{"id":886908,"date":"2026-10-18T19:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T19:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886908\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T19:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T19:18:11","slug":"coaches-poll-top-25-georgia-alabama-texas-drop-miami-new-no-1-in-college-football-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886908\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches Poll top 25: Georgia, Alabama, Texas drop; Miami new No. 1 in college football rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a new No. 1 for the third consecutive week in the latest Coaches Poll following a Saturday to remember across college football<\/a> after five top-10 teams suffered losses.<\/p>\n

Miami<\/a> has jumped to the top spot for the first time this season after holding off Florida State<\/a> and remaining unbeaten, doing so in controversial fashion on a disputed<\/a>, intercepted Hail Mary as time expired on the Seminoles.<\/p>\n

Joining the Hurricanes with a surge in the Week 8 rankings is unbeaten BYU<\/a> after toppling previously second-ranked Notre Dame<\/a>. The Cougars rose to No. 3, while the Fighting Irish dropped to No. 8 this week.<\/p>\n

Previously top-ranked Georgia’s<\/a> stunning 27-24 home loss to Auburn<\/a> pushed the Bulldogs back a few spots to No. 4. Georgia, which was previously 41-4 when ranked No. 1 under Kirby Smart, including an 18-0 at home, had won nine straight against Auburn dating back to 2017.<\/p>\n

Texas<\/a> slipped outside of the top 10 after losing to Florida<\/a>, two weeks after earning No. 1 billing following its 4-0 start, which included a victory over Ohio State<\/a>. The Buckeyes are No. 2 in the latest rankings, moving up after taking out Indiana<\/a> on the road and snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak in a matchup of top-5 teams.<\/p>\n

Ohio State did lose quarterback Julian Sayin<\/a> to a shoulder injury for “several weeks”<\/a> as Big Ten title hopes and CFP placement hang in the balance.<\/p>\n

The fifth top-10 team to lose on Saturday was Alabama<\/a>. The Crimson Tide never got going offensively during Tennessee’s<\/a> 26-10 victory and mustered just 201 total yards against Jim Knowles’ defense.<\/p>\n

The No. 11 Vols moved ahead of No. 13 Alabama as a result.<\/p>\n

New to the Coaches Poll this week are Florida and Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coaches PollDropped out<\/p>\n

No. 19 Mississippi State<\/a>; No. 20 Oklahoma State<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Others Receiving Votes<\/p>\n

Arizona<\/a> 141; Oklahoma State 87; James Madison<\/a> 80; Auburn 55; Mississippi State 32; Nebraska<\/a> 19; Oregon State<\/a> 17; New Mexico<\/a> 16; UTSA<\/a> 13; Michigan<\/a> 10; North Dakota State<\/a> 8; Wisconsin<\/a> 7; Duke<\/a> 7; North Carolina<\/a> 5; Pittsburgh<\/a> 4; Air Force<\/a> 3; North Texas<\/a> 1;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There’s a new No. 1 for the third consecutive week in the latest Coaches Poll following a Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[110968,1603,68036,3084,43942,40544,1607,7091,3342,8940,6341,3343,6815,13427,118083,25619,3349,6342,68064,1777,19504,1783,12695,43753,7027,213696,43750,13425,1778,1776,1232,19502,5693,5359,8939,5687,99,19501,5690,13419,17392,14034,8390,69306,3679,7561],"class_list":["post-886908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-air-force-falcons","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-auburn-tigers","tag-boise-state-broncos","tag-byu-cougars","tag-college-football","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-houston-cougars","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-james-madison-dukes","tag-julian-sayin","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-new-mexico-lobos","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-north-dakota-state-bison","tag-north-texas-mean-green","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-oregon-state-beavers","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-smu-mustangs","tag-sports","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-usc-trojans","tag-utah-utes","tag-utsa-roadrunners","tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}