 Oct. 5, 2008 | |||||
| Rank | Team (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Last week | |
| 1. | Oklahoma (60) | 5-0 | 1,524 | 1 | |
| 2. | 5-0 | 1,404 | 3 | ||
| 3. | LSU (1) | 4-0 | 1,398 | 2 | |
| 4. | 6-0 | 1,339 | 4 | ||
| 5. | 5-0 | 1,305 | 5 | ||
| 6. | 6-0 | 1,203 | 6 | ||
| 7. | 5-0 | 1,101 | 8 | ||
| 8. | 5-0 | 1,086 | 7 | ||
| 9. | 3-1 | 1,055 | 9 | ||
| 10. | 4-1 | 937 | 10 (tie) | ||
| 11. | 5-1 | 893 | 12 | ||
| 12. | 4-1 | 883 | 13 | ||
| 13. | 6-0 | 793 | 15 | ||
| 14. | 5-0 | 704 | 19 | ||
| 15. | 4-1 | 667 | 16 | ||
| 16. | 4-0 | 624 | 18 | ||
| 17. | 5-0 | 523 | 22 | ||
| 18. | 5-1 | 393 | 24 | ||
| 19. | 5-1 | 273 | NR | ||
| 20. | 5-1 | 267 | 10 (tie) | ||
| 21. | 3-1 | 247 | 25 | ||
| 22. | 5-0 | 231 | NR | ||
| 23. | 4-2 | 121 | 14 | ||
| 24. | 3-2 | 105 | 17 | ||
| 25. | 4-1 | 98 | NR | ||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Dropped out: No. 20 Oregon (4-2, lost to No. 9 Southern California 44-10), No. 21 Fresno State (3-2, lost to Hawaii 32-29 OT), No. 23 Connecticut (5-1, lost to North Carolina 38-12). | |||||
| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Others receiving votes: North Carolina (4-1) 88; TCU (5-1) 84; Tulsa (5-0) 76; Ball State (6-0) 75; Florida State (4-1) 61; Georgia Tech (4-1) 56; Kentucky (4-1) 51; Pittsburgh (4-1) 32; Illinois (3-2) 25; Fresno State (3-2) 19; Cincinnati (4-1) 18; Arizona (4-1) 16; Oregon (4-2) 15; Notre Dame (4-1) 11; Connecticut (5-1) 8; Maryland (4-2) 7; Boston College (4-1) 6; Duke (3-2) 1; Minnesota (5-1) 1; South Carolina (4-2) 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. | |||||
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