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Oct. 11, 2009
Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1.	Florida (53)	5-0	1,468	1
2.	Texas (1)	5-0	1,402	2
3.	Alabama (5)	6-0	1,378	3
4.	Virginia Tech	5-1	1,241	5
5.	Southern California	4-1	1,175	7
6.	Boise State	5-0	1,170	6
7.	Ohio State	5-1	1,122	8
8.	TCU	5-0	979	9
9.	Cincinnati	5-0	973	10
10.	LSU	5-1	944	4
11.	Miami (Fla.)	4-1	847	11
12.	Iowa	6-0	785	14
13.	Penn State	5-1	782	12
14.	Oklahoma State	4-1	676	13
15.	Kansas	5-0	640	15
16.	Oregon	5-1	620	17
17.	Nebraska	4-1	491	22
18.	Oklahoma	3-2	447	21
19.	Brigham Young	5-1	441	20
20.	Georgia Tech	5-1	420	23
21.	South Florida	5-0	305	24
22.	South Carolina	5-1	279	NR
23.	Houston	4-1	96	NR
24.	Missouri	4-1	90	18
25.	Notre Dame	4-1	76	NR
Dropped out
No. 16 Mississippi (3-2, lost to No. 3 Alabama 22-3), No. 19 Auburn (5-1, lost to Arkansas 44-23), No. 25 Wisconsin (5-1, lost to then-No. 8 Ohio State 31-13).
Others receiving votes
Auburn (5-1) 73; Mississippi (3-2) 60; Pittsburgh (5-1) 57; Utah (4-1) 49; Wisconsin (5-1) 37; West Virginia (4-1) 13; Arkansas (3-2) 12; Oregon State (4-2) 8; Stanford (4-2) 8; Central Michigan (5-1) 7; Michigan (4-2) 2; North Carolina (4-2) 1; UCLA (3-2) 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.