After a week on the outside looking in, the Texas Longhorns are back in the US LBM Coaches Poll. Texas lands at No. 17 after beating the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Rivalry. But the Longhorns are still four spots behind the Sooners.
Oklahoma drops seven spots to No. 13 in the newest ranking. The Oregon Ducks, who were upset by Indiana, also dropped seven places and are down to No. 9.
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Ohio State continues to hold the top spot. Miami, Indiana, Texas A&M and Ole Miss make up the top five. Alabama, Georgia, Texas Tech and LSU round out the the top ten.
The SEC lands ten teams in the Top 25. Texas sits just behind Missouri and just ahead of Vanderbilt. The Big Ten is down to just five teams in the poll. Penn State has dropped out of the rankings.
The Big 12 is well represented with four teams in the poll. The ACC is represented by three teams.
US LBM Coaches Poll: Week 8
Week 8 results: Published October 12, 2025
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
6-0 |
1646 |
63 |
1 |
– |
1/2 |
|
|
2 |
5-0 |
1566 |
2 |
3 |
+1 |
2/10 |
|
|
3 |
6-0 |
1492 |
1 |
7 |
+4 |
3/21 |
|
|
4 |
6-0 |
1417 |
0 |
5 |
+1 |
4/22 |
|
|
5 |
6-0 |
1389 |
0 |
4 |
-1 |
4/15 |
|
|
6 |
5-1 |
1280 |
0 |
8 |
+2 |
6/20 |
|
|
7 |
5-1 |
1198 |
0 |
9 |
+2 |
3/10 |
|
|
8 |
6-0 |
1183 |
0 |
10 |
+2 |
8/24 |
|
|
9 |
5-1 |
1154 |
0 |
2 |
-7 |
2/9 |
|
|
10 |
5-1 |
1062 |
0 |
11 |
+1 |
4/13 |
|
|
11 |
5-1 |
962 |
0 |
12 |
+1 |
11/18 |
|
|
12 |
6-0 |
951 |
0 |
13 |
+1 |
12/NR |
|
|
13 |
5-1 |
781 |
0 |
6 |
-7 |
6/NR |
|
|
14 |
6-0 |
720 |
0 |
18 |
+4 |
14/NR |
|
|
15 |
4-2 |
661 |
0 |
16 |
+1 |
5/21 |
|
|
16 |
5-1 |
585 |
0 |
14 |
-2 |
14/NR |
|
|
17 |
4-2 |
519 |
0 |
19 |
+2 |
1/19 |
|
|
18 |
5-1 |
498 |
0 |
20 |
+2 |
17/NR |
|
|
19 |
5-1 |
415 |
0 |
24 |
+5 |
19/NR |
|
|
20 |
6-0 |
337 |
0 |
25 |
+5 |
20/NR |
|
|
21 |
5-1 |
310 |
0 |
NR |
+12 |
21/NR |
|
|
22 |
5-1 |
298 |
0 |
NR |
+4 |
18/NR |
|
|
23 |
5-1 |
234 |
0 |
NR |
+6 |
23/NR |
|
|
24 |
5-1 |
169 |
0 |
NR |
+4 |
24/NR |
|
|
25 |
5-2 |
151 |
0 |
17 |
-8 |
8/25 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 15 Michigan; No. 21 Iowa State; No. 22 Penn State; No. 23 Arizona State;
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Others Receiving Votes
Michigan 119; Nebraska 90; Washington 85; UNLV 43; Navy 43; Louisville 18; Tulane 17; Arizona State 17; Duke 11; Iowa 9; Iowa State 7; Clemson 6; Houston 4; TCU 1; San Diego State 1; Pittsburgh 1;
List Of Voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Jay Norvell, Colorado State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.
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*The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a “NR” (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Back in US LBM Coaches Poll, Texas Football still behind Oklahoma
