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Kentucky stands pat in new College Football Top 25 Polls & Power Rankings

The final top 25 polls before the bowls are announced.

Selection Sunday is here for the bowl season.

The Kentucky Wildcats will not be in the college football playoffs, but their 9-3 record will earn them a quality bowl game and has at least have them ranked at No. 15 in the final Coaches Poll, while they checked in at No. 16 in the AP Poll.

It looks like Kentucky is going to face the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Citrus Bowl. PSU is ranked No. 12 in this poll and are right around there in most rankings. That will be one of the best non-New Year’s Six matchups in the bowl season.

As for the College Football Playoff, it will feature Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Oklahoma Sooners and Clemson Tigers vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Kentucky’s spot in the final CFP rankings will come out later.

AP Top 25 Poll

  1. Alabama Crimson Tide
  2. Clemson Tigers
  3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  4. Oklahoma Sooners
  5. Ohio State Buckeyes
  6. Georgia Bulldogs
  7. UCF Knights
  8. Michigan Wolverines
  9. Washington Huskies
  10. Florida Gators
  11. LSU Tigers
  12. Washington State Cougars
  13. Penn State Nittany Lions
  14. Texas Longhorns
  15. West Virginia Mountaineers
  16. Kentucky Wildcats
  17. Syracuse Orange
  18. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
  19. Fresno State Bulldogs
  20. Utah Utes
  21. Texas A&M Aggies
  22. Army Black Knights
  23. Boise State Broncos
  24. Missouri Tigers
  25. Iowa State Cyclones

Coaches Top 25 Poll

  1. Alabama Crimson Tide
  2. Clemson Tigers
  3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  4. Oklahoma Sooners
  5. Ohio State Buckeyes
  6. Georgia Bulldogs
  7. UCF Knights
  8. Michigan Wolverines
  9. Washington Huskies
  10. Florida Gators
  11. LSU Tigers
  12. Penn State Nittany Lions
  13. Washington State Cougars
  14. Texas Longhorns
  15. Kentucky Wildcats
  16. West Virginia Mountaineers
  17. Syracuse Orange
  18. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
  19. Utah Utes
  20. Texas A&M Aggies
  21. Fresno State Bulldogs
  22. Northwestern Wildcats
  23. Utah State Aggies
  24. Boise State Broncos
  25. Army Black Knights

ESPN FPI has Kentucky down at the No. 26 spot.

The Massey ratings have Kentucky checking in at No. 16.

We will add in more rankings as they come out.