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FBS Coaches Poll: Oregon Ends Regular Season at No. 1

December 8, 2024 by AFCA.com

The Oregon Ducks beat Penn State, 45-37, in the Big Ten championship game to claim the title in their first year in the league. The Ducks, who are the only undefeated team left in FBS, finish the regular season ranked No. 1 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and received the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

Georgia is No. 2 after beating Texas for the SEC title. The Bulldogs received the second seed in the College Football Playoff and have a first-round bye along with No. 1 Oregon. Notre Dame comes in at No. 3 and will host No. 9 Indiana in the first round of the playoffs. Texas drops to No. 4 and will host No. 13 Clemson in the first round. Penn State rounds out the top five and will host No. 12 SMU in the final first round game of the College Football Playoff.

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Rank School (1st votes) Points LW W-L
1 Oregon (54) 1,350 1 13-0
2 Georgia 1,281 5 11-2
3 Notre Dame 1,214 4 11-1
4 Texas 1,178 2 11-2
5 Penn State 1,080 3 11-2
6 Tennessee 1,069 6 10-2
7 Ohio State 1,037 8 10-2
8 Boise State 929 10 12-1
9 Indiana 925 9 11-1
10 Arizona State 856 13 11-2
11 Alabama 749 11 9-3
12 SMU 741 7 11-2
13 Clemson 707 17 10-3
14 South Carolina 668 12 9-3
15 Ole Miss 631 15 9-3
16 Miami (Fla.) 611 14 10-2
17 BYU 423 18 10-2
18 Army 361 23 11-1
19 Iowa State 355 16 10-3
20 Missouri 282 20 9-3
21 Illinois 275 21 9-3
22 Colorado 228 22 9-3
23 Memphis 166 24 10-2
24 UNLV 140 19 10-3
25 Syracuse 129 25 9-3

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M (8-4) 50; Duke (9-3) 40; Louisville (8-4) 17; Kansas State (8-4) 16; Marshall (10-3) 14; Ohio (10-3) 8; Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3) 6; Tulane (9-4) 6; Georgia Tech (7-5) 3; Jacksonville State (9-4) 3; Iowa (8-4) 1; LSU (8-4) 1.

List Of Voters

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.