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Oct. 25, 2009
Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1.	Florida (46)	7-0	1,459	1
2.	Alabama (9)	8-0	1,399	2
3.	Texas (4)	7-0	1,390	3
4.	Southern California	6-1	1,244	4
5.	Boise State	7-0	1,152	5
6.	TCU	7-0	1,131	7
7.	Cincinnati	7-0	1,126	6
8.	Iowa	8-0	1,086	8
9.	LSU	6-1	1,037	10
10.	Penn State	7-1	935	11
11.	Georgia Tech	7-1	865	13
12.	Oregon	6-1	839	14
13.	Oklahoma State	6-1	825	12
14.	Virginia Tech	5-2	691	15
15.	Ohio State	6-2	569	17
16.	Houston	6-1	544	18
17.	Pittsburgh	7-1	542	19
18.	Miami (Fla.)	5-2	433	9
19.	Utah	6-1	403	20
20.	West Virginia	6-1	365	22
21.	South Carolina	6-2	279	23
22.	Mississippi	5-2	223	25
23.	Oklahoma	4-3	168	NR
24.	Arizona	5-2	149	NR
25.	Notre Dame	5-2	82	NR
Dropped out
No. 16 Brigham Young (6-2, lost to then-No. 7 TCU 38-7), No. 21 Kansas (5-2, lost to then-unranked Oklahoma 35-13), No. 24 Texas Tech (5-3, lost to Texas A&M 52-30).
Others receiving votes
Central Michigan (7-1) 61; Brigham Young (6-2) 59; Wisconsin (5-2) 49; California (5-2) 32; Texas Tech (5-3) 14; Kansas (5-2) 11; Georgia (4-3) 5; Navy (6-2) 4; Auburn (5-3) 2; Clemson (4-3) 2.
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.