Texas ranked No. 4 in the initial Coaches Poll, receives one first-place vote
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
- Georgia (46)
- Ohio State (7)
- Oregon
- Texas (1)
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Michigan (1)
- Penn State
- Florida State
- Missouri
- LSU
- Utah
- Clemson
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma State
- Miami (Fla.)
- Texas A&M
- Arizona
- NC State
- USC
- Kansas
- 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.
