The Texas Longhorns and former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian are the big story in the new US LBM Coaches Poll.
Texas moved up four spots in this week’s poll after beating Nick Saban and Alabama on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.
USC now has a few added problems with Texas and Florida State both rising to the top of their respective conferences. Texas in the Big 12 and Florida State in the ACC have fewer obstacles to an unbeaten season. If Alabama had beaten Texas, that would have been very good for USC, since the Crimson Tide would have still needed to go through LSU and probably Georgia (in the SEC Championship Game) to make the playoff.
At any rate, all the Trojans can worry about is the next game. That will be September 23 at Arizona State.
Here is the full US LBM Coaches Poll after Week 2 of the 2023 college football season: