Michigan finishes No. 18 in final regular season Coaches Poll rankings

It was going to be a Herculean effort for Michigan football to beat Ohio State for a fifth straight time, but the Wolverines had even worse odds and came out on top in the past. However, for once this decade, the favorite Buckeyes flexed and rose from the ashes in The Big House after beating the maize and blue, 27-9.

Michigan entered Saturday ranked No. 15 in the eyes of the coaches. But, after losing to No. 1 OSU, how would the coaches view the Wolverines?

The final regular season US LBM Coaches Poll is out, and the maize and blue dropped to No. 18. They finished the year 9-3 with no ranked wins but with all three losses coming to ranked teams -- No. 1 Ohio State, No. 8 Oklahoma, and No. 17 USC.

Here are the full rankings:

Rank

Team

Record

PTS

1st

Prev

Chg

Hi/Lo

1

Ohio State

12-0

1575

63

1

-

1/2

2

Indiana

12-0

1510

0

2

-

2/21

3

Georgia

11-1

1438

0

4

+1

3/10

4

Oregon

11-1

1353

0

5

+1

2/9

5

Ole Miss

11-1

1306

0

6

+1

4/15

6

Texas Tech

11-1

1266

0

7

+1

6/24

7

Texas A&M

11-1

1178

0

3

-4

3/22

8

Oklahoma

10-2

1106

0

8

-

6/NR

9

Notre Dame

10-2

1061

0

9

-

5/21

10

Alabama

10-2

1019

0

10

-

4/20

11

BYU

11-1

942

0

11

-

8/NR

12

Vanderbilt

10-2

855

0

12

-

11/NR

13

Miami (FL)

10-2

844

0

13

-

2/18

14

Texas

9-3

753

0

16

+2

1/19

15

Utah

10-2

750

0

14

-1

14/NR

16

Virginia

10-2

613

0

17

+1

11/NR

17

USC

9-3

505

0

20

+3

16/NR

18

Michigan

9-3

427

0

15

-3

13/NR

19

James Madison

11-1

356

0

21

+2

19/NR

20

North Texas

11-1

345

0

22

+2

20/NR

21

Tulane

10-2

300

0

23

+2

21/NR

22

Arizona

9-3

223

0

NR

+9

22/NR

23

Georgia Tech

9-3

170

0

19

-4

7/NR

24

Tennessee

8-4

135

0

18

-6

11/24

25

Navy

9-2

107

0

NR

+2

23/NR

No. 24 Pittsburgh; No. 25 SMU;

Iowa 85; Houston 73; Missouri 52; SMU 28; Washington 18; UNLV 17; Pittsburgh 15; South Florida 12; Illinois 9; Louisville 6; Connecticut 6; TCU 5; Penn State 5; Old Dominion 2; New Mexico 2; Arizona State 2; San Diego State 1

This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan football falls to No. 18 in final US LBM Coaches Poll update