Texas back to No. 2 behind Florida

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 2 (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.