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2026 Week 5 Kentucky Wildcats Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
frone	13
grtgbln	14
NotSoSuperNerd	15	1.524 [6.81-5.19]
visor841	15
bwburke94	16	+9.4664926 (LW: #17)
djowen68	16
EpicSchwinn	16
JustAManAndHisLaptop	16
Tarmacked	16	No change, just felt Miss State had a better resume at this stage and A&M losing, again, to a higher quality opponent takes some shine off.
TopGoose	16
Zef_Apollo	16
AlexanderComet	17
GeauxTri	17
hascogrande	17
KansasEF5Tornado	17
smartkeg	17
Terminal_BAS	17
PattyKane16	18
royrules22	18
blahblehblahwhoru	19
Colton3690	19
cornholesurfer	19
e8odie	19
sroach91	19
TolkienFan71	19
aggiebruin27	20
bladefencer	20	0.753, +4, Pow: 17, Off: 28, Def: 21, SOR: 27
monkeymatt1836	20
romulusjsp	20
budget_um	21	South Al is whatever, but if LSU gets to stay in, they deserve to come up
Conn3er	21
ExternalTangents	21	Overall +14.1; offense +6.9 (26th), defense -7.3 (19th)
HelioOne	21
jmac_21	21
LiptonCB	21
nin478	21
one98d	21
retnuh101	21
Stoneador	21
SufferingfOrLife	21
Wescat	21
BallSoHerd	22
boxbeat	22
Cecil_Hardboner	22
ColombianInIowa24	22	33.07 - Ok, SEC bias for real. Whacky choice, but alright.
daredassdude	22
eclectic_tastes	22
Justanother_0	22
kflinderman	22
KJdkaslknv	22
MemeofMemeJTG999999	22	(3-1) (down 1) W: 45-21 vs South Alabama (2-2) Next Week: @ South Carolina (2-2) Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Michigan
soonerfreak	22
T-nawtical	22
tdoger	22
TheReformedBadger	22
UNC_Samurai	22
WarEagle9	22
bretticus733	23
CharlemagneOfTheUSA	23
Chipsahoy523	23	NR
conchobor	23
DarthYoda2594	23
ehoefler	23	72.13 | NEW +7
grey_pilgrim_	23
HideNZeke	23	Fraud watch
IceColdDrPepper_Here	23
ikindalikelemons	23
Longvols	23
MainPeanut25	23
mellolizard	23
Pollaski	23
PSUMediaPA	23
realclean	23
RollWarTideEagle	23
samspopguy	23
SpadeRyker	23
spsellers	23
titansfan174	23
tjstanley	23
True_Ad5324	23	Big win against A&M looks worse now
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	24
Acm0028	24
ALStark69	24	-1; USA gave them a scare in the first half New to poll: 18 Oklahoma State, 19 Oregon, 20 Duke, 21 Pitt, 22 Nebraska, 23 Boise State, 25 Wake Forest
CambodianDrywall	24
Casaiir	24
ChemicalOle	24
chweris	24
Conglossian	24	U/R
DampFrijoles	24
fourpinz8	24
GatorBolt	24	Still in the 24 range just due to their signature win going up in smoke.
JamoRedhead	24
jrich960608	24	I wasn’t sure where to place Kentucky because I watched that first half against South Alabama, but they continue to win and there isn’t too many other options that compare. The A&M win is losing its luster fast. They have the schedule to keep proving themselves.
malowry0124	24
nemoran	24
noodlethebear	24
PlactusTX	24	LW: NR | Tier 3 (up from 4) | W South Alabama With a win over Texas A&M and the only loss being to Alabama, Kentucky should have made the ballot last week.
Pure_Protein_Machine	24
studio_sally	24
Techwid	24
TheNSAAgent777	24
thomasosu	24
TossedRightOut	24
Zloggt	24
Aidanj927	25
ChaseTheFalcon	25
DavoinShower-handle	25
IAmAChemicalEngineer	25
jrluhn	25	Next 5 in no order: Virginia Tech, Louisville, SMU, Nebraska, and Wisconsin
Laschoni	25
Pikachu1989	25
RiffRamBahZoo	25
Staind075	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
FindGreatness23	13	Kentucky has beat a ranked team and hung with Alabama for majority of a game.
_Junk_Rat_	15
GrimmacingGrinny	15
bigred91224	17
jackmc04	17	(+1)
m3owzika	17	The win against A&M is looking a little weaker with their loss to LSU, but they stay in the top 25 for me until they prove otherwise.
Midnight-Mustang	17
newSomberMan	17
ResearchFlaky5912	17	Kentucky also floats up after playing as expected against South Alabama. Jumped by Mississippi State as they now have the better win between the two.
chief_sitass	18
Isthmus11	18	3-1, beat up on a terrible team but I still think this team is better than the other SEC teams I have unranked right now, maybe not better than any of the ranked teams though
Mission_Pay_3373	18
TomorrowFinal6642	18
dstrainr	19
logace444444444	19
solarsnail6	19
noah_divine	20
PsychologicalFox8660	20
beckett929	21
bigian52	21
buccaneerboy22	21
Kirkwood641	21
New_Prior2253	21
Rishik01	21
tbraptors	21
Tortillero96	21	-4 W (3-1) H +24 vs South Alabama (unranked) W (2-1) A +10 vs Texas A&M (9) -- --
538allspelledout	22
_THE__BOULDER_	22	Other than a really wacky 2nd Quarter, in which both teams scored a combined 38 points (21-17 in favor of South Alabama), Kentucky had this game under control. During that second quarter, Kentucky's Jason Patterson ran for a 75 yard touchdown on the first play of the drive and yet somehow wasn't Kentucky's leading rusher. Kentucky had 3 100 yard rushers: Patterson logged 12 carries for 137 yards and 3TDs, CJ Baxter tallied 16 carries for 149 yards and 1 TD, and Jovantae Barnes ran 8 times for 100 yards and 1TD. While that defense needs to work on some things, Kentucky is now 3-1. What's kinda hard to figure out is how good they might actually be against P4 competition. They have a blowout home loss to Alabama, a win in College Station against a TAMU team that actually may not be good (they got blown out by LSU, but the jury is out on how they will do the rest of the season).
AoA_nB1	22	Slowish first half, but dominated the second half
bolts_win_again	22
bruhstevenson	22
Crelc3	22
dawgfan24348	22
JJones927	22
SportsCat4	22
ValarMorghulis_17	22
69nicer	23
divey043	23
Ethanol-Muffins	23
gonshpreds1	23
hbh110	23
isrealball	23
Jacob_Sumner	23
jis024	23
Blazemaster77	24
ChiTrojan2	24
idnttcrisis	24
Intelligent_Fix_6972	24
Key_Solution_4076	24
loneSTAR_06	24
MWiatrak2077	24
pongislame	24	3-1 | L 17-45 vs. 12 Alabama; W 31-21 @ 9 Texas A&M
quantum_jedi	24	(40.29, +4) Kentucky beat up South Alabama and is looking much improved this year under Will Stein. The Wildcats should move to 4-1 with a road trip to South Carolina next week.
SaguaroCactus19	24
Tch267702	24
GenuineBoss	25
n8TLfan	25

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Green = Hybrid

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