Coaches Poll Week 3: 7 SEC teams ranked in top 25
Week 3 was a brutal one for a number of top-10 teams. Ohio State lost. Iowa State fell. Texas A&M hung on for dear life at Colorado. Notre Dame almost lost at home to Toledo.
That led to quite a bit of shakeup in the USA TODAY Week 3 Coaches Poll, especially when paired with some chaos featuring teams ranked lower.
The 2 constants? Alabama and Georgia remained at the top of the poll, with the Tide followed by the Bulldogs.
A total of 7 SEC teams made the top 25, with Auburn and Arkansas making it after big wins on Saturday.
Check out the poll below:
Coaches Poll Week 3
#1 Alabama
#2 Georgia
#3 Oklahoma
#4 Oregon
#5 Texas A&M
#6 Clemson
#7 Iowa
#8 Cincinnati
#9 Florida
#10 Notre Dame
#11 Ohio State
#12 Penn State
#13 UCLA
#14 Iowa State
#15 Virginia Tech
#16 Ole Miss
#17 Wisconsin
#18 Coastal Carolina
#19 North Carolina
#20 Auburn
#21 Arizona State
#22 Oklahoma State
#23 BYU
#24 Arkansas
#25 Michigan
Others receiving votes:
Miami 135; Southern California 99; Central Florida 65; Michigan State 63; Liberty 63; Texas Christian 57; Pittsburgh 52; Kentucky 50; Utah 41; Texas 36; Kansas State 28; Indiana 28; Louisiana State 26; Nevada 18; Boston College 14; Fresno State 13; Southern Methodist 10; Rutgers 10; UL Lafayette 9; San Diego State 9; Mississippi State 9; Army 9; Tulane 6; Maryland 6; San Jose State 5; NC State 5; Virginia 4; Marshall 4; Stanford 3; Air Force 3; Texas-San Antonio 1; Memphis 1; Boise State 1.
What an absolute joke
Why? Surely you didn’t think Ky would be ranked. Ky had a nice win over a decent but unranked team at home. Thats not enough. The Cats will be ranked if they take care of business in next two weeks , then beat Fla.
Really unclenutz??? Teams like ASU who beat powerhouse Sacramento State by less than two touchdowns? Coastal Carolina? Ok St? I don’t think any Uk fans would argue with being ranked below Auburn and Arky, but those other schools 20-25?
I agree the bottom 10 teams are dicey. But the Cats will be there soon imo.
Pitt had more votes, if you cant see the joke for what these polls are, then I dont know what to tell you.
not saying polls arent sketchy. Just saying it is unrealistic to expect Ky to be ranked this week. But I think it ll come soon.
Penn St. should be ahead of ND, Ohio St., and you could make a case for Florida. A&M should have dropped a spot or 2 also. Glad Arkansas got ranked but they should be right there with Auburn, after all UCLA got ranked #16 after beating LSU, why shouldn’t Arkansas be higher after beating #15 Texas.
You’ve blown out one of the 2 worst teams in the FBS and a mediocre FCS team sit down. Auburn has no place anywhere close to the top 10 until they beat Penn State…
Who said they did?
Remind me who UF has beaten this season?
Because that Miami win looks like a big deal right now….
Miami is at least a power 5 team… Florida has played a team from conference USA and the American …
Dan Mullen is your head coach. Why are you even talking?
100x better than your coach so why are you talking?
And you base that on what exactly?
What kind of bizarre paradox do we live in where Arizona State and Oklahoma State are ranked ahead of Arkansas?
or that all 3 are ranked at once?
This poll is biased against the SEC. People don’t want to see 8-10 teams from one conference so they pick teams like Indiana, NC St, OK St to balance things out. The problem is, the SEC has been beating those teams in bowls.
Middle of the pack SEC teams are just as good as contenders in other conferences so why don’t the polls indicate it?
Let’s be real all the polls are a joke until atleast midway through the season.
True
They are joke but they aren’t because they do influence things further down the line. North Carolina shouldn’t be ranked and OU, Clemson, and Texas A&M are all rated too high.