Canes Still Top USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25
Sept. 8, 2002
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Defending national champion Miami solidified its hold on the No. 1 spot and Florida plummeted seven places in the latest ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll released Sunday.
Miami (2-0) rolled to a 41-16 rout of the Gators on Saturday in the first regular-season meeting between the two in-state powers since 1987. That was enough for the Hurricanes to land nine more first-place votes than last week, giving them 1,520 points and 58 first-place votes overall in a nationwide poll of 61 coaches.
Florida (1-1) slipped from sixth to 13th.
While Miami won its 24th straight game, idle Texas (1-0) remained second with 1,413 points and two first-place votes.
Oklahoma (2-0) beat Alabama 37-27 on Saturday and remains third in the poll followed by Tennessee (2-0) and idle Florida State (2-0), which received one first-place vote. Tennessee defeated Middle Tennessee 26-3 on Saturday.
Michigan (2-0), Nebraska (3-0), Ohio State (2-0), Virginia Tech (2-0) and Georgia (1-0) complete the top 10 after each moving up one spot.
Washington State (2-0) is 11th followed by Oregon (2-0), Florida, Washington (1-1), Michigan State (2-0), Southern California (1-0), Marshall (1-0), Wisconsin (3-0), Colorado (1-1) and North Carolina State (3-0).
Notre Dame (2-0) moved up three more spots to No. 21 after a 24-17 victory over Purdue. Louisiana State (1-1), Texas A&M (2-0), Brigham Young (2-0) and Penn State (1-0).
South Carolina (1-1) and Colorado State (2-1) dropped out of the poll and were replaced by Texas A&M and Brigham Young. South Carolina lost to Virginia 34-21 and Colorado State fell to UCLA 30-19.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 college football coaches’ poll, with number of first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points and previous ranking:
(Records through September 7, 2002)
TEAM PTS PVS —- — — 1. MIAMI FLA (58) (2-0) 1,520 1 2. TEXAS (2) (1-0) 1,413 2 3. OKLAHOMA (2-0) 1,346 3 4. TENNESSEE (2-0) 1,332 4 5. FLORIDA ST (1) (2-0) 1,281 5 6. MICHIGAN (2-0) 1,160 7 7. NEBRASKA (3-0) 1,095 8 8. OHIO ST (2-0) 1,067 9 9. VIRGINIA TECH (2-0) 1,007 1010. GEORGIA (1-0) 967 1111. WASHINGTON ST (2-0) 872 1212. OREGON (2-0) 809 1313. FLORIDA (1-1) 747 614. WASHINGTON (1-1) 645 1415. MICHIGAN ST (2-0) 602 1516. USC (1-0) 497 1617. MARSHALL (1-0) 432 1818. WISCONSIN (3-0) 400 2119. COLORADO (1-1) 391 1720. NO CAROLINA ST (3-0) 379 2221. NOTRE DAME (2-0) 313 2422. LSU (1-1) 232 2323. TEXAS A&M (2-0) 173 NR24. BYU (2-0) 164 NR25. PENN ST (1-0) 144 25
Dropped Out: No. 19 South Carolina, No. 20 Colorado St
Others Receiving Votes: COLORADO ST 119, KANSAS ST 119, UCLA114, IOWA ST 77, GEORGIA TECH 75, SOUTH CAROLINA 39,SOUTHERN MISS 35, UTAH 32, OREGON ST 31, BOSTON COLLEGE 28,AUBURN 25, MISSISSIPPI 25, MISSOURI 22, IOWA 19, ARKANSAS16, CLEMSON 14, MARYLAND 14, AIR FORCE 12, LOUISVILLE 10,TOLEDO 4, ARIZONA 3, MINNESOTA 2, FRESNO ST 1, NORTHCAROLINA 1.
