A peek behind the curtain: One coach reveals his ballot

From staff reports

Air Force's Troy Calhoun releases his ballot each week to USA TODAY Sports
He continues to roll with the Tide as the top-ranked team
He has two more SEC teams in his top five with Florida third and LSU fifth

Troy Calhoun is in his sixth season as head football coach at Air Force, his alma mater. Calhoun also is a voter in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. Although ballots in the poll generally are not revealed until the final vote of the regular season in December, Calhoun has been providing his weekly ballot to The Gazette of Colorado Springs the last couple of years. He agreed this year to also reveal his vote each week for USA TODAY Sports.

Air Force coach Troy Calhoun dropped West Virginia seven spots on his ballot, to 12th, after its loss at Texas Tech.

His ballot for the seventh week (number in parentheses is where team is ranked in the full poll):

1. Alabama (1)

2. Oregon (2)

3. Florida (4)

4. Kansas State (3)

5. LSU (6)

6. Notre Dame (5)

7. South Carolina (8)

8. Oklahoma (7)

9. Florida State (10)

10. Southern California (9)

11. Georgia (12)

12. West Virginia (15)

13. Mississippi State (16)

14. Clemson (13)

15. Oregon State (11)

16. Louisville (14)

17. Texas A&M (19)

18. Michigan (25)

19. Cincinnati (18)

20. Stanford (23)

21. Texas Tech (20)

22. Texas (not ranked)

23. Rutgers (17)

24. TCU (21)

25. Nebraska (not ranked)

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