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After a season high of seven ranked teams lost, the back half of the Associated Press college football poll received a makeover. Five teams entered the Top 25 on Sunday, including 17th in Kentucky for the first time since 2007.
At the top, it was mostly the status quo, with Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and the Ohio State remaining 1-4.
Kentucky is undefeated and 2-0 in the Southeast Conference for the first time since 1977. The last time the Wildcats were ranked, it was November 11, 2007. Kentucky reached the 8th place with the coach Rich Brooks. LSU national champion but finished unclassified.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has three teams ranked in the Top 25 for the third time in four polls of the regular season. No. 3 Clemson played mostly as advertised, and the No. 16 Miami Hurricanes slowly move up the rankings after an unbalanced loss to LSU that dropped the top 10 Hurricanes.
Florida State lasted a week in the standings, and now Virginia Tech has come out after perhaps the most impressive result of the season so far. The Hokies lost 49-35 to the former Dominion without a win. Boston College seemed to emerge as a possible black horse, but the Eagles also lasted only a week. British Columbia lost 30-13 at Purdue on Saturday after being number 23 last week.
Undefeated Duke entered the standings at number 22 this week to prevent the CAC from becoming the first Power 5 conference to have a week this season with only two ranked teams.
Alabama and Clemson dominate this list of top college footballers, but it all starts with the Group of Five defensive tackle.
Oklahoma escaped with a victory in OT against Army. Several other teams did not have the same luck during the week 4 which upset the classification.
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Two seasons earlier than Clemson winning a national title, Lamar Jackson of Louisville winning the Heisman Trophy – with Clemson's Deshaun Watson as runner-up – and the ACC finishing with a 9-3 record in the team games, could use a team or two separate from mediocrity. North Carolina State (3-0) and Syracuse (4-0) are the only other undefeated teams in the ACC, along with Clemson.
Among the losing teams, Mississippi State No. 23, defeated by Kentucky, and No. 19 Oregon, who dropped a win against No. 7 Stanford, managed to stay ahead. The Bulldogs lost nine places. The ducks have won one.
Joining Kentucky and Duke, ranked for the first time since October 2015, were two newcomers to this season's standings and a comeback.
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Texas, No. 18, who started the season in third place but lost their first game against Maryland, had their first run of three straight wins in four years.
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California # 24 slipped in the rankings for the first time since October 2015 during a week of rest. The Bears have wins against BYU and North Carolina.
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Texas Tech No. 25 is after a convincing win at Oklahoma State. The Red Raiders were briefly ranked last season.
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