Texas Football jumps two spots in new US LBM Coaches Poll

After dominating the Arkansas Razorbacks behind a record game from Arch Manning, the Texas Longhorns have jumped two spots in the newest US LBM Coaches Poll. UT rises from No. 18 to No. 16 in the latest ranking.

Texas passes USC and Georgia Tech, but losers on Saturday. The entire top eleven remained the same with Ohio State continuing to lead the pack at No. 1. Indiana, Texas A&M, Georgia and Oregon fill out the rest of the top five.

The Longhorns played their best game offensively of the season. Manning was the star, going 18 of 30 for 389 with four passing touchdowns, one rushing touchdown and one touchdown reception. Manning becomes the first QB in UT history to score all three ways.

Texas had to win to keep its (very) slim college football playoff chances alive.

The SEC lands eight teams in this week's Top 25. The Big Ten has five ranked teams. The ACC has five teams in the ranking, while the Big 12 fields three. There are three Group of Five teams ranked, including North Texas at No. 22.

Week 14 US LBM Coaches Poll

Week 14 results: Published November 23, 2025

Rank

Team

Record

PTS

1st

Prev

Chg

Hi/Lo

1

Ohio State

11-0

1573

61

1

-

1/2

2

Indiana

11-0

1495

0

2

-

2/21

3

Texas A&M

11-0

1461

2

3

-

3/22

4

Georgia

10-1

1378

0

4

-

3/10

5

Oregon

10-1

1291

0

5

-

2/9

6

Ole Miss

10-1

1262

0

6

-

4/15

7

Texas Tech

10-1

1211

0

7

-

7/24

8

Oklahoma

9-2

1108

0

8

-

6/NR

9

Notre Dame

9-2

1073

0

9

-

5/21

10

Alabama

9-2

1002

0

10

-

4/20

11

BYU

10-1

943

0

11

-

8/NR

12

Vanderbilt

9-2

828

0

13

+1

11/NR

13

Miami (FL)

9-2

781

0

15

+2

2/18

14

Utah

9-2

774

0

14

-

14/NR

15

Michigan

9-2

683

0

17

+2

13/NR

16

Texas

8-3

615

0

18

+2

1/19

17

Virginia

9-2

532

0

19

+2

11/NR

18

Tennessee

8-3

499

0

20

+2

11/22

19

Georgia Tech

9-2

344

0

12

-7

7/NR

20

USC

8-3

313

0

16

-4

16/NR

21

James Madison

10-1

262

0

22

+1

21/NR

22

North Texas

10-1

251

0

23

+1

22/NR

23

Tulane

9-2

186

0

25

+2

23/NR

24

Pittsburgh

8-3

158

0

NR

+11

23/NR

25

SMU

8-3

109

0

NR

+2

16/NR

No. 21 Missouri; No. 24 Houston;

Arizona State 86; Navy 58; Washington 39; Missouri 32; Iowa 32; Arizona 30; San Diego State 29; Houston 22; Penn State 4; Illinois 4; Connecticut 4; UNLV 2; South Florida 1;

The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.

*The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas Football inches up US LBM Coaches Poll gaining two spots