Coaches Poll top 25: Sooners fall, Kansas jumps in college football rankings for Week 10

An updated look at the new Coaches Poll top 25 college football rankings after another active weekend on the gridiron with top 10 teams going down
Coaches Poll top 25: Sooners fall, Kansas jumps in college football rankings for Week 10
Coaches Poll top 25: Sooners fall, Kansas jumps in college football rankings for Week 10 /

It's that time of year when losses matter a lot more as we close out the month of October, sort the wheat from the chaff in the conference races, and prepare for the CFP selection committee to release its first rankings of the season. Where does that leave things in this week's other college football rankings?

  • Five ranked teams lost on Saturday, including No. 6 Oklahoma in a shocker at unranked Kansas
  • Utah had no answer for Oregon as its 18-game home win streak was snapped
  • North Carolina dropped a second straight, this time to Georgia Tech
  • Louisville moved further into ACC contention by taking down Duke
  • USC needed to thwart a 2-point conversion to beat Cal on the road

Who's moving up this week? And who's moving down in the rankings? Here's your look at the updated top 25 heading into Week 10, according to the coaches' vote.

Coaches Poll top 25 rankings

First-place votes in parentheses

  1. Georgia (58)
  2. Michigan (3)
  3. Ohio State (3)
  4. Florida State
  5. Washington
  6. Texas
  7. Oregon
  8. Alabama
  9. Penn State
  10. Ole Miss
  11. Oklahoma
  12. Notre Dame
  13. LSU
  14. Missouri
  15. Louisville
  16. Tennessee
  17. Air Force
  18. Utah
  19. Oregon State
  20. UCLA
  21. Tulane
  22. USC
  23. Kansas
  24. James Madison
  25. North Carolina

Where we left off: Last week's Coaches Poll top 25

Coaches Poll biggest movers

North Carolina (Down 8). The Tar Heels dropped a second straight game to an unranked ACC opponent after Georgia Tech came back in the fourth quarter.

Kansas (Up 15). The Jayhawks made a statement by jumping out to a big lead over OU and then coming back to finish the job late.

Oregon State (Down 7). A loss on the road against unranked Arizona has the Beavers clinging to any vestige of Pac-12 title contention.

UCLA (Up 4). The Bruins overcame some costly turnovers to take down Colorado at home.

Tennessee (Up 4). A big win at Kentucky keeps the Vols in the SEC East title chase but big games are still to come on the schedule.

Other teams receiving votes

Kansas State 85; Oklahoma State 62; Fresno State 51; Miami (FL) 35; Duke 33; Iowa 20; Arizona 18; Liberty 15; SMU 6; Florida 3; UNLV 1; Toledo 1; Kentucky 1

Schools that dropped out

No. 21 Duke. Out of the rankings now after a second straight loss in ACC play, this time after getting blanked by Louisville on the road.

College football's undefeated teams

SEC: Georgia (8-0)

Big Ten: Michigan (8-0), Ohio State (8-0)

Pac-12: Washington (8-0)

ACC: Florida State (8-0)

Conference USA: Liberty (8-0)

Mountain West: Air Force (8-0)

Sun Belt: James Madison (8-0)


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