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Dec. 6, 2009
Rank
Team (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Last week
1.
Alabama (54)
13-0
1,470
3
2.
Texas (4)
13-0
1,409
2
3.
12-0
1,336
4
4.
12-0
1,280
5
5.
12-1
1,240
1
6.
13-0
1,216
6
7.
10-2
1,096
8
8.
10-2
1,077
7
9.
 Penn State
10-2
950
9
10.
11-2
921
12
11.
 Iowa
10-2
918
10
12.
9-3
829
11
13.
9-3
718
14
14.
10-2
702
13
15.
9-3
611
17
16.
9-3
506
15
17.
 West Virginia
9-3
429
23
18.
 Oklahoma State
9-3
404
21
19.
9-4
391
20
20.
8-4
368
16
21.
 Stanford
8-4
253
24
22.
 Wisconsin
9-3
247
NR
23.
8-4
237
NR
24.
 Utah
9-3
183
25
25.
 Houston
10-3
106
18
Dropped out
No. 19 Southern California (8-4, lost to then-unranked Arizona 21-17), No. 22 California (8-3, lost to Washington 42-10).
Others receiving votes
Central Michigan (11-2) 63; Southern California (8-4) 42; East Carolina (9-4) 37; Texas Tech (8-4) 34; Northwestern (8-4) 24; Clemson (8-5) 23; Mississippi (8-4) 16; California (8-4) 12; South Carolina (7-5) 8; Missouri (8-4) 5; Oklahoma (7-5) 5; Troy (9-3) 3; North Carolina (8-4) 2; Georgia (7-5) 1; Middle Tennessee (9-3) 1; Navy (8-4) 1; Nevada (8-4) 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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