Coaches Poll top 25: Clemson plummets, Texas moves into top 10 in college football rankings

The up to date Coaches Poll has been launched with Week 1 of the 2023 college football season in the books, and it is no marvel that two-time reigning nationwide champion Georgia stays atop the heap after its win over UT-Martin on Saturday in Athens. After that, despite the fact that, the rankings get a little bit wild after what was once an exhilarating opening weekend of motion.

Clemson’s 28-7 loss to Duke on Monday night time dropped the Tigers from No. 9 in the preseason Coaches Poll rankings all of the means right down to No. 21. The Tigers fumbled two times throughout the Duke 10-yard line and had two box targets blocked in a shockingly sloppy efficiency. First-year beginning quarterback Cade Klubnik struggled to stretch the sector deep because the Blue Devils’ entrance seven teed off at the Clemson offensive line all the way through the sport. 

Texas crowned Rice 37-10, and that was once excellent sufficient for the Longhorns to wreck into the top 10 forward in their maximum an important sport of the season. Quinn Ewers finished 19 of his 30 passes for 260 yards with 3 touchdowns after a gradual get started. That was once excellent sufficient for the Longhorns to leap up two spots from No. 12 forward in their showdown in opposition to No. 3 Alabama on Saturday. That way one of the crucial expected video games of the yr after final yr’s mystery is now formally a top-10 matchup, consistent with the Coaches Poll. 

Below is the overall Coaches Poll top 25 from the 66 coaches who vote weekly (first-place votes in parentheses). 

Coaches Poll top 25

1. Georgia (63)
2. Michigan (1)
3. Alabama (2)
4. Ohio State
5. Florida State
6. USC
7. Penn State
8. Washington
9. Tennessee
10. Texas
11. Notre Dame
12. Utah
13. Oregon
14. LSU
15. Kansas State
16. North Carolina
17. Oklahoma
18. Oregon State
19. Wisconsin
20. Ole Miss
21. Clemson
22. Tulane
23. Texas A&M
24. Duke
25. Colorado

Others receiving votes: Iowa 111, Pittsburgh 53, Kentucky 50, UCLA 44, Texas Christian 40, Fresno State 30, Miami 22, Auburn 22, Arkansas 18, Maryland 14, Missouri 13, Troy 11, Oklahoma State 11, NC State 10, Illinois 9, Wyoming 8, Washington State 7, Wake Forest 7, Air Force 7, Minnesota 6, Mississippi State 5, South Carolina 4, Kansas 4, Texas Tech 3, Southern Methodist 3, Central Florida 3, Houston 2, Texas-San Antonio 1, Michigan State 1, Memphis 1, Louisville 1, James Madison 1, Arizona 1