ESPN 2023 College Football Power Rankings after Week 5 - ESPN

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.

Here's how the Power Rankings play out after Week 5 results:

Kirby Smart said it wasn't always a matter of Auburn stopping Georgia as much as Georgia stopping itself during a closer-than-expected 27-20 win in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The running game wasn't consistent enough. There were too many turnovers. And the defense gave up too many long runs. But what the Bulldogs had when it mattered most was Brock Bowers. The All-American tight end came alive in the fourth quarter with six catches for 148 yards, including the game-winning TD in the fourth quarter. Smart put it best when he asked rhetorically, «Who can argue that there's a better football player in the country?» — Alex Scarborough

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The Wolverines were dominant in their 45-7 win over Nebraska to go 5-0 on the season. Michigan has now scored 30 or more points in each of its