NCAA Football: Texas Tech at Texas Christian
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After Week 10 action that featured three top-10 teams all losing on the same day, the updated college football rankings were destined to see some notable changes. In the Coaches Poll, where all three of those top-10 teams started the weekend in the top six, the changes include drops for Tennessee and Clemson but also a return to the top 25 for Notre Dame

Georgia remained No. 1 and only strengthened its position at the top, earning 61 first-place votes with Ohio State hanging tight at No. 2 but collecting zero first-place votes. Michigan, up one spot to No. 3, got two first-place votes. The Bulldogs saw an increase in first-place votes after defeating Tennessee by two touchdowns, and the loss saw the Vols fall from No. 3 to No. 5 in the eyes of the coaches. TCU was able to capitalize on the shakeup at the top, moving up three spots to crack the top five at No. 4 after it improved to 9-0 with a win against Texas Tech

Clemson also took its first loss of the season in a road spot, but by a larger margin (35-14) and to a team in Notre Dame that was not ranked last week and didn't even appear on a majority of the Coaches Poll ballots. The Fighting Irish were 33rd in voting points last week with just 11 points, but after beating Clemson to improve to 6-3, the coaches have moved Marcus Freeman's team back into the top 25 at No. 25 while the Tigers dropped seven spots to No. 12. 

Elsewhere, there was the expected move up for LSU after its overtime win against Alabama, moving up from No. 17 to No. 8, as well as a drop for the Crimson Tide from No. 6 to No. 11. The biggest leap in the entire Coaches Poll comes from Texas, which moved up 10 spots from outside the top 25 to land at No. 18 after a win at Kansas State

Check out the full top 25, as voted on by the 63 FBS coaches who make up the Coaches Poll. First-place votes are in parenthesis. 

Coaches Poll top 25

  1. Georgia (61 first-place votes)
  2. Ohio State 
  3. Michigan (2)
  4. TCU 
  5. Tennessee
  6. Oregon
  7. USC 
  8. LSU
  9. Ole Miss
  10. UCLA 
  11. Alabama
  12. Clemson
  13. Utah
  14. North Carolina 
  15. Penn State 
  16. NC State
  17. Tulane
  18. Texas 
  19. Liberty 
  20. Illinois
  21. UCF
  22. Kansas State 
  23. Washington 
  24. Kentucky 
  25. Notre Dame 

Others receiving votes: Coastal Carolina (77); Cincinnati (70); Wake Forest (53); Oklahoma State (53); Baylor (46); Florida State (22); Syracuse (20); Kansas (12); Mississippi State (11); Troy (10); Louisville (9); Texas-San Antonio (6); Pittsburgh (4); Minnesota (4); South Carolina (3); Oregon State (3); Maryland (3); Boise State (1).

Dropped out: No. 18 Oklahoma State; No. 19 Wake Forest; No. 22 Syracuse.