GEORGIA TOPS NFCA POLL
Wild Week Sees Georgia Ascend To No. 1 In USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll
February 21, 2011
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A loss by previous No. 1 UCLA and a perfect 10-0 start to the 2011 campaign proved to be the magic formula that Georgia needed to rise to the top spot in the latest USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll that was released by the Association on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs, who are coming off of their second straight 5-0 week, received 16 of the 30 first place votes and were followed by UCLA (9-1) with 11 first place votes. Dropping one spot to No. 3 was Arizona (10-1), while undefeated Florida (9-0) and Alabama (10-0) rounded out the top five.
Staying put at sixth were the Sooners of Oklahoma (11-1), while Washington (8-0) moved up three spots to seventh. Falling five spots to No. 8 was Tennessee (9-1) who lost twice on the week , while Michigan (10-0) and Hawaii finished in ninth and 10th, respectively.
Moving into the poll for the first time in over two years this week was No. 23 Houston (9-1), who scored two wins over No. 18 LSU and a win over No. 20 Oklahoma St. The lone team to fall out of the latest edition of the rankings was No. 22 North Carolina, who was swept in a three-game set by Florida.
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records as of Feb. 20, 2011 are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.
| Rank | Team | Record | Totals | Last Poll |
| 1 | Georgia (16) | 10-0 | 721 | 2 |
| 2 | UCLA (10) | 9-1 | 702 | 1 |
| 3 | Arizona (2) | 10-1 | 676 | 4 |
| 4 | Florida (1) | 9-0 | 658 | 5 |
| 5 | Alabama (1) | 10-0 | 624 | 7 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 11-1 | 616 | 6 |
| 7 | Washington | 8-0 | 545 | 10 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 8-2 | 521 | 3 |
| 9 | Michigan | 10-0 | 507 | 11 |
| 10 | Hawaii | 9-1 | 488 | 9 |
| 11 | Texas | 10-0 | 431 | 13 |
| 12 | Arizona State | 9-1 | 418 | 12 |
| 13 | Oregon | 10-1 | 409 | 14 |
| 14 | California | 5-1 | 351 | 15 |
| 15 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10-0 | 320 | 16 |
| 16 | Missouri | 1-2 | 308 | 8 |
| 17 | Stanford | 8-2 | 293 | 19 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 10-1 | 210 | 21 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 8-2 | 202 | 20 |
| 20 | LSU | 9-3 | 144 | 18 |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 11-0 | 134 | 24 |
| 22 | Georgia Tech | 7-3 | 129 | 17 |
| 23 | Houston | 8-1 | 96 | NR |
| 24 | Texas A&M | 6-3 | 60 | 25 |
| 25 | BYU | 6-4 | 46 | 23 |
Dropped Out: No. 22 North Carolina
Others Receiving Votes: Kentucky 27, DePaul 22, Fresno St. 22, Illinois St. 20,
Auburn 19, Notre Dame 12, Baylor 11, North Carolina 5, Arkansas 1, Florida St. 1, Tulsa 1
