KNOXVILLE — The Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports has been released following the ninth week of the 2020 college football season.
The Vols received 11 votes in this week’s poll.
2020 Week 9 Amway Coaches Poll
| 1 | Clemson | 7-0 | 1527 | 43 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 6-0 | 1503 | 17 | 2 | — | 2/3 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 2-0 | 1407 | 2 | 3 | — | 2/10 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 6-0 | 1358 | 0 | 4 | — | 3/10 |
| 5 | Georgia | 4-1 | 1304 | 0 | 5 | — | 3/5 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 5-0 | 1157 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6/22 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 4-1 | 1154 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7/20 |
| 8 | Florida | 3-1 | 1101 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3/9 |
| 9 | Brigham Young | 7-0 | 1025 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9/23 |
| 10 | Miami | 5-1 | 964 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7/NR |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 1-0 | 908 | 0 | 11 | — | 11/18 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 4-1 | 783 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 6/19 |
| 13 | Indiana | 2-0 | 730 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 13/NR |
| 14 | Oregon | 0-0 | 725 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 9/17 |
| 15 | Marshall | 5-0 | 473 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 15/NR |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina | 6-0 | 464 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 16/NR |
| 17 | Iowa State | 4-2 | 433 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 17/NR |
| 18 | Southern Methodist | 6-1 | 421 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 16/NR |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 4-2 | 413 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3/NR |
| 20 | Southern California | 0-0 | 365 | 0 | 20 | — | 17/NR |
| 21 | Auburn | 4-2 | 246 | 0 | NR | 5 | 7/NR |
| 22 | Army | 6-1 | 208 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Boise State | 2-0 | 204 | 0 | NR | 6 | 23/NR |
| 24 | North Carolina | 4-2 | 192 | 0 | 13 | -11 | 6/24 |
| 25 | Michigan | 1-1 | 141 | 0 | 14 | -11 | 14/25 |
Schools dropped out:
No. 16 Kansas State; No. 17 Penn State.
Others receiving votes:
Texas 115; Northwestern 112; Liberty 92; UL Lafayette 90; Kansas State 64; Utah 57; Penn State 56; Purdue 55; West Virginia 49; Virginia Tech 37; Appalachian State 32; Tulsa 29; Missouri 23; Boston College 20; NC State 16; Kentucky 13; Memphis 12; Wake Forest 11; Tennessee 11; Arizona State 11; Michigan State 9; California 9; South Carolina 8; Arkansas 8; Nevada 3; San Diego State 1; Central Florida 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.