Week 5 didn't quite deliver the drama of Week 4, Notre Dame-Duke notwithstanding, but it tried. Two top-10 teams — the Georgia Bulldogs and USC Trojans — avoided road upsets, while another, the Oregon Ducks, overcame a sluggish start to romp Stanford.
And while it was a bye week for some of the country's top college football teams (Florida State, Ohio State, North Carolina, Miami), it also was a bye week — as in goodbye — for a few unbeaten teams attempting to keep the top 25 within their grasp.
Kansas had hoped to climb but was drilled by Texas. Syracuse was seeking to get to 5-0 and earn a spot in the rankings but lost by 17 to Clemson.
Duke's last-minute loss to Notre Dame kept the Blue Devils from perfection, but not from the top 25. Meanwhile, Kentucky earned a place at the table in a blowout win against Florida, and Missouri continued its unbeaten start.