Kentucky Football receives votes in Week 2 AP, Coaches Polls

As expected, Kentucky did not crack the Top 25 of the AP or Coaches Polls following the 44-14 win over Ball State; however, the Cats are lurking.

Kentucky received 15 total points in the AP Poll, which ranks No. 30. The Cats got 50 total points in the Coaches Poll, which is good enough for No. 28 behind Iowa (111 points) and Pittsburgh (53 points). Those are both improvements over the preseason polls, where Kentucky ranked No. 32 in the Coaches Poll (34 points) and No. 33 in the AP Poll (14 points).

Georgia and Michigan remain No. 1 and No. 2 in the AP Poll, followed by Alabama, Florida State, and Ohio State. After big Week 1 wins, Duke and Colorado jumped into the Top 25, at Nos. 21 and 22 respectively. Following its second-half collapse vs. Florida State, LSU dropped nine spots to No. 14.

In total, six SEC teams made the Top 25: Georgia (No. 1), Alabama (No. 3), Tennessee (No. 9), LSU (No. 14), Ole Miss (No. 20), and Texas A&M (No. 23). Arkansas received 28 points, putting the Razorbacks at No. 28, two spots ahead of Kentucky.

AP College Football Poll – September 5

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	TREND	POINTS
1	Georgia	1-0	—	1569 (58)
2	Michigan	1-0	—	1485 (2)
3	Alabama	1-0	↑1	1424
4	Florida State	1-0	↑4	1384 (3)
5	Ohio State	1-0	↓2	1308
6	USC	2-0	—	1255
7	Penn State	1-0	—	1212
8	Washington	1-0	↑2	1107
9	Tennessee	1-0	↑3	975
10	Notre Dame	2-0	↑3	967
11	Texas	1-0	—	935
12	Utah	1-0	↑2	919
13	Oregon	1-0	↑2	823
14	LSU	0-1	↓9	706
15	Kansas State	1-0	↑1	579
16	Oregon State	1-0	↑2	558
17	North Carolina	1-0	↑4	551
18	Oklahoma	1-0	↑2	426
19	Wisconsin	1-0	—	407
20	Ole Miss	1-0	↑2	379
21	Duke	1-0	—	343
22	Colorado	1-0	—	269
23	Texas A&M	1-0	—	267
24	Tulane	1-0	—	241
25	Clemson	0-1	↓16	141

Others Receiving Votes: Iowa 73, UCLA 55, Arkansas 28, TCU 27, Kentucky 15, Pittsburgh 8, Mississippi St. 5, Miami 4, NC State 4, Auburn 3, Troy 3, Fresno St. 3, Minnesota 3, Wyoming 3, Iowa St. 2, Texas St. 2, Texas Tech 1, Louisville 1, Washington St. 1, Illinois 1, Houston 1, UCF 1, James Madison 1.

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Kentucky No. 30 in The Athletic’s College Football Rankings

Each week during the season, The Athletic ranks all 133 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Kentucky was No. 36 in the preseason rankings. Simply by taking care of business vs. Ball State, the Cats moved up six spots to No. 30. They’re sandwiched between two other SEC teams, Mississippi State (No. 29) and Texas A&M (No. 31).

Here’s where Kentucky’s opponents rank. EKU is an FCS squad, so not on the list.

• Ball State: No. 127
• Eastern Kentucky: NR (FCS)
• Akron: No. 129
• Vanderbilt: No. 79
• Florida: No. 54
• Georgia: No. 1
• Missouri: No. 53
• Tennessee: No. 10
• Mississippi State: No. 29
• Alabama: No. 4
• South Carolina: No. 34
• Louisville: No. 35

Adam Luckett is also sharing his own Top 25 each week on KSBoard. Right now, he’s got Kentucky No. 22, two spots lower than their preseason spot.

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