Oklahoma Sooners Football: OU Tumbles to No. 13 in Coaches Poll, No. 14 in AP Poll

The USA Today and Associated Press released their polls on Tuesday, and the Sooners have fallen to No. 13 and No. 14, respectively, after their loss to Houston. The Cougars have moved to No. 6 in the AP Poll and No. 7 in the Coaches Poll, and deservedly so.

Amway Coaches Poll

1. Alabama (62)
2. Clemson (2)
3. Florida State
4. Ohio State
5. Stanford
6. Michigan
7. Houston
8. Michigan State
9. Georgia
10. Iowa
11. Washington
12. TCU
13. Oklahoma
14. Tennessee
15. Louisville
16. Wisconsin
17. Oklahoma State
18. Ole Miss
19. Baylor
20. Texas
21. Notre Dame
22. LSU
23. Oregon
24. Texas A&M
25. Florida

AP Top 25

1. Alabama (54)
2. Clemson (2)
3. Florida State (4)
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan (1)
6. Houston
7. Stanford
8. Washington
9. Georgia
10. Wisconsin
11. Texas
12. Michigan State
13. Louisville
14. Oklahoma
15. TCU
16. Iowa
17. Tennessee
18. Notre Dame
19. Ole Miss
20. Texas A&M
21. LSU
22. Oklahoma State
23. Baylor
24. Oregon
25. Miami (FL)

The most eye-popping part of all of this is obviously Texas’ No. 11 ranking in the AP Poll after being unranked in the preseason poll. And I kind of get it - you shouldn’t let your preseason prediction hold too much weight after you’ve actually seen a team in action. But No. 11? Not too sure about that one, guys. Some of you are likely saying that Texas is getting special treatment from the media for being Texas, and you may have a legitimate gripe (especially when you look at the ranking disparity between the two polls). I for one believe media members are just as prone to being slaves of the moment as the average fan, so I'd just chalk it up to that.

As far as OU is concerned, the drop isn’t too bad. I mean, look at what happened to LSU!