FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

USA TODAY TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL — Nov, 15, 2009

The Top 25 football coaches poll, with team’s records in parentheses, total points based on 25
points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes
received:
Last week’s First-place
Rank School (record) Points rank votes

1. Florida (10-0) 1460 1 48

2. Texas (10-0) 1397 2 4
3. Alabama (10-0) 1388 3 7
4. TCU (10-0) 1277 4 0
5. Cincinnati (10-0) 1219 5 0
6. Boise State (10-0) 1183 6 0
7. Georgia Tech (10-1) 1127 7 0
8. Ohio State (9-2) 1019 8 0
9. Pittsburgh (9-1) 997 9 0
10. LSU (8-2) 956 11 0
11. Oregon (8-2) 875 16 0
12. Penn State (9-2) 772 17 0
13. Oklahoma State (8-2) 750 18 0
14. Wisconsin (8-2) 630 20 0
15. Iowa (9-2) 584 13 0
16. Virginia Tech (7-3) 558 21 0
17. Stanford (7-3) 516 not ranked 0
18. Brigham Young (8-2) 404 22 0
19. Clemson (7-3) 274 not ranked 0
20. Oregon State (7-3) 256 not ranked 0
21. Southern California (7-3) 239 10 0
22. Houston (8-2) 229 12 0
23. Utah (8-2) 212 14 0
24. Miami (Fla.) (7-3) 156 15 0
25. (tie) North Carolina (7-3) 107 not ranked 0
25. (tie) Nebraska (7-3) 107 not ranked 0
Dropped out: No. 19 Arizona (6-3, lost to California 24-16), No. 23 West Virginia (7-3, lost to No. 5 Cincinnati 24-21),
No. 24 South Florida (6-3, lost to Rutgers 31-0), No. 25 Auburn (7-4, lost to Georgia 31-24).
Others receiving votes: Arizona (6-3) 87; Navy (8-3) 76; Rutgers (7-2) 74; California (7-3) 55; Mississippi (7-3) 46;
West Virginia (7-3) 46; Central Michigan (8-2) 27; Temple (8-2) 17; Oklahoma (6-4) 15; Boston College (7-3) 14; Auburn
(7-4) 8; Texas Tech (6-4) 7; Nevada (7-3) 6; Northwestern (7-4) 3; Georgia (6-4) 2.

The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 59 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the
American Football Coaches Association.