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After Big Win Against California, Oregon Football Moves Up Again in AP Poll

By Alex Weber

BERKELEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Jevon Holland #8 is congratulated by Drayton Carlberg #90 of the Oregon Ducks after he intercepted the ball in the endzone against the California Golden Bears at California Memorial Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
BERKELEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Jevon Holland #8 is congratulated by Drayton Carlberg #90 of the Oregon Ducks after he intercepted the ball in the endzone against the California Golden Bears at California Memorial Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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Oregon football looked all kinds of great last night against the previously ranked California Golden Bears, smacking them by a score of 42-24. As a result of the fantastic performance, the Ducks were rewarded in the polls — most importantly, the Associated Press. Here’s where Oregon and the 24 other top football programs in the country rank after week 5 and heading into week 6.

Rankings via the Associated Press

  1. Alabama
  2. Georgia
  3. Ohio State
  4. Clemson
  5. LSU
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Auburn
  9. West Virginia
  10. Washington
  11. Penn State
  12. UCF
  13. Kentucky
  14. Stanford
  15. Michigan
  16. Wisconsin
  17. Miami (FL)
  18. Oregon
  19. Texas
  20. Michigan State
  21. Colorado
  22. Florida
  23. NC State
  24. Virginia Tech
  25. Oklahoma State

Others receiving votes: Boise St. 86, South Florida 83, Syracuse 74, Cincinnati 35, Iowa 34, Texas A&M 31, Washington St. 14, TCU 13, California 10, Maryland 10, Missouri 8, Mississippi St. 3, Boston College 3, BYU 3, Arizona St. 2, Appalachian St. 2, Duke 1, Hawaii 1, San Diego St. 1

With another wild week of football under our belts, nearly every team ranked in the 20s got best and fell out of the rankings — meaning that there’s a fair few fresh faces in the Top 25 today.

As per usual, the SEC leads the way by having a five teams ranked. They also have a whopping five of the top thirteen (1. Alabama, 2. Georgia, 5. LSU, 8. Auburn, 13. Kentucky).

The Pac-12 is represented by a very respectable four teams (10. Washington, 14. Stanford, 18. Oregon, 21. Colorado), tied for second among conferences.

Okay, those are the numbers. Now, here’s what I think: Thank God we finally surpassed Texas. After beating two crappy and now unranked teams in USC and TCU, the committee saw fit to put them ahead of the Ducks. Pure absurdity. They lost to Maryland, and then scraped by an ugly Kansas State team this weekend. In my opinion, they don’t really deserve to be ranked and still haven’t proven themselves. Alas, they finally got wise and ranked Oregon ahead of them.

Also, can we just admire the SEC for a minute. I’m sooooo glad we play in the Pac-12 (still a very strong football conference) and not over there. Good gosh. One side of their conference has 3 teams in the top ten. Hell, even Kentucky looks like a legit top tier football squad.

Overall, I agree with the AP. That’s rare. But hey, I guess we finally watched the same football games this weekend.