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USA Today Coaches' Poll released: Rutgers football gets votes

The nation takes notice after RU's barnburner late last Thursday night.

By Kevin Recio
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports

For the second straight year, Rutgers opened to a national audience on the the west coast, this time against a Power 5 opponent, and this time ended with a victory. The win brought some respect to the Scarlet Knights, as RU is now in the receiving votes category in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. It's important to note that Rutgers' Kyle Flood is not a participant this year for voting, which means that there is no chance for self-selection. Also of note is that Wazzu head coach Mike Leach does have a vote, making him a likely candidate for voting in RU. Here is the full poll:

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS FIRST PLACE VOTES PREVIOUS RANK
1 Florida State Seminoles 1-0 1541 57 NR
2 Alabama Crimson Tide 1-0 1432 NR
3 Oklahoma Sooners 1-0 1407 2 NR
4 Oregon Ducks 1-0 1358 2 NR
5 Auburn Tigers 1-0 1289 NR
6 Michigan State Spartans 1-0 1141 NR
7 Ohio State Buckeyes 1-0 1114 NR
8 Georgia Bulldogs 1-0 1108 1 NR
9 Baylor Bears 1-0 1018 NR
10 Stanford Cardinal 1-0 999 NR
11 UCLA Bruins 1-0 964 NR
12 LSU Tigers 1-0 912 NR
13 Texas A&M Aggies 1-0 895 NR
14 USC Trojans 1-0 713 NR
15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1-0 605 NR
16 Arizona State Sun Devils 1-0 502 NR
17 Ole Miss Rebels 1-0 438 NR
18 Nebraska Cornhuskers 1-0 384 NR
19 Wisconsin Badgers 0-1 373 NR
20 Kansas State Wildcats 1-0 370 NR
21 South Carolina Gamecocks 0-1 272 NR
22 Missouri Tigers 1-0 189 NR
23 North Carolina Tar Heels 1-0 168 NR
24 Clemson Tigers 0-1 155 NR
25 Texas Longhorns 1-0 150 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma State 106; Florida 84; Louisville 73; Mississippi State 72; Michigan 59; Washington 51; Duke 47; Brigham Young 26; Iowa 23; TCU 23; Minnesota 16; Louisiana-Lafayette 13; Marshall 11; Virginia Tech 11; West Virginia 7; Cincinnati 7; Arizona 6; Oregon State 5; Pittsburgh 2; Rutgers 2; Northern Illinois 2; Colorado State 2; Texas Tech 2; Temple 1; Boise State 1; Memphis 1.
In B1G news, Michigan State is now ahead of Ohio State, leading all conference teams. This is most likely due to Braxton Miller's injury rather than anything performance related from last Saturday. Wisconsin remains in the top 20 after a close loss to LSU, and Nebraska is holding strong as a mid-to-high teen squad. The AP poll will be released around 2 PM today.