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USA TODAY/COACHES POLL: Oklahoma State moves ahead of OU

Sooners and Cowboys pull a switch-o-change-o, and Baylor and Texas Tech are the Big 12 poll leaders. Oh...and Texas isn't ranked. BTW...which is better...a bye week, or beating Kansas by 14?

By Robert Whetsell
Richard Rowe-USA TODAY Sports

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS RANK
1 Alabama (58) 6-0 1545 1
2 Oregon (3) 6-0 1485 2
3 Ohio St. 6-0 1406 3
4 Clemson (1) 6-0 1365 4
5 Florida St. 5-0 1293 6
6 Louisville 6-0 1166 8
7 Texas A&M 5-1 1156 9
8 LSU 6-1 1098 11
9 South Carolina 5-1 1024 12
10 UCLA 5-0 999 13
11 Miami 5-0 905 14
12 Baylor 5-0 890 15
13 Stanford 5-1 857 5
14 Missouri 6-0 617 NR
15 Texas Tech 6-0 587 21
16 Georgia 4-2 546 7
17 Oklahoma St. 4-1 493 20
18 Oklahoma 5-1 482 10
19 Fresno St. 5-0 419 22
20 Virginia Tech 6-1 297 25
21 Nebraska 5-1 278 24
22 Florida 4-2 240 17
23 Northern Illinois 6-0 224 23
24 Michigan 5-1 178 16
25 Washington 4-2 137 19
Schools Dropped Out
No. 18 Northwestern.
Others Receiving Votes
Wisconsin 124; Michigan State 83; Auburn 67; Notre Dame 60; Oregon State 23; Texas 23; Central Florida 22; Northwestern 19; Utah 18; Arizona State 13; Houston 6; Boise State 3; Mississippi 2.

And here's the first Harris Poll....

Rank Team Record Points Previous Game Next Game
1 Alabama (93) 6-0 2,589 Beat Kentucky, 48-7 Arkansas
2 Oregon (10) 6-0 2,501 Beat Washington, 45-24 Washington State
3 Clemson (1) 6-0 2,355 Beat Boston College, 24-14 #5 Florida State
4 Ohio State 6-0 2,280 Idle Iowa
5 Florida State 5-0 2,198 Idle at #3 Clemson
6 Louisville 6-0 1,922 Beat Rutgers, 24-10 Central Florida (FRI)
7 Texas A&M 5-1 1,919 Beat Ole Miss, 41-38 Auburn
8 LSU 6-1 1,914 Beat Florida, 17-6 at Ole Miss
9 UCLA 5-0 1,719 Beat California, 37-10 at #12 Stanford
10 Miami (FL) 5-0 1,570 Idle at North Carolina (THUR)
11 South Carolina 5-1 1,511 Beat Arkansas, 52-7 at Tennessee
12 Stanford 5-1 1,482 Lost to Utah, 27-21 #9 UCLA
13 Baylor 5-0 1,451 Beat Kansas State, 35-25 Iowa State
14 Missouri 6-0 1,140 Beat Georgia, 41-26 #21 Florida
15 Texas Tech 6-0 1,070 Beat Iowa State, 42-35 at West Virginia
16 Georgia 4-2 1,014 Lost to Missouri, 41-26 at Vanderbilt
17 Oklahoma 5-1 840 Lost to Texas, 36-20 at Kansas
18 Fresno State 5-0 671 Idle UNLV
19 Oklahoma State 4-1 630 Idle TCU
20 Virginia Tech 6-1 584 Beat Pittsburgh, 19-9 Idle
21 Florida 4-2 399 Lost to LSU, 17-6 at #14 Missouri
22 Northern Illinois 6-0 376 Beat Akron, 27-20 at Central Michigan
23 Nebraska 5-1 326 Beat Purdue, 44-7 Idle
24 Michigan 5-1 323 Lost to Penn State, 43-40 (4OT) Indiana
25 Washington 4-2 303 Lost to Oregon, 45-24 at Arizona State
Other teams receiving votes: Wisconsin 172; Auburn 170; Michigan State 115; Oregon State 57; Notre Dame 54; Northwestern 34; Arizona State 27; Texas 25; Central Florida 18; Utah 16; Houston 13; Ball State 9; Maryland 3.

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