Week 5: 5 teams drop out of SMP after volatile week of college football

Five teams dropped out of this weeks Student Media Poll top 25 poll after losses by nine of last week’s top 25 teams.

Seven teams in the top 25 now come from the SEC, and Cincinnati broke into the top three after a win over Notre Dame. Kentucky joined the poll after an upset of Florida, the first victory over the Gators in Lexington since 1986.

Rank	Team	Points	Record	Trend
1	29 Alabama	989	5-0	—
2	11 Georgia	971	5-0	—
3	Cincinnati	876	5-0	+4
4	Penn State	866	5-0	+2
5	Iowa	864	5-0	-1
6	Oklahoma	800	5-0	-1
7	Ohio State	729	4-1	-1
8	Michigan	667	5-0	+8
9	Oregon	631	4-1	-6
10	BYU	607	5-0	+4
11	Coastal Carolina	555	5-0	+2
12	Notre Dame	501	4-1	-4
13	Michigan State	492	5-0	+4
14	Arkansas	450	4-1	-3
15	Oklahoma State	411	5-0	+6
16	Mississippi	356	4-1	-4
17	Kentucky	317	5-0	NR
18	Florida	272	3-2	-8
19	Auburn	263	4-1	+3
20	Wake Forest	241	5-0	+5
21	NC State	194	4-1	NR
22	Texas	150	4-1	NR
23	Arizona State	147	4-1	NR
24	Clemson	136	3-2	-6
25	SMU	56	5-0	NR

Dropped Out: Texas A&M (15), UCLA (19), Fresno State (20), Baylor (T-22), Iowa State (24)

Receiving Votes: Iowa State (54), Texas A&M (46), Fresno State (40), Baylor (38), Virginia Tech (34), UTSA (22), Pitt (18), Stanford (17), Western Michigan (14), UCLA (13), Mississippi State (9), San Diego State (8), Boston College (6), Oregon State (4), Appalachian State (3), Army (3), Houston (3), Maryland (3), Nevada (2), Hawaii (1), Texas Tech (1)

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