The Texas Longhorns have probably played themselves out of the college football playoff. Texas fell eight spots in the newest US LBM Coaches Poll. The nosedive is a preview of the CFP rankings reveal later this week.

The Horns were dominated by Georgia Saturday night, 35-10. The word coach Steve Sarkisian and other players used after the game was “disaster.”

“The fourth quarter was, for lack of better terms, a disaster,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said after the game. “We got beat 21-0 in the fourth quarter.”

UT has fallen eight spots in the coaches poll, tumbling from No. 10 to No. 18. Since both the coaches and AP polls are used by the CFP committee, Texas will assuredly be on the outside looking in at a spot in the playoff. Texas chances have gone down to just 20%, according to the ESPN FPI playoff bracket predictor.

The other team that saw a big drop in the ranking is Alabama, who slipped six spots from No. 4 to No. 10 after losing at home to the Oklahoma Sooners.

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The top three of Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M stayed the same. Georgia moved up into the No. 4 spot, replacing Alabama. Oregon, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Notre Dame make up the rest of the top ten.

North Texas is ranked in the coaches poll for the first time since 1977. The Mean Green are one of three Group of Five teams ranked, joined by James Madison and Tulane. UNT and Tulane are in the American Conference, while JMU hails from the Sun Belt.

There are nine SEC teams included in the Top 25. The Big Ten lands five teams in the ranking. Four Big 12 teams are ranked, while the ACC places just three teams in the coaches poll.

US LBM Coaches Poll: Week 13

Published November 16, 2025

Schools Dropped Out

No. 21 Louisville; No. 22 Cincinnati; No. 23 Pittsburgh;

Others Receiving Votes

Navy 56; SMU 42; Illinois 34; Washington 28; Iowa 24; Arizona 23; Louisville 21; San Diego State 19; Arizona State 16; Pittsburgh 13; Nebraska 12; East Carolina 3;

List Of Voters

The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&ampM; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.

Helpful Info

*The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a “NR” (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.