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College football rankings: AP Poll Top 25 prediction in Week 5
By SDS Staff
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Before the 2018 season kicked off, it was widely presumed that LSU coach Ed Orgeron was or either would find himself on the “hot seat.” Entering Week 5, it looks like Orgeron may be leading top-five team.
The biggest almost upset of a wild Week 4 comes courtesy of Army and No. 5 Oklahoma. The Sooners needed overtime to come away with a 28-21 win. Associated Press Top 25 voters are sometimes reluctant to ding a team for winning, but considering LSU’s resume (wins over No. 8 Miami in Week 1 and No. 7 Auburn in Week 3), it seems hard to keep OU above the Bayou Bengals after Lincoln Riley’s team barely beat unranked Army.
Granted, LSU’s 38-21 over Louisiana Tech was closer than the final score indicates. But will many AP voters know? It’s not like LSU-La Tech was prime viewing. Oklahoma’s almost loss was the buzz of Twitter much of the night.
Virginia Tech certainly wishes Oklahoma had lost. The No. 13 Hokies will fall, potentially out of the rankings altogether, for losing to Old Dominion, a Conference USA team that entered the game 0-3. Considering Virginia Tech’s Week 1 win over then-No. 19 FSU is looking less impressive and Justin Fuente’s squad did not play in Week 3 due to Hurricane Florence, it would take some mental gymnastics for voters to justify keeping the Hokies among the top 25.
It was a rough Saturday for the bottom half of the Top 25. Also falling were No. 14 Mississippi State to Kentucky 7-28, No. 15 Oklahoma State to Texas Tech 17-41, No. 17 TCU to Texas 16-31, No. 20 Oregon to Stanford 31-38, No. 22 Texas A&M to No. 1 Alabama 23-45 and No. 23 Boston College to Purdue 13-30.
- Alabama def. No. 22 Texas A&M 45-23
- Georgia def. Missouri 43-29
- Clemson def. Georgia Tech 49-21
- Ohio State def. Tulane 49-6
- LSU def. Louisiana Tech 38-21
- Oklahoma def. Army 28-21
- Stanford def. Oregon 38-31
- Notre Dame def. Wake Forest 56-27
- Auburn def. Arkansas 34-3
- Penn State def. Illinois 63-24
- Washington def. Arizona State 27-20
- West Virginia def. Kansas State 35-6
- UCF def. FAU 56-36
- Wisconsin def. Iowa 28-17
- Michigan def. Nebraska 56-10
- Miami def. FIU 31-17
- Boise State BYE
- Michigan State def. Indiana 35-21
- Kentucky def. Mississippi State 28-7
- Texas def. TCU 31-16
- BYU def. McNeese 30-3
- Oregon lost to Stanford 31-38
- Duke def. NC Central 55-13
- Mississippi State lost to Kentucky 7-28
- Oklahoma State lost to Texas Tech 17-41
Saturday Down South reports and comments on the news around the Southeastern Conference as well as larger college football topics.
