At the risk of being cliché, I won’t say it. You know what I’m talking about.

“How is it already Week 5?”

I have no idea. I don’t know how time works.

I do have an idea of how the Associated Press Top 25 works, so why don’t I just comment on that instead.

1. Party like it’s 2007, Kentucky!

For the first time since 2007, the Wildcats are in the Associated Press Top 25. Yeah, that was 2 presidents ago. George W. Bush was in office and Twitter wasn’t a thing. Shoot, Facebook was barely a thing.

The Wildcats came in at No. 17 after dismantling Mississippi State to clinch the program’s first 2-0 start to SEC play in 41 years. Kentucky dominated MSU up front, just like it did a couple of weeks ago on the road at Florida. Voters obviously noticed as Kentucky nearly made a push to the top 15.

Benny Snell and the Wildcats have been playing the respect card, but that’s out the window now. It’s crazy how quickly perspective has changed with the Wildcats in the first month of the season. Clearly, this is Mark Stoops’ best team, and as long as they can stay healthy, they’re going to be a problem in the SEC East.

Want an even crazier thought? If Kentucky takes care of South Carolina at home, the Wildcats will be in the top 15. In football! In October!

What a time to be alive.

2. Three SEC teams in the top 5

It seemed inevitable last week in my opinion that LSU would move past Oklahoma into the top 5. After all, nobody else has the Tigers’ résumé. The fact that it took Oklahoma going into overtime against Army for that to happen says a lot about how valued the Sooners were.

But now, the SEC boasts 3 of the top 5 teams:

  • 1. Alabama
  • 3. Georgia
  • 5. LSU

(By the way, Alabama is up to 60 of 61 first-place votes)

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Just for a little perspective, the Big Ten is the closest conference to matching that feat with 3 teams in the top 14. The Pac-12’s top-3 teams came in the top 19 while the Big 12 needed 18 spots and the ACC needed 22 spots. And as it stands, that’s all the ACC has in the top 25.

Clearly, the SEC isn’t losing its spot as the nation’s top conference anytime soon. The fact that it has 6 teams in the top 25 with virtually every headliner non-conference game in the books — I know there are a few still left — suggests that it’ll be awfully tough for the SEC to lose that title.

3. Why Texas Tech’s ranking is weird for Ole Miss

As you’ll recall, Ole Miss beat Texas Tech in Houston to open the season. The Red Raiders, who have the same record as Ole Miss, are now in the top 25 while the Rebels are not. That came on the heels of Texas Tech’s blowout win at Oklahoma State. Impressive, it was.

But this is why voting is weird. Ole Miss dominated Texas Tech and its lone loss was a blowout to No. 1 Alabama. Wouldn’t that suggest that Ole Miss should be ranked ahead of Texas Tech?

I don’t know. Maybe that’s being nit-picky because I don’t even think Ole Miss necessarily deserves to be ranked. Though I’d argue that a whole bunch of top-25 teams would get whipped by Alabama like that.

Still, I guess it’s just strange to see that Ole Miss only got 7 votes while Texas Tech cracked the top 25 with 106. And somehow, Florida, which just won its first game against a Power 5 opponent in nearly a year, got more votes than Ole Miss.

Color me confused.