USC Tumbles, Clemson Steady In New Polls
(WOLO) — After Saturday’s 44-11 loss at Florida, the Gamecocks tumbled in today’s new polls. USC dropped eight spots to #16 in the coaches’ poll. Carolina also slipped eight spots in the AP poll to #17. Clemson held steady at #13 in the coaches’ poll and #14 according to the AP. The Tigers beat Virginia Tech 38-17. AP Poll Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (59) 7-0 1,499 1 2. Oregon 7-0 1,424 2 3. Florida (1) 7-0 1,380 3 4. Kansas St. 7-0 1,333 4 5. Notre Dame 7-0 1,241 5 6. LSU 7-1 1,172 6 7. Oregon St. 6-0 1,106 8 8. Oklahoma 5-1 1,065 10 9. Ohio St. 8-0 1,028 7 10. Southern Cal 6-1 944 11 11. Florida St. 7-1 872 12 12. Georgia 6-1 745 13 13. Mississippi St. 7-0 739 15 14. Clemson 6-1 713 14 15. Texas Tech 6-1 653 18 16. Louisville 7-0 620 16 17. South Carolina 6-2 591 9 18. Rutgers 7-0 539 19 19. Stanford 5-2 421 22 20. Michigan 5-2 300 23 21. Boise St. 6-1 258 24 22. Texas A&M 5-2 252 20 23. Ohio 7-0 181 25 24. Louisiana Tech 6-1 106 NR 25. West Virginia 5-2 76 17 Others receiving votes: Toledo 49, Texas 33, Wisconsin 31, TCU 29, Nebraska 24, Penn St. 18, NC State 13, Oklahoma St. 12, Arizona 7, UCLA 7, Tulsa 6, Arizona St. 5, N. Illinois 5, Cincinnati 3. Coaches’ Poll 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Florida 4. Kansas State 5. Notre Dame 6. LSU 7. Oklahoma 8. Southern California 9. Oregon State 10. Florida State 11. Georgia 12. Mississippi State 13. Clemson 14. Louisville 15. Rutgers 16. South Carolina 17. Texas Tech 18. Boise State 19. Stanford 20. Michigan 21. Texas A&M 22. West Virginia 23. Ohio 24. Texas 25. Wisconsin
