Cowboys Move into Top 10 in Coaches Poll

Just one week into the 2022 season, and the Cowboys are a Top 10 team.

Oklahoma State moved up one spot to No. 10 in this week’s Coaches Poll after the Pokes’ 58-44 victory against Central Michigan. The spot comes after Utah dropped its season-opener to a then-unranked Florida team, dropping the Utes from No. 8 to No. 15.

Rank	Team	Points
1	Alabama (57)	1,615
2	Georgia (6)	1,542
3	Ohio State (2)	1,520
4	Clemson	1,380
5	Michigan	1,333
6	Texas A&M	1,268
7	Oklahoma	1,160
8	Baylor	1,103
9	Notre Dame	1,077
10	Oklahoma State	938
11	Michigan State	860
12	USC	849
13	NC State	642
14	Pittsburgh	624
15	Utah	605
16	Miami	591
17	Arkansas	554
18	Wisconsin	495
19	Florida	469
20	Kentucky	421
21	Wake Forest	353
22	Texas	351
23	Ole Miss	292
24	Oregon	206
25	BYU	170

The Cowboys slot in behind Notre Dame, a team OSU beat in the Fiesta Bowl last season. The Fighting Irish dropped from No. 5 to No. 9 after falling to Ohio State 21-10 in Week 1.

OSU is one of four Big 12 teams in the Coaches Poll, joined by No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 8 Baylor and No. 22 Texas. Despite winning 52-10 last week, the Longhorns actually fell four spots in this poll. Miraculously, UT had a first-place vote in the preseason poll. That vote disappearing sent the Horns down.

TCU and Texas Tech each received votes in the poll, as did future Big 12 schools Houston, Cincinnati and UCF. BYU, another future Big 12 team, is No. 25 after not being ranked in the preseason poll.