Mississippi State stays at No. 1 in Amway Coaches Poll

The Amway Coaches Poll, with teams’ 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.           Mississippi State (7-0)           1528                           1                        41

  2.           Florida State (7-0)                 1508                           2                        21

  3.           Alabama (7-1)                      1351                           4                          0

  4.           Auburn (6-1)                        1276                           6                          0

  5.           Michigan State (7-1)             1269                           5                          0

  6.           Oregon (7-1)                         1217                           7                          0

  7.           Notre Dame (6-1)                 1170                           8                          0

  8.           Georgia (6-1)                        1069                           9                          0

  9.           Mississippi (7-1)                   1067                           3                          0

  10.         TCU (6-1)                             1057                           10                        0

  11.         Kansas State (6-1)                   979                           11                        0

  12.         Baylor (6-1)                            848                           13                        0

  13.         Ohio State (6-1)                      817                           12                        0

  14.         Arizona State (6-1)                 712                           14                        0

  15.         Arizona (6-1)                          652                           15                        0

  16.         Nebraska (7-1)                        623                           16                        0

  17.         LSU (7-2)                               455                           23                        0

  18.         Utah (6-1)                               454                           19                        0

  19.         East Carolina (6-1)                  448                           17                        0

  20.         Oklahoma (5-2)                      444                           18                        0

  21.         Clemson (6-2)                         304                           20                        0

  22.         West Virginia (6-2)                 290                           25                        0

  23.         Marshall (8-0)                         217                           22                        0

  24.         Duke (6-1)                              134                           not ranked            0

  25.         UCLA (6-2)                            107                           not ranked            0

  Dropped out: No. 21 Southern California (5-3), No. 24 Minnesota (6-2).

  Others receiving votes: Wisconsin (5-2) 44; Colorado State (7-1) 35; Missouri (6-2) 22; Minnesota (6-2) 14; Georgia Tech (6-2) 13; Stanford (5-3) 10; Southern California (5-3) 8; Boise State (6-2) 4; Louisville (6-2) 3; Texas A&M (5-3) 1.

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.