USA TODAY SPORTS AFCA COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES POLL – 9/7/2021
The USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll Top 25 with team’s records THROUGH SATURDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, previous week ranking and first-place votes received.
| 1. Alabama (11) | 1-0 | 1624 | 1 |
| 2. Georgia (4) | 1-0 | 1537 | 5 |
| 3. Ohio State | 1-0 | 1491 | 4 |
| 4. OKlahoma | 1-0 | 1397 | 3 |
| 5. Texas A&M | 1-0 | 1334 | 6 |
| 6. Clemson | 0-1 | 1239 | 2 |
| 7. Notre Dame | 1-0 | 1197 | 7 |
| 8. Cincinnati | 1-0 | 1113 | 10 |
| 9. Florida | 1-0 | 1058 | 11 |
| 10. Iowa State | 1-0 | 1057 | 8 |
| 11. Oregon | 1-0 | 920 | 12 |
| 12. Iowa | 1-0 | 914 | 18 |
| 13. Penn State | 1-0 | 872 | 20 |
| 14. Southern California | 1-0 | 828 | 14 |
| 15. Texas | 1-0 | 653 | 19 |
| 16. UCLA | 2-0 | 538 | 42 |
| 17. Wisconsin | 0-1 | 359 | 15 |
| 18. Utah | 1-0 | 294 | 26 |
| 19. Coastal Carolina | 1-0 | 289 | 24 |
| 20. Mississippi | 1-0 | 285 | 25 |
| 21. Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 274 | 40 |
| 22. North Carolina | 0-1 | 252 | 9 |
| 23. Oklahoma State | 1-0 | 243 | 22 |
| 24. Miami (Fla) | 0-1 | 186 | 16 |
| 25. Arizona State | 1-0 | 181 | 28 |
Dropped out: No. 13 LSU (0-1); No. 17 Indiana (0-1); No. 21 Washington (0-1); No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette (0-1);
Others receiving votes: Auburn (1-0) 123; Michigan (1-0) 99; LSU (0-1) 95; North Carolina State (1-0) 81; Liberty (1-0) 78; Brigham Young (1-0) 65; Indiana (0-1) 58; TCU (1-0) 49; Central Florida (1-0) 48; Florida State (0-1) 34; Michigan State (1-0) 33; Kentucky (1-0) 28; Pittsburgh (1-0) 20; Louisiana-Lafayette (0-1) 19; Kansas State (1-0) 19; Boston College (1-0) 19; Appalachian State (1-0) 15; SMU (1-0) 14; Rutgers (1-0) 11; Arkansas (1-0) 11; Maryland (1-0) 9; Tennessee (1-0) 7; Nevada (1-0) 7; Fresno State (1-1) 7; Army (1-0) 7; Tulane (0-1) 6; Virginia (1-0) 5; San Jose State (1-1) 5; Missouri (1-0) 5; Ball State (1-0) 5; Marshall (1-0) 3; Alabama-Birmingham (1-0) 2; Air Force (1-0) 2; Charlotte (1-0) 1.
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