Week 5 of the 2024 college football season featured the wildest slate yet, filled with major upsets and results that completely shifted the national landscape. As such, there was a lot of movement in this week's Coaches Poll top 25.
Alabama's monumental win 41-34 win against Georgia (which maintained a spot in the top five) pushed the Crimson Tide to No. 2, but it also opened the door for Texas, which advanced to 5-0 with a 35-13 win against Mississippi State in its first SEC game, to supplant Georgia as the top team in the nation.
No program saw a more significant change than Ole Miss, which is headed in the wrong direction as SEC play begins. The Rebels plummeted six spots to No. 11 after a home loss against double-digit underdog Kentucky, which itself started SEC play with an 0-2 record after losses to South Carolina and Georgia.
Ole Miss wasn't the only top-10 team to fall to an unranked opponent. Utah, without quarterback Cameron Rising for a third consecutive week, suffered a rare home loss against Arizona. In light of such highly ranked letdowns, No. 9 Missouri and No. 10 Michigan -- which has quietly built back from its loss to Texas with impressive wins against No. 15 USC and Minnesota -- both made their return to the top 10.
Here's a look at the full Week 6 Coaches Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses.
Week 6 Coaches Poll
- Texas (29)
- Alabama (19)
- Ohio State (7)
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Oregon
- Penn State
- Miami
- Missouri
- Michigan
- Ole Miss
- LSU
- Notre Dame
- Clemson
- USC
- Iowa State
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- BYU
- Kansas State
- Texas A&M
- Louisville
- UNLV
- Indiana
- Illinois
Dropped out: No. 20 Oklahoma State
Also receiving votes: Boise State (103); Pittsburgh (51); Arizona (44); Rutgers (35); Iowa (29); James Madison (25); Duke (22); Kentucky (17); Oklahoma State (15); SMU (14); Nebraska (12); Navy (9); Colorado (9); Boston College (6); Army (3); UCF (2); Liberty (2); Tulane (1); South Carolina (1)
