Nebraska Moves Up To 17th In The Coaches Poll, 19th In The AP Poll After The Minnesota Victory

The Nebraska Cornhuskers, fresh off their 24-17 victory over Minnesota yesterday, move up to 17th in this week’s USA Today/Amway Coaches Poll.

The Huskers, 8-2 on the season and 5-2 in Big Ten Conference play, were 20th last week after the Ohio State debacle.

Nebraska will host Maryland in their Senior Day festivities at 11 a.m. Central on ESPNNews.

The USA Today/Amway Coaches Poll:

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW

1 Alabama 10-0 1575 63 1 0 1/1

2 Ohio State 9-1 1495 0 5 3 2/8

3 Louisville 9-1 1418 0 6 3 3/23

4 Michigan 9-1 1332 0 3 -1 2/8

5 Clemson 9-1 1318 0 2 -3 2/5

6 Wisconsin 8-2 1231 0 7 1 6/NR

7 Washington 9-1 1190 0 4 -3 4/18

8 Oklahoma 8-2 1147 0 9 1 3/NR

9 West Virginia 8-1 994 0 10 1 9/NR

10 Penn State 8-2 923 0 14 4 10/NR

11 Utah 8-2 909 0 12 1 11/NR

12 Colorado 8-2 861 0 15 3 12/NR

13 Oklahoma State 8-2 745 0 17 4 13/NR

14 Louisiana State 6-3 572 0 19 5 6/NR

15 Florida State 7-3 559 0 18 3 2/21

16 Auburn 7-3 542 0 8 -8 8/NR

17 Nebraska 8-2 541 0 20 3 6/NR

18 Florida 7-2 538 0 16 -2 9/25

19 Southern California 7-3 473 0 26 7 17/NR

20 Washington State 8-2 438 0 23 3 20/NR

21 Western Michigan 10-0 431 0 21 0 18/NR

22 Texas A&M 7-3 396 0 11 -11 6/NR

23 Boise State 9-1 355 0 24 1 13/NR

24 North Carolina 7-3 114 0 13 -11 13/NR

25 San Diego State 9-1 112 0 27 2 24/NR

The Associated Press has Nebraska 19th in their poll today, up 2 spots from last week’s 21st place setting.

The Associated Press poll (til I can find a better visual):