Oklahoma State Wins the Bye Week, Well They Stay Ranked and Moved Up
STILLWATER – While sitting out the action over the Thursday-thru-Friday schedule of week five of college football Oklahoma State (3-1) actually moved up a spot in the Associated Press College Football Top 25 Poll. The Cowboys moved up from No. 19 where they debuted a week ago to No. 18. Oklahoma State also came close, as they did last week in two other polls released on Sundays.
Here is the way the AP Top 25 shook out in advance of week six in college footbal that will have the Cowboys hosting UCF (3-2) for the second Big 12 Conference game. The Pokes and the Knights kickoff at 11 a.m. inside Boone Pickens Stadium. It will be UCF’s first visit to Stillwater.
| 2026 Associated Press College Football Top 25 - After Week No. 5 (1st place votes) |
| 1. | Texas (61) 4-0 | 11. | Texas Tech 5-0 | 21. | UCLA 4-0 |
| 2. | Georgia (6) 5-0 | 12. | Utah 4-0 | 22. | Houston 4-1 |
| 3. | Notre Dame 5-0 | 13. | Oregon 3-1 | 23. | Boise State 4-1 |
| 4. | Miami, Fla. (2) 5-0 | 14. | Missouri 4-1 | 24. | SMU 4-1 |
| 5. | Ohio State 4-1 | 15. | Tennessee 4-1 | 25. | Pittsburgh 5-0 |
| 6. | Alabama 5-0 | 16. | Florida 4-1 | Others receving | votes: |
| 7. | Indiana (1) 5-0 | 17. | Miss. State 4-1 | Kentucky 160, | Wake Forest 142, |
| 8. | BYU 4-0 | 18. | Oklahoma State 3-1 | Wisconsin 88, | Duke 83, NW 59, |
| 9. | Ole Miss 3-1 | 19. | USC 5-1 | Nebraska 48, | Minn. 19, |
| 10. | LSU 4-1 | 20. | Iowa 4-1 | Arizona 19, | JMU 12, NDSU 7 |
Oklahoma State came very close to moving into the top 25 of the AFCA Coaches Poll and they are nearly in the top 16 of the FWAA/National Fouutball Foundation Super 16 Poll.
For the second straight week the coaches have Oklahoma State as the first team in “Others receiving votes”. Oklahoma State had 187 points and that was just 23 shy of Kentuck, who after an overtime win at South Carolina, claimed No. 25 in the AFCA Poll. Out of the Big 12, BYU in No. 8 in the coaches poll, Texas Tech is No. 9, Utah is No. 12, and Houston is No. 19. Besides the Cowboys, Arizona (15), Baylor (3), and Kansas State (1) received at least one vote in the poll.
I vote in the FWAA/NFF Super 16. That poll; which features 56 voters including media members, college football hall-of-fame inductees, and other football standouts from the college game; had Texas No. 1 with 34-of-the-56 first-place votes. Georgia, Miami (Fla.), Notre Dame, Ohio State, Alabama, Indiana, BYU, LSU, and Ole Miss; made up the rest of the top 10. Besides BYU at No. 8, Texas Tech No. 11, and Utah No. 12 were in the poll.
Oklahoma State (17 points) would have been No. 21 if that poll was extended. Houston was the only other Big 12 school receiving votes.
