Michigan moves up in Amway Coaches Poll with season opener on deck

With the Big Ten set to kick off this week, Michigan football and its conference brethren made some slight moves up.

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It’s officially game week for Michigan football and the Big Ten, and there’s been a lot of movement in the latest Amway Coaches Poll, powered by USA TODAY Sports.

While the top two teams remained the same, given that Alabama beat Georgia, it was no surprise to see the Bulldogs move down. Rival Notre Dame was the benefactor there, moving up, but surprisingly, archrival Ohio State still remains outside of the Top 4.

For the Wolverines, they moved up two spots to No. 17, with No. 21 Minnesota on deck this Saturday.

Future opponents include No. 5 Ohio State, No. 7 Penn State and No. 14 Wisconsin. Big Ten Week Three opponent Indiana received five votes to be included in the poll.

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Here are the full rankings:

Rank Team Record Pts 1st Pvs Chg Hi/Lo
1 Clemson 5-0 1540 52 1 1/1
2 Alabama 4-0 1494 8 2 2/3
3 Notre Dame 4-0 1351 0 4 1 3/10
4 Georgia 3-1 1295 0 3 -1 3/4
5 Ohio State 0-0 1254 2 5 2/10
6 Oklahoma State 3-0 1149 0 7 1 6/19
7 Penn State 0-0 1059 0 8 1 7/13
8 Florida 2-1 1002 0 9 1 3/9
9 Texas A&M 3-1 1001 0 11 2 9/20
10 Cincinnati 3-0 989 0 10 10/22
11 Miami 4-1 890 0 12 1 7/NR
11 Brigham Young 5-0 890 0 13 2 11/23
13 North Carolina 3-1 725 0 6 -7 6/19
14 Wisconsin 0-0 698 0 15 1 12/18
15 Oregon 0-0 683 0 16 1 9/17
16 Southern Methodist 5-0 618 0 18 2 16/NR
17 Michigan 0-0 507 0 19 2 15/21
18 Iowa State 3-1 485 0 20 2 18/NR
19 Kansas State 3-1 395 0 22 3 19/NR
20 Virginia Tech 3-1 373 0 23 3 18/24
21 Minnesota 0-0 209 0 25 4 18/NR
22 NC State 4-1 200 0 NR 5 22/NR
23 Southern California 0-0 186 0 24 1 17/NR
24 Coastal Carolina 4-0 150 0 NR 8 24/NR
25 Marshall 4-0 139 0 NR 4 25/NR

Schools dropped out

No. 14 Auburn; No. 17 Tennessee; No. 21 UL Lafayette.

Others receiving votes

Auburn 93; Army 90; West Virginia 64; Kentucky 60; Oklahoma 59; Liberty 57; Memphis 50; Utah 48; Iowa 48; UAB 42; Boise State 37; UL Lafayette 31; Arkansas 29; Tennessee 25; Texas Christian 22; Air Force 14; Texas 12; South Carolina 12; Tulsa 10; Arizona State 10; Washington 8; Missouri 7; Louisiana State 7; California 6; Boston College 6; Nebraska 5; Indiana 5; Florida State 4; Stanford 3; Maine 3; Central Florida 1.