Washington drops five notches in coaches' poll

Another silly week of results at the top of the poll.

Illinois keeps winning, but struggles. USC has won ten straight in the Pac-12 … including a 3-0 sweep of Cal. Yet somehow Cal is ahead of USC. Go figure.

And, from where I sit, San Diego’s opponents on its way to 20-1 are more impressive than 19-1 Northern Iowa’s schedule.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2011 Record	Last Week
1	Illinois (58)	1495	19-0	1
2	California	1361	19-2	4
3	Southern California (2)	1351	15-3	3
4	Nebraska	1309	15-1	5
5	Stanford	1227	14-3	7
6	UCLA	1215	16-3	6
7	Washington	1135	15-3	2
8	Hawai'i	1066	17-1	8
9	Penn State	1050	13-5	9
10	Texas	954	12-4	10
11	Northern Iowa	844	19-1	12
12	Purdue	828	16-3	11
13	Florida	793	15-3	13
14	Minnesota	717	11-6	14
15	Iowa State	667	15-3	15
16	San Diego	573	20-1	17
17	Pepperdine	505	13-5	19
18	Oregon	485	12-6	16
19	Florida State	395	15-4	21
20	Tennessee	363	16-3	18
21	Florida State	285	13-4	24
22	Oklahoma	261	17-4	22
23	Miami (FL)	192	14-2	21
24	Ohio State	87	13-6	25
25	Kentucky	66	16-3	NR