The Syracuse Orange football team is now in the polls for the fifth consecutive week, moving up one spot from 19th to 18th in both the Coaches and AP rankings.
Notably, Syracuse is the lowest-ranked Power Five team with a record of 9-3 or better. Both polls also put some significant distance between the Orange and the consensus No. 17 squad, the Utah Utes. Utah does play one more game before the final regular season polls, though: a tough matchup with Washington in the Pac-12 title game. A loss there would knock the Utes below SU for sure.