With both top teams in the ACC having the weekend off before their rematch in Charlotte, North Carolina for the conference crown, No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Clemson remained in their exact same spots as last week in the updatedAmway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Reining No. 1 Alabama continues to absolutely dominate their competition, this time Arkansas their latest victim, 52-3. In a shocker, No. 6 Florida suffered their second loss of the year, to a struggling LSU team 37-34 in The Swamp. Check out reactions for our LSU sister site and our Florida sister site for full coverage of the shoe toss that played a huge role in the Gators loss.
Florida was flagged with unsportsmanlike conduct after this play: pic.twitter.com/BBsmOu64j9
— ESPN (@espn) December 13, 2020
The other Top 25 upset happened in the ACC, where No. 10 Miami, FL got blown out by No. 19 North Carolina, 62-26. This should give the College Football Playoff committee something to think about how the Irish defense slowed down the high powered Tar Heel attack.
Here is the newest Amway Coaches Poll with the ACC teams in bold, and last weeks ranking in parenthesis.
1 Alabama (1)
2 Notre Dame (2)
3 Clemson (3)
4 Ohio State (4)
5 Texas A&M (5)
6 Cincinnati (7)
7 Indiana (9)
8 Iowa State (11)
9 Georgia (10)
10 Oklahoma (12)
11 Florida (6)
12 Coastal Carolina (13)
13 USC (15)
14 Northwestern (14)
15 North Carolina (20)
16 BYU (16)
17 Iowa (18)
18 ULL (17)
19 Miami, FL (8)
20 Tulsa (19)
21 Liberty (21)
22 Oklahoma State (NR)
23 NC State (24)
24 Texas (23)
25 San Jose State (NR)
Dropped out: No. 22 Colorado, No. 25 Wisconsin