By Will Vandervort.
Despite beating Syracuse 16-6 Saturday in Death Valley, the Clemson Tigers slipped to No. 21 in the Amway USA Today Coaches Poll on Sunday.
Here is the whole top 25 poll.
| 1 | Mississippi State | 7-0 | 1528 | 41 | 1 | – | 1/NR |
| 2 | Florida State | 7-0 | 1508 | 21 | 2 | – | 1/2 |
| 3 | Alabama | 7-1 | 1351 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1/7 |
| 4 | Auburn | 6-1 | 1276 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2/8 |
| 5 | Michigan State | 7-1 | 1269 | 0 | 5 | – | 5/13 |
| 6 | Oregon | 7-1 | 1217 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3/11 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 1170 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5/17 |
| 8 | Georgia | 6-1 | 1069 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6/14 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 7-1 | 1067 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3/19 |
| 10 | TCU | 6-1 | 1057 | 0 | 10 | – | 10/NR |
| 11 | Kansas State | 6-1 | 979 | 0 | 11 | – | 11/25 |
| 12 | Baylor | 6-1 | 848 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3/13 |
| 13 | Ohio State | 6-1 | 817 | 0 | 12 | -1 | 6/20 |
| 14 | Arizona State | 6-1 | 712 | 0 | 14 | – | 12/24 |
| 15 | Arizona | 6-1 | 652 | 0 | 15 | – | 13/NR |
| 16 | Nebraska | 7-1 | 623 | 0 | 16 | – | 16/22 |
| 17 | LSU | 7-2 | 455 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8/NR |
| 18 | Utah | 6-1 | 454 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19/NR |
| 19 | East Carolina | 6-1 | 448 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 16/NR |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 5-2 | 444 | 0 | 18 | -2 | 3/18 |
| 21 | Clemson | 6-2 | 304 | 0 | 20 | -1 | 16/NR |
| 22 | West Virginia | 6-2 | 290 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 25/NR |
| 23 | Marshall | 8-0 | 217 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 22/NR |
| 24 | Duke | 6-1 | 134 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 23/NR |
| 25 | UCLA | 6-2 | 107 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 7/NR |