Clark Lea showed love for a few teams on Vanderbilt football's 2024 schedule in his final vote for the US LBM Coaches Poll. Lea's vote was notably higher on both Missouri and LSU than the consensus. Lea ranked Missouri No.

The final US LBM Coaches Poll was released on Tuesday, one day after Ohio State took home the College Football Playoff national championship. And, to nobody’s surprise, the Buckeyes finished atop the rankings, their first time appearing at No. 1 in the poll all year.

Malzahn had the Tigers ranked higher than any other coach in the final US LBM Coaches Poll released on Tuesday. But he left to become the offensive coordinator at Florida State, ensuring his time as a coaches poll voter will end. The voting panel is a rotating group of FBS coaches. Memphis finished ranked No. 23 in the poll.

Ohio State leads the coaches’ final top 25. It is followed by No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Oregon and No. 5 Penn State. Four of those five top teams were college playoff semifinalists. Oregon, which fell in the quarterfinal to Ohio State, boasted the year’s best regular-season resume.

The final US LBM Coaches Poll was released Tuesday. Here's who Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops voted as his top-25 teams.

See where the Oregon Ducks landed, and how coach Dan Lanning voted, in the final polls of the 2024 college football season.

The Georgia Bulldogs are ranked No. 6 in the final US LBM Coaches Poll of the 2024-2025 college football season. Georgia dropped four spots from No. 2 after losing to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff ( Sugar Bowl ).

Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham has been passed up for several college football coach of the year awards. Will he be awarded the final one?

The debate over who should be the college football coach of the year was settled long ago. The winner will officially be announced on Wednesday during the Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards ceremony on CBS Sports Network.