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Three Big 12 teams in latest US LBM Coaches Poll following Week 3
September 21, 2026
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Week 3 is wrapped up Saturday evening, and Colorado football is 2-1 following an ugly loss to Northwestern. Unsurprisingly, there were no votes for Colorado in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll.
>Elsewhere in college football, the top five remained the same, with Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame, Indiana and Miami leading the way. LSU fell four spots following their nail-biting loss to Ole Miss, while Texas A&M's loss to Kentucky dropped the Aggies to No. 20. Houston and Virginia fell out of the poll this week following losses.
>BYU jumped Texas Tech in the rankings and leads the Big 12 at No. 9. Texas Tech comes in right behind the Cougars at No. 10. Utah moved up two spots to No. 15. In the receiving vote section, Houston is the first team out with 116 votes. West Virginia (55 votes), Oklahoma State (36 votes), Kansas State (18 votes) and Arizona (one vote) are the other four Big 12 programs in the receiving votes section.
>Here is the full US LBM Coaches poll as we head into Week 4. (Each team's name is followed by its record and last week's ranking in parentheses.)
US LBM Coaches Poll Top 25 after Week 3RankTeamRecordPTS1stPrevChgHi/Lo1Texas Longhorns3-01807461-1/42Georgia Bulldogs3-01742162-2/33Notre Dame Fighting Irish3-0163623-3/54Indiana Hoosiers3-0161394-4/65Miami Hurricanes3-0155215-5/76Ole Miss Rebels3-015010936/117Ohio State Buckeyes2-114730611/78Alabama Crimson Tide3-0130901028/129BYU Cougars3-0108901349/1510Texas Tech Red Raiders3-01079012210/1311LSU Tigers2-110670747/1312USC Trojans4-01057011111/1413Tennessee Volunteers3-0833014113/1814Penn State Nittany Lions3-0814015114/1715Utah Utes3-0743017215/2116Oregon Ducks2-159401822/1817Iowa Hawkeyes3-0580020317/2218Michigan Wolverines3-0545019116/2419Louisville Cardinals2-15190NR819/NR20Texas A&M Aggies2-144708128/2021Missouri Tigers3-0382022121/2522Florida Gators3-03700NR422/NR23Washington Huskies3-0251024119/2424Oklahoma Sooners2-121302139/2425SMU Mustangs2-1162016916/25Others Receiving Votes
>Houston 116; Mississippi State 114; Duke 70; West Virginia 55; Kentucky 54; Oklahoma State 36; Pittsburgh 35; Virginia Tech 30; Vanderbilt 29; Boise State 29; Tulsa 20; UCLA 18; Kansas State 18; Western Michigan 17; Nebraska 11; North Dakota State 8; Northwestern 4; Clemson 3; Massachusetts 2; James Madison 2; Arizona 1;
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