Arizona State almost makes it into the latest rankings

On By Yukito

From one vote last week to 49 this week, the Arizona State Sun Devils made one of the biggest jumps in college football’s top 25 coaches in Week 8.

Similar to the AP Top 25 Poll, in the Big 12, only three teams made the Coaches Poll. Utah was eliminated after beating Arizona State 27-19, and voters don’t think another Big 12 team is good enough to move there. Yet.

Arizona State received enough votes to theoretically place 27th in the rankings. If the Sun Devils can beat Cincinnati on the road on Saturday, it’s safe to assume they’ll be in the rankings.

Interestingly, Iowa State was ranked 12th in the Coaches Poll – three spots lower than the AP Top 25 poll. The Cyclones only moved up one spot after an impressive 28-16 road victory over West Virginia. There isn’t a single team in the Big 12 ranked in the top 10 in the coaches’ poll.

Here’s the full Week 8 college football coaches’ poll, top 25:

College Football Coaches Poll Top 25

October 13, 2024

  1. Texas (53)
  2. Oregon (2)
  3. Penn State
  4. Georgia
  5. Ohio State
  6. Miami
  7. Alabama
  8. LSU
  9. Clemson
  10. Tennessee
  11. Notre-Dame
  12. State of Iowa
  13. BYU
  14. Texas A&M
  15. Olu Lady
  16. Missouri
  17. Kansas State
  18. Indiana
  19. Boise State
  20. Pittsburgh
  21. Illinois
  22. Michigan
  23. SMU
  24. Army
  25. Nebraska

It came up: No. 16 Oklahoma, No. 17 Utah.

They also receive votes: Oklahoma 81; Arizona State 49; Navy 37; Utah 31; Vanderbilt 26; Syracuse 13; UNLV 12; Iowa 12; Texas Tech 9; Freedom 9; Washington State 8; Memphis 4; Louisville 4; James Madison 3; Tulane 2.