Coaches Poll top 25: Georgia, Michigan lead college football rankings for Week 12
Six teams in the top 25 college football rankings lost over the weekend, ensuring plenty of change around the middle of the latest poll, but also near the top with just two games left in the regular season and the playoff selection committee keeping an close eye on how things develop. Now it's time to update the rankings moving into Week 12.
- Georgia took down Ole Miss in dominant fashion to stay undefeated
- Dawgs clinched a spot in the SEC title game against West champ Alabama
- Tide rolled Kentucky as Jalen Milroe and the offense find an identity
- Michigan beat Penn State old-school without Jim Harbaugh on the sideline
- Lions once again fail to pass a critical Big Ten test
- Washington holds off Utah to stay undefeated, first in Pac-12
- Oregon fights off USC in late-night battle
- Texas holds on against TCU on the road to stay at one loss
Which teams are moving up in the polls, and which are going down? Here's your look at the updated top 25 rankings for Week 12, according to the coaches' vote.
Coaches Poll top 25 rankings
First-place votes in parentheses
- Georgia (58)
- Michigan (3)
- Ohio State (3)
- Florida State
- Washington
- Oregon
- Texas
- Alabama
- Louisville
- Oregon State
- Missouri
- Penn State
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss
- LSU
- Utah
- Tulane
- Notre Dame
- Tennessee
- North Carolina
- James Madison
- Arizona
- Iowa
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma State
Coaches Poll biggest movers
Tennessee (Down 7). The Vols dropped in the rankings after an ugly loss on the road to Missouri.
Oklahoma State (Down 8). The five-game win streak came to a screeching halt after a surprising 45-3 loss at UCF.
Missouri (Up 4). Back in second place in the SEC East after taking down Tennessee.
LSU (Up 4). Jayden Daniels made history in a win over Florida that put him out in front of the Heisman Trophy race.
Kansas State (Up 5). The Wildcats recovered from the loss to Texas by handling Baylor.
Other teams receiving votes
Kansas 90; Liberty 79; SMU 27; UNLV 24; Toledo 16; North Carolina State 16; USC 7; Fresno State 6; Troy 5; Air Force 5; Memphis 1.
Teams that dropped out
No. 18 Kansas. The Jayhawks are out of the rankings after a loss to Texas Tech in which they didn't score any points until the fourth quarter.
No. 25 Fresno State. An ugly loss to San Jose State, the second of the year for the Bulldogs.
College football's undefeated teams
SEC: Georgia (10-0)
Big Ten: Michigan (10-0), Ohio State (10-0)
Pac-12: Washington (10-0)
ACC: Florida State (10-0)
Conference USA: Liberty (10-0)
Sun Belt: James Madison (10-0)
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