MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Louisiana State is the unanimous No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' football poll with SEC rival Alabama, its regular season complete, sitting in the No. 2 spot.
LSU (12-0), one of two unbeaten teams -- the other is No. 6 Houston -- goes against No. 14 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday.
The Tigers last week notched a 41-17 victory over No. 3 Arkansas, the eighth ranked team they have beaten this season. They also have wins over No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Oregon.
But should Georgia pull off the upset, Alabama (11-1) would likely take over the top spot in the poll. Alabama is five points short of having received all 59 second-place votes. The only loss for the Crimson Tide this season was to LSU, 9-6 in overtime.
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Virginia Tech (11-1) moves to the No. 3 spot ahead of Stanford (11-1) and Oklahoma State (10-1). Virginia Tech plays Clemson this week in the ACC title game and Oklahoma State goes against Oklahoma in the de facto Big 12 championship game.
Houston (12-0) is sixth this week ahead of No. 7 Oregon (10-2), eighth-ranked Boise State (10-1), Michigan State (10-2) in ninth and Arkansas (10-2), down from third to 10th.
Oklahoma (9-2) is again 11th with Wisconsin (10-2) holding on to the 12th spot, South Carolina (10-2) in 13th, Georgia (10-2) at No. 14 and Kansas State (9-2) 15th.
Michigan (10-2) sits at No. 16 with Texas Christian (9-2) up one spot to 17th, Baylor (8-3) up two to 18th and Nebraska (9-3) and West Virginia (8-3) both up three places to 19th and 20th, respectively.
Clemson (9-3) slips from 17th to No. 21 and Penn State (9-3), 19th a week ago, is 22nd. Southern Mississippi (10-2) is 23rdd, Florida State (8-4) is voted in at 24 and Cincinnati (8-3). All were unranked last week.
Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Virginia drop out of the Top 25.
