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LSU finally supplants Clemson as No. 2 in Coaches Poll; Oklahoma drops to No. 9

A wild weekend in college football has predictably shaken up the polls on Sunday.

The biggest storyline might be LSU, which finally supplanted defending national champion Clemson to assume the No. 2 spot behind top-ranked Alabama. Ed Orgeron’s Tigers actually received the fewest first-place votes among teams that got one (7) but their overall placement allowed them to flip places with the other set of Tigers from Death Valley.

No. 4 Ohio State stayed put after their convincing win over new No. 17 Wisconsin while they were joined in the top five by fellow Big Ten side Penn State. The Nittany Lions moved up one spot as the result of Oklahoma’s shocking loss to Kansas State. The Sooners dropped all the way down to No. 9 between Oregon and Utah, which isn’t the biggest drop (four spots) but still interesting to see given how others like Georgia and Florida moved down after their own earlier losses this season.

No 13 Minnesota was also a big riser after moving to 8-0 and are joined in the top 15 by No. 14 SMU (the highest ranked Group of Five team) and No. 15 Michigan. Speaking of the Wolverines, their thumping of Notre Dame dropped the Irish a whopping nine spots to No. 16. There was only one new face in the top 25 as Kansas State joined the poll in the last position to replace previously ranked Arizona State.

The full Coaches Poll heading into Week 10:


  1. Alabama (40 first-place votes)
  2. LSU (7)
  3. Clemson (10)
  4. Ohio State (8)
  5. Penn State
  6. Florida
  7. Georgia
  8. Oregon
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Utah
  11. Baylor
  12. Auburn
  13. Minnesota
  14. SMU
  15. Michigan
  16. Notre Dame
  17. Wisconsin
  18. Cincinnati
  19. Iowa
  20. Appalachian State
  21. Boise State
  22. Wake Forest
  23. Memphis
  24. Texas
  25. Kansas State