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Oregon and Boise State top latest USA Today coaches poll

By Chris Dufresne
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Ohio State’s loss to Wisconsin on Saturday has vaulted Oregon to No.1 in the latest USA Today coaches’ poll released Sunday.

Boise State moves up one spot to No. 2, followed by Oklahoma, Texas Christian, Auburn, Louisiana State, Alabama, Michigan State and Utah.

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Ohio State fell nine spots to No. 10, but remained one spot ahead of No. 11 Wisconsin.

Oregon garnered 42 first-place votes in the coaches poll, with Boise State picking up 11, Oklahoma getting four, and TCU and Auburn each receiving one.

The first Bowl Championship Series standings will be released Sunday night on ESPN. The top two teams in the final standings will play for the BCS title on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz.

-- Chris Dufresne

chris.dufresne@latimes.com

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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