Cardinals dominated a lesser foe, but that wasn’t enough to make a significant jump in the AP Poll.
After Saturday’s dominant win over Kent State, the Louisville Cardinals were able to rise a couple of spots in this week’s AP Poll. It’ll take a few more wins like that, and against tougher ACC opponents, before Louisville really starts making big leaps in the poll.
Here is this week’s AP Poll rankings:
1. Alabama (52)
2. Clemson (8)
3. Oklahoma (1)
4. Penn State
5. USC
6. Washington
7. Georgia
8. Michigan
9. TCU
10. Wisconsin
11. Ohio State
12. Virginia Tech
13. Auburn
14. Miami
15. Oklahoma State
16. Washington State
17. Louisville
18. South Florida
19. San Diego State
20. Utah
21. Florida
22. Notre Dame
23. West Virginia
24. Mississippi State
25. LSU
Dropped from rankings: Florida State 12, Oregon 24
Others receiving votes: NC State 87, Duke 79, Texas Tech 40, Florida State 35, Memphis 26, Iowa 16, Stanford 8, California 7, Colorado 5, UCF 4, Minnesota 3, Kansas State 3, Oregon 3, Tennessee 1, Wake Forest 1