–  Week 5: Games Played Through October 1, 2022 –
 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Wake Forest (75), NC State (58), Kansas State (39), BYU (37), Baylor (18), Mississippi State (15), Washington (13), South Carolina (12), LSU (10), Texas (10), Syracuse (6), Oklahoma (5), Cincinnati (4), Florida State (3), Arkansas (3), Miami, FL (2), Florida (2).

NOTES:
After three weeks out of the top slot, Alabama is back at No. 1.

Georgia, which moved into the No. 1 slot after Alabama had a close call with Texas in early September, struggled past Missouri, 26-22, on Saturday. Meanwhile, Alabama dispatched Arkansas in Fayetteville to reclaim its top ranking.

Ohio State held steady at No. 3 with a victory over Rutgers. Clemson at No. 4 and Michigan at No. 5, both won, but swapped places from a week ago.

Another major development was  Ole Miss' home victory over Kentucky, which allowed the Rebels to vault to No. 10 from No. 14 of a week ago. Kentucky fell from ninth to No. 15 in the current poll.

Oklahoma, No.16 last week, fell out of the poll for the first time since Oct. 23, 2016, after dropping a second straight Big 12 Conference game, this time to TCU by 31 points. The unbeaten Horned Frogs at No. 13 are making their first appearance in the poll this season along with No. 14 UCLA, which beat Washington. Unbeaten Kansas is making its first appearance in the history of the poll at No.16.

North Carolina State fell out of the poll after its loss to Clemson as did Washington after losing to UCLA.

The SEC led all leagues with five teams followed by the Pac-12 with four, The Big Ten and Big 12 had three each and the ACC had one.

SCHEDULE (OCT. 8):
Texas A&M at No. 1 Alabama
Auburn at No. 2 Georgia
No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan State
No. 4 Clemson at Boston College
No. 5 Michigan at Indiana
Texas Tech at No. 6 Oklahoma State
Washington State at No. 7 USC
No. 8 Tennessee at LSU
No. 9 Penn State is idle.
No. 10 Ole Miss at Vandy
No. 11 Utah at No. 14 UCLA
No. 12 Oregon at Arizona
No. 13 TCU at No. 16 Kansas
South Carolina at No.15 Kentucky
 

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