Top 25 coaches poll: FSU still No. 2 despite beating Notre Dame

Published Oct. 19, 2014 12:15 p.m. ET

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Florida State won the matchup of Week 8 in beating Notre Dame in prime time, but it was not enough to bump Mississippi State from the top spot in this week's Top 25 coaches' poll.

Only four unbeatens remain after Baylor and the Fighting Irish lost on Saturday. The Bears lost in Morgantown 41-27, while Notre Dame lost 31-27 to the Seminoles.

Introducing the coaches' Top 25 poll heading into Week 9.

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Top 25 coaches' poll (through Oct. 18 games)

(first-place votes in parentheses)

1. Mississippi State 6-0 (36), 1,520 Last week: 1

2. Florida State 7-0 (22), 1,493 Last week: 2

3. Mississippi 7-0 (4), 1,447 Last week: 3

4. Alabama 6-1, 1,293 Last week: 7

5. Michigan State 6-1, 1,243 Last week: 6

6. Auburn 5-1, 1,210 Last week: 8

7. Oregon 6-1, 1,133 Last week: 9

8. Notre Dame 6-1, 1,117 Last week: 5

9. Georgia 6-1, 1,096 Last week: 10

10. TCU 5-1, 996 Last week: 12

11. Kansas State 5-1, 909 Last week: 14

12. Ohio State 5-1, 856 Last week: 13

13. Baylor 6-1, 853 Last week: 4

14. Arizona State 5-1, 654 Last week: 18

15. Arizona 5-1, 612 Last week: 17

16. Nebraska 6-1, 588 Last week: 19

17. East Carolina 5-1, 578 Last week: 16

18. Oklahoma 5-2, 482 Last week: 11

19. Utah 5-1, 371 Last week: 23

20. Clemson 5-2, 320 Last week: 22

21. USC 5-2, 258 Last week: 25

22. Marshall 7-0, 247 Last week: 24

23. LSU 6-2, 155 Last week: NR

24. Minnesota 6-1, 147 Last week: NR

25. West Virginia 5-2, 143 Last week: NR

Also Receiving Votes

Oklahoma State 141; Duke 116; UCLA 107; Missouri 23; Colorado State 18; Wisconsin 17; Washington 5; Stanford 2

Schools Dropped Out

No. 15 Oklahoma State, No. 20 Stanford and No. 21 Texas A&M