Michigan drops to No. 16 in coaches poll college football rankings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : (Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll, received the other five first-place nods.)
58% : MSU's final nonconference opponent, Boston College, made its AP poll debut this week under new head coach Bill O'Brien, at No. 24 after a Week 1 upset of Florida State and a Week 2 shellacking of Duquesne.
56% : Texas remained at No. 3 behind Georgia and Ohio State, and received a single first-place vote.
52% : Texas, meanwhile, jumped to No. 2 in the media vote, garnering four first-place votes to sit behind No. 1 Georgia, in the top spot on 54 of 63 ballots.
51% : The Wolverines fell to No. 16 in the US LBM Coaches Poll released Sunday afternoon, after being ranked No. 9 last week.
51% : Washington, No. 24 Nebraska.
51% : Washington is 31st in the AP poll, behind Illinois at No. 26 in the "others receiving votes" category.
50% : There are seven Big Ten teams in the coaches poll top 25: No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Oregon, No. 8 Penn State, No. 11 USC, No. 16 Michigan, No. 22
44% : The Irish fell 12 spots to No. 19 after losing at home to Northern Illinois, 16-14.
42% : It was a similar fall in the Associated Press poll, which had the Wolverines dropping from No. 10 to No. 17.
40% : In the AP poll, Notre Dame dropped 13 spots, from No. 5 to No. 18.

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