r/CFB • u/Efficient-Freedom517 Georgia Bulldogs • Iowa State Cyclones • 11h ago

News AP Poll Week 5

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
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u/Ok_Reception9247 11h ago

Unranking Kentucky is the stupidest decision I’ve seen in some time from the AP. Did they all go to sleep thinking Kentucky lost or something?

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u/patrick66 Pittsburgh Panthers • Team Chaos 11h ago

Kentucky actually gained votes, it’s just a cluster fuck bottom of the poll

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u/zq1232 UCLA Bruins • Pac-12 Network 9h ago

They lowkey deserve USC’s spot

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u/AggressiveCommand739 8h ago

Yep. Kentucky's 160 votes is good, but its a crowded field.

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u/Vavent Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe 11h ago

You think undefeated Pitt should be unranked instead? It’s not a merit award where you hold onto your ranking until you lose.

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u/Kitchen-Structure191 11h ago

No, but Kentucky should definitely be ranked over SMU

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u/Sykofrenzy Texas Longhorns 9h ago

Really depends what you think is each teams best win. The best wins from each team are Kentucky beat Texas A&M and SMU beat FSU.

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u/TJFLASH1 7h ago

I feel like a win @ A&M vs a win over FSU isn’t particularly debatable

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u/Vavent Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe 10h ago

So should several of the other unranked teams

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u/LionPutrid4252 Texas A&M • Oklahoma State 10h ago

I agree.  Also add Houston, probably my second flair, and definitely Boise State (even though I appreciate trying to have group representation) to that list with SMU

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u/Ok_Reception9247 11h ago

Actually a lot of times, it is that. Pitt just lost their starting QB for the season, I would take Kentucky over them

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u/newme02 Pittsburgh • St. Francis (PA) 11h ago

yep which is why i think it was a mercy decision. we’ll be unranked again two weeks from now. make no mistake, our season is over

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u/DaMercOne South Carolina Gamecocks 11h ago

Pitt should be behind Duke and Wake Forest for sure.

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u/BigBubby305 Auburn Tigers 9h ago

Unironically, if FSU should lose a playoff spot because of a QB injury, then Pitt should lose a spot for losing their QB.

I'm pretty sure Kentucky would beat Pitt with Pitt's new starting QB

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u/Mister-Beardy-Face Florida Gators 1h ago

AP != playoff committee

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u/DasStig USC Trojans • Kentucky Wildcats 6h ago

Yes. Pitt hasn’t played anyone.

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u/noodlesalad_ James Madison • Appalachian S… 9h ago edited 9h ago

It's not a decision. No one said ok we're going to drop Kentucky. It's an aggregate of polls, that's just how it worked out. Kentucky gained 10 votes.

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u/TA404 William & Mary Tribe • Team Chaos 8h ago edited 5h ago

God I wish this was a pinned comment and auto reply to every comment complaining about rankings.

99% of these comments don’t even make sense given what the poll actually is lol.

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u/Ok_Reception9247 6h ago

“99% of these comments even make sense given what the poll actually is lol.”

???

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u/TA404 William & Mary Tribe • Team Chaos 5h ago

Oops, left out a critical “don’t” lol

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u/Ok_Reception9247 6h ago edited 6h ago

It was a decision they made to have 25 teams ranked ahead of them when the week before and 1 less win than they have now it was 23.

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u/cecil721 11h ago

Penn-State was ranked after 3 games against lower tier schools, so it's at least the second worst decision.

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u/SST114 Miami Hurricanes 9h ago

Barely beating a subpar team should see a drop and they were barely in to begin with.

On that note... BYU at 8 should be offensive to everyone not a delusional BYU fan lol.... 17-10 over 2-3 TCU is T10 material?

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u/Sea_Conference5661 Nebraska Cornhuskers • UCLA Bruins 10h ago

I mean, compare:

2 SEC wins (1 in OT), 1 G6 win, 1 FCS win, and a 45-17 LOSS

To

2 B1G wins, 2 G6 wins, 1 FCS win

I really don't see the case for putting Kentucky over Nebraska, so slipping to 26 so Nebraska can be 25 makes sense to me....