Well, it's happened again.
Despite playing a bunch of really really good teams, which as everyone knows is the only metric that actually matters in college football, no votes for the Hoos in this week's coaches' poll. We're sure it is an oversight, and one that will be corrected after Virginia hosts its third opponent ranked in the preseason top 25 on Friday night.
| Coaches | Massey | |
| 1 | Ohio State (61) | Ohio State |
| 2 | TCU | Alabama |
| 3 | Michigan State (3) | Georgia |
| 4 | Baylor | Ole Miss |
| 5 | Ole Miss | Michigan State |
| 6 | Georgia | TCU |
| 7 | Florida State | Baylor |
| 8 | Notre Dame | Florida State |
| 9 | LSU | UCLA |
| 10 | Clemson | LSU |
| 11 | UCLA | Notre Dame |
| 12 | Alabama | Georgia Tech |
| 13 | Oregon | Clemson |
| 14 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| 15 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M |
| 16 | Arizona | Oregon |
| 17 | Utah | USC |
| 18 | USC | Stanford |
| 19 | Northwestern | Arizona |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | Utah |
| 21 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | Northwestern |
| 23 | Missouri | Kansas State |
| 24 | Stanford | BYU |
| 25 | Auburn | West Virginia |