Draft Insiders’ & Coaches Top 25 Teams – Oct. 7th
Vanderbilt Shocks Alabama
Ohio State & Oregon Stay Unbeaten
Tennessee, Michigan & Missouri Fall
Players of Week
Offense – QB Cam Ward – Miami
Defense – Edge Jordan Burch – Oregon
Team of the Week
Vanderbilt Shocks Alabama – 40-35
Upset of the Week
Washington Beats Michigan – 27-17
Games of Week – Oct. 12th
#1 Texas (5-0) at #29 Oklahoma (4-1) at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas – noon
#2 Ohio State (5-0) at #3 Oregon (5-0) – 7:30 pm
Draft Insiders’ – Top 25 Teams
Frank Coyle
Rank/ Team/ Record
1 Texas 5-0
2 Ohio State 5-0
3 Oregon 5-0
4 Alabama 4-1
5 Georgia 4-1
6 Miami 6-0
7 Penn State 5-0
8 Tennessee 4-1
9 Notre Dame 4-1
10 LSU 4-1
11 Ole Miss 5-1
12 Clemson 4-1
13 Missouri 5-1
14 Iowa State 5-0
15 BYU 5-0
16 Indiana 6-0
17 Texas A&M 5-1
18 Utah 4-1
19 Michigan 4-2
20 Oklahoma 4-1
21 Illinois 4-1
22 Kansas State 4-1
23 Pittsburgh 5-0
24 Boise State 4-1
25 SMU 5-1
Coaches Top 25 Poll
Rank/ Team / Record / Points
1 Texas (44) 5-0 1364
2 Ohio State (11) 5-0 1330
3 Oregon 5-0 1215
4 Georgia 4-1 1174
5 Penn State 5-0 1163
6 Miami 6-0 1085
7 Alabama 4-1 1035
8 Ole Miss 5-1 935
9 Tennessee 4-1 856
10 LSU 4-1 839
11 Clemson 4-1 818
12 Notre Dame 4-1 807
13 Iowa State 5-0 695
14 Texas A&M 5-1 564
15 BYU 5-0 549
16 Oklahoma 4-1 541
17 Utah 4-1 479
18 Missouri 4-1 473
19 Kansas State 4-1 360
20 Indiana 6-0 358
21 Michigan 4-2 224
22 Boise State 4-1 213
23 Illinois 4-1 179
24 Pittsburgh 5-0 170
25 SMU 5-1 123
Complete Rankings
Others receiving votes: USC 102, Nebraska 68, Army 36, Navy 26, Colorado 16, Kentucky 12, Arizona 12, UNLV 11, Texas Tech 8, Virginia 7, Liberty 5, Washington 5, Vanderbilt 4, Rutgers 3, Arkansas 3, Tulane 2, Iowa 2, Louisville 2, Syracuse 1, Arizona State 1
Dropped from rankings: USC 15, Louisville 22, UNLV 23
Frank Coyle is a longtime member of the FWAA and a voter for the Heisman Trophy, Outland Trophy, Bronko Nagurski, Jim Thorpe, Fred Biletnikoff and Eddie Robinson awards annually for 33 years.
