KNOXVILLE — The Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports has been released following the fifth week of the 2020 college football season.
The Vols are ranked No. 17 in the Week 5 Amway Coaches Poll.
Tennessee (2-1, 2-1 SEC) will host Kentucky in Week 4 of the SEC’s 10-game league-only schedule.
2020 Week 5 Amway Coaches Poll
| 1 | Clemson | 4-0 | 1543 | 55 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 3-0 | 1478 | 5 | 2 | — | 2/3 |
| 3 | Georgia | 3-0 | 1424 | 0 | 3 | — | 3/4 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 3-0 | 1332 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4/10 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 1194 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2/10 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 3-0 | 1175 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6/19 |
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 3-0 | 1056 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7/19 |
| 8 | Penn State | 0-0 | 1005 | 0 | 8 | — | 7/13 |
| 9 | Florida | 2-1 | 928 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3/9 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 3-0 | 906 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10/22 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 2-1 | 801 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 10/20 |
| 12 | Miami | 3-1 | 795 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 7/NR |
| 13 | Brigham Young | 4-0 | 759 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13/23 |
| 14 | Auburn | 2-1 | 735 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 7/14 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 687 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 12/18 |
| 16 | Oregon | 0-0 | 646 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9/17 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 2-1 | 505 | 0 | 12 | -5 | 12/NR |
| 18 | Southern Methodist | 4-0 | 464 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Michigan | 0-0 | 454 | 0 | 19 | — | 15/21 |
| 20 | Iowa State | 3-1 | 372 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 20/NR |
| 21 | UL Lafayette | 3-0 | 280 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 21/NR |
| 22 | Kansas State | 3-1 | 276 | 0 | NR | 7 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 2-1 | 156 | 0 | 18 | -5 | 18/24 |
| 24 | Southern California | 0-0 | 147 | 0 | NR | 4 | 17/NR |
| 25 | Minnesota | 0-0 | 146 | 0 | NR | 1 | 18/NR |
Schools that dropped out
No. 16 Louisiana State; No. 22 Texas; No. 25 Central Florida.
Others receiving votes
Central Florida 93; NC State 89; Oklahoma 87; Marshall 73; Boston College 68; Iowa 53; Coastal Carolina 48; Utah 44; West Virginia 39; UAB 38; Army 37; Boise State 36; Tulsa 20; Mississippi State 20; Memphis 17; Texas Christian 16; Mississippi 13; Air Force 13; Arizona State 12; Liberty 8; Kentucky 8; Texas 7; Houston 7; California 7; Washington 6; Stanford 6; Missouri 6; Nebraska 5; Louisiana Tech 5; Louisiana State 4; Arkansas 1.
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.