NSAwins.com has posted the College Football Top 25 AP Poll for Week 5 of the 2009 NCAA Football season and the poll has had a major shakeup after this past week’s many upsets. LSU(#4) and Boise St(#5) both crack the Top 5 for the first time this season after last week’s #4(Ole Miss) and #5(Penn St) both lost. Ole Miss’s embarassing 16-10 loss at South Carolina last thursday night dropped the Rebels all the way down to #21 this week, while Joe Pa’s Penn St Nittany Lions dropped to #15 after losing at home to Iowa 21-10. The 4-0 Hawkeyes have entered this week’s poll as the #13 ranked team in the nation after not being ranked at all the first four weeks of the season. The poll has a total of 4 new Top 10 teams this week, as #6 Virginia Tech, #7 USC, #9 Ohio St, and #10 Cincinnati all moved up into the Top 10 after 4 Top 10 teams lost last week(#4 Ole Miss, #5 Penn St, #6 Cal, #9 Miami-Fl). Please look below for the official Week 5 College Football Top 25 AP Poll rankings.
NCAAF Rankings AP Top 25: Week 5
Records through Sun Sep 27, 2009
Rank Team Record Pts Last Week
1. Florida (55) 4-0 1490 1
2. Texas (1) 4-0 1420 2
3. Alabama (3) 4-0 1400 3
4. LSU 4-0 1225 7
5. Boise St. 4-0 1203 8
6. Virginia Tech 3-1 1190 11
7. USC 3-1 998 12
8. Oklahoma 2-1 979 10
9. Ohio St. 3-1 957 13
10. Cincinnati 4-0 946 14
11. TCU 3-0 896 15
12. Houston 3-0 844 17
13. Iowa 4-0 788 NR
14. Oklahoma St. 3-1 591 16
15. Penn St. 3-1 470 5
16. Oregon 3-1 462 NR
17. Miami (FL) 2-1 452 9
18. Kansas 4-0 418 20
18. Georgia 3-1 418 21
20. BYU 3-1 349 19
21. Mississippi 2-1 340 4
22. Michigan 4-0 271 23
23. Nebraska 3-1 256 25
24. California 3-1 206 6
25. Georgia Tech 3-1 185 NR
Others Receiving Votes:
Missouri 175, Auburn 171, South Carolina 154, South Florida 145, UCLA 41, Utah 25, Wisconsin 20, Notre Dame 7, Arizona St. 4, Stanford 2, North Carolina 2
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