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Oct. 4, 2009
Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1.	Florida (57)	4-0	1,473	1
2.	Texas (1)	4-0	1,408	2
3.	Alabama (1)	5-0	1,366	3
4.	LSU	5-0	1,273	4
5.	Virginia Tech	4-1	1,141	6
6.	Boise State	5-0	1,133	5
7.	Southern California	4-1	1,123	7
8.	Ohio State	4-1	1,072	9
9.	TCU	4-0	965	10
10.	Cincinnati	5-0	937	11
11.	Miami (Fla.)	3-1	750	21t
12.	Penn State	4-1	713	13
13.	Oklahoma State	3-1	702	12
14.	Iowa	5-0	655	17
15.	Kansas	4-0	616	16
16.	Mississippi	3-1	460	18
17.	Oregon	4-1	433	25
18.	Missouri	4-0	386	23
19.	Auburn	5-0	369	NR
20.	Brigham Young	4-1	353	21t
21.	Oklahoma	2-2	346	8
22.	Nebraska	3-1	329	24
23.	Georgia Tech	4-1	278	NR
24.	South Florida	5-0	220	NR
25.	Wisconsin	5-0	156	NR
Dropped out
No. 14 Georgia (3-2, lost to No. 4 LSU 20-13), No. 15 Houston (3-1, lost to Texas-El Paso 58-41), No. 19 California (3-2, lost to No. 7 Southern California 30-3), No. 20 Michigan (4-1, lost to Michigan State 26-20 OT).
Others receiving votes
Georgia (3-2) 148; South Carolina (4-1) 128; Notre Dame (4-1) 57; Houston (3-1) 52; Stanford (4-1) 43; Michigan (4-1) 33; Utah (3-1) 31; Boston College (4-1) 15; Pittsburgh (4-1) 6; Arizona (3-1) 2; Arkansas (2-2) 1; Central Michigan (4-1) 1; West Virginia (3-1) 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.