Category Archives: Top 25

1-Texas Tech-Unbeaten in the nation’s best conference and beat the clear-cut No.1 team. Enough said. 2-Penn State-Yeah, the Big Ten is bad, but the guilt-by-association perception of the Nittany Lions is a bit extreme. 3-Alabama-Clemson and Georgia wins don’t seem … Continue reading →

The University of Kentucky was ranked 32nd in this week’s Associated Press media poll and placed 33rd in the USA Today coaches poll released on Sunday. UK travels to No. 5 Florida this week. AP Poll Coaches poll

Not much movement at the top this week, but next week shapes up big with Penn State-Ohio State and Oklahoma State-Texas on the slate. 1-Texas (1)-Need there be any doubt? One of the more impressive two-week stretches I’ve seen in … Continue reading →

The University of Kentucky is 32nd in the USA Today poll and 33rd in the Associated Press poll released Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats, who were 28th in both polls last week, lost 17-14 at No. 2 Alabama on Saturday. Teams … Continue reading →

There wasn’t as much movement at the top this week, but it’s shaping up as quite a second half for the  2008 season. Here’s my weekly Top 25, with last week’s ranking in parenthesis 1-Oklahoma (2)-Sooners have finally convinced me … Continue reading →

I’m back on the beat after a brief hiatus, and what a time to return. It was quite the crazy week in the Top 25, and now a Kentucky team still trying to find itself is facing a road game … Continue reading →

Welcome back for another version of my unofficial weekly Top 25, with last week’s rankings in parenthesis. 1-USC (1)-These Trojans are as good defensively as the Bush/Leinart teams were offensively. 2-Oklahoma (2)-Sooners and Trojans would be a toss-up right now. … Continue reading →

Brooks stopped a moment to reflect on the Top 25 rankings. The 2-0 Wildcats received six votes in the Associated Press poll, which places them 35th; and got 28 votes in the coaches poll, which is good for 29th. “I … Continue reading →

Last year I had the pleasure of serving as the state’s official voter in Associated Press Top 25 poll. My man Kent Taylor from WAVE-TV in Louisville is representing the Bluegrass this year, but I had so much fun with … Continue reading →