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Coaches Poll top 25: Texas rises to No. 1, Alabama jumps Ohio State in college football rankings

Georgia's loss to the Crimson Tide reshuffled the top five of the coaches poll

by · CBS Sports

Week 5 of the 2024 college football season featured the wildest slate yet, filled with major upsets and results that completely shifted the national landscape. As such, there was a lot of movement in this week's Coaches Poll top 25. 

Alabama's monumental win 41-34 win against Georgia (which maintained a spot in the top five) pushed the Crimson Tide to No. 2, but it also opened the door for Texas, which advanced to 5-0 with a 35-13 win against Mississippi State in its first SEC game, to supplant Georgia as the top team in the nation. 

No program saw a more significant change than Ole Miss, which is headed in the wrong direction as SEC play begins. The Rebels plummeted six spots to No. 11 after a home loss against double-digit underdog Kentucky, which itself started SEC play with an 0-2 record after losses to South Carolina and Georgia. 

Ole Miss wasn't the only top-10 team to fall to an unranked opponent. Utah, without quarterback Cameron Rising for a third consecutive week, suffered a rare home loss against Arizona. In light of such highly ranked letdowns, No. 9 Missouri and No. 10 Michigan -- which has quietly built back from its loss to Texas with impressive wins against No. 15 USC and Minnesota -- both made their return to the top 10. 

Here's a look at the full Week 6 Coaches Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses. 

Week 6 Coaches Poll

  1. Texas (29)
  2. Alabama (19)
  3. Ohio State (7) 
  4. Tennessee
  5. Georgia
  6. Oregon
  7. Penn State 
  8. Miami
  9. Missouri
  10. Michigan
  11. Ole Miss
  12. LSU
  13. Notre Dame
  14. Clemson
  15. USC
  16. Iowa State
  17. Oklahoma
  18. Utah
  19. BYU
  20. Kansas State 
  21. Texas A&M 
  22. Louisville
  23. UNLV
  24. Indiana
  25. Illinois

Dropped out: No. 20 Oklahoma State 

Also receiving votes: Boise State (103); Pittsburgh (51); Arizona (44); Rutgers (35); Iowa (29); James Madison (25); Duke (22); Kentucky (17); Oklahoma State (15); SMU (14); Nebraska (12); Navy (9); Colorado (9); Boston College (6); Army (3); UCF (2); Liberty (2); Tulane (1); South Carolina (1)