Two Top 10s along with ACC cinderella Virginia Tech were knocked off their unbeaten perch Saturday causing a major shakeup in the Week 4 Amway Coaches Poll. South Carolina, one of eight ranked teams from the SEC, was the poll’s biggest mover after climbing seven spots to No. 16.
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Week 4 Amway Coaches Poll
| 1 | Florida State Seminoles (50) |
3-0 | 1502 | ||||
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide (1) |
2-0 | 1408 | ||||
| 3 | Oregon Ducks (6) |
3-0 | 1399 | ||||
| 4 | Oklahoma Sooners (4) |
3-0 | 1390 | ||||
| 5 | Auburn Tigers | 2-0 | 1297 | ||||
| 6 | Baylor Bears | 3-0 | 1179 | ||||
| 7 | Texas A&M Aggies | 3-0 | 1159 | ||||
| 8 | LSU Tigers |
3-0 | 1107 | ||||
| 9 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 966 | ||||
| 10 | UCLA | 3-0 | 861 | ||||
| 11 | Michigan State |
1-1 | 776 | ||||
| 12 | Ole Miss Rebels |
3-0 | 769 | ||||
| 13 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
3-0 | 732 | ||||
| 14 | Georgia Bulldogs |
1-1 | 693 | ||||
| 15 | Stanford Cardinal |
2-1 | 561 | ||||
| 16 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
2-1 | 529 | ||||
| 17 | Wisconsin Badgers | 1-1 | 436 | ||||
| 18 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 2-1 | 402 | ||||
| 19 | Missouri Tigers | 3-0 | 382 | ||||
| 20 | Kansas State Wildcats | 2-0 | 381 | ||||
| 21 | USC Trojans | 2-1 | 338 | ||||
| 22 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 3-0 | 325 | ||||
| 23 | BYU |
3-0 | 222 | ||||
| 24 | Clemson Tigers | 1-1 | 207 | ||||
| 25 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2-0 | 128 |
Receiving votes: Duke 100; Mississippi State 92; Oklahoma State 83; Florida 72; TCU 50; Virginia Tech 47; Washington 44; East Carolina 35; Penn State 26; Marshall 25; West Virginia 19; Arizona 18; Cincinnati 15; Northern Illinois 10; Oregon State 8; Louisville 8; Arkansas 7; Pittsburgh 5; North Carolina State 4; Boston College 4; Memphis 2; Boise State 1; Virginia 1.
Per USA Today: ‘The Amway Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.’
List of coaches who vote in the poll: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Dino Babers, Bowling Green; David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Todd Berry, Louisiana-Monroe; Bret Bielema, Arkansas; Larry Blakeney, Troy; Bill Blankenship, Tulsa; Craig Bohl, Wyoming; Terry Bowden, Akron; Art Briles, Baylor; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Toledo; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Norm Chow, Hawaii; Larry Coker, Texas-San Antonio; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State; Bob Diaco, Connecticut; Larry Fedora, North Carolina; Jimbo Fisher, Florida State; Dennis Franchione, Texas State; Justin Fuente, Memphis; Al Golden, Miami (Fla.); Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bobby Hauck, UNLV; Brady Hoke, Michigan; Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Jerry Kill, Minnesota; Mike Leach, Washington State; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Dan McCarney, North Texas; Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Les Miles, LSU; Todd Monken, Southern Mississippi; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; George O’Leary, Central Florida; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Washington; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Jeff Quinn, Buffalo; Matt Rhule, Temple; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Arizona; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Sarkisian, USC; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Charlie Strong, Texas; Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati; Ron Turner, Florida International; Kevin Wilson, Indiana. AFCA policy bars schools under major NCAA or conference sanctions from receiving votes.
