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Texas ranked No. 4 in the initial Coaches Poll, receives one first-place vote

Joe Cookby:Joe Cook08/05/24

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The Texas Longhorns were No. 4 in the initial USA Today Coaches Poll of the year, which was released Monday morning. The Longhorns received one first-place vote.

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Georgia was No. 1 with 46 first-place votes. Ohio State was No. 2 with seven first-place votes.

Oregon checked in at No. 3 but did not have a first-place vote. Alabama was No. 5. The only other team outside of the top five to receive a first-place vote was Michigan at No. 8.

Aside from Georgia and Michigan, other teams on the Texas schedule to make the top 25 included No. 16 Oklahoma and No. 20 Texas A&M. SEC teams in the top 25 included Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri, LSU, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas A&M.

USA Today Coaches Pol

  1. Georgia (46)
  2. Ohio State (7)
  3. Oregon
  4. Texas (1)
  5. Alabama
  6. Ole Miss
  7. Notre Dame
  8. Michigan (1)
  9. Penn State
  10. Florida State
  11. Missouri
  12. LSU
  13. Utah
  14. Clemson
  15. Tennessee
  16. Oklahoma
  17. Kansas State
  18. Oklahoma State
  19. Miami (Fla.)
  20. Texas A&M
  21. Arizona
  22. NC State
  23. USC
  24. Kansas
  25. Iowa

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USA Today Coaches Poll Voters

Tim Albin, Ohio

Major Applewhite, South Alabama

Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina

Mike Bloomgren, Rice

David Braun, Northwestern

Jeff Brohm, Louisville

Fran Brown, Syracuse

Neal Brown, West Virginia

Troy Calhoun, Air Force

Jamey Chadwell, Liberty

Bob Chesney, James Madison

Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan

Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech

Spencer Danielson, Boise State

Ryan Day, Ohio State

Kalen DeBoer, Alabama

Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State

Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri

Mike Elko, Texas A&M

Tony Elliott, Virginia

Jedd Fisch, Washington

James Franklin, Penn State

Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame

Willie Fritz, Houston

Alex Golesh, South Florida

Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky

Mike Houston, East Carolina

Butch Jones, Arkansas State

Brent Key, Georgia Tech

GJ Kinne, Texas State

Chris Klieman, Kansas State

Dan Lanning, Oregon

Rhett Lashlee, SMU

Clark Lea, Vanderbilt

Lance Leipold, Kansas

Pete Lembo, Buffalo

Sean Lewis, San Diego State

Mike Locksley, Maryland

Mike MacIntyre, Florida International

Gus Malzahn, Central Florida

Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)

Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee

Joey McGuire, Texas Tech

Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico

Jeff Monken, Army

Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh

Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State

Barry Odom, UNLV

Gerad Parker, Troy

Brent Pry, Virginia Tech

Kirby Smart, Georgia

Mark Stoops, Kentucky

Jon Sumrall, Tulane

Lance Taylor, Western Michigan

Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio.

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