When you think of Tennessee, you think of offense, but the Volunteers' defense held Oklahoma out of the endzone until the fourth quarter and allowed only 222 yards of total offense a 25-15 win. The victory in the matchup of Top 15 teams in last week's poll provided motivation for the 55-member voting panel to move Tennessee up from 7th to 6th in this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll, while Oklahoma dropped from 13th to 18th.
The top five remain the same with Georgia, Texas, Ohio State, Alabama and Ole Miss. That will change next week as No. 1 Georgia travels to No. 4 Alabama in a big primetime showdown on Saturday.
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Rank | School (1st votes) | Points | LW | W-L |
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1 | Georgia (35) | 1,350 | 1 | 3-0 |
2 | Texas (18) | 1,324 | 2 | 4-0 |
3 | Ohio State (2) | 1,279 | 3 | 3-0 |
4 | Alabama | 1,185 | 4 | 3-0 |
5 | Ole Miss | 1,145 | 5 | 4-0 |
6 | Tennessee | 1,094 | 7 | 4-0 |
7 | Oregon | 1,016 | 6 | 3-0 |
8 | Penn State | 967 | 8 | 3-0 |
9 | Miami (Fla.) | 912 | 11 | 4-0 |
10 | Utah | 904 | 10 | 4-0 |
11 | Missouri | 887 | 8 | 4-0 |
12 | Michigan | 692 | 17 | 3-1 |
13 | LSU | 632 | 16 | 3-1 |
14 | Notre Dame | 553 | 18 | 3-1 |
15 | Clemson | 542 | 19 | 2-1 |
16 | USC | 520 | 12 | 2-1 |
17 | Louisville | 509 | 20 | 3-0 |
18 | Oklahoma | 404 | 13 | 3-1 |
19 | Iowa State | 386 | 21 | 3-0 |
20 | Oklahoma State | 326 | 15 | 3-1 |
21 | Illinois | 307 | NR | 4-0 |
22 | BYU | 167 | NR | 4-0 |
23 | UNLV | 124 | 25 | 3-0 |
24 | Texas A&M | 119 | 24 | 3-1 |
25 | Kansas State | 116 | 14 | 3-1 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Nebraska (3-1); No. 23 Memphis (3-1).
Others receiving votes: Washington State (4-0) 94; Indiana (4-0) 67; Pittsburgh (4-0) 50; Boise State (2-1) 42; Central Florida (3-0) 35; Iowa (3-1) 34; Arizona (2-1) 16; Boston College (3-1) 15; Duke (4-0) 14; James Madison (3-0) 13; Nebraska (3-1) 7; Washington (3-1) 6; Colorado (3-1) 5; Rutgers (3-0) 5; SMU (3-1) 4; Arkansas (3-1) 2; Liberty (4-0) 2; Navy (3-0) 2; South Carolina (3-1) 2.