BYU football falls to No. 20 in Coaches poll

BYU wide receiver Chris Jackson (5) gets tackled by Boise State cornerback Kaonohi Kaniho during an NCAA college football game at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. | Shafkat Anowar, Deseret News

BYU’s first loss of the 2021 season had the Cougars tumbling in the polls on Sunday.

BYU (5-1) fell 10 spots in the USA Today Coaches poll to No. 20, one day after losing 26-17 to Boise State.

The Cougars play at Baylor (5-1), which received 91 votes and sits just two spots outside the top 25, next Saturday.

There was plenty of shakeup at the top of the poll, with top-ranked Alabama losing to Texas A&M and Iowa topping Penn State in a top 5 matchup on Saturday.

Georgia is the new No. 1, with Iowa at No. 2, Oklahoma at No. 3, Cincinnati at No. 4 and the Crimson Tide at No. 5. Texas A&M jumped back into the polls at No. 18.

The Pac-12 has a pair of teams in the rankings, with idle Oregon at No. 10 and Arizona State, coming off a win over Stanford, at No. 22.

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