense to me on a regular basis.

Usc back in the top 10?


what a joke

oh and 6 spots ahead of Oregon lmao

Bama should have absolutely jumped back in front of Texas after beating LSU. Sadly, most voters didn't even watch the games, and just voted based on what they saw on the front page of the sports section and SportsCenter this morning. So, all they see is that UT killed UCF, and not how much of a struggle it was for them early on.

The Oregon thing I understand. When you lose matters, and after Oregon lost to an unranked Stanford, they were bound to fall far. I don't understand how USC moved up like they did, though... they barely beat one of the worst teams in the Pac-10, 14-9, and are now the 4th best team in the Pac-10 overall. How can the 4th best team in that lame conference be ranked in the Top 10?

The big joke is how both the writers and coaches moved Ohio State up into the top 10. They were keeping Iowa up there so they could have a Big Ten up in the top 10, after all they are a "BCS" conference...in 2009, really?

College football needs a playoff badly.

I wouldn't have dropped LSU at all. But the problem is, if Scott has a broken collar bone, that does hurt LSU. I didn't think Ole Miss had much of a chance against LSU but injuries could change that. It makes the Arkansas game much tougher too. Arkansas may be the most improved team in the SEC since the early season - Arkansas and Tennessee.

The poll is terriable!
Proposal. The top 25 should be abolished and left as the top 12 consisting of the 12 sec schools!

I think Texas should be in front of Alabama. As has been said, win out and it doesn't matter.

I don't, Texas has had a much easier schedule; and that's according to every single SOS out there that I know of.

Scott will certainly be missed, but Ridley is a hoss and will move right into the role that Scott held. He is a lot like Scott; runs over and through people and has an excellent nose for the hole. Ridley is our RB of the future, along with a redshirt named Ford that you'll see next year.

I was pretty impressed by the kid, didn't seem like much of a drop-off once he came in the game.