The top-25 Coaches Poll has been released, and even at 5-2, the Mississippi State Bulldogs have not enough to impress the voters to regain a spot in the poll.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 7-0 | 1547 | 45 | 1 | 1/1 | |
| 2 | Baylor | 6-0 | 1488 | 12 | 2 | 2/5 | |
| 3 | Texas Christian | 7-0 | 1417 | 4 | 3 | 2/3 | |
| 4 | Michigan State | 7-0 | 1334 | 4 | 2/6 | ||
| 5 | Louisiana State | 6-0 | 1324 | 1 | 5 | 5/15 | |
| 6 | Clemson | 6-0 | 1271 | 6 | 6/12 | ||
| 7 | Utah | 6-0 | 1258 | 1 | 7 | 7/NR | |
| 8 | Alabama | 6-1 | 1123 | 9 | 1 | 2/13 | |
| 9 | Florida State | 6-0 | 1111 | 8 | -1 | 6/9 | |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 6-1 | 924 | 13 | 3 | 7/15 | |
| 11 | Stanford | 5-1 | 898 | 16 | 5 | 16/NR | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 6-0 | 839 | 15 | 3 | 15/NR | |
| 13 | Iowa | 7-0 | 833 | 17 | 4 | 17/NR | |
| 14 | Florida | 6-1 | 751 | 11 | -3 | 11/NR | |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 5-1 | 665 | 19 | 4 | 9/19 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 5-1 | 623 | 10 | -6 | 10/NR | |
| 17 | Memphis | 6-0 | 544 | 22 | 5 | 22/NR | |
| 17 | Michigan | 5-2 | 544 | 14 | -3 | 14/NR | |
| 19 | California | 5-1 | 370 | 23 | 4 | 22/NR | |
| 20 | Toledo | 6-0 | 322 | 25 | 5 | 25/NR | |
| 21 | Duke | 5-1 | 305 | 24 | 3 | 24/NR | |
| 22 | Houston | 6-0 | 289 | 26 | 4 | – | |
| 23 | Mississippi | 5-2 | 201 | 12 | -11 | 5/15 | |
| 24 | Temple | 6-0 | 163 | 27 | 3 | – | |
| 25 | Georgia | 5-2 | 95 | 28 | 3 | 6/NR |
The Bulldogs are the first team listed in the other receiving votes category, but given that they trail Georgia by 57 points, there is a pretty clear separation between the two teams, at least for this week.