Admin November 24, 2024
How coaches salaries and the NIL bill affects college football
Dan Wolken breaks down the annual college football coaches compensation package to discuss salaries and how the NIL bill affects them.
Sports Pulse
The upper tier of the US LBM Coaches Poll is largely unchanged from last week. The same cannot be said for the rest of the top 25 following a chaotic Week 13 slate.
Oregon, which had the weekend off, remains the unanimous No. 1 team with all 55 first-place votes. Ohio State holds at No. 2 after handing Indiana its first loss, knocking the Hoosiers down to No. 10. Texas, a winner against Kentucky, stays at No. 3 and Penn State hangs on to the fourth spot following a one-point squeaker at Minnesota.
Notre Dame is up to No. 5 after dispatching previously unbeaten Army, though the Black Knights stay in the poll at No. 22. Georgia climbs to No. 6, the highest ranked of among two-loss teams with its place in the SEC championship game secured. The ACC now has two teams in the top 10 with Miami moving up to seventh and SMU vaulting to No. 9, its highest ranking in the coaches poll since the program was reinstated in 1989.
TOP 25: Complete US LBM Coaches Poll after Week 13
UP AND DOWN: Winners and losers from Week 13 in college football
It was a rough week for the SEC as Alabama and Ole Miss fall to No. 13 and 16, respectively after surprising road losses to Oklahoma and Mississippi, respectively. Texas A&M also takes a five-spot plunge to No. 19, but all will be forgiven if the Aggies can take down the Longhorns in next week’s headliner that would send them to the SEC championship game.
No. 15 Arizona State is the highest ranked among the logjam of teams atop the Big 12 standings. It is the highest position for the Sun Devils since the final poll of the 2014 season. Another mover of note is South Carolina, gaining five positions to check in at No. 14 on the fringe of playoff consideration with No. 12 Clemson up next.
No. 24 Missouri and No. 25 Illinois rejoin the Top 25, replacing Colorado and Kansas State.
