One poll has the Cats moving up.
Many fans were hoping the Kentucky Wildcats would move up in the rankings even with a bye week due to the major upsets that happened over the weekend in college football and with the Cats’ big upset win last weekend at No. 6 Ole Miss.
Kentucky continues to move up in the rankings in the Coaches Poll. The Week 7 Coaches Poll Top 25 has come out, and Kentucky received 12 votes in the latest poll, which would rank them No. 31 overall and help to move them up two spots from the previous weekend.
As for the latest AP Top 25 poll, Kentucky moved down in the rankings, coming in at No. 39 overall and only receiving one vote.
Last week, Kentucky was ranked No. 35 and received six votes to be in the top-25. Sadly, all the losses this past weekend did not help out the Cats.
It is worth pointing out that Brett McMurphy of Action Network HQ released his top 25 earlier and had Kentucky as his No. 25 overall team.
My @AP_Top25 ballot
1-Texas
2-Ohio St
3-Georgia
4-Miami
5-Penn St
6-Oregon
7-Iowa St
8-Clemson
9-Ole Miss
10-Alabama
11-LSU
12-Tennessee
13-Notre Dame
14-BYU
15-Indiana
16-A&M
17-Utah
18-Kansas St
19-OU
20-Missouri
21-Pitt
22-Boise St
23-Illinois
24-SMU
25-Kentucky— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 6, 2024
The SEC continues to dominate in the Coaches Poll with six teams ranked in the top 10, and in total, nine SEC teams made it into the top 25 for the Coaches Poll. Also, Louisville is no longer ranked after being upset by SMU while playing at home.
Coaches Poll Top 25
- Texas
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- Georgia
- Penn State
- Miami
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- Tennessee
- LSU
- Clemson
- Notre Dame
- Iowa State
- Texas A&M
- BYU
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Missouri
- Kansas State
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Boise State
- Illinois
- Pittsburgh
- SMU
Others Receiving Votes: Southern California 102; Nebraska 68; Army West Point 36; Navy 26; Colorado 16; Kentucky 12; Arizona 12; UNLV 11; Texas Tech 8; Virginia 7; Washington 5; Liberty 5; Vanderbilt 4; Rutgers 3; Arkansas 3; Tulane 2; Louisville 2; Iowa 2; Syracuse 1; Arizona State 1
AP Top 25 Poll
- Texas
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- Penn State
- Georgia
- Miami (FL)
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Ole Miss
- Clemson
- Iowa State
- Notre Dame
- LSU
- BYU
- Texas A&M
- Utah
- Boise State
- Kansas State
- Indiana
- Oklahoma
- Missouri
- Pittsburgh
- Illinois
- Michigan
- SMU
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Cal 98, Nebraska 51, Navy 43, Army 33, Vanderbilt 26, Arkansas 17, Washington St. 8, Iowa 8, Texas Tech 7, Syracuse 6, Washington 4, Louisville 4, Colorado 3, Kentucky 1.
Hopefully, if Kentucky can defeat Vanderbilt this Saturday, they can gain some more momentum in the AP Top 25 in hopes of finally being ranked or being very close to being in the Top 25.