College Football AP Top 25 Rankings for Week 5: Shifts, Surprises & Major Upsets
- Pre Game Sports
- Sep 21
- 2 min read
College Football AP Top 25 — Week 5
Here’s how the College Football AP poll stacks up this week:
Rank | Team | Record | Movement |
1 | Ohio State | 3-0 | — |
2 | Miami | 4-0 | ↑ 2 |
3 | Penn State | 3-0 | ↓ 1 |
4 | LSU | 4-0 | ↓ 1 |
5 | Georgia | 3-0 | — |
6 | Oregon | 4-0 | — |
7 | Oklahoma | 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 | NR |
25 | BYU | 3-0 | NR |
Biggest Upsets of Week 4
A couple of shockers reshuffled expectations this week:
(9)Illinois 10 at (19)Indiana 63 — No. 19 Indiana trounced No. 9 Illinois at home. QB Fernando Mendoza threw five touchdowns and Indiana’s defense allowed only 161 total yards.
(17)Texas Tech 34 at (16)Utah 10 — The Red Raiders upset No. 16 Utah on the road despite losing their starter, with backup QB Will Hammond leading a dominant performance.
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