Rivals Army and Navy are both ranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll for the first time since USA TODAY began administering the poll in 1991. No. 23 Army dismantled East Carolina, 45-28, and is 7-0 for the first time since 1996, while No. 24 Navy dominated Charlotte, 51-17 and is 6-0 for the first time since 1979.
Oregon moves to the No. 1 spot after Georgia beat then-No. 1 Texas, 30-15. The Bulldogs rise to No. 2 while the Longhorns drop to No. 6. Penn State, Ohio State and Miami (Fla.) round out the top 5.
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See: Coaching Changes: ECU Fires Mike Houston Day After Loss to Army
Also see: Congrove Computer Rankings (CCR Top 134).
Rank | School (1st votes) | W-L | Points | LW |
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1 | Oregon (51) | 1,323 | 2 | 7-0 |
2 | Georgia (2) | 1,238 | 4 | 6-1 |
3 | Penn State | 1,197 | 3 | 6-0 |
4 | Ohio State | 1,107 | 5 | 5-1 |
5 | Miami (Fla) | 1,087 | 6 | 7-0 |
6 | Texas | 1,082 | 1 | 6-1 |
7 | LSU | 946 | 8 | 6-1 |
8 | Tennessee | 916 | 10 | 6-1 |
9 | Clemson | 907 | 9 | 6-1 |
10 | Iowa State | 829 | 12 | 7-0 |
11 | Notre Dame | 809 | 11 | 6-1 |
12 | BYU | 740 | 13 | 7-0 |
13 | Indiana | 651 | 18 | 7-0 |
14 | Texas A&M | 641 | 14 | 6-1 |
15 | Alabama | 554 | 7 | 5-2 |
16 | Kansas State | 488 | 17 | 6-1 |
17 | Missouri | 486 | 16 | 6-1 |
18 | Mississippi | 444 | 15 | 5-2 |
19 | Boise State | 379 | 19 | 5-1 |
20 | Pittsburgh | 359 | 20 | 6-0 |
21 | Illinois | 347 | 21 | 6-1 |
22 | SMU | 249 | 23 | 6-1 |
23 | Army | 185 | 24 | 7-0 |
24 | Navy | 115 | NR | 6-0 |
25 | Vanderbilt | 37 | NR | 5-2 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Michigan (4-3); No. 25 Nebraska (5-2).
Others receiving votes: UNLV (6-1) 28; Syracuse (5-1) 27; Washington State (6-1) 25; Duke (6-1) 7; Liberty (5-0) 6; Memphis (6-1) 6; Tulane (5-2) 3; Wisconsin (5-2) 3; Cincinnati (5-2) 2; Arizona State (5-2) 1; Nebraska (5-2) 1.
Note: One ballot is missing. Major Applewhite of South Alabama could not be reached before the voting deadline
Tim Albin, Ohio; Major Applewhite, South Alabama; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Mike Houston, East Carolina; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Mike MacIntyre, Florida International; Gus Malzahn, Central Florida; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico; Jeff Monken, Army; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, UNLV; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio.