Woah, talk about a shakeup! The latest US LBM Coaches Poll just dropped, and if you blinked, you missed half the top 10 flipping out. Georgia, who was sitting pretty at #1, just tumbled all the way down to #4 after Week 7 upsets, proving that nobody’s safe this college football season.
Top 10 Turmoil: New Faces and Big Drops
This poll is a wild ride, and the entire 2026 college football season just got turned on its head with multiple teams now sporting two losses. Ohio State is making a serious move, climbing three spots to #2 after beating Indiana at home. That loss sent Indiana, who was previously #4, sliding down two spots to #6. BYU made a massive jump, skyrocketing five spots from #8 to #3, while Texas Tech also charged up four spots to #5.
On the other end of the spectrum, Notre Dame took a brutal hit, falling a whopping six spots from #2 all the way down to #8. Ole Miss jumped three spots to #7, and both Utah and UCLA each climbed two spots, landing at #9 and #10 respectively, to round out the new-look top 10.
Unranked Teams Making Noise and What’s Next
The chaos isn’t just limited to the top of the heap, either. Two new teams fought their way into the US LBM Coaches Poll, with #23 Northwestern and #24 Florida now ranked. Unfortunately, that means some teams got bounced, with #19 Mississippi State and #20 Oklahoma State dropping out entirely.
And get this: Michigan, fresh off their win against Penn State, is now actually receiving votes in the poll, grabbing 10 of ’em! They’re still unranked, but hey, it’s a start in this crazy landscape. They’ve already got a loss to #14 Iowa on their record, and it doesn’t get easier. Next week, Michigan faces #6 Indiana. Plus, they still have #10 UCLA and #25 Oregon on the schedule in the penultimate week of the season.
This college football season is officially a free-for-all, and next week’s matchup between Michigan and #6 Indiana is going to be huge. Don’t blink, because who knows what the next poll will look like!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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