College football rankings 2023: Top 25 AP Pool for Week 5, updated standings.
College football’s top three remained unchanged and still away from upsets this week, but we saw eight teams go down the in the top 25.
Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened.
A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the most since the 2016 preseason poll. Georgia is still where it started at No. 1 in the AP Top 25, but it is down to 55 first-place votes out of a possible 63.
Michigan remained No. 2 and got a first-place vote. Texas stayed at No. 3 with two first-place votes. Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 4 and got a first-place vote after beating Notre Dame with a touchdown on its final offensive play.
2023 College football rankings: AP Poll Top 25 standings for Week 5.
Team Record Pts Prv
1. Georgia (55) 4-0 1562 1
2. Michigan (1) 4-0 1445 2
3. Texas (2) 4-0 1401 3
4. Ohio St. (1) 4-0 1370 6
5. Florida St. (3) 4-0 1366 4
6. Penn St. 4-0 1244 7
7. Washington (1) 4-0 1228 8
8. Southern Cal 4-0 1169 5
9. Oregon 4-0 1076 10
10. Utah 4-0 981 11
11. Notre Dame 4-1 904 9
12. Alabama 3-1 862 13
13. LSU 3-1 813 12
14. Oklahoma 4-0 716 16
15. North Carolina 4-0 659 17
16. Washington St. 4-0 652 21
17. Duke 4-0 648 18
18. Miami 4-0 523 20
19. Oregon St. 3-1 366 14
20. Mississippi 3-1 349 15
21. Tennessee 3-1 260 23
22. Florida 3-1 220 25
23. Missouri 4-0 197 -
24. Kansas 4-0 132 -
25. Fresno St. 4-0 64 -
Others receiving votes: Kansas St. 57, Kentucky 41, Colorado 32, Louisville 32, UCLA 28, Maryland 20, TCU 17, Tulane 11, Syracuse 8, Wisconsin 6, Air Force 6, Clemson 5, Texas A&M 5.
IN
Three teams entered the rankings this week, all for the first time this season:
— No. 23 Missouri is ranked for the first time since a brief stay in 2019.
— No. 24 Kansas is ranked for the second consecutive season. The Jayhawks have not had two straight years with poll appearances of any kind since 2008-09.
— No. 25 Fresno State, which has won 13 straight games, the second-longest streak in the country behind Georgia, finished last season at No. 24.
OUT
Joining Colorado and UCLA in falling out the poll was Iowa.
The Hawkeyes have yo-yoed in and out of the rankings and did not receive a single point this week after getting shut out at Penn State.
CONFERENCE CALL
The Southeastern Conference moves back into the top spot, though more than half are in the bottom batch.
SEC — 7 (Nos. 1, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23).
Pac-12 — 6 (Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 19).
Big Ten — 3 (Nos. 2, 4, 6).
ACC — 4 (Nos. 5, 15, 17, 18).
Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 3, 14, 24).
Mountain West — 1 (No. 25).
Independent — 1 (No. 11).
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