Missouri kept climbing in the US LBM Coaches Poll on Sunday morning, moving up one spot to No. 22 after its road win over Kansas on Friday night.
The Tigers are 2-0 after taking the Border War, with quarterback Austin Simmons throwing for 292 yards and three touchdowns. Missouri jumped past Houston, which beat FCS-level Southern 77-6, and Washington, which narrowly got by Utah State. Michigan, meanwhile, moved back ahead of Missouri after beating Oklahoma.
Missouri’s next game is set for 6 p.m. Saturday against Troy in Columbia.
The updated poll brought a new No. 1, with Texas taking over the top spot from Ohio State after beating the Buckeyes in Austin. Georgia stayed at No. 2, followed by Notre Dame, Indiana and Miami.
Ohio State dropped to No. 6.
The SEC placed nine teams in the top 25 and had six in the top 10. LSU came in at No.
7, Texas A&M at No. 8, Ole Miss at No. 9 and Alabama at No.
- Tennessee was No.
14, Oklahoma No. 21 and Missouri No. 22.
Florida fell out of the rankings.
The Big Ten also had eight teams ranked in the poll.
There are 72 FBS head coaches who vote in the poll, including Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz. Former Missouri OC Kirby Moore, now the head coach at Washington State, and Missouri State head coach Casey Woods, who previously worked as an assistant under Drinkwitz, are also voters this season.
Full US LBM Coaches Poll top 25
Ranked teams are listed alongside their number of first-place votes:
1 Texas (42)
2 Georgia (15)
3 Notre Dame (4)
4 Indiana (4)
5 Miami (2)
6 Ohio State
7 LSU (1)
8 Texas A&M
9 Ole Miss
10 Alabama
11 USC
12 Texas Tech
13 BYU
14 Tennessee
15 Penn State
16 SMU
17 Utah
18 Oregon
19 Michigan
20 Iowa
21 Oklahoma
22 Missouri
23 Houston
24 Washington
25 Virginia
Others receiving votes: Florida 183; Louisville 160; Boise State 44; Kansas State 24; South Carolina 23; Mississippi State 20; Vanderbilt 19; Duke 19; Nebraska 18; Pittsburgh 16; Oklahoma State 16; Auburn 15; Western Michigan 10; Virginia Tech 9; UCLA 8; Tulsa 7; North Dakota State 5; New Mexico 4; Clemson 3; Wake Forest 1; Arizona 1.
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