The 2019 college football season rolls on after another busy weekend, so it is now time for the updated rankings. Ahead of Week 6, the latest Amway Coaches Poll has been released and we have a new number one. After a scare from the UNC Tar Heels, the defending national champion Clemson Tigers have been leapfrogged by the Alabama Crimson Tide for the No. 1 spot in the rankings.
Rounding out the top five are the Georgia Bulldogs, Oklahoma Sooners, and Ohio State Buckeyes as the first-place votes saw their most diverse distribution of the season.
Alabama has just 29 first-place votes compared to Clemson’s 30 first-place votes, but when it was all said and done they were ranked higher on average by the panel. Georgia picked up one first-place vote, while the Ohio State picked up four first-place votes.
Where does your favorite team stand in the updated college football rankings for the upcoming season?
A look at the 2019 Coaches Poll for Week 6 can be seen below.
- Alabama (29)
- Clemson (30)
- Georgia (1)
- Oklahoma
- Ohio State (4)
- LSU
- Auburn
- Florida
- Wisconsin
- Notre Dame
- Penn State
- Texas
- Oregon
- Iowa
- Boise State
- Washington
- Utah
- Michigan
- UCF
- Wake Forest
- Texas A&M
- Virginia
- Michigan State
- Memphis
- Oklahoma State
Others Receiving Votes: California 125; Southern Methodist 118; Arizona State 96; Army 47; Minnesota 34; Baylor 34; Appalachian State 28; Colorado 18; Duke 17; Tulane 16; Utah State 15; Kansas State 13; Hawaii 10; Southern California 9; Texas Christian 6; Washington State 3; Mississippi State 3; Air Force 3; Wyoming 2.
The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.
2019-20 Coaches Poll Panel
- Chris Ash, Rutgers
- Dino Babers, Syracuse
- Craig Bohl, Wyoming
- Jeff Brohm, Purdue
- Neal Brown, West Virginia
- Troy Calhoun, Air Force
- Steve Campbell, South Alabama
- Rod Carey, Temple
- Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina
- Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech
- David Cutcliffe, Duke
- Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
- Butch Davis, Florida International
- Ryan Day, Ohio State
- Manny Diaz, Miami (Fla.)
- Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso
- Dave Doeren, North Carolina State
- Sonny Dykes, Southern Methodist
- Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
- Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
- James Franklin, Penn State
- Hugh Freeze, Liberty
- Willie Fritz, Tulane
- Scott Frost, Nebraska
- Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
- Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois
- Bryan Harsin, Boise State
- Clay Helton, Southern California
- Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
- Tom Herman, Texas
- Doc Holliday, Marshall
- Jay Hopson, Southern Mississippi
- Mike Houston, East Carolina
- Mike Leach, Washington State
- Lance Leipold, Buffalo
- Tim Lester, Western Michigan
- Chip Lindsey, Troy
- Seth Littrell, North Texas
- Scot Loeffler, Bowling Green
- Rocky Long, San Diego State
- Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern
- Gus Malzahn, Auburn
- Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)
- Doug Martin, New Mexico State
- Jeff Monken, Army
- Phillip Montgomery, Tulsa
- Dan Mullen, Florida
- Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
- Ed Orgeron, LSU
- Gary Patterson, TCU
- Chris Petersen, Washington
- Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee
- Matt Rhule, Baylor
- Nick Saban, Alabama
- Tony Sanchez, UNLV
- Kirby Smart, Georgia
- Jonathan Smith, Oregon State
- Frank Solich, Ohio
- Jake Spavital, Texas State
- Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
- Kevin Sumlin, Arizona
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson
- Jeff Tedford, Fresno State
- Matt Wells, Texas Tech
- Kyle Whittingham, Utah.