New College Football Top 25 Polls Released

The Kentucky Wildcats have endured their first setback, but it was part of what was an upset-filled Saturday of college football.

Oklahoma, LSU, Auburn, Stanford, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Michigan State and Kentucky were among the top-25 teams to go down Saturday. That helped keep the Wildcats from falling too far in the lastest Coaches Top 25 Poll, which has them checking in at No. 20.

Kentucky actually lost to what’s now a top-25 Texas A&M team, who checks in at No. 22.

Yet somehow, the pollsters still manage to disrespect Kentucky by putting Florida ahead of them at No. 16, the same Gators team that scored just 16 points in a 27-16 loss to the Wildcats in Week 2. Both teams are now 5-1, yet somehow the voters thought the Gators should be ahead of a team they lost by double digits to.

College Football Coaches Top 25 Poll Week 7

1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Georgia Bulldogs
3. Ohio State Buckeyes
4. Clemson Tigers
5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6. West Virginia Mountaineers
7. Washington Huskies
8. Penn State Nittany Lions
9. UCF Knights
10. Wisconsin Badgers
11. Oklahoma Sooners
12. LSU Tigers
13. Michigan Wolverines
14. Texas Longhorns
15. Miami-Florida Hurricanes
16. Florida Gators
17. Oregon Ducks
18. Colorado Buffaloes
19. NC State Wolfpack
20. Kentucky Wildcats
21. Auburn Tigers
22. Texas A&M Aggies
23. South Florida Bulls
24. Stanford Cardinal
25. Cincinnati Bearcats

The latest AP Poll as Kentucky coming in at No. 18.

1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Georgia Bulldogs
3. Ohio State Buckeyes
4. Clemson Tigers
5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6. West Virginia Mountaineers
7. Washington Huskies
8. Penn State Nittany Lions
9. Texas Longhorns
10. UCF Knights
11. Oklahoma Sooners
12. Michigan Wolverines
13. LSU Tigers
14. Florida Gators
15. Wisconsin Badgers
16. Miami-Florida Hurricanes
17. Oregon Ducks
18. Kentucky Wildcats
19. Colorado Buffaloes
20. NC State Wolfpack
21. Auburn Tigers
22. Texas A&M Aggies
23. South Florida Bulls
24. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
25. Cincinnati Bearcats

The Massey and Sagarin rankings have Kentucky checking in at 15 and 21 respectively.

Over at CBS Sports, Kentucky checked in at No. 18 in Chip Patterson’s latest top 25 ranking:

18. Kentucky (13): It almost broke all the way for Kentucky, and after the scoop-and-score game-tying touchdown, there was a feeling of inevitability. But credit Texas A&M’s defense for coming up with some huge plays behind the line of scrimmage in crunch time, getting the game to overtime so Kellen Mond could ice the win.

Even with Saturday’s setback, this has been nothing short of one of Kentucky’s all-time best starts in program history, so hopefully, they’ll continue in in the second half of the season.