KNOXVILLE — The Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports has been released following the seventh week of the 2020 college football season.
The Vols are receiving six votes in this week’s poll.
Tennessee suffered a 48-17 loss to Alabama in Week 5 of the SEC’s 10-game league-only schedule. The Vols have an open date in Week 6 before playing at Arkansas on Nov. 7.
2020 Week 6 Amway Coaches Poll
| Clemson | 6-0 | 1540 | 52 | 1 | — | 1/1 | |
| 2 | Alabama | 5-0 | 1493 | 8 | 2 | — | 2/3 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 1374 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2/10 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 5-0 | 1368 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3/10 |
| 5 | Georgia | 3-1 | 1293 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3/5 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 4-0 | 1209 | 0 | 6 | — | 6/19 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 1058 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7/22 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 3-1 | 1055 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8/20 |
| 9 | Florida | 2-1 | 1010 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 3/9 |
| 10 | Brigham Young | 6-0 | 941 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10/23 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 1-0 | 928 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11/18 |
| 12 | Miami | 5-1 | 911 | 0 | 11 | -1 | 7/NR |
| 13 | North Carolina | 4-1 | 796 | 0 | 13 | — | 6/19 |
| 14 | Michigan | 1-0 | 789 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14/21 |
| 15 | Oregon | 0-0 | 674 | 0 | 15 | — | 9/17 |
| 16 | Kansas State | 4-1 | 592 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 16/NR |
| 17 | Penn State | 0-1 | 413 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 7/17 |
| 18 | Marshall | 5-0 | 309 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Indiana | 1-0 | 302 | 0 | NR | 32 | 19/NR |
| 20 | Southern California | 0-0 | 271 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 17/NR |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina | 5-0 | 268 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 21/NR |
| 22 | Iowa State | 3-2 | 215 | 0 | 18 | -4 | 18/NR |
| 23 | Southern Methodist | 5-1 | 192 | 0 | 16 | -7 | 16/NR |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 3-2 | 138 | 0 | NR | 6 | 3/NR |
| 25 | Army | 6-1 | 130 | 0 | NR | 2 | 25/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 20 Virginia Tech; No. 21 Minnesota; No. 22 NC State.
Others receiving votes
Auburn 118; Liberty 112; Memphis 88; Boise State 79; Minnesota 67; UL Lafayette 62; Utah 45; Louisiana State 37; Boston College 28; Purdue 26; Missouri 25; Northwestern 24; Virginia Tech 22; NC State 20; Tulsa 18; Texas 18; Arkansas 17; Appalachian State 16; Central Florida 13; Arizona State 10; California 8; West Virginia 6; Tennessee 6; Iowa 6; Wake Forest 5; Stanford 3; Houston 2.
The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2020 season: Dino Babers, Syracuse; Craig Bohl, Wyoming; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Iowa State; Steve Campbell, South Alabama; Jason Candle, Toledo; Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina; Paul Chryst, Wisconsin; Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Butch Davis, Florida International; Manny Diaz, Miami (Fla.); Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; Sonny Dykes, Southern Methodist; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; 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; Todd Graham, Hawaii; Jeff Hafley, Boston College; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Will Healy, Charlotte; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Tom Herman, Texas; Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech; Mike Houston, East Carolina; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Scot Loeffler, Bowling Green; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Billy Napier, Louisiana-Lafayette; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Louisville; Jeff Scott, South Florida; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Jonathan Smith, Oregon State; Frank Solich, Ohio; Jake Spavital, Texas State; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Kevin Sumlin, Arizona; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Mel Tucker, Michigan State; Matt Wells, Texas Tech; Kyle Whittingham, Utah.