{"id":11191,"date":"2025-10-19T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11191\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:07:28","slug":"coaches-poll-top-25-miami-tumbles-as-vanderbilt-georgia-tech-rise-in-week-9-college-football-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11191\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches Poll top 25: Miami tumbles as Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech rise in Week 9 college football rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"gt.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sad-mario-getty.png\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Previously unbeaten <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/MIAMI\/miami-fla-hurricanes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami<\/a> fell from the top five in Sunday&#8217;s new Coaches Poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/after-a-dominant-start-to-the-season-past-problems-returned-to-haunt-carson-beck-miami-in-loss-to-louisville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">following the Hurricanes&#8217; stunning loss to Louisville<\/a>\u00a0on Friday night. Miami was one of several unbeatens to go down during a weekend of upsets. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TXTECH\/texas-tech-red-raiders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Tech&#8217;s<\/a> loss at <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/ARIZST\/arizona-state-sun-devils\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona State<\/a> along with <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/MEMP\/memphis-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis<\/a> flatlining against <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/UAB\/uab-blazers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UAB<\/a> altered the Week 9 rankings and pushed others toward the top of the poll chasing unanimous <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/OHIOST\/ohio-state-buckeyes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio State<\/a> at No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Unbeaten <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/GATECH\/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Tech<\/a> jumped into the top 10 this week at No. 7 and controls its own destiny in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/college-football\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Football<\/a> Playoff conversation. Another surge up the rankings came from <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/VANDY\/vanderbilt-commodores\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt<\/a>, who squashed previously 10th-ranked <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/LSU\/lsu-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LSU<\/a> with its first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/diego-pavia-heisman-vanderbilt-lsu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">win over the Tigers since 1990<\/a>. The Commodores are ranked 12th, up six spots from last week&#8217;s mark.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off its fourth consecutive win over a ranked opponent after topping <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TENN\/tennessee-volunteers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee<\/a>, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/BAMA\/alabama-crimson-tide\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama<\/a> moved up two spots to No. 4. The Crimson Tide have won six straight since opening the season with a loss at <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/FSU\/florida-state-seminoles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida State<\/a> and hold more quality wins than any team nationally ahead of the playoff selection committee&#8217;s first set of rankings next month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last week, I would say this, we talk about the 24-hour rule and enjoying that win,&#8221; Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/alabama\/football\/what-kalen-deboer-said-after-defeating-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">whose team shook off a victory over Vanderbilt<\/a> before taking out the Vols. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think our guys enjoyed that win very much because they were getting ready to go be back to committing to the process and getting back to work and being better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First-place votes in parenthesis\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Week 9 Coaches PollOhio State (65)<br \/><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/IND\/indiana-hoosiers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana<\/a><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TXAM\/texas-am-aggies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>Alabama<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/UGA\/georgia-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/OREG\/oregon-ducks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oregon<\/a>Georgia Tech<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/MISS\/ole-miss-rebels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ole Miss<\/a>Miami<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/BYU\/byu-cougars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BYU<\/a><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/OKLA\/oklahoma-sooners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma<\/a>Vanderbilt<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/ND\/notre-dame-fighting-irish\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Notre Dame<\/a><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/MIZZOU\/missouri-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri<\/a>Texas Tech<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/UVA\/virginia-cavaliers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia<\/a>Tennessee<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TEXAS\/texas-longhorns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a>LSU<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/SFLA\/south-florida-bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Florida<\/a><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/CINCY\/cincinnati-bearcats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati<\/a>Louisville<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/ILL\/illinois-fighting-illini\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois<\/a><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/MICH\/michigan-wolverines\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan<\/a>Arizona State<\/p>\n<p>Schools Dropped Out:\u00a0No. 20 Memphis; No. 21 <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/USC\/usc-trojans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USC<\/a>; No. 22 <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/UTAH\/utah-utes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Others Receiving Votes:\u00a0<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/NAVY\/navy-midshipmen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Navy<\/a> 59; USC 52; Utah 51; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TULANE\/tulane-green-wave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tulane<\/a> 45; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/HOU\/houston-cougars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a> 34; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/IOWA\/iowa-hawkeyes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa<\/a> 17; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/JMAD\/james-madison-dukes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Madison<\/a> 9; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/IOWAST\/iowa-state-cyclones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa State<\/a> 9; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/SDGST\/san-diego-state-aztecs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego State<\/a> 4; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/NTEXAS\/north-texas-mean-green\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Texas<\/a> 4; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/WASH\/washington-huskies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington<\/a> 3; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/UNLV\/unlv-rebels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UNLV<\/a> 3; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/SMU\/smu-mustangs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SMU<\/a> 3; Memphis 3; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TCU\/tcu-horned-frogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TCU<\/a> 2; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/PITT\/pittsburgh-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh<\/a> 2; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/BOISE\/boise-state-broncos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boise State<\/a> 2; <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/NWEST\/northwestern-wildcats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northwestern<\/a> 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Previously unbeaten Miami fell from the top five in Sunday&#8217;s new Coaches Poll following the Hurricanes&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2531,8506,10533,2536,4654,4697,143,10011,3731,4669,4683,2514,2523,6795,6796,2525,4690,2515,4657,6784,123,4641,125,124,2520,10480,6785,10532,4695,4699,4684,6790,10481,6762,6761,10535,4700,6782,6794,2533,10253,6792,2526,4691,10534,10536,4671,10531,10254,4682,10537],"class_list":{"0":"post-11191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","9":"tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","10":"tag-boise-state-broncos","11":"tag-byu-cougars","12":"tag-carson-beck","13":"tag-cincinnati-bearcats","14":"tag-college-football","15":"tag-diego-pavia","16":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","17":"tag-georgia-bulldogs","18":"tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","19":"tag-houston-cougars","20":"tag-illinois-fighting-illini","21":"tag-indiana-hoosiers","22":"tag-iowa-hawkeyes","23":"tag-iowa-state-cyclones","24":"tag-james-madison-dukes","25":"tag-louisville-cardinals","26":"tag-lsu-tigers","27":"tag-memphis-tigers","28":"tag-miami","29":"tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","30":"tag-miami-headlines","31":"tag-miami-news","32":"tag-michigan-wolverines","33":"tag-missouri-tigers","34":"tag-navy-midshipmen","35":"tag-north-texas-mean-green","36":"tag-northwestern-wildcats","37":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","38":"tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","39":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","40":"tag-ole-miss-rebels","41":"tag-oregon-ducks","42":"tag-pittsburgh-panthers","43":"tag-san-diego-state-aztecs","44":"tag-smu-mustangs","45":"tag-south-florida-bulls","46":"tag-tcu-horned-frogs","47":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","48":"tag-texas-am-aggies","49":"tag-texas-longhorns","50":"tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","51":"tag-tulane-green-wave","52":"tag-uab-blazers","53":"tag-unlv-rebels","54":"tag-usc-trojans","55":"tag-utah-utes","56":"tag-vanderbilt-commodores","57":"tag-virginia-cavaliers","58":"tag-washington-huskies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}