After an embarrassing choke job to the rival Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Shootout, the Texas Longhorns have fallen in the newest US LBM Coaches Poll. OU beat Texas 27-24 on the last play of the game after the Longhorns completely collapsed in the second half at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. UT is now No. 6 in the new ranking.
Penalties and ill-timed Arch Manning interceptions doomed Texas in Dallas. But there is plenty of blame to go around. Voters severely punished UT for multitude of mistakes and undiciplined play against OU.
Georgia, who beat Alabama 20-17 Saturday night, is the new No. 1 team in the nation. So far this season, the Bulldogs have looked the part of the top-ranked team in the nation. Notre Dame slots into the No. 2 slot. Miami,
Indiana and Ohio State all moved up a spot to fill out the top five.
Even with the loss to UGA, Alabama stays constant at No. 7. BYU, Texas Tech and Ole Miss fill out the rest of the top ten. UCLA and Kentucky are the biggest risers in the new ranking. The Bruins jumped up 10 spots to No. 12. The Wildcats jumped up eight spots after beating LSU to No. 17.
The biggest falls in the newest poll were LSU and Oregon. The Tigers plummeted 11 places and are now No. 21. The Ducks slipped 12 spots to No. 25 and are in danger of dropping out of the poll altogether.
The SEC has nine teams ranked in the newest poll. The Big Ten lands six in the ranking. The Big 12 has five ranked teams and the ACC has three,
2026-27 US LBM Coaches Poll
Published October 11, 2026
Schools Dropped Out
No. 15 Florida; No. 23 Duke; No. 24 Pittsburgh;
Others Receiving Votes
Northwestern 107; Arizona 92; Nebraska 74; Oklahoma 50; Wisconsin 39; Duke 35; James Madison 33; Florida 32; Pittsburgh 25; New Mexico 16; UTSA 10; Baylor 9; Memphis 6; Oregon State 2; North Carolina 1;
List Of Voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2026 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Blake Anderson, Southern Mississippi; Dave Aranda, Baylor; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, North Texas; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Jake Dickert, Wake Forest; Matt Drinkall, Central Michigan; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Matt Entz, Fresno State; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Virginia Tech; Willie Fritz, Houston; Scott Frost, Central Florida; Tony Gibson, Marshall; Alex Golesh, Auburn; Will Hall, Tulane; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; John Hauser, Ohio; Clay Helton, Georgia Southern; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Memphis; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; KC Keeler, Temple; Charles Kelly, Jacksonville State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Collin Klein, Kansas State; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Dowell Loggains, Appalachian State; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Jeff Monken, Army; Kirby Moore, Washington State; Eric Morris, Oklahoma State; Dan Mullen, UNLV; Billy Napier, James Madison; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, Purdue; Tim Polasek, North Dakota State; Tavita Pritchard, Stanford; Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming; Morgan Scalley, Utah; JaMarcus Shephard, Oregon State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Will Stein, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Florida; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso; Kyle Whittingham, Michigan; Casey Woods, Missouri State.
Helpful Info
*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: How far did Texas Longhorns fall in US LBM Coaches Poll after OU Loss?
