Week 5 AP Poll Reaction

By Owen Pannell | KZA Sports

This AP poll is very interesting in my opinion. Time to break it down.

1. Ohio State (52) 3-0 -

2. Miami (7) 4-0 +2

3. Penn State (5) 3-0 -1

4. LSU 4-0 -1

5. Georgia 3-0 -

6. Oregon (1) 4-0 -

7. Oklahoma (1) 4-0 +4

8. Florida State 3-0 -1

9. Texas A&M 3-0 +1

10. Texas 3-1 -2

11. Indiana 4-0 +8

12. Texas Tech 4-0 +5

13. Ole Miss 4-0 -

14. Iowa State 4-0 -2

15. Tennessee 3-1 -

16. Georgia Tech 4-0 +2

17. Alabama 2-1 -3

18. Vanderbilt 4-0 +2

19. Michigan 3-1 +2

20. Missouri 4-0 +3

21. USC 4-0 +4

22. Notre Dame 1-2 +2

23. Illinois 3-1 -14

24. TCU 3-0 UR

25. BYU 3-0 UR

Others receiving votes: Auburn 122, Mississippi State 102, South Florida 77, Utah 45, Arizona State 30, Memphis 23, Louisville 23, Maryland 6, UNLV 3, UCF 3, North Texas 2

Dropped from rankings: Utah 16, Auburn 22

What sticks out?

- Oklahoma first place vote

I had Oklahoma at 1 in my week 5 poll, and it’s encouraging to see I’m not alone. One of few teams with multiple ranked wins, they deserve it in my opinion.

- Miami at 2

They didn’t look all too great against a bad Florida team, and they move up to 2nd for it. Plus, their win over Notre Dame is looking less and less impressive, they are overrated. 

- Illinois still ranked

The 63-10 loss to IU is one of the more embarrassing things that has happened this college football season, they deserve to be completely taken out of the rankings for that.

- LSU at 4

The Clemson win looks very mid at this point, and if you look at what else LSU has done, there is just no way they’re a top 5 team, and definitely not the best team in the SEC.

Who got left out?

- Mississippi State

Once again, the Bulldogs should have been ranked. Certainly instead of Illinois after what they just went through, but there’s also multiple other teams I would put them in instead of.

- Memphis

A 4-0 American team with a win over an SEC opponent deserves some praise. Rank the Tigers.

Overrated teams

- Notre Dame

How are they going to keep the 1-2 Irish in the top 25 after letting Purdue get 30 on them? It’s just a joke, why does the AP love Notre Dame?

- Miami

I’m sorry but putting Miami as the 2nd team in the country is just plain stupid. They’ve beat 3 mid teams, Florida, USF, and Notre Dame, and didn’t look great in 2 of those games.

- LSU

The Clemson win does not look impressive anymore, and the Florida win doesn’t either. Why on earth are they at 4?

Underrated teams

- Oregon

In my opinion Oregon has a case to be number 1. We’ll see who they really are this Saturday, but they should be in the top 5.

- Oklahoma

Similar to Oregon, Oklahoma could be number 1 and I wouldn’t complain about it (I think they should be). So at the very least, put them in the top 5.

- Indiana

The Hoosiers put the belt to a top 10 team on Saturday, why are they not in the top 10? That doesn’t make sense to me.

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