Vanderbilt broke a 7-7 halftime tie against Auburn, scoring 10 points in the second half and blanking the Tigers to win 17-7. The win moved the Commodores to 6-3 on the season, making them bowl eligible for the first time since 2018. This was also Vanderbilt’s first-ever win at Auburn. The Commodores return to the US LBM Coaches Poll at No. 25.
Oregon still sits No. 1 after a dominant 38-17 win over Michigan, while Georgia remains No. 2 after taking control of their game against Florida late in the second half, 34-20. Ohio State, Miami (Fla.) and Texas round out the top 5.
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Rank | School (1st votes) | W-L | Points | LW |
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1 | Oregon (53) | 1,349 | 1 | 9-0 |
2 | Georgia (1) | 1,267 | 2 | 7-1 |
3 | Ohio State | 1,245 | 4 | 7-1 |
4 | Miami (Fla.) | 1,194 | 5 | 9-0 |
5 | Texas | 1,138 | 6 | 7-1 |
6 | Tennessee | 1,039 | 7 | 7-1 |
7 | Penn State | 982 | 3 | 7-1 |
8 | Notre Dame | 961 | 9 | 7-1 |
9 | BYU | 918 | 12 | 8-0 |
10 | Indiana | 916 | 13 | 9-0 |
11 | Alabama | 772 | 14 | 6-2 |
12 | Mississippi | 657 | 18 | 7-2 |
13 | LSU | 653 | 16 | 6-2 |
14 | Boise State | 615 | 19 | 7-1 |
15 | SMU | 603 | 20 | 8-1 |
16 | Texas A&M | 518 | 11 | 7-2 |
17 | Clemson | 513 | 8 | 6-2 |
18 | Iowa State | 511 | 10 | 7-1 |
19 | Army | 404 | 21 | 8-0 |
20 | Washington State | 284 | 22 | 7-1 |
21 | Kansas State | 201 | 15 | 7-2 |
22 | Missouri | 192 | 23 | 6-2 |
23 | Pittsburgh | 178 | 17 | 7-1 |
24 | Colorado | 124 | NR | 6-2 |
25 | Vanderbilt | 85 | NR | 6-3 |
Dropped out: No. 24 Illinois (6-3); No. 25 Memphis (7-2).
Others receiving votes: Louisville (6-3) 38; Tulane (7-2) 38; South Carolina (5-3) 33; Louisiana-Lafayette (7-1) 27; Syracuse (6-2) 24; Arizona State (6-2) 17; UNLV (6-2) 17; Minnesota (6-3) 14; Iowa (6-3) 13; Memphis (7-2) 5; Illinois (6-3) 3; James Madison (6-2) 1;
Texas Tech (6-3) 1.
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.