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AFCA Coaches' Poll: Top 4 Unchanged as Georgia Maintains Dominant Lead

October 15, 2023 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff and AFCA.com

After Oregon failed on a fourth down attempt to run out the clock, it only took Washington two plays and 33 seconds to score the winning touchdown with 1:38 to play. The Ducks got the ball back and drove into field goal range, but their attempt failed as time ran out and the Huskies won, 36-33.

The win moved Washington up one spot to No. 5 in this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll while the loss dropped Oregon to No. 11.

The poll is sponsored by US LBM, which is the largest privately owned, full-line distributor of specialty building materials in the United States.

Georgia remains No. 1 with 58 of the 64 possible first-place votes while Michigan picked up 4. Ohio State and Oklahoma each received a single first-place vote.

The Week Ahead

Top 25 Matchups (4)

(6) Penn State at (3) Ohio State
(15) Tennessee at (8) Alabama
(17) Duke at (4) Florida State
(14) Utah at (16) USC

Idle This Week (3)

(1) Georgia, (13) Oregon State, (18) Notre Dame, (21) Louisville,

Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev.
1 Georgia (58) 1,590 1 7-0
2 Michigan (4) 1,516 2 7-0
3 Ohio State (1) 1,429 3 6-0
4 Florida State 1,390 4 6-0
5 Washington 1,325 6 6-0
6 Penn State 1,302 5 6-0
7 Oklahoma (1) 1,260 7 6-0
8 Texas 1,078 11 5-1
8 Alabama 1,078 10 6-1
10 North Carolina 1,038 12 6-0
11 Oregon 989 8 5-1
12 Mississippi 849 13 5-1
13 Oregon State 809 14 6-1
14 Utah 704 16 5-1
15 Tennessee 663 17 5-1
16 Southern California 606 9 6-1
17 Duke 590 18 5-1
18 Notre Dame 572 21 6-2
19 LSU 482 20 5-2
20 Missouri 368 25 6-1
21 Louisville 309 15 6-1
22 Air Force 196 NR 6-0
23 Iowa 192 NR 6-1
24 Tulane 112 NR 5-1
25 UCLA 70 22 4-2

Dropped out: No. 19 Washington State (4-2); No. 23 Kentucky (5-2); No. 24 Kansas (5-2).

Others receiving votes: James Madison (6-0) 67; Clemson (4-2) 54; Florida (5-2) 29; Fresno State (6-1) 21; Washington State (4-2) 20; Arizona (4-3) 13; Wyoming (5-2) 12; Oklahoma State (4-2) 12; Miami (Fla.) (4-2) 12; Maryland (5-2) 11; Kentucky (5-2) 9; Liberty (6-0) 5; Kansas State (4-2) 5; UNLV (5-1) 4; Texas A&M (4-3) 4; West Virginia (4-2) 3; Memphis (4-2) 1; Kansas (5-2) 1.