KNOXVILLE — The Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports has been released following the third week of the 2020 college football season.
The Vols are ranked No. 20 in the Week 3 Amway Coaches Poll.
Tennessee (1-0, 1-0 SEC) will host Missouri Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
2020 Week 3 Amway Coaches Poll
| 1 | Clemson | 2-0 | 1194 | 42 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 1-0 | 1144 | 4 | 2 | — | 2/3 |
| 3 | Florida | 1-0 | 1038 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3/8 |
| 4 | Georgia | 1-0 | 1006 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3/4 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 2-0 | 971 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5/10 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 890 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2/10 |
| 7 | Auburn | 1-0 | 889 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7/11 |
| 8 | Miami | 3-0 | 795 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8/NR |
| 9 | Texas | 2-0 | 745 | 0 | 9 | — | 8/14 |
| 10 | Penn State | 0-0 | 589 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7/13 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 1-0 | 578 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11/19 |
| 12 | Central Florida | 2-0 | 577 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12/21 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 1-0 | 561 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 10/13 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 1-0 | 492 | 0 | NR | 27 | 14/NR |
| 15 | Cincinnati | 2-0 | 480 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 14/22 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 1-1 | 473 | 0 | 3 | -13 | 3/16 |
| 17 | Louisiana State | 0-1 | 445 | 0 | 5 | -12 | 5/17 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 438 | 0 | 17 | -1 | 12/18 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 2-0 | 374 | 0 | 18 | -1 | 12/19 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 1-0 | 321 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 17/NR |
| 21 | Michigan | 0-0 | 271 | 0 | 19 | -2 | 15/21 |
| 22 | Brigham Young | 2-0 | 260 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 22/23 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 215 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 19/24 |
| 24 | Memphis | 1-0 | 210 | 0 | 20 | -4 | 15/NR |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 3-0 | 179 | 0 | NR | 2 | 25/NR |
Schools that dropped out
No. 22 Minnesota; No. 25 UL Lafayette.
Others receiving votes
UL Lafayette 108; Minnesota 106; Southern Methodist 46; Kansas State 33; Iowa 32; Virginia 29; Baylor 25; Marshall 22; Kentucky 17; Arkansas St. 16; Boston College 9; South Carolina 6; Nebraska 4; UAB 3; Coastal Carolina 3; Army 3; Louisiana Tech 2; Mississippi 1.
List of voters
The Amway Board of Coaches is 48 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All coaaches are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2020 season: Dino Babers, Syracuse; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Matt Campbell, Iowa State; Steve Campbell, South Alabama; 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; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Jeff Hafley, Boston College; Will Healy, Charlotte; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Tom Herman, Texas; Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech; Mike Houston, East Carolina; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Mike Locksley, Maryland; 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; Jake Spavital, Texas State; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Mel Tucker, Michigan State; Matt Wells, Texas Tech. Export Footer