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New Coaches Poll Top 25 released following Week 6 of college football

275133747_4796292347117549_592518599057046758_nby:Jonathan Wagner•10/09/22•

Jonathan Wagner

College football has been full of excitement over the past two weekends. Last week’s action resulted in a seismic overhaul of the rankings, and this weekend could add to that even further. After Saturday’s games in Week 6, the new AFCA Coaches Poll Top 25 has been released.

It was a good weekend to be ranked in the top ten, with none of the top teams in the nation losing. No. 10 Penn State was on bye this week, but the other nine top ten teams in action last week came away with victories. No. 1 Alabama‘s victory was the smallest margin of all top ten teams, with the Crimson Tide surviving 24-20 against Texas A&M after a stand on the goal-line in the final seconds of the game. No. 7 Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech 41-31, but the other seven top ten teams won by an average of over 25 points.

Outside the top ten, there were six ranked teams to lose. Three of those came in top 25 matchups, though. No. 11 Utah fell 42-32 against No. 18 UCLA, while No. 19 Kansas lost its first game of the year, 38-31 against No. 17 TCU. No. 8 Tennessee also cruised through No. 25 LSU, defeating the newly-ranked Tigers 40-13.

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No. 13 Kentucky lost against South Carolina, picking up its second loss in as many weeks after starting 4-0. No. 16 BYU also lost to unranked Notre Dame, handing the Cougars their second loss of the year. No. 21 Washington dropped its second game of the season, falling 45-38 against Arizona State.

After six new teams entered last week’s AP Top 25, the rankings aren’t done shifting just yet. There are some big shifts from last week’s Coaches Poll, and new teams have entered this week’s Coaches Poll with the final spots continuing to jump around between numerous teams.

Updated Coaches Poll after Week 6

  1. Alabama (6-0) (35 first-place votes)
  2. Georgia (6-0) (18)
  3. Ohio State (6-0) (10)
  4. Michigan (6-0)
  5. Clemson (6-0)
  6. USC (6-0)
  7. Oklahoma State (5-0)
  8. Tennessee (5-0)
  9. Ole Miss (6-0)
  10. Penn State (5-0)
  11. Oregon (5-1)
  12. UCLA (6-0)
  13. NC State (5-1)
  14. Wake Forest (5-1)
  15. TCU (5-0)
  16. Kansas State (5-1)
  17. Mississippi State (5-1)
  18. Syracuse (5-0)
  19. Utah (4-2)
  20. Kansas (5-1)
  21. Cincinnati (5-1)
  22. Kentucky (4-2)
  23. Baylor (3-2)
  24. Texas (4-2)
  25. North Carolina (5-1)

BYU (previously No. 16 in last week’s Coaches Poll), Washington (previously No. 24), and Arkansas (previously No. 25) dropped out of this week’s rankings. Cincinnati, Texas, and North Carolina took those three spots in this week’s top 25.

BYU was the top vote-getter outside of the top 25, checking in with 82. Illinois (77), James Madison (70), Coastal Carolina (55), Florida (52), Tulane (32), South Carolina (21), Minnesota (14), Notre Dame (13), and UCF (10) were the other schools receiving at least ten votes.