2008 Week Five AP Top 25

Here’s your AP Week Five Ranking – their positions last week are in parenthesis.

1. Oklahoma (2)
2. Alabama (8)
3. LSU (5)
4. Missouri (6)
5. Texas (7)
6. Penn State (12)
7. Texas Tech (10)
8. BYU (11)
9. USC (1)
10. South Florida (13)
11. Georgia (3)
12. Florida (4)
13. Auburn (15)
14. Ohio State (14)
15. Utah (17)
16. Kansas (18)
17. Boise State (19)
18. Wisconsin (9)
19. Vanderbilt (21)
20. Virginia Tech (NR)
21. Oklahoma State (NR)
22. Fresno State (25)
23. Oregon (NR)
24. Connecticut (NR)
25. Wake Forest (16)

On the Cusp: Maryland, Michigan State, Kentucky, Ball State

Dropped from the Rankings: Clemson (20), Illinois (22), East Carolina (23), TCU (24)

Penn State thanks you, USC, for lose to a team they so gloriously beat a few weeks ago. Missouri just sat back and laughed this wee, and Oklahoma finally moved to the spot they deserve.

There are some lower rankings I question, especially with Maryland still at the unofficial #26, but I’m glad to see Oklahoma State on the list finally.

A team to watch? Northwestern. They aren’t even in consideration for a rank yet, and everyone says their schedule is super weak so they don’t deserve a spot even as 24 or 25, but they are undefeated, and I’ll be interested to see how they do against more difficult teams.