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Sept. 27, 2009
Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1.	Florida (58)	4-0	1,474	1
2.	Texas (1)	4-0	1,410	2
3.	Alabama	4-0	1,364	3
4.	LSU	4-0	1,226	7
5.	Boise State	4-0	1,144	8
6.	Virginia Tech	3-1	1,091	12
7.	Southern California	3-1	1,081	10
8.	Oklahoma	2-1	1,055	9
9.	Ohio State	3-1	1,036	11
10.	TCU	3-0	928	14
11.	Cincinnati	4-0	848	15
12.	Oklahoma State	3-1	665	16
13.	Penn State	3-1	627	4
14.	Georgia	3-1	616	17
15.	Houston	3-0	539	23
16.	Kansas	4-0	508	19
17.	Iowa	4-0	462	NR
18.	Mississippi	2-1	424	5
19.	California	3-1	356	6
20.	Michigan	4-0	304	22
21. (tie)	Miami (Fla.)	2-1	298	13
21. (tie)	Brigham Young	3-1	298	20
23.	Missouri	4-0	295	21
24.	Nebraska	3-1	242	24
25.	Oregon	3-1	198	NR
Dropped out
No. 18 North Carolina (3-1, lost to Georgia Tech 24-7), No. 25 Florida State (2-2, lost to South Florida 17-7).
Others receiving votes
Georgia Tech (3-1) 186; South Florida (4-0) 117; Auburn (4-0) 103; South Carolina (3-1) 92; Wisconsin (4-0) 53; Utah (3-1) 40; UCLA (3-0) 27; Notre Dame (3-1) 23; Stanford (3-1) 20; North Carolina State (3-1) 8; North Carolina (3-1) 7; Florida State (2-2) 4; Arizona (3-1) 2; Minnesota (3-1) 2; Rutgers (3-1) 1; Texas A&M (3-0) 1.
The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 59 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2009 season: Robb Akey, Idaho; Gary Andersen, Utah State; David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Tim Beckman, Toledo; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tim Brewster, Minnesota; J.D. Brookhart, Akron; Rich Brooks, Kentucky; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Neil Callaway, UAB; Dave Christensen, Wyoming; Dave Clawson, Bowling Green; Mario Cristobal, Florida International; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Butch Davis, North Carolina; Todd Dodge, North Texas; Ron English, Eastern Michigan; Larry Fedora, Southern Miss; Al Golden, Temple; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Jim Harbaugh, Stanford; Dan Hawkins, Colorado; Brian Kelly, Cincinnati; Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville; Mike Leach, Texas Tech; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Bill Lynch, Indiana; Les Miles, LSU; Dan Mullen, Mississippi State; Rick Neuheisel, UCLA; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Tom O'Brien, N.C. State; Stan Parrish, Ball State; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Michigan; Nick Saban, Alabama; Mike Sanford, UNLV; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Mike Sherman, Texas A&M; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Kevin Sumlin, Houston; Jeff Tedford, California; Bob Toledo, Tulane; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; DeWayne Walker, New Mexico State; Charlie Weatherbie, Louisiana-Monroe; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Tommy West, Memphis; Paul Wulff, Washington State; Ron Zook, Illinois. The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation.