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AP Top 25 Rankings Week 5: LSU Tigers New No.1 in Top 10 Shakeup
The LSU Tigers are the new AP college football #1 with the USC Trojans landing at #2 after a weekend full of upsets sent voters scrambling to rearrange the latest voting on the nation’s top teams.
With their 34-9 win on Saturday the LSU Tigers earned the #1 ranking from voters in the AP Top 25 this week. The Tigers were led by 258 yards passing from Matt Flynn and a pair of touchdown runs in the fourth quarter from Charles Scott.
Despite beating the Washington Huskies 27-24 on Saturday the USC Trojans feel from the top spot to #2 in the AP Top 25. The Trojans narrowly escaped their first loss of the year despite out-gaining the Huskies 460 yards to 190 in the game.
The Golden Bears of California climbed to #3 this week after beating the #11 Oregon Ducks 31-24 on Saturday. Justin Forsett rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns while DeSean Jackson totaled 161 yards receiving and a pair of TDs.
The Wisconsin Badgers moved up four spots as well to #5 after their 37-34 Big Ten victory over
Jumping an amazing 12 spots this week to land at #6 are the South Florida Bulls. After their 21-13 beating of #5
The Kentucky Wildcats moved up to #8 after pounding FAU 45-17 on Saturday. Andre Woodson threw for a career-high five touchdown passes and totaled 301 yards through the air to lead the Wildcats.
Suffering their first loss of the year the Florida Gators tumbled from #4 to #9 this week. The Gators fell to the Auburn Tigers when Wes Byrum kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired for a three-point win.
Following closely behind the Gators after a devastating loss are the Oklahoma Sooners who cling to the #10 spot in this week’s AP Top 25. The Sooners gave up 20 unanswered points to the Colorado Buffaloes in a 27-24 loss on Saturday.
AP Top 25 Week 5
1. LSU (33) 5-0 1,593
2. USC (32) 4-0 1,591
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15. Virginia Tech 4-1 639
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22. Clemson 4-1 265
23. Purdue 5-0 218
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