Amway/USA Today Coaches Poll for week 1, 2014
By Mike Marteny
The first week of college football is in the books. Now it is time for the polls to come out!
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Here is the new Amway/USA Today Coaches Poll for September 2, 2014:
1. Florida State: The preseason number one stays that way despite a sloppy win over unranked Oklahoma State.
2. Alabama: The Tide stay at 2 after a win over West Virginia.
3. Oklahoma: Thrashed Louisiana Tech on Saturday, but that should come as no surprise.
4. Oregon: Offense was on a roll, but they did give up 13 first half points to South Dakota.
5. Auburn: When Nick Marshall joined the game after halftime, the Tigers returned to 2013 form.
6. Michigan State: I hope the defense got a little bit of a workout in against Jacksonville State.
7. Ohio State: They actually fell a spot for letting Navy hang around for 52 minutes.
8. Georgia: The Bulldogs jump four slots with Gurley trampling Clemson.
9. Baylor: Recording their first shutout against an FBS school since 1995 earns them a one slot jump this week.
10. Stanford: Gained a spot after hammering UC-Davis
11. UCLA: The Bruins slide four places since they couldn’t get their offense going against Virginia.
12. LSU: LSU only gains one spot after come-from-behind win over Badgers.
13. Texas A&M: They destroyed South Carolina in Columbia to halt FBS’ longest home winning streak earning them a seven spot jump.
14. USC: The Trojans are up one after dismantling Fresno State again.
15. Notre Dame: The Irish jump two slots after thumping Rice in Golson’s return.
16. Arizona State: The Sun Devils also jump two slots after coasting against Weber State.
17. Mississippi: The win over perennial BCS-thorn Boise State moves them up two spots.
18. Nebraska: The Huskers set a Big Ten(14) conference record for all purpose yards in thrashing of Florida Atlantic, jumping them four spots.
19. Wisconsin: The Badgers drop five after blowing a late lead to LSU.
20. Kansas State: Thumped Stephen F. Austin to jump one spot.
21. South Carolina: They drop 12 spots after a miserable showing against the Aggies at home.
22. Missouri: The Tigers join the top 25 with their win over South Dakota State.
23. North Carolina: The Tarheels hold steady at number 23 with a win over Liberty
24. Clemson: The Tigers stay in the top 25, but fall eight slots after loss to Georgia.
25: Texas: The Longhorns actually fall a spot despite a convincing win over North Texas.
Washington was the only team to fall from the rankings after a lackluster performance against Hawaii.