Coaches Poll Week 12: Alabama back in top 10, Georgia plummets
The Week 12 Coaches Poll was unveiled Sunday morning, and with two top 10 teams losing and one just barely surviving, there was plenty of movement.
Following its win over Georgia, Ole Miss rose to the No. 11 spot in the rankings, still a place behind the Bulldogs. Alabama vaulted to the No. 8 spot after it cruised to a win over LSU in Death Valley, while both Texas and Tennessee moved up two spots thanks to UGA and Miami’s losses.
The complete rankings:
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Texas
- Tennessee
- Penn State
- Indiana
- Notre Dame
- BYU
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
- Miami
- SMU
- Boise State
- Texas A&M
- Clemson
- Army
- Washington State
- Kansas State
- Colorado
- Missouri
- LSU
- South Carolina
- Louisville
- Iowa State
Elsewhere in the SEC, Texas A&M moved up a spot while being idle. LSU fell nine spots to No. 22, the most out of any team in this week’s poll.
Missouri leapfrogged a spot after its miraculous win over Oklahoma, and South Carolina entered the rankings for the first time this season at the No. 23 spot.
All in all, nine SEC teams made the cut, still the most out of any conference by a wide margin. And if you are going off of these rankings, six teams from the SEC would be in playoff contention, with Mizzou on the outside looking in.
I know that OleMiss had a terrible loss to Kentucky by 3. But it really feels like this current OleMiss team should be ranked 1 ahead of UGA after dominating that game.
It’s called bias. Whatever credit we receive, we ALWAYS have to earn. But that’s okay. Records speak for themselves.
Agree, Swap UGa for OM.
The real question based on this poll, who would you rather face, PNST-IN-ND-BYU…or Bama?
Without question. That wasn’t even a case of GA having a bad game or anything, they looked as vulnerable and non-dominate as they have all year, and clearly not near as good of a team as Ole Miss.
Never easy to win on the road in the SEC, games like this happen. Georgia seems to really struggle in bad weather but we’re not out of it yet.
As a VOLS fan I think both you guys are right. Tired of Bama and the Dawgs dominating the SEC headlines and ranking even with there 2 loss records. I wouldn’t be surprised if The VOLS lose next week that they will be shuffled all the way back to 15 in the ranking. Just the way it goes if your not Bama or Georgia
Vols will get their just reward of respect if they are able to do what Ole Miss did this week. Sounds pretty simple to me. Both Ole Miss and UTV seem to under achieve on the road and so, they don’t get the respect they may deserve. I understand that you can only play the schedule you are given but straight up question randyrwillis, what do you think UTVs record would be if they had to play Texas-Bama-Ole Miss-Clemson on the road?
Nice slight of hand magic trick, humperrr…
Clemson wasn’t on the road! Don’t make me reveal who Goergia’s “MVD” is…
This makes no sense. UFA cannot be ranked a head of a team with the same record who beat that azz
UGA
2 road losses to Bama-OM versus road loss to LSU and home loss to Ky, at this stage that apparently is holding more water. Swap OM and UGa for now, it matters not. Let’s revisit this after the UTV game