The Boise St. Broncos had a tough game against the Air Force Falcons, but they prevailed, 37-26. While there was some though that the Broncos would still fall after the loss, the latest USA Today Coaches poll has moved them back to No. 5 just one week after being the No. 7 team.
The previously No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners lost to Texas Tech and moved to No. 9 this week. LSU moved up to No. 1 and is followed by Alabama, Stanford and Oklahoma State. The Wisconsin Badgers were No. 4, but they dropped to No. 11 with a loss to now No. 10 Michigan State.
No other Mountain West teams appeared in the Coaches Poll.
Here is the latest Coaches Top 25:
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week's poll
|
|
1.
|
LSU (41)
|
8-0
|
1,457
|
2
|
|
2.
|
Alabama (18)
|
8-0
|
1,434
|
3
|
|
3.
|
7-0
|
1,327
|
5
|
|
|
4.
|
Oklahoma State |
7-0
|
1,301
|
6
|
|
5.
|
7-0
|
1,213
|
7
|
|
|
6.
|
8-0
|
1,174
|
8 (tie)
|
|
|
7.
|
6-1
|
1,121
|
8 (tie)
|
|
|
8.
|
Arkansas |
6-1
|
974
|
10
|
|
9.
|
6-1
|
964
|
1
|
|
|
10.
|
Michigan State |
6-1
|
932
|
13
|
|
11.
|
6-1
|
867
|
4
|
|
|
12.
|
Kansas State |
7-0
|
827
|
16
|
|
13.
|
6-1
|
798
|
11
|
|
|
14.
|
South Carolina |
6-1
|
730
|
12
|
|
15.
|
Virginia Tech |
7-1
|
729
|
14 (tie)
|
|
16.
|
Texas A&M |
5-2
|
520
|
18
|
|
17.
|
6-1
|
519
|
17
|
|
|
18.
|
Houston |
7-0
|
507
|
20
|
|
19.
|
Penn State |
7-1
|
448
|
22
|
|
20.
|
Arizona State |
5-2
|
253
|
25
|
|
21.
|
Georgia |
5-2
|
208
|
NR
|
|
22.
|
Texas Tech |
5-2
|
180
|
NR
|
|
23.
|
Cincinnati |
6-1
|
159
|
NR
|
|
24.
|
5-2
|
155
|
14
|
|
|
25.
|
Southern Mississippi |
6-1
|
128
|
NR
|
Others receiving votes: Texas (4-2) 49; Georgia Tech (6-2) 39; TCU (5-2) 33; Baylor (4-2) 29; Illinois (6-2) 22; Washington (5-2) 20; Iowa (5-2) 14; Syracuse (5-2) 10; Brigham Young (6-2) 9; Southern Methodist (5-2) 7; Wake Forest (5-2) 6; Notre Dame (4-3) 5; Auburn (5-3) 3; Rutgers (5-2) 2; Florida (4-3) 1; Miami (Fla.) (4-3) 1.