Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, September 8, 2015
The latest Coaches Poll is out, and three Big Ten teams are ranked following the opening week of the college football season.
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Defending national champion and preseason unanimous No. 1 Ohio State remained atop the poll, once again garnering every first-place vote, after it won 42-24 at Virginia Tech.
Big Ten East rival Michigan State also stayed put, at No. 6, fresh off beating instate foe Western Michigan, 37-24, in Kalamazoo.
Wisconsin went from No. 18 to No. 24 as a result of its 35-17 loss to then-No. 3 Alabama.
Also of note: Northwestern, which beat No. 21 Stanford, is receiving the fourth-most votes (35) of unranked teams.
See the full poll below:
Coaches' Rankings | |||
Rankings as of 9/8/2015 | |||
Rank | School | Votes | Prev |
1 | Ohio State (1-0) | 1599 (63) | 1 |
2 | Alabama (1-0) | 1485 (1) | 3 |
3 | TCU (1-0) | 1464 | 2 |
4 | Baylor (1-0) | 1349 | 4 |
5 | Oregon (1-0) | 1279 | 5 |
6 | Michigan State (1-0) | 1252 | 6 |
7 | Auburn (1-0) | 1190 | 7 |
8 | Florida State (1-0) | 1090 | 8 |
9 | Georgia (1-0) | 1075 | 9 |
10 | USC (1-0) | 1035 | 10 |
11 | Notre Dame (1-0) | 994 | 11 |
12 | Clemson (1-0) | 870 | 12 |
13 | UCLA (1-0) | 801 | 14 |
14 | Ole Miss (1-0) | 735 | 15 |
15 | LSU (0-0) | 734 | 13 |
16 | Georgia Tech (1-0) | 651 | 17 |
17 | Oklahoma (1-0) | 541 | 19 |
18 | Arkansas (1-0) | 485 | 20 |
19 | Texas A&M (1-0) | 418 | NR |
20 | Arizona (1-0) | 336 | 22 |
21 | Missouri (1-0) | 301 | 23 |
22 | Boise State (1-0) | 277 | 24 |
23 | Tennessee (1-0) | 212 | 25 |
24 | Wisconsin (0-1) | 108 | 18 |
25 | Utah (1-0) | 106 | NR |
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