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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.

Utah
2-0
235
23
23.

Clemson
1-1
175
22
24.

West Virginia
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.

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.

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