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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.

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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