Another set of upsets, some of them likely because of a little bit of overranking in Week 4, and the AP Poll for Week 5 shows quite a few differences in the NCAA football rankings. The top three, however, remain the same.
#1 Florida, #2 Texas and #3 Alabama held onto their places at the top of the AP poll, week 5 released Sunday. Showing the number of upsets and changes taking place, 15 teams moved up or down at least three spots.
Florida (4-0) had no problem beating Kentucky, to maintain its top ranking in the AP poll, week 5. This was despite all the flu-ridden players on its team, but it lost QB Tim Tebow to a concussion late in the third quarter of its 41-7 victory. The good news for Florida is that they are off this week before playing at LSU on Oct. 10.
One of the teams taking a big hit in the AP Poll for Week 5 is the Cal (UC Berkeley) Bears. They came into the weekend ranked number 6 overall, and were blasted by the unranked Oregon Ducks, 42-3. The Bears dropped to 24 because of the embarrassing loss. Oregon moved into the rankings to 16.
The top 3 ranked teams in the AP poll, week 5, Florida, Texas, and Alabama are the only top-10 teams from the preseason rankings that are undefeated. So far this season, a team ranked in the top 10 has lost to an unranked team six times.
Here are the full AP poll, week 5, rankings.
1 Florida (55) 4-0 1490 1
2 Texas (1) 4-0 1420 2
3 Alabama (4) 4-0 1400 3
4 LSU 4-0 1225 7
5 Boise State 4-0 1203 8
6 Virginia Tech 3-1 1190 11
7 USC 3-1 998 12
8 Oklahoma 2-1 979 10
9 Ohio State 3-1 957 13
10 Cincinnati 4-0 946 14
11 TCU 3-0 896 15
12 Houston 3-0 844 17
13 Iowa 4-0 788 NR
14 Oklahoma State 3-1 591 16
15 Penn State 3-1 470 5
16 Oregon 3-1 462 NR
17 Miami (FL) 2-1 452 9
18 (tie) Kansas 4-0 418 20
18 Georgia 3-1 418 21
20 Brigham Young 3-1 349 19
21 Mississippi 2-1 340 4
22 Michigan 4-0 271 23
23 Nebraska 3-1 256 25
24 California 3-1 206 6
25 Georgia Tech 3-1 185 NR
Written by Michael Santo
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