Nov. 20, 2005
Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Last week
1. Southern California (49) 11-0 1,536 1
2. Texas (13) 10-0 1,501 2
3. LSU 9-1 1,415 4
4. Penn State 10-1 1,344 5
5. Virginia Tech 9-1 1,277 6
6. Notre Dame 8-2 1,185 7
7. Ohio State 9-2 1,137 9
8. Oregon 10-1 1,102 10
9. Auburn 9-2 1,025 12
10. Miami (Fla.) 8-2 990 3
11. UCLA 9-1 970 11
12. West Virginia 8-1 881 13
13. Georgia 8-2 797 14
14. Alabama 9-2 727 8
15. TCU 10-1 704 15
16. Fresno State 8-2 543 16
17. Texas Tech 9-2 525 19
18. Louisville 7-2 520 18
19. Florida 7-3 383 20
20. Boston College 8-3 345 23
21. Florida State 7-3 341 22
22. Wisconsin 8-3 218 24
23. Michigan 7-4 158 17
24. Georgia Tech 7-3 149 NR
25. Iowa State 7-3 135 NR
Dropped out
No. 21 South Carolina (7-4, lost to Clemson 13-9), No. 25 Texas-El Paso (8-2, lost to UAB 35-23).
Others receiving votes
Clemson (7-4) 76; Colorado (7-3) 39; Iowa (7-4) 36; South Carolina (7-4) 20;
Central Florida (8-3) 18; Texas-El Paso (8-2) 10; Boise State (8-3) 9; Northwestern (7-4) 9; Oklahoma (6-4) 9;
South Florida (6-3) 8; California (7-4) 6; Minnesota (7-4) 2.
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The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2005 season: Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Chuck Amato, N.C. State, Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Phil Bennett, SMU; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Larry Blakeney, Troy; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Miss; Gregg Brandon, Bowling Green; Art Briles, Houston; Rich Brooks, Kentucky; Mack Brown, Texas; Watson Brown, UAB; John Bunting, North Carolina; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.); Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Darrell Dickey, North Texas; Bill Doba, Washington State;
Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Walt Harris, Stanford; Ken Hatfield, Rice; Dan Hawkins, Boise State; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Terry Hoeppner, Indiana; Brady Hoke, Ball State; Skip Holtz, East Carolina; Brian Kelly, Central Michigan; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Dan McCarney, Iowa State; Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Houston Nutt, Arkansas; Tom O'Brien, Boston College; Gary Patterson, TCU;
Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Mark Richt, Georgia;
Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; John L. Smith, Michigan State; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Dick Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Bobby Wallace, Temple; Randy Walker, Northwestern; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Tyrone Willingham, Washington.
The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation
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