Movement in Top 10 of Latest USA Today Sports Coaches Poll: Changes Revealed

Seven of last week's top 10 teams have a new ranking this week

Aug 31, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish place kicker Mitch Jeter (98) reacts after kicking the ball during the fourth quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. / maria lysaker-usa today sports

After Boston College's dismantling of Florida State on Monday night, college football's true opening came to an end.

Florida State dropping a pair of games since the preseason polls were released were the biggest upsets of the young season, but change came to much more of the previous top 10 of the USA Today Coaches Poll than just Florida State in the updated poll.

Below is the latest USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25:

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Change
1	Georgia (51)	1-0	1371	Same
2	Ohio State (3)	1-0	1316	Same
3	Texas (1)	1-0	1245	+1
4	Alabama	1-0	1172	+1
5	Ole Miss	1-0	1081	+1
6	Oregon	1-0	1080	-3
7	Notre Dame	1-0	1079	Same
8	Penn State	1-0	987	+1
9	Michigan	1-0	919	-1
10	Missouri	1-0	848	+1
11	Utah	1-0	779	+2
12	Tennessee	1-0	753	+3
13	Oklahoma	1-0	705	+3
14	USC	1-0	655	+9
15	Miami (FL)	1-0	650	+4
16	Kansas State	1-0	537	+1
17	Oklahoma State	1-0	499	+1
18	Arizona	1-0	348	+3
19	LSU	0-1	341	-7
20	Kansas	1-0	295	+4
21	Iowa	1-0	260	+4
22	Clemson	0-1	223	-8
23	North Carolina State	1-0	154	-1
24	Louisville	1-0	101	+3
25	Washington	1-0	95	+1

Schools Dropped Out

No. 10 Florida State; No. 20 Texas A&M;

Others Receiving Votes

Georgia Tech 86; Texas A&M 78; Memphis 43; Kentucky 23; Boise State 22; SMU 19; Auburn 13; Wisconsin 11; Iowa State 10; UNLV 9; Tulane 9; Maryland 9; Liberty 9; Nebraska 8; Boston College 7; South Florida 5; James Madison 4; Air Force 4; UTSA 3; North Carolina 3; Appalachian State 3; Texas State 2; Syracuse 1; Coastal Carolina 1;

Nick Shepkowski's Three Quick Thoughts:

Notre Dame doesn't move at all but as you can tell by the points received, one ballot going even the slightest bit different would have put the Irish as high as No. 5 and Ole Miss down to No. 7. Far more important than the poll is that Notre Dame is 1-0 with an extremely tough test out of the way.

Oregon didn't impress with a 24-14 win over Idaho so fell three spots while Texas, Alabama, and Ole Miss routed in each of their victories.

Based solely off what has been accomplished and nothing regarding preseason hype, USC and Miami are both severely underrated after Week 1. I'm fairly certain this is the first time in my life I've ever thought that about both at the same time.

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