Kentucky is just outside the top 25 in the college football coaches poll this week.
With 98 votes, the Wildcats are at No. 26 this week:
Coaches Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS TREND
1 Alabama(60) 3-0 1572 —
2 Clemson(2) 3-0 1477 —
3 Georgia 3-0 1436 —
4 Ohio State(1) 3-0 1405 —
5 Oklahoma 3-0 1339 —
6 LSU 3-0 1171 7
7 Stanford 3-0 1116 2
8 Notre Dame 3-0 1083 —
9 Penn State 3-0 1070 1
10 Virginia Tech 2-0 927 1
11 Auburn 2-1 921 4
12 Washington 2-1 909 —
13 West Virginia 2-0 824 2
14 Mississippi State 3-0 780 2
15 Oklahoma State 3-0 672 4
16 Wisconsin 2-1 626 10
17 TCU 2-1 508 3
18 UCF 2-0 500 —
19 Oregon 3-0 384 4
20 Miami 2-1 373 —
21 Michigan 2-1 354 1
22 Texas A&M 2-1 150 NR
23 Michigan State 1-1 141 1
24 Boise State 2-1 114 7
25 Boston College 3-0 109 NR
Others receiving votes: Kentucky 98, Duke 55, South Florida 45, Colorado 41, South Carolina 40, Iowa 36, Washington State 35, BYU 30, Missouri 21, NC State 19, Appalachian State 13, Syracuse 11, California 11, Utah 10, Cincinnati 10, Texas 9, North Texas 5, Troy 4, Minnesota 3, Florida 3, Arizona State 3, San Diego State 3, Vanderbilt 2, Houston 2, Tennessee 2, Arkansas State 2, Fresno State 1
