The top eight in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll remained the same as they did a week ago. Georgia continues to lead the way, with Ohio State, Tennessee, and Michigan rounding out the top four. Clemson and Alabama are at No. 5 and No. 6.
TCU is still the highest-ranked Big 12 team, but there was a lot of movement from their conference foes behind them. After dominating Oklahoma State, the Kansas State Wildcats jumped all the way up to No. 14 from No. 22. The biggest falls of this week belong to Oklahoma State and Wake Forest, who both dropped nine spots. Mike Gundy’s Cowboys are now No. 18.
UCF joined fellow American Atheltic Conference member Tulane in this week’s rankings. Although they will be a Big 12 team soon, being ranked as a Group of Five member is always impressive.
The independent Liberty Flames have also joined the rankings at No. 24. They are the only independent team in the top 25.
Cincinnati and South Carolina fell out of the poll after their week nine losses. It’s easy to wonder if the Bearcats have been ranked in the Coaches Poll for the final time as a member of the American Athletic Conference.
The voters were kind to Penn State. The Nittany Lions only fell three spots after losing to Ohio State, yet some of the voters did have outside of the top 25.
Things are going poorly in Lexington, Kentucky. Just a month ago, The Wildcats were No. 8 in the Coaches Poll. Now, they’re losers of three of their last four and have fallen all the way to No. 24.
The Sooners are still not receiving any votes, nor should they be at this point in the season. However, if they beat Baylor this week, then perhaps we can have that conversation.