Coaches Poll top 25: Arizona State moves into latest college football rankings
Arizona State is finally getting some respect.
After beating Kansas State 24-14 on the road Saturday night, the Sun Devils improved to 8-2 in year two under Kenny Dillingham. And now they have a national ranking next to their name.
Arizona State is No. 22 in the latest Coaches Poll top 25, released Sunday. The Sun Devils are one of five Big 12 teams ranked, behind No. 15 BYU, No. 18 Colorado and No. 21 Iowa State, and in front of No. 25 Kansas State.
The Coaches Poll is an indicator of where the Sun Devils could end up in the next College Football Playoff Rankings, which will be released Tuesday.
Arizona State and BYU meet next Saturday in a game with both Big 12 championship and College Football Playoff implications.
Here is the complete Coaches Poll entering Week 13 of the 2024 college football season:
Coaches Poll Top 25
Nov. 17, 2024
- Oregon (55)
- Ohio State
- Texas
- Penn State
- Indiana
- Notre Dame
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
- Miami (FL)
- Tennessee
- SMU
- Boise State
- Texas A&M
- BYU
- Clemson
- Army
- Colorado
- South Carolina
- Tulane
- Iowa State
- Arizona State
- UNLV
- Memphis
- Kansas State
Schools that dropped out: No. 18 Washington State; No. 21 Missouri; No. 22 LSU; No. 24 Louisville
Others receiving votes: Washington State 65; Illinois 56; Missouri 44; Syracuse 18; James Madison 11; Duke 9; Pittsburgh 7; Louisiana 5; Louisville 2; Vanderbilt 1; Sam Houston 1; LSU 1; Colorado State 1.
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Ben Sherman has been covering the sports world for most of his journalism career, including 17 years with The Oregonian/OregonLive. One of his favorite memories was covering the 1999 Fiesta Bowl - the first BCS National Championship Game - at Sun Devil Stadium.