Coaches Poll top 25: Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Indiana rise in college football rankings after notable wins

Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Indiana are notable risers in Sunday’s Week 5 Coaches Ballot following ranked wins. Brent Venables knew his Oklahoma protection had an opportunity to be good, however the Sooners seem elite after recording 9 sacks throughout Saturday’s 24-17 win over Auburn.

Texas Tech scored 21 unanswered factors within the closing 9 minutes of the fourth quarter throughout a clobbering of Utah. Backup quarterback Will Hammond’s pair of landing passes helped the Pink Raiders transfer to No. 14 this week on the energy of this system’s first 4-0 begin since 2013.

Indiana is one in every of seven groups from the Huge Ten now ranked, pushing ahead to No. 12 after dominating beforehand eighth-ranked Illinois. Fernando Mendoza’s 5 landing passes was greater than sufficient to overwhelm the Illini, who had been making an attempt to win the primary matchup of ranked groups within the sequence since 1950.

“We’ll get individuals’s consideration with this one,” Indiana coach Curt Cignetti stated after the sport. “The group actually laid it on the road tonight. There’s nothing higher than being the Grinch within the second half with an enormous lead. I really like that feeling.”

Beforehand slotted because the final two groups inside the highest 25, South Carolina and Auburn dropped out of the rankings following SEC street losses to Oklahoma and Missouri, respectively. For the Gamecocks, a 2-2 begin this season will not be what Shane Beamer envisioned — this system’s highest rating in additional than a decade. 

Wanting forward at subsequent weekend’s slate of video games, a number of poll-altering matchups spotlight the docket together with Alabama vs. Georgia, Oregon vs. Penn State and LSU vs. Ole Miss. These are all high 15 groups with midseason bragging rights on the road throughout the SEC and Huge Ten.

Week 5 Coaches Ballot

1. Ohio State
2. Penn State
3. Georgia
4. LSU
5. Oregon
6. Miami
7. Texas
8. Florida State
9. Texas A&M
10. Oklahoma
11. Ole Miss
12. Indiana
13. Iowa State
14. Texas Tech
15. Tennessee
16. Alabama 
17. Georgia Tech
18. Michigan
19. Missouri
20. Vanderbilt
21. Notre Dame
22. USC
23. Illinois
24. BYU
25. TCU

Others receiving votes: Arizona State 104; Utah 99; Louisville 67; Mississippi State 57; Memphis 55; Auburn 48; South Florida 32; Washington 19; Navy 17; Maryland 10; Kansas 6; Syracuse 4; Houston 4; UNLV 3; Tulane 3; Nebraska 3; North Texas 2; Iowa 1;