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College Football Rankings Week 9: Boise State Moves Back To No. 5 In Coaches Poll

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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.