Kent State has earned a spot in the Associated Press Top 25 football poll for the first time since 1973.
Kent State is 25th in this week’s poll.
Kent (9-1, 6-0) plays at Bowling Green (7-3, 5-1) Saturday with kickoff at noon.
Kent State is the third team from the Mid-American Conference voted into the Top 25 this season.
"We’ve been in and out of there pretty quickly,” Kent State head coach Darrell Hazell on Sunday
afternoon when asked about ranked MAC teams.
"(It) just adds to our challenges, and we have some huge ones in front of us. We’re very excited to
be in the Top 25, but there are still many more goals to be accomplished.”
The AP FOOTBALL Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Nov. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a
25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pv
1. Oregon (45) 10-0 1,485 2
2. Kansas St. (14) 10-0 1,451 3
3. Notre Dame (1) 10-0 1,382 4
4. Alabama 9-1 1,259 1
5. Georgia 9-1 1,223 5
6. Ohio St. 10-0 1,212 5
7. Florida 9-1 1,089 7
8. LSU 8-2 1,046 9
9. Texas A&M 8-2 1,031 15
10. Florida St. 9-1 1,024 8
11. Clemson 9-1 907 10
12. South Carolina 8-2 848 12
13. Oklahoma 7-2 798 14
14. Stanford 8-2 766 16
15. Oregon St. 7-2 556 13
16. Nebraska 8-2 549 18
17. UCLA 8-2 541 17
18. Texas 8-2 496 19
19. Louisiana Tech 9-1 374 19
20. Louisville 9-1 322 11
21. Southern Cal 7-3 297 21
22. Rutgers 8-1 179 24
23. Michigan 7-3 135 NR
23. Texas Tech 7-3 135 25
25. Kent St. 9-1 93 NR
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 79, N. Illinois 77, Mississippi St. 48, Wisconsin 26, UCF 16, Boise
St. 14, Arizona 6, Cincinnati 6, Fresno St. 6, TCU 5, San Jose St. 4, Tulsa 4, Utah St. 4, San Diego St.
3, Northwestern 2, Toledo 1, Washington 1.