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Texas back to No. 2 behind Florida

MCLEAN, Va. (UPI) -- Texas returned to the No. 2 spot in the USA Today Coaches' football poll released Monday, pushing Alabama back to No. 3.

Texas (8-0) was impressive in a win at Oklahoma State and kept its four first-place votes. Alabama (8-0) didn't play last week but saw four of its first-place votes migrate to No. 1 Florida (8-0), switches that allowed Texas to move back to No. 2.

Florida has 50 of the 59 first-place votes while Alabama pulled in five and Texas four. The biggest influence on the poll, however, was Southern Cal's loss to Oregon.

Texas Christian (8-0) improved two places to No. 4, where USC had been. The Horned Frogs leap-frogged No. 5 Boise State (8-0). Iowa (9-0) is also up two places to No. 6 and Cincinnati (8-0) kept its No. 7 ranking. Oregon (7-1) jumped from 12th to eighth, ahead of No. 9 Louisiana State (7-1), which goes against Alabama this week, and 10th-ranked Penn State.

Georgia Tech (8-1) remains No. 11, with Ohio State (7-2) going from 15th to 12th and USC (6-2), down nine spots to 13th. Pittsburgh (7-1) is No. 14 and Houston (7-1) 15th.

Utah (7-1) is placed at No. 16 followed by, in order, Miami (Fla.) (6-2), Oklahoma State (6-2), Arizona (5-2) and No. 20 Oklahoma (5-3).

Notre Dame (6-2) is No. 21 with 22nd-rated Wisconsin (6-2), No. 23 California (6-2), 24th-rated Virginia Tech (5-3) and No. 25 Brigham Young (6-2) completing the poll.

Wisconsin, California and Brigham Young returned to the Top 25 this week while West Virginia, South Carolina and Mississippi dropped off.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 11/02/2009

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