The college football coaches that vote in their aptly named poll apparently put more in a close win than a blowout on the road.
That’s one takeaway from the latest Week 6 Coaches Poll from USAToday, which saw Alabama ascend to the No. 1 spot after beating Ole Miss and No. 2 Clemson slide down a spot despite taking home the most first place votes.
No. 5 Ohio State was the other riser in the otherwise unchanged top 15, flipping spots with No. 6 LSU despite a convincing win at Nebraska on Saturday night. The Buckeyes did pick up four first place votes, the most outside of the Tigers and Tide.
Pac-12 programs like Washington and Utah also moved up while Virginia dropped to No. 22 with their first loss of the season at No. 10 Notre Dame. California, Kansas State and USC dropped out of the top 25 thanks to losses while Michigan State, Memphis and Oklahoma State took their spots. Mike Norvell’s Tigers are the third Group of Five program in the poll, joining No. 19 UCF and No. 15 Boise State.
The full top 25 Coaches Poll entering Week 6:
- Alabama (29 first place votes)
- Clemson (30)
- Georgia (1)
- Oklahoma
- Ohio State (4)
- LSU
- Auburn
- Florida
- Wisconsin
- Notre Dame
- Penn State
- Texas
- Oregon
- Iowa
- Boise State
- Washington
- Utah
- Michigan
- UCF
- Wake Forest
- Texas A&M
- Virginia
- Michigan State
- Memphis
- Oklahoma State