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FBS Coaches Poll: Texas Moves Up to No. 2

December 1, 2024 by AFCA.com and CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

Texas used a strong defense that kept Texas A&M from scoring an offensive touchdown to beat their in-state rivals, 17-7. The Longhorn defense allowed just 244 yards of offense and forced two turnovers while running back Quintrevion Wisner chewed up the clock with 33 rushes for 186 yards. The win moves Texas to No. 2 in this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll while the loss dropped Texas A&M out of the top 25.

Oregon still sits No. 1 with a perfect 12-0 record and will face No. 3 Penn State in the Big Ten Championship game. No. 2 Texas will get a rematch against No. 5 Georgia in the SEC title game.

No. 4 Notre Dame and No. No. 8 Ohio State are among the many ranked teams who will wait to see if, and where, they wind up in the College Football Playoff.

The teams joining the Irish and Buckeyes as ranked 'observers' include No. 6 Tennessee and No. 9 Boise State.

Other championship games involving Top 25 teams have (7) SMU battling (17) Clemson in the ACC, (10) Boise State hosting (19) UNLV in the Mountain West, (13) Arizona State taking on (16) Iowa State in the Big 12, and (23) Army hosting Tulane in the American.

See: Congrove Computer Rankings (Top 134)

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Rank School (1st votes) Points LW W-L
1 Oregon (53) 1,325 1 12-0
2 Texas 1,272 3 11-1
3 Penn State 1,192 4 11-1
4 Notre Dame 1,165 5 11-1
5 Georgia 1,104 6 10-2
6 Tennessee 1,025 8 10-2
7 SMU 977 9 11-1
8 Ohio State 976 2 10-2
9 Indiana 895 10 11-1
10 Boise State 840 11 11-1
11 Alabama 733 13 9-3
12 South Carolina 700 14 9-3
13 Arizona State 665 15 10-2
14 Miami (Fla.) 646 7 10-2
15 Ole Miss 638 16 9-3
16 Iowa State 565 17 10-2
17 Clemson 457 12 9-3
18 BYU 419 20 10-2
19 UNLV 255 21 10-2
20 Missouri 229 24 9-3
21 Illinois 225 25 9-3
22 Colorado 215 NR 9-3
23 Army 196 22 10-1
24 Memphis 187 23 10-2
25 Syracuse 108 NR 9-3

Dropped out: No. 18 Tulane (9-3); No. 19 Texas A&M (8-4).

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M (8-4) 90; Duke (9-3) 39; Tulane (9-3) 37; Louisville (8-4) 18; Kansas State (8-4) 15; Louisiana-Lafayette (10-2) 11; Georgia Tech (7-5) 2; Michigan (7-5) 2; Iowa (8-4) 1; Miami (Ohio) (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.

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