Auburn football: Tigers move up in latest Amway Coaches Poll

Auburn begins the season on Saturday in Jordan-Hare Stadium against Kentucky.

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Game week has arrived for Auburn and the Tigers will start the season in the top ten of the Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.

Gus Malzahn’s team moved up a spot to No. 8 in the latest poll as Texas fell to No. 9. Kentucky, Auburn’s opponent on Saturday, dropped out of the poll as schools from the Big Ten were once again ranked.

Here is the complete poll:

1 Clemson 2-0 1196 44 1 1/1
2 Alabama 0-0 1119 1 2 2/3
3 Oklahoma 1-0 1019 0 3 3/6
3 Georgia 0-0 1019 0 4 1 3/4
5 Louisiana State 0-0 962 1 5 5/5
6 Florida 0-0 899 0 6 6/8
7 Notre Dame 2-0 896 0 7 7/10
8 Auburn 0-0 766 0 9 1 8/11
9 Texas 1-0 764 0 8 -1 8/14
10 Ohio State 0-0 741 2 NR 2/NR
11 Texas A&M 0-0 651 0 10 -1 10/13
12 North Carolina 1-0 563 0 11 -1 11/19
13 Penn State 0-0 536 0 NR 7/NR
14 Miami 2-0 500 0 18 4 14/NR
15 Central Florida 1-0 497 0 13 -2 13/21
16 Cincinnati 1-0 416 0 14 -2 14/22
17 Wisconsin 0-0 411 0 NR 12/NR
18 Oklahoma State 1-0 315 0 12 -6 12/18
19 Michigan 0-0 287 0 NR 15/NR
20 Memphis 1-0 269 0 15 -5 15/NR
21 Tennessee 0-0 266 0 17 -4 17/NR
22 Minnesota 0-0 178 0 NR 18/NR
23 Brigham Young 1-0 177 0 22 -1 22/23
24 Virginia Tech 0-0 167 0 19 -5 19/24
25 UL Lafayette 2-0 158 0 21 -4 21/NR