The US LBM Coaches Poll arrived Tuesday at noon ET, and the voters made some mistakes. Ohio State at No. 1 is defensible. The Buckeyes return Julian Sayin, and most people agree they have the best roster in the country. They've got Jeremiah Smith, the best player in the country. Most would agree with that. Almost everything after that gets shaky. Here are five calls the coaches got wrong.Indiana at No. 6 is the biggest mistake in the pollIndiana went 16-0 last season, the first perfect 16-0 record in major college football history. The Hoosiers beat Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten championship game. They beat Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl. Then they beat Miami 27-21 for the national title. The coaches responded by ranking the champions behind both Big Ten teams they defeated by a combined score of 69-32.Yes, Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza is gone. But Curt Cignetti added TCU transfer Josh Hoover at quarterback and signed the No. 1 transfer class in the country. BREAKING: College Football Preseason Coaches Poll👀https://t.co/gnEe967fmH pic.twitter.com/W2xBYGZWYe— On3 (@On3) August 4, 2026The Athletic and The Sporting News both rank Indiana No. 1. Athlon Sports, Phil Steele and Lindy's all have the Hoosiers fifth. Nobody outside this poll treats Bloomington like the sixth-best program in America."I'm a firm believer in our blueprint," Cignetti said at Big Ten media days. "We have a way of doing things … and all we do is win."Oregon at No. 2 ignores the Peach Bowl resultOregon head coach Dan Lanning, right, talks with Oregon wide receiver Dakorien Moore during warm-ups. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters ConnectOregon is a good team, likely a great team. Dante Moore is back, and Dan Lanning recruits as well as anyone. But the Ducks gave up 56 points to Indiana in a playoff semifinal seven months ago. Ranking Oregon four spots ahead of the team that did that to them requires a short memory. The Ducks make sense in the top three, as long as it's behind Indiana. Common sense says the champs should not be looking up at a team they beat by 34.Texas at No. 4 and Notre Dame at No. 5 both missed the playoffTexas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian looks on before a game against the Michigan Wolverines. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectThe strangest stretch of the poll sits right above Indiana. Texas went 10-3 and lost at Ohio State, at Florida and at Georgia. Notre Dame went 10-2, dropped its first two games to Miami and Texas A&M, then won 10 straight and still got left out of the field. Neither team played a single playoff snap in January. The coaches put both of them directly ahead of the champions and the runner-up anyway.The rosters explain the optimism. Arch Manning threw 26 touchdown passes while playing on an injured foot, and CJ Carr threw for 2,741 yards and 24 touchdowns as a freshman in South Bend. Both belong in the top 10. But Notre Dame lost to Miami 27-24 head-to-head and sits two spots ahead of the Hurricanes, and neither program accomplished anything last season that Indiana did not exceed.Miami at No. 7 makes no sense next to Ohio State at No. 1Miami head coach Mario Cristobal speaks to the media during ACC Media Days at Hilton Charlotte Uptown. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectMiami played for the national title. The Hurricanes beat Ohio State 24-14 in the quarterfinals to get there. The coaches put them six spots behind the Buckeyes anyway. Mario Cristobal also landed the best quarterback in the transfer portal in Darian Mensah, who led the ACC with 3,973 passing yards and 34 touchdowns at Duke and was voted preseason ACC Player of the Year. Seventh is too low for the runner-up.Clemson at No. 23 after a 7-6 seasonThe coaches ranked Clemson sixth in last year's preseason poll. The Tigers went 7-6 and finished unranked. Now they are back in the Top 25 with first-year starter Christopher Vizzina penciled in at quarterback. This is the clearest case of voters ranking a logo instead of a roster.The good news is that these arguments get settled soon. The 2026 college football season opens with Week 0 on Aug. 29, and the first regular-season coaches poll comes out Sept. 8.US LBM Preseason Coaches Poll Top 251. Ohio State