UK inches closer toward top 25

We’re now two weeks through the 2019 college football season.

This past week was a lot of Power 5 programs taking on cupcakes and top 25 teams facing unranked opponents, but there still ended up being a lot of movement in the new top 25 polls.

That’s because six top 25 teams went down this week, the most notable being Texas at home to LSU in a shootout between top 10 foes. The other big-time clash was Clemson hosting Texas A&M, but the Tigers rolled to an easy win over a clearly overmatched Aggies squad.

But there was some huge upsets in the Pac-12 this week, where Washington fell at home to Cal, while Stanford got whipped by USC. Nebraska also fell on the road to Colorado.

As for the Kentucky Wildcats, they had a real shot at cracking the new Coaches Top 25 poll after getting the fourth-most votes of non-top 25 teams last week. But while they did pick up a 21-point win over Eastern Michigan, they also lost quarterback Terry Wilson to potentially season-ending knee injury.

That will prevent Kentucky from cracking the top 25 unless they upset a top-10 Florida team this Saturday at Kroger Field.

The new AP Poll has Kentucky receiving two votes, which would put them as the No. 37.

College Football Coaches Top 25 Poll

1. Clemson Tigers
2. Alabama Crimson Tide
3. Georgia Bulldogs
4. Oklahoma Sooners
5. LSU Tigers
6. Ohio State Buckeyes
7. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
8. Florida Gators
9. Auburn Tigers
10. Michigan Wolverines
11. Penn State Nittany Lions
12. Utah Utes
13. Texas Longhorns
14. Wisconsin Badgers
15. Texas A&M Aggies
16. UCF Knights
17. Oregon Ducks
18. Iowa Hawkeyes
19. Michigan State Spartans
20. Washington State Cougars
21. Washington Huskies
22. Boise State Broncos
23. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
24. USC Trojans
25. Maryland Terrapins

Others receiving votes: Virginia 64; Kentucky 62; California 51; Iowa State 48; Memphis 46; Oklahoma State 45; North Carolina 42; Boston College 31; Army 31; Texas Christian 28; NC State 28; Colorado 16; Stanford 8; Hawaii 7; Appalachian State 6; Minnesota 5; Wyoming 3; Wake Forest 2; Troy 2; Arizona State 2; Tulane 1; Nebraska 1; Navy 1.

AP Top 25 Poll

1. Clemson Tigers
2. Alabama Crimson Tide
3. Georgia Bulldogs
4. LSU Tigers
5. Oklahoma Sooners
6. Ohio State Buckeyes
7. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
8. Auburn Tigers
9. Florida Gators
10. Michigan Wolverines
11. Utah Utes
12. Texas Longhorns
13. Penn State Nittany Lions
14. Wisconsin Badgers
15. Oregon Ducks
16. Texas A&M Aggies
17. UCF Knights
18. Michigan State Spartans
19. Iowa Hawkeyes
20. Washington State Cougars
21. Maryland Terrapins
22. Boise State Broncos
23. Washington Huskies
24. USC Trojans
25. Virginia Cavaliers