While Penn State was busy taking care of business at home against a clearly overmatched opponent, the Washington Huskies were coming through with one of the biggest wins so far this regular season in all of college football. Washignton’s thrilling victory over rival Oregon on Saturday afternoon led to the Huskeis moving up one spot in the brand new US LBM Coaches Poll released Sunday following the results of Week 7. As a result, Penn State stepped down one spot in the coaches poll as Penn State and Washington flipped spots within the top 10.
Penn State stepped down to no. 6 in this week’s coaches poll. Washington moved up to no. 5 after their big win over Oregon.
Georgia remains the top team in this week’s coaches poll with a decisive 58 first-place votes in their favor. Michigan remains no. 2 and Ohio State comes in at no. 3 once again. Penn State will visit Ohio State this weekend for a chance to shake up the top of the rankings a little bit more in next week’s voting.
The bottom of the top 10 saw some movement as well after Oregon and USC each took losses on the road. Texas and Alabama are actually tied for no. 8 in the new US LBM Coaches Poll this week (we’ll give the tiebreaker to Texas due to their head-to-head win). Texas moved up three spots to rejoin the top 10 at no. 8, tied with Alabama. North Carolina rounds out this week’s top 10 after their win over Miami on Saturday night.
Oregon fell three spots to no. 11 but USC was dropped hard from no. 9 all the way down to no. 16 after getting blown out by Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish moved up just three spots in this week’s coaches poll though, from no. 21 up to no. 18, thanks to having two losses already.
Washington State, Kentucky, and Kansas all fell out of this week’s coaches poll. That left room for Iowa to come back into the mix at no. 23. Air Force also cracked the top 25 at no. 22 and Tulane has returned with the no. 24 spot in this week’s poll. Future Big Ten member UCLA barely held on to the no. 25 spot after its second loss of the year. They are just three points ahead of James Madison, the top team in the others receiving votes category.
Here is the full US LBM Coaches Poll for Week 7.