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Ohio State collects 59 of 67 first-place votes in AFCA Coaches' Poll

September 2, 2025 by AFCA.com, CFPoll.com staff

The new US LBM Coaches' Poll has Ohio State in the top spot, replacing Texas after the Buckeyes won Saturday's clash in Columbus, 14-7. Ohio State was listed at the top of 59 of the 67 ballots while No. 2 Penn State received 6 of the remaining 8 first-place votes. No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 LSU split the other two.

The loss dropped Texas to No. 6, behind 5th-place Oregon.

Clemson only dropped from 6th to 8th after the 17-10 home loss to LSU.

Miami rose from 10th to 7th after a 27-24 home win over Notre Dame. The Irish slipped from 5tyh to 9th.

Arizona State rounded out the top 10.

The poll is conducted by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).

Kansas State and Boise State fell out of the poll after the Wildcats lost to Iowa State in week zero and struggled to beat FCS member North Dakota on Saturday. The Broncos opened their season on the wrong end of a 34-7 rout at USF.

See: Congrove Computer Rankings

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Rank School (1st votes) Points LW W-L
1 Ohio State (59) 1666 2 1-0
2 Penn State (6) 1574 3 1-0
3 Georgia (1) 1518 4 1-0
4 LSU (1) 1469 9 1-0
5 Oregon 1381 7 1-0
6 Texas 1339 1 0-1
7 Miami (Fla.) 1304 10 1-0
8 Clemson 1067 6 0-1
9 Notre Dame 1038 5 0-1
10 Arizona State 957 11 1-0
11 South Carolina 915 13 1-0
12 Illinois 909 12 1-0
13 Michigan 725 14 1-0
14 Mississippi 668 15 1-0
15 Florida 638 17 1-0
16 SMU 602 16 1-0
17 Tennessee 563 18 1-0
18 Iowa State 518 21 2-0
19 Florida State 491 NR 1-0
20 Alabama 390 8 0-1
21 Indiana 369 19 1-0
22 Texas A&M 363 21 1-0
23 Texas Tech 253 24 1-0
24 Oklahoma 251 NR 1-0
25 Brigham Young 163 23 1-0

Dropped out: No. 20 Kansas State (1-1); No. 25 Boise State (0-1).

Others receiving votes: Utah (1-0) 117; Louisville (1-0) 95; Missouri (1-0) 88; Kansas State (1-1) 79; Tulane (1-0) 45; Auburn (1-0) 41; Southern California (1-0) 41; TCU (1-0) 33; Iowa (1-0) 23; Georgia Tech (1-0) 17; Navy (1-0) 17; Nebraska (1-0) 13; Memphis (1-0) 11; South Florida (1-0) 9; Duke (1-0) 5; Kansas (2-0) 4; Washington (1-0) 3; Vanderbilt (1-0) 2; Florida International (1-0) 1.