On the heels of weekend losses by a pair of Big Ten Top 10s, the SEC continued its early-season surge in Sunday’s Week 3 Amway Coaches Poll with five league teams (four from the West) ranked inside the top nine and eight overall.

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In last week’s coaches poll, Michigan State and Ohio State were ranked Nos. 6 and 7 respectively, but losses on Saturday disrupted the Big Ten’s College Football Playoff hopes.

Week 3 Amway Coaches Poll

1 Florida State Seminoles (51)
 2-0 1529
2 Alabama Crimson Tide (1)
 2-0 1435
3 Oklahoma Sooners (3)
 2-0 1408
4 Oregon Ducks (6)
 2-0 1407
5 Auburn Tigers 2-0 1312
6 Georgia Bulldogs (1) 1-0 1209
7 Baylor Bears 2-0 1135
8 Texas A&M Aggies
 2-0 1090
9 LSU Tigers 2-0 1034
10 USC Trojans 2-0 999
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2-0 858
12 UCLA Bruins 2-0 812
13 Michigan State Spartans 1-1 716
14 Arizona State Sun Devils 2-0 646
15 Ole Miss Rebels
 2-0 609
16 Stanford Cardinal 1-1 585
17 Wisconsin Badgers 1-1 409
18 Ohio State Buckeyes 1-1 402
19 Virginia Tech Hokies 2-0 349
20 Kansas State Wildcats 2-0 333
21 Nebraska Cornhuskers 2-0 310
22 Missouri Tigers 2-0 281
23 South Carolina Gamecocks
 1-1 232
24 Clemson Tigers 1-1 212
25 North Carolina Tar Heels 2-0 129

Receiving votes: Louisville 128; Brigham Young 124; Florida 107; Mississippi State 84; Oklahoma State 81; Duke 55; Washington 22; TCU 19; Minnesota 17; Marshall 14; Iowa 9; Cincinnati 8; Arizona 7; Oregon State 6; West Virginia 6; Pittsburgh 5; Northern Illinois 5; Rutgers 4; Memphis 4; Michigan 2; Boise State 1; Texas Tech 1.