The 2019 college football season rolls on after another busy weekend, so it is now time for the updated rankings. Ahead of Week 3, the latest Amway Coaches Poll has been released with the defending national champion Clemson Tigers hanging on to the top spot. Clemson received 60 of a potential 63 first-place votes, with second-ranked Alabama receiving the remaining first-place votes.
Rounding out the top five are the Georgia Bulldogs, Oklahoma Sooners, and LSU Tigers, who jumped into the top five after scoring a big win over the Texas Longhorns. Texas, meanwhile, fell four spots to No. 13.
Three teams fell out of the top 25, with No. 22 Syracuse, No. 23 Stanford, and No. 25 Nebraska being bumped from the rankings.
Where does your favorite team stand in the updated college football rankings for the upcoming season?
A look at the 2019 Preseason Coaches Poll can be seen below.
- Clemson
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- Ohio State
- Notre Dame
- Florida
- Auburn
- Michigan
- Penn State
- Utah
- Texas
- Wisconsin
- Texas A&M
- UCF
- Oregon
- Iowa
- Michigan State
- Washington State
- Washington
- Boise State
- Mississippi State
- USC
- Maryland
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 64; Kentucky 62; California 51; Iowa State 48; Memphis 46; Oklahoma State 45; North Carolina 42; Boston College 31; Army 31; Texas Christian 28; NC State 28; Colorado 16; Stanford 8; Hawaii 7; Appalachian State 6; Minnesota 5; Wyoming 3; Wake Forest 2; Troy 2; Arizona State 2; Tulane 1; Nebraska 1; Navy 1.
The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.
2019-20 Coaches Poll Panel
- Chris Ash, Rutgers
- Dino Babers, Syracuse
- Craig Bohl, Wyoming
- Jeff Brohm, Purdue
- Neal Brown, West Virginia
- Troy Calhoun, Air Force
- Steve Campbell, South Alabama
- Rod Carey, Temple
- Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina
- Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech
- David Cutcliffe, Duke
- Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
- Butch Davis, Florida International
- Ryan Day, Ohio State
- Manny Diaz, Miami (Fla.)
- Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso
- Dave Doeren, North Carolina State
- Sonny Dykes, Southern Methodist
- Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
- Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
- James Franklin, Penn State
- Hugh Freeze, Liberty
- Willie Fritz, Tulane
- Scott Frost, Nebraska
- Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
- Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois
- Bryan Harsin, Boise State
- Clay Helton, Southern California
- Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
- Tom Herman, Texas
- Doc Holliday, Marshall
- Jay Hopson, Southern Mississippi
- Mike Houston, East Carolina
- Mike Leach, Washington State
- Lance Leipold, Buffalo
- Tim Lester, Western Michigan
- Chip Lindsey, Troy
- Seth Littrell, North Texas
- Scot Loeffler, Bowling Green
- Rocky Long, San Diego State
- Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern
- Gus Malzahn, Auburn
- Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)
- Doug Martin, New Mexico State
- Jeff Monken, Army
- Phillip Montgomery, Tulsa
- Dan Mullen, Florida
- Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
- Ed Orgeron, LSU
- Gary Patterson, TCU
- Chris Petersen, Washington
- Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee
- Matt Rhule, Baylor
- Nick Saban, Alabama
- Tony Sanchez, UNLV
- Kirby Smart, Georgia
- Jonathan Smith, Oregon State
- Frank Solich, Ohio
- Jake Spavital, Texas State
- Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
- Kevin Sumlin, Arizona
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson
- Jeff Tedford, Fresno State
- Matt Wells, Texas Tech
- Kyle Whittingham, Utah.