The top 10 of this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll definitely won’t include Penn State and Texas, two preseason College Football Playoff favorites who might be lucky to land somewhere in the back end of the Top 25 after ugly losses to UCLA and Florida, respectively.
That’s going to lead to some reimagining of the top seven and open up a pair of spots in the top 10 altogether. One seat will be filled by Alabama, which was No. 11 in last week’s poll but beat Vanderbilt for a second ranked victory in as many weeks.