A blowout loss to Oregon on Saturday has Colorado outside of the US LBM Coaches Poll top 25 for the first time since the Aug. 7 preseason poll.
The Buffaloes, who were previously ranked No. 19 following their Week 3 win over Colorado State, received 29 votes in Sunday’s release of the post-Week 4 poll. Oregon, meanwhile, moved up two spots to No. 9.
Fortunately for the Buffs, they have an opportunity to sneak back into the poll next week with a matchup against USC coming up next. The No. 6 Trojans and their struggling defense looked beatable on Saturday in a 42-28 win at Arizona State.
Other ranked Pac-12 teams include No. 8 Washington, No. 10 Utah, No. 17 Washington State and No. 21 Oregon State. UCLA dropped out of the top 25 but received 36 votes.
Georgia maintained its No. 1 spot with a win over UAB.
Here’s a complete look at the top 25:
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
| 1 | Georgia | 4-0 | 1592 (61) | – |
| 2 | Michigan | 4-0 | 1495 | – |
| 3 | Ohio State | 4-0 | 1414 (2) | +1 |
| 4 | Florida State | 4-0 | 1390 | -1 |
| 5 | Texas | 4-0 | 1336 | +1 |
| 6 | Southern California | 4-0 | 1268 | -1 |
| 7 | Penn State | 4-0 | 1225 | – |
| 8 | Washington | 4-0 | 1194 | – |
| 9 | Oregon | 4-0 | 1071 | +2 |
| 10 | Utah | 4-0 | 1010 | – |
| 11 | Alabama | 3-1 | 930 | +1 |
| 12 | Louisiana State | 3-1 | 844 | +1 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 4-1 | 837 | -4 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 4-0 | 784 | – |
| 15 | North Carolina | 4-0 | 698 | +2 |
| 16 | Duke | 4-0 | 605 | +2 |
| 17 | Washington State | 4-0 | 555 | +7 |
| 18 | Miami | 4-0 | 485 | +3 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 3-1 | 404 | +1 |
| 20 | Ole Miss | 3-1 | 305 | -4 |
| 21 | Oregon State | 3-1 | 293 | -6 |
| 22 | Missouri | 4-0 | 140 | +5 |
| 23 | Florida | 3-1 | 134 | +6 |
| 24 | Kansas | 4-0 | 120 | +9 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 3-1 | 109 | +1 |
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