The crop of undefeated college football teams just got significantly smaller on Saturday, as both BYU and Texas Tech took their first losses of the season. This sent shockwaves through the updated Coaches Poll, creating some serious carnage in the rankings.
Big 12 Hopefuls Take a Tumble
BYU, who was sitting pretty at No. 3 after a huge Week 7 win over Notre Dame, couldn’t hold onto their perfect record. They got crushed in a double-overtime loss to unranked UCF, which cost the Cougars a hefty six spots. BYU now finds themselves at No. 9, but don’t count them out completely just yet. The Holy War is coming in a few weeks, and you know they’ll be looking to climb back up.
Then there’s Texas Tech, another Big 12 championship hopeful, whose dreams of a perfect season were absolutely dashed by Cincinnati. Unlike the Cougars’ close call, the Red Raiders were not competitive at all in their defeat; Cincinnati ran all over them. Texas Tech plummeted even further than BYU, dropping a full nine spots from No. 5 all the way down to No. 14 in this week’s poll. What a brutal fall for those Red Raiders.
More Carnage Across the Top 25
It wasn’t just BYU and Texas Tech feeling the pain. A few other highly-ranked teams also suffered losses this past weekend, making this Coaches Poll a true shake-up. Tennessee coughed up a late lead to South Carolina and tumbled from No. 11 to No. 17. USC laid a complete egg against Wisconsin, sliding all the way to No. 25. And after a third loss on the season, Oregon finally fell out of the top 25 entirely. The Coaches Poll top five now features Miami at No. 1, Ohio State at No. 2, Georgia at No. 3, Indiana at No. 4, and Utah rounding out the top five at No. 5.
This Coaches Poll shake-up just proves no one’s safe in college football. What a wild ride this season is turning into, especially for those Big 12 hopefuls. Keep an eye on BYU as they prep for the Holy War in a few weeks, because after a fall like this, you know they’ll be coming out swinging!
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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