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After defeating the then-number-13 Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday night at Kyle Field, the Texas A&M Aggies have been rewarded with a return to the Associated Press Top 25 rankings. A&M comes in at 22, while the Wildcats fell only five spots to number 18.
AP Top 25 (Oct. 7, 2018)
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | PREV |
| 1 | Alabama�(59) | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Georgia | 6-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ohio State�(1) | 6-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Clemson�(1) | 6-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 6-0 | 6 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 5-0 | 9 |
| 7 | Washington | 5-1 | 10 |
| 8 | Penn State | 4-1 | 11 |
| 9 | Texas | 5-1 | 19 |
| 10 | UCF | 5-0 | 12 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 5-1 | 7 |
| 12 | Michigan | 5-1 | 15 |
| 13 | LSU | 5-1 | 5 |
| 14 | Florida | 5-1 | 22 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 4-1 | 16 |
| 16 | Miami (FL) | 5-1 | 17 |
| 17 | Oregon | 4-1 | 18 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 5-1 | 13 |
| 19 | Colorado | 5-0 | 21 |
| 20 | North Carolina State | 5-0 | 23 |
| 21 | Auburn | 4-2 | 8 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 4-2 | - |
| 23 | South Florida | 5-0 | - |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 4-1 | - |
| 25 | Cincinnati | 6-0 | - |
| Others receiving votes:Iowa 87, Stanford 59, Washington St. 46, San Diego St. 24, TCU 20, Appalachian St. 11, Utah 9, Utah 5, South Carolina 2, Hawaii 1. |
Texas A&M is also ranked number 22 in the Amway Coaches Poll, released earlier today. The Aggies were ranked 22nd in the AP poll three weeks ago as well, before suffering a 45-23 loss to Alabama (still by far the closest game Bama has played this season, believe it or not).
The Aggies travel to Columbia, South Carolina this weekend to take on their bitter historic rival, the South Carolina Gamecocks.