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On the heels of weekend losses by a pair of Big Ten Top 10s, the SEC continued its early-season surge in Sunday’s Week 3 Amway Coaches Poll with five league teams (four from the West) ranked inside the top nine and eight overall.
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In last week’s coaches poll, Michigan State and Ohio State were ranked Nos. 6 and 7 respectively, but losses on Saturday disrupted the Big Ten’s College Football Playoff hopes.
Week 3 Amway Coaches Poll
| 1 | Florida State Seminoles (51) |
2-0 | 1529 | ||||
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide (1) |
2-0 | 1435 | ||||
| 3 | Oklahoma Sooners (3) |
2-0 | 1408 | ||||
| 4 | Oregon Ducks (6) |
2-0 | 1407 | ||||
| 5 | Auburn Tigers | 2-0 | 1312 | ||||
| 6 | Georgia Bulldogs (1) | 1-0 | 1209 | ||||
| 7 | Baylor Bears | 2-0 | 1135 | ||||
| 8 | Texas A&M Aggies |
2-0 | 1090 | ||||
| 9 | LSU Tigers | 2-0 | 1034 | ||||
| 10 | USC Trojans | 2-0 | 999 | ||||
| 11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 2-0 | 858 | ||||
| 12 | UCLA Bruins | 2-0 | 812 | ||||
| 13 | Michigan State Spartans | 1-1 | 716 | ||||
| 14 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 2-0 | 646 | ||||
| 15 | Ole Miss Rebels |
2-0 | 609 | ||||
| 16 | Stanford Cardinal | 1-1 | 585 | ||||
| 17 | Wisconsin Badgers | 1-1 | 409 | ||||
| 18 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 1-1 | 402 | ||||
| 19 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 2-0 | 349 | ||||
| 20 | Kansas State Wildcats | 2-0 | 333 | ||||
| 21 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 2-0 | 310 | ||||
| 22 | Missouri Tigers | 2-0 | 281 | ||||
| 23 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
1-1 | 232 | ||||
| 24 | Clemson Tigers | 1-1 | 212 | ||||
| 25 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2-0 | 129 |
Receiving votes: Louisville 128; Brigham Young 124; Florida 107; Mississippi State 84; Oklahoma State 81; Duke 55; Washington 22; TCU 19; Minnesota 17; Marshall 14; Iowa 9; Cincinnati 8; Arizona 7; Oregon State 6; West Virginia 6; Pittsburgh 5; Northern Illinois 5; Rutgers 4; Memphis 4; Michigan 2; Boise State 1; Texas Tech 1.
