Coaches' Poll: Tennessee Parlays Dominance of Oklahoma Into Rise to No. 6

September 22, 2024 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff and AFCA.com

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
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.