The top 25 teams in the USA Today college football coaches' poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 4, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-place vote and final ranking:

                                                                                                                                                                        Record   Pts    Pvs
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Ohio State (63)      10-0   1,575    1
                                                                                                                                                                        2. Michigan             10-0   1,502    2
                                                                                                                                                                        3. Texas                 9-1   1,397    4
                                                                                                                                                                        4. Louisville            8-0   1,382    5
                                                                                                                                                                        5. Auburn                9-1   1,309    6
                                                                                                                                                                        6. Florida               8-1   1,255    7
                                                                                                                                                                        7. Southern California   7-1   1,148    9
                                                                                                                                                                        8. Notre Dame            8-1   1,079   10
                                                                                                                                                                        9. California            8-1   1,048   11
                                                                                                                                                                        10. West Virginia        7-1     994    3
                                                                                                                                                                        11. Arkansas             8-1     946   12
                                                                                                                                                                        12. LSU                  7-2     925   13
                                                                                                                                                                        13. Boise State          9-0     769   14
                                                                                                                                                                        14. Rutgers              8-0     742   15
                                                                                                                                                                        15. Tennessee            7-2     710    8
                                                                                                                                                                        16. Wisconsin            9-1     685   17
                                                                                                                                                                        17. Oklahoma             7-2     597   18
                                                                                                                                                                        18. Georgia Tech         7-2     480   20
                                                                                                                                                                        19. Wake Forest          8-1     448   23
                                                                                                                                                                        20. Oregon               7-2     400   22
                                                                                                                                                                        21. Virginia Tech        7-2     306   24
                                                                                                                                                                        22. Boston College       7-2     230   16
                                                                                                                                                                        23. Texas A&M            8-2     121   21
                                                                                                                                                                        24. Maryland             7-2     113   NR
                                                                                                                                                                        25. Nebraska             7-3     107   NR

                                                                                                                                                                        

Others receiving votes: Clemson 75; BYU 53; Hawaii 40; Oregon State 12; Tulsa 10; TCU 7; Missouri 5; Houston 4; Pittsburgh 1.