The Denver Post

Duke, Kentucky together for first time since 1957

- By Ralph D. Russo

After a seasonhigh seven ranked teams lost, the back half of the AP college football poll got a makeover 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. 14.

LSU moved up to No. 5, swapping places with Oklahoma after the Sooners needed overtime to get by Army.

Alabama received a seasonhigh 60 firstplace votes. Clemson had one.

Colorado topped the others receiving votes with 83 points.

Kentucky is unbeaten and 20 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 in September 1957. The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with firstplace votes in parenthese­s, records through Sept. 22: Record Pts 40 1,523 40 1,422 40 1,409 40 1,363 40 1,238 40 1,201 40 1,143 40 1,067 40 1,001 31 987 31 946 30 923 30 727 31 698 31 662 31 571 40 541 31 308 31 297 31 270 21 256 40 244 31 241 30 118

31 106 1. Alabama (60) 2. Georgia 3. Clemson (1) 4. Ohio St.

5. LSU 6. Oklahoma 7. Stanford 8. Notre Dame 9. Penn St.

10. Auburn

11. Washington 12. West Virginia 13. UCF

14. Michigan 15. Wisconsin 16. Miami

17. Kentucky 18. Texas

19. Oregon

20. BYU

21. Michigan St. 22. Duke

23. Mississipp­i St. 24. California 25. Texas Tech Pv 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8 10 9 10 12 16 19 18 21 NR NR 20 25 24 NR 14 NR NR

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