 Sept. 7, 2008 | |||||
| Rank | Team (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Last week's ranking | |
| 1. | Southern California (34) | 1-0 | 1,481 | 1 | |
| 2. | Georgia (18) | 2-0 | 1,454 | 2 | |
| 3. | Oklahoma (3) | 2-0 | 1,370 | 4 | |
| 4. | Florida (3) | 2-0 | 1,306 | 5 | |
| 5. | Ohio State (1) | 2-0 | 1,289 | 3 | |
| 6. | Missouri | 2-0 | 1,212 | 7 | |
| 7. | LSU (2) | 1-0 | 1,198 | 6 | |
| 8. | Texas | 2-0 | 1,069 | 9 | |
| 9. | Auburn | 2-0 | 1,017 | 10 | |
| 10. | Wisconsin | 2-0 | 946 | 11 | |
| 11. | Kansas | 2-0 | 854 | 12 | |
| 12. | Texas Tech | 2-0 | 755 | 13 | |
| 13. | Arizona State | 2-0 | 737 | 14 | |
| 14. | Oregon | 2-0 | 665 | 16 | |
| 15. | Brigham Young | 2-0 | 628 | 15 | |
| 16. | Alabama | 2-0 | 611 | 17 | |
| 17. | Penn State | 2-0 | 547 | 19 | |
| 18. | South Florida | 2-0 | 475 | 18 | |
| 19. | Wake Forest | 2-0 | 419 | 20 | |
| 20. | East Carolina | 2-0 | 375 | NR | |
| 21. | Fresno State | 1-0 | 300 | 21 | |
| 22. | 2-0 | 235 | 23 | ||
| 23. | 1-1 | 175 | 22 | ||
| 24. | 1-1 | 145 | 8 | ||
| 25. | 2-0 | 128 | NR | ||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Dropped out: No. 24 South Carolina (1-1, lost to Vanderbilt 24-17), No. 25 Illinois (1-1, beat Eastern Illinois 47-21). | |||||
| Others receiving votes | |||||
Others receiving votes: Illinois 124; UCLA 86; Florida State 50; Kentucky 28; Boise State 22; Tennessee 21; TCU 18; Nebraska 16; Georgia Tech 15; Arizona 11; Virginia Tech 11; Vanderbilt 8; Oklahoma State 7; Iowa 4; Colorado 3; Notre Dame 3; Connecticut 2; Tulsa 2; Bowling Green 1; Northwestern 1; South Carolina 1. | |||||
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| The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 61 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season's board: Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Art Briles, Baylor; Mack Brown, Texas; Neil Callaway, Alabama-Birmingham; Gene Chizik, Iowa State; Mario Cristobal, Florida International; Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Butch Davis, North Carolina; Todd Dodge, North Texas; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Jeff Genyk, Eastern Michigan; Turner Gill, Buffalo; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Todd Graham, Tulsa; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Dan Hawkins, Colorado; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Butch Jones, Central Michigan; Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville; Mike Leach, Texas Tech; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Bill Lynch, Indiana; Doug Martin, Kent State; Urban Meyer, Florida; Les Miles, LSU; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Hal Mumme, New Mexico State; Rick Neuheisel, UCLA; Tom O'Brien, North Carolina State; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Mike Price, Texas-El Paso; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Michigan; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; Mark Snyder, Marshall; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Bob Toledo, Tulane; Dick Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Tyrone Willingham, Washington; Ron Zook, Illinois. The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation. | |||||
GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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