Wrong sport? Kentucky and Duke in polls
After a season-high seven ranked teams lost, the back half of the AP college football poll got a makeover on Sunday. Five teams entered the Top 25, including No. 17 Kentucky for the first time since 2007 and No. 22 Duke.
At the top it was mostly status quo, with Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio State staying Nos. 1-4. Louisiana
State moved up to No. 5, swapping places with Oklahoma after the Sooners needed overtime to get by Army. Alabama received a season-high 60 first-place votes. Clemson had one.
Kentucky is unbeaten and 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time since 1977. The last time the Wildcats were ranked was Nov. 11, 2007. Kentucky reached No. 8 under coach Rich Brooks that season and upset No. 1 and eventual national champion LSU, but finished unranked.
Duke is ranked for the first time since October 2015, giving the football poll a basketball feel. The Wildcats and Blue Devils were last ranked at the same time in September 1957.
Kentucky (17) and Duke (23) are also ranked in the coaches’ poll.
Pacific 12 No. 10 Washington 27, Arizona State 20—
At Seattle, Jake Browning threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first quarter, added a third TD toss early in the fourth, and the Huskies (3-1, 2-0 Pac-12) outlasted the Sun Devils (2-2, 0-1). Browning hit Aaron Fuller and Ty Jones on TD passes during a brilliant first quarter, and found Cade Otton in the back corner of the end zone early in the fourth quarter on a 5-yard scoring strike to give Washington a 27-13 lead.
Mountain West Utah State 42, Air Force 32 —
At Logan, Utah, Jordan Love threw for a career-high 356 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Aggies (3-1, 1-0 MW) past the Falcons (1-2, 0-1). Ron’quavion Tarver had 128 yards on nine receptions for the Aggies, while Gerold Bright added 101 yards rushing and two scores on 11 carries.
At San Diego, John Baron kicked three field goals, including the winning 38-yarder, to help the Aztecs (3-1) beat the Eagles (2-2) in a nonconference game. Ryan Agnew passed for 176 yards and two touchdowns for San Diego State.
At Honolulu, Cole Mcdonald threw five touchdown passes to four different receivers and the Rainbow Warriors (4-1) limited the Dukes (3-2) to just 166 total yards in a nonconference matchup. Mcdonald was 24-of-40 passing for 273 yards with one interception, and Dayton Furuta, who came in with 75 career rushing yards, had 12 carries for 114 yards for Hawaii.
San Diego State 23, Eastern Michigan 20, OT — Hawaii 42, Duquesne 21 —