After Texas erased a 10-point deficit and took a 30-27 lead with 1:17 left to go in the Red River Rivalry, Oklahoma marched down the field and Dillon Gabriel hit Nic Anderson with a three-yard touchdown pass to give the Sooners a 34-30 victory. The win moved Oklahoma up to No. 7 in this week’s Coaches Poll while Texas dropped to No. 11.
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Georgia remains No. 1 with 61 of the possible 64 first-place votes while Ohio State garnered 2 and Washington 1.
Notre Dame fell from 11 to 21 after a 33-20 loss at Louisville as the Cardinals rose from 25 to 15.
(8) Oregon at (6) Washington
(9) USC at (21) Notre Dame
(22) UCLA at (14) Oregon State
(25) Missouri at (23) Kentucky
(26) Miami, FL at (12) North Carolina
(27) Wyoming at (28) Air Force
(29) Iowa at (33) Wisconsin
(7) Oklahoma, (11) Texas, (13) Ole Miss.
Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgia (61) | 1,597 | 1 | 6-0 |
2 | Michigan | 1,512 | 2 | 6-0 |
3 | Ohio State (2) | 1,443 | 3 | 5-0 |
4 | Florida State | 1,411 | 5 | 5-0 |
5 | Penn State | 1,300 | 6 | 5-0 |
6 | Washington (1) | 1,246 | 8 | 5-0 |
7 | Oklahoma | 1,200 | 12 | 6-0 |
8 | Oregon | 1,168 | 9 | 5-0 |
9 | Southern California | 1,121 | 7 | 6-0 |
10 | Alabama | 1,025 | 10 | 5-1 |
11 | Texas | 982 | 4 | 5-1 |
12 | North Carolina | 912 | 13 | 5-0 |
13 | Mississippi | 764 | 15 | 5-1 |
14 | Oregon State | 713 | 16 | 5-1 |
15 | Louisville | 651 | 25 | 6-0 |
16 | Utah | 600 | 19 | 4-1 |
17 | Tennessee | 587 | 18 | 4-1 |
18 | Duke | 451 | 21 | 4-1 |
19 | Washington State | 370 | 14 | 4-1 |
20 | LSU | 355 | 23 | 4-2 |
21 | Notre Dame | 324 | 11 | 5-2 |
22 | UCLA | 276 | NR | 4-1 |
23 | Kentucky | 159 | 20 | 5-1 |
24 | Kansas | 120 | NR | 5-1 |
25 | Missouri | 78 | 22 | 5-1 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Miami (Fla.) (4-1); No. 24 Fresno State (5-1).
Others receiving votes: Miami (Fla.) (4-1) 74; Wyoming (5-1) 60; Air Force (5-0) 58; Iowa (5-1) 57; Maryland (5-1) 37; Clemson (4-2) 33; West Virginia (4-1) 24; Wisconsin (4-1) 23; Texas A&M (4-2) 22; Tulane (4-1) 18; James Madison (5-0) 9; Brigham Young (4-1) 9; Fresno State (5-1) 4; Ohio (5-1) 2; Memphis (4-1) 2; Florida (4-2) 2; Liberty (5-0) 1.
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