Coaches Poll Top 25, Week 3: Oregon overtakes Ohio State at No. 2

Take a look at the poll movement after a busy second week of college football.

By Pete Volk@Pete_Volk Sep 8, 2013, 12:37pm EDT

USC is out of the Week 3 Coaches Poll after a home loss to Washington State, while Georgia, Michigan and Miami are all rising after big home wins. Meanwhile, South Carolina, Florida, Notre Dame and Texas all fall after Week 2 losses. The Baylor Bears are in, after a 70-13 drubbing of Buffalo, as is Ole Miss.

The full Coaches top 25, via USA Today (also, for your reference, the AP poll):

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	FIRST PLACE VOTES	PREVIOUS RANK

1	Alabama	1-0	1545	58	1
2	Oregon	2-0	1447	1	3
3	Ohio St.	2-0	1429	2	2
4	Stanford	1-0	1327	0	4
5	Clemson	2-0	1307	0	5
6	Texas A&M	2-0	1242	1	7
7	Louisville	2-0	1121	0	8
8	LSU	2-0	1067	0	11
9	Florida St.	1-0	1040	0	10
10	Georgia	1-1	1021	0	12
11	Oklahoma St.	2-0	866	0	14
12	Michigan	2-0	860	0	17
13	Oklahoma	2-0	800	0	15
14	South Carolina	1-1	788	0	6
15	Nebraska	2-0	478	0	19
16	Northwestern	2-0	473	0	20
17	UCLA	1-0	471	0	18
18	Wisconsin	2-0	455	0	21
18	Miami	2-0	455	0	24
20	Florida	1-1	410	0	9
21	Notre Dame	1-1	348	0	13
22	Baylor	2-0	297	0	NR
23	Washington	1-0	253	0	23
24	TCU	1-1	195	0	24
25	Mississippi	2-0	91	0	NR
Schools Dropped Out No. 16 Texas (1-1), No. 22 Southern California (1-1). Others Receiving Votes Michigan State 74; Fresno State 59; Arizona State 48; Texas 38; Northern Illinois 27; Arizona 21; Brigham Young 18; Arkansas 16; Georgia Tech 12; Virginia Tech 8; Texas Tech 7; Central Florida 6; East Carolina 6; Southern California 5; Bowling Green 3; Illinois 3; Kansas State 3; Boise State 2; Tennessee 2; Utah 2; Utah State 2; Boston College 1; Rutgers 1.

The Coaches Poll is a weekly event in which coaches across the country ask their media relations departments to submit their ballots of the top 25 teams in the country. Right now, it doesn't matter -- people generally use the AP Poll to denote rankings -- but in a crazy turn of events, it is a part of the BCS, meaning it will play a part in determining who plays for a national title. Thus, the latest Coaches Poll update is an important news item that could actually alter the BCS race.