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Sept. 8, 2009
Rank
Team (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Preseason rank
1.
Florida (56)
1-0
1,472
1
2.
Texas (2)
1-0
1,407
2
3.
1-0
1,352
4
4.
1-0
1,299
5
5.
1-0
1,145
8
6.
1-0
1,114
11
7.
1-0
1,106
6
8.
1-0
1,006
10
9.
1-0
977
9
10.
1-0
935
12
11.
1-0
803
16
12.
1-0
755
24
13.
1-0
685
15
14.
Oklahoma
0-1
682
3
15.
0-1
633
7
16.
TCU
0-0
543
17
17.
1-0
503
18
18.
1-0
360
22
19.
1-0
358
20
20.
Notre Dame
1-0
335
23
21.
0-1
304
13
22.
1-0
276
NR
23.
Cincinnati
1-0
187
NR
24.
1-0
169
25
25.
Kansas
1-0
139
NR
Dropped out
No. 14 Oregon (0-1, lost to then-No. 16 Boise State 19-8), No. 19 Florida State (0-1, lost to then-unranked Miami, Fla., 38-34), No. 21 Iowa (1-0, beat Northern Iowa 17-16).
Others receiving votes
Michigan State 133; Missouri 97; Iowa 70; Florida State 62; Texas Tech 53; Oregon 50; Pittsburgh 26; Clemson 24; South Carolina 23; Tennessee 21; Auburn 13; West Virginia 13; South Florida 12; Kentucky 8; Arizona 5; Michigan 4; Northwestern 4; Boston College 3; Arkansas 2; Baylor 2; UCLA 2; Colorado State 1; Minnesota 1; Tulsa 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.

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