On Wednesday, USA TODAY Sports announced that the coaches poll now has a new sponsor. US LBM will now be the sponsor for the coaches poll over the next four years.
“Teamwork, leadership and building communities are essential to both US LBM and college football, and we are incredibly excited to partner with the American Football Coaches Association and USA TODAY for the weekly US LBM Coaches Poll and to be the presenting sponsor of the National Championship Trophy,” said US LBM president and CEO L.T. Gibson.
The now titled ‘US LBM Coaches Poll’ was released on Aug. 7 with the Georgia Bulldogs and Michigan Wolverines taking the top two spots in the poll.
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Georgia |
| 2 | Michigan |
| 3 | Alabama |
| 4 | Ohio State |
| 5 | Louisiana State |
| 6 | Southern California |
| 7 | Penn State |
| 8 | Florida State |
| 9 | Clemson |
| 10 | Tennessee |
| 11 | Washington |
| 12 | Texas |
| 13 | Notre Dame |
| 14 | Utah |
| 15 | Oregon |
| 16 | Texas Christian |
| 17 | Kansas State |
| 18 | Oregon State |
| 19 | Oklahoma |
| 20 | North Carolina |
| 21 | Wisconsin |
| 22 | Mississippi |
| 23 | Tulane |
| 24 | Texas Tech |
| 25 | Texas A&M |