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ESPN 2023 College Football Power Rankings after Week 5

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.