USA Today’s latest US LBM Coaches Poll landed after a wild Week 6 shakeup, and the biggest jolt came from the Red River Rivalry. Oklahoma’s upset of top-ranked Texas sent the Longhorns sliding in the new rankings, which were unveiled after Saturday’s slate wrapped up.
Week 6 packed plenty into one day, with Texas-Oklahoma headlining a slate that also featured Alabama-Georgia, Kentucky-LSU, and Indiana-Nebraska. Those results helped redraw the coaches’ view of the national picture, and the new top 25 reflects that turbulence.
Georgia sits at No. 1 in the updated poll, followed by Notre Dame, Miami, Indiana and Ohio State. Texas checks in at No. 6 after the loss to Oklahoma, while Alabama is right behind at No.
- The rest of the top 10 is BYU, Texas Tech and Ole Miss.
The full top 25 has Utah at No. 11, UCLA at No.
12, Missouri at No. 13, Tennessee at No.
14, USC at No. 15 and Iowa at No. 16.
Kentucky is No. 17, with Houston, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State and LSU filling out the next four spots. SMU lands at No. 22, followed by Wake Forest, Boise State and Oregon.
Here’s how the Week 6 coaches poll finished:
Georgia
Notre Dame
Miami
Indiana
Ohio State
Texas
Alabama
BYU
Texas Tech
Ole Miss
Utah
UCLA
Missouri
Tennessee
USC
Iowa
Kentucky
Houston
Mississippi State
Oklahoma State
LSU
SMU
Wake Forest
Boise State
Oregon
Others receiving votes: Northwestern 107; Arizona 92; Nebraska 74; Oklahoma 50; Wisconsin 39; Duke 35; James Madison 33; Florida 32; Pittsburgh 25; New Mexico 16; UTSA 10; Baylor 9; Memphis 6; Oregon State 2; North Carolina 1
USA Today describes the poll this way: “The US LBM Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools,” USA Today writes. “The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.”
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