After a dominant regular season that saw it take a firm hold on the top spot in the rankings, Georgia is down to No. 3 in the new Coaches Poll following its 41-24 loss to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. The Crimson Tide, conversely, took the No. 1 spot in the poll. Aside from Alabama, Baylor was among the biggest risers in this week’s Coaches Poll, as the Bears wound up at No. 6 following their win in the Big 12 Championship Game.
Despite a two-week run of dominant football including a victory over arch rival Ohio State and a blowout victory against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game, No. 2 Michigan received just five first-place votes in the Coaches Poll. By comparison, Alabama received 54 first-place votes.
Six of the 10 spots in the Coaches Poll are taken up by two conferences, as the SEC (Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss) and Big Ten (Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State) each put three teams in the top 10.
See the full Coaches Poll top 25 below. First-place votes in parenthesis.
1. Alabama (54)
2. Michigan (5)
3. Georgia
4. Cincinnati (3)
5. Notre Dame
6. Baylor
7. Ohio State
8. Ole Miss
9. Oklahoma State
10. Michigan State
11. Utah
12. Pitt
13. Oklahoma
14. BYU
15. Oregon
16. Iowa
17. Louisiana
18. NC State
19. Wake Forest
20. Kentucky
21. Houston
22. Clemson
23. Texas A&M
24. Arkansas
25. UTSA
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 105; Utah State 85; San Diego State 62; Minnesota 17; Air Force 15; Penn State 5; Fresno State 5; UCLA 3; Mississippi State 2; Coastal Carolina 2; Appalachian State 2; Purdue 1.
