For the second time this year 3 of the Top 4 teams in the nation lose. No one is safe at the top, and most of the Top 10 will be playing each other in the next few weeks so expect to see even more changes. So far this year is looking even crazier than last year.
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[tag]Alabama[/tag]
LW: 3Even though they didn’t play, I don’t think they deserved to be bumped down below Texas.
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[tag]Texas[/tag]
LW: 5Texas won with Colt’s leadership and the defense stepping up at the right times. Will Muschamp has the defense improving every week. It was kind of nice cruising through the season unnoticed, but that time is definitely over.
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[tag]Penn State[/tag]
LW: 7I guess I to move up Penn State after their blowout win. It looks like they are definitely the class of the Big 10, though that is not saying very much.
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[tag]Oklahoma[/tag]
LW: 1Sam Bradford threw for 5 touchdowns and still lost. Oklahoma has a great team and their schedule is setup to keep them in a BCS bowl game.
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[tag]Florida[/tag]
LW: 11I had watched Florida play a few times this year, but I have never seen the speed and precision they displayed against LSU. They have some of the fastest running backs in the nation, and if they can keep Tim Tebow from making mistakes they should be good.
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[tag]Texas Tech[/tag]
LW: 8Texas Tech played like crap but was surprisingly still able to come out with a win against Nebraska. They have a pretty easy road before playing Texas at home.
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[tag]Oklahoma State[/tag]
LW: 15Not sure if was too much of an upset, but Oklahoma State managed to put a hurting on Mizzou. Oklahoma State has proven they definitely have the offense, but do they have the defense to hang with the big boys.
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[tag]Missouri[/tag]
LW: 2I am actually pretty disappointed that Mizzou lost, because that would have meant Texas would play two #1 teams in a row. Now that Mizzou has lost, Texas will definitely be expected to beat them this Saturday.
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[tag]USC[/tag]
LW: 10Looks like USC is getting back into form after totally dominating Arizona State 28-0. They probably have the easiest schedule left of any Top 10 and will probably somehow backdoor their way into the national championship.
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[tag]Georgia[/tag]
LW: 9Georgia had a solid win against Tennessee but I am still not very impressed with this team. I expect them to lose 2 more games this season.
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[tag]BYU[/tag]
LW: 6I have decided to not leave BYU so high up in the polls. They play nobody, and until they beat Utah I will not move them any higher.
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[tag]LSU[/tag]
LW: 4You either smoke, or you get smoked, and LSU got smoked. That was a pretty weak performance against Florida, and if they don’t get someone to play quarterback they will struggle all season long.
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[tag]Kansas[/tag]
LW: 12Kansas continues to plod along and will probably go relatively unnoticed the rest of the way unless they can beat one of the big teams in the Big 12. Don’t expect that to happen.
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[tag]Utah[/tag]
LW: 13Utah and BYU really don’t seem much different to me. They will have to prove their ranking by beating both TCU and BYU.
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[tag]Boise State[/tag]
LW: 16Thank goodness we didn’t have to see them play on their ugly blue field this weekend.
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[tag]Ohio State[/tag]
LW: 17Luckily Ohio State beat Purdue because they are about to lose two in a row. I can’t wait to drop them out of the Top 25.
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[tag]Michigan State[/tag]
LW: 19Again, the only thing they have going for them is their running back, but man is he awesome. Can we trade for him?
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[tag]Virginia Tech[/tag]
LW: 18Does anyone really care about anyone in the ACC. They will probably all beat each other and end up with a conference champion that has 3 losses.
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[tag]South Florida[/tag]
LW: 20Bye week
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[tag]North Carolina[/tag]
LW: 21It took a last minute play, but North Carolina thankfully kept Notre Dame out of the Top 25. North Carolina is making the most out of their spot, but see Virginia Tech.
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[tag]Wake Forest[/tag]
LW: 22Another so-so ACC team barely holding on to their spot in the Top 25.
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[tag]California[/tag]
LW: 24Bye week
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[tag]TCU[/tag]
LW: –TCU has another huge game coming against BYU. Can they prove BYU is overrated, or will they fall back out of the Top 25?
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[tag]Vanderbilt[/tag]
LW: 14It was only a matter of time before Vanderbilt came back down to reality. They couldn’t handle the pressure of the being a top team and now they will probably struggle the rest of the way.
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[tag]Tulsa[/tag]
LW: 25They struggled a little only scoring 37, but I am sure they will get back on track and put up 60+ on UTEP.
Let’s take a look at a game in each of the big conferences. Remember, I did go 3-1 last weekend against the spread (for around the 4th straight weekend).
#5 Texas at #1 Oklahoma (-6.5) – 12:00 PM EST on ABC. For a #5 team in the nation, Texas has managed to keep a relatively low profile this year. I think that has been a blessing in disguise since it has let the team grow without a lot of added pressure. Honestly if you asked me to pick this game at the beginning of the season, I would probably have said Oklahoma without even a doubt. But with the way Texas has played this season and their improvement on defense, they have a legitimate shot of coming out of this one with a victory. Both offenses have overpowering stats and high profile quarterbacks. Neither quarterback has faced any adversity, and I think that will change greatly for Sam Bradford this week. Will Mushcamp has something going here in Austin, and I think that will be the difference in the game. I don’t bet on this game, but the Texas moneyline looks good.
#17 Oklahoma State at #3 Missouri (-14) – 8:00 PM EST on ESPN2. The O/U is set at 77 in this one and features the #2 and #3 scoring offenses in the nation, so you know some points will be scored. Both teams are undefeated when scoring 40 or more points since 2001, but that should change this weekend. This is basically a matchup of one of the nations best rushing attacks (OSU) versus one of the nations best passing offenses (Mizzou). I always prefer a better running game since it moves the ball more consistently and wears down the defense. This game should come down to whoever has the ball last. OSU might now win this one, but I think they easily cover the 14.
#4 LSU at #11 Florida (-6.5) – 8:00 PM EST on CBS. Tim Tebow has not impressed me much this season. And losing to Ole Miss at home? Come on now. LSU also has big questions at the quarterback position, but they have the defense to win them games in the SEC. I think they key here is LSU was off last week so they have had extra time to prepare and get some players healthy. Don’t take the points on this one, take LSU moneyline.
#6 Penn State at Wisconsin (+6) – 8:00 PM EST on ESPN. Yawn. Two more boring Big 10 teams playing each other. Not sure who is really going to watch this game with the two games above starting at the same time. Maybe if both games are at commercial? Penn State did not fair well in their last trip to Camp Randall Stadium (remember Coach Pat’s broken leg?), but it should be a much different game this year. Penn State is better than Wisconsin in every phase of the game and will dominate this game. You know what, don’t watch this one, just take Penn State and win some money.
Finally a week were pretty much all of the top teams went out and took care of business. There is a lot of shuffling around towards the bottom of the Top 25 as many teams have dropped out.
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[tag]Oklahoma[/tag]
LW: 1Went out and took care of business and didn’t look ahead to playing Texas. I was actually somewhat surprised they only scored 49 points against Baylor.
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[tag]Missouri[/tag]
LW: 3Missouri hadn’t won in Nebraska in 30 years. Apparently they were a little tired of losing there and put a whooping on the Cornhuskers. Pretty sure Bo Pelini is a little embarrassed after that one.
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[tag]Alabama[/tag]
LW: 2Alabama actually showed some of their first signs of struggling, but they were still able to pull out the victory. Things will get a lot tougher for them as teams will be gunning to knock them off.
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[tag]LSU[/tag]
LW: 4Bye week
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[tag]Texas[/tag]
LW: 5I was actually a little nervous playing at Colorado, but thankfully Texas jumped out to the early lead and never looked back. Texas’ defense looked better than ever and might possibly be prepared for OU.
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[tag]BYU[/tag]
LW: 8Still feels weird to have BYU up here so high, but they have been absolutely killing teams lately. Because of their week schedule though, they probably won’t move much past this spot.
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[tag]Penn State[/tag]
LW: 9Penn State continues to dominate in the weak Big 12, and will face their first tough test playing at Camp Randall against Wisconsin.
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[tag]Texas Tech[/tag]
LW: 10I actually thought Kansas State would give Tech a game, but Tech just scored at will. Graham Harrell threw for 450 yards and 6 touchdowns. Not a bad day.
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[tag]Georgia[/tag]
LW: 12 -
[tag]USC[/tag]
LW: 11Starting off, USC looked like they might be losing another one to a team from the state of Oregon. But in the end they reeled off 40+ straight points and cruised to victory.
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[tag]Florida[/tag]
LW: 13Florida was lucky to have a bye week, oh wait, they did play Arkansas, which is just like having a bye week. Now they have to play LSU in a showdown in the SEC.
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[tag]Kansas[/tag]
LW: 14Kansas struggled a little bit at Iowa State but were able to squeak out of there with a win. Todd Reesing is a seriously talented QB.
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[tag]Utah[/tag]
LW: 15Utah is quietly hanging around in the Top 15 and beating all the teams they should. I guess we will just have to wait until they play BYU.
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[tag]Vanderbilt[/tag]
LW: 16Vanderbilt continues to be the surprise of the SEC. They are actually leading the SEC East! I doubt this will last much longer.
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[tag]Oklahoma State[/tag]
LW: 17Hard to tell if Oklahoma State is really that good or if A&M is just that bad. It’s probably a little bit of both and I am really scared of playing this team later this month.
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[tag]Boise State[/tag]
LW: 18I can’t stand to watch this team playing on that bright blue field, but they continue to win impressively and dominate their opponent. They have a legitimate shot at going undefeated this season.
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[tag]Ohio State[/tag]
LW: 19Ohio State pulled off an impressive win at Wisconsin proving the whole Big 10 is just a joke. Everyone pretty much just sucks equally.
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[tag]Virginia Tech[/tag]
LW: 21They don’t win big and they don’t win pretty. They somehow just manage to play just good enough to get the win. They will have to play better if they want to make it through the ACC schedule.
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[tag]Michigan State[/tag]
LW: –The only thing they have going for them is their running back, but man is he awesome. Can we trade for him?
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[tag]South Florida[/tag]
LW: 6South Florida of course had to ruin their dream season and go lose to a crappy Pittsburgh team. Does anyone want to step up in the Big East?
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[tag]North Carolina[/tag]
LW: –Not sure the last time North Carolina was ranked in football, but it has to be a while. They have a solid team and have a pretty favorable schedule the rest of the way.
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[tag]Wake Forest[/tag]
LW: –Hmm…not really sure what to make of this team. Sometimes they look really good, and sometimes they look really awful. Week to week it is tough to tell which team will show up.
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[tag]Auburn[/tag]
LW: 7Auburn losing to Vanderbilt? Who would have guessed that in the beginning of the season? Luckily for them they have a bye week next week, oh wait, they play Arkansas.
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[tag]California[/tag]
LW: –Doesn’t seem right to have a Pac-10 team in the Top 25 that’s not USC, but California is quietly putting together a nice season.
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[tag]Tulsa[/tag]
LW: –Tulsa seems to score 60 points every time they play, and that will usually get it done. They play SMU this week, which means they will probably score 80.
No upsets mean not much movement within the top of the rankings this week. [tag]Alabama[/tag] looked shaky and almost went down but otherwise just [tag]South Florida[/tag] suffered a loss. The Oklahoma Sooners won impressively and picked up additional first place votes heading into their match-up against the good guys. The Longhorns stayed at number five in both polls but did lose a few points in the USA Today Coaches Poll, despite easily handling a solid conference opponent.
Check out this week’s rankings or view the top 10 teams below:
AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||
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1 | Oklahoma (51) 5-0 1,608 | Oklahoma (60) 5-0 1,524 | |
2 | Alabama (13) 6-0 1,537 | Missouri 5-0 1,404 | |
3 | Missouri (1) 5-0 1,487 | LSU (1) 4-0 1,398 | |
4 | LSU 4-0 1,444 | Alabama 6-0 1,339 | |
5 | Texas 5-0 1,374 | Texas 5-0 1,305 | |
6 | Penn State 6-0 1,287 | Penn State 6-0 1,203 | |
7 | Texas Tech 5-0 1,163 | Texas Tech 5-0 1,101 | |
8 | USC 3-1 1,137 | Brigham Young 5-0 1,086 | |
9 | Brigham Young 5-0 1,103 | USC 3-1 1,055 | |
10 | Georgia 4-1 1,014 | Georgia 4-1 937 |
Talk about a crazy weekend in college football. Three of the top four teams go down in upsets, with unbeatable #1 of all-time USC losing to an unranked Oregon State team.
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[tag]Oklahoma[/tag]
The clear #1 in the nation after other teams in the Top 5 seemed scared to win. The Texas game in two weeks looks bigger than ever.
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[tag]Alabama[/tag]
Maybe even more of a butt-kicking than the USC/Ohio State, Alabama got out to a 31-0 lead at Georgia. I think this was a combination of Alabama having a solid team and Georgia being ridiculously over-hyped.
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[tag]Missouri[/tag]
Good time to have a bye week. Their schedule gets tough now as they open Big 12 play.
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[tag]LSU[/tag]
LSU didn’t look all that impressive in their win against Mississippi State. They will need to improve their quarterback play if they want to continue to win in the SEC.
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[tag]Texas[/tag]
Talk about slaughtering the pig against Arkansas. The Texas defense finally showed up and held them to only 3 points for most of the game.
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[tag]South Florida[/tag]
The class of the Big East continues to look good. Now they start conference play, so we will see if they can keep it up.
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[tag]Auburn[/tag]
They don’t win pretty, but their defense can keep them in any game. If they actually had a good quarterback they would probably be #2 in the nation.
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[tag]BYU[/tag]
BYU in the Top 10? Just doesn’t seem right somehow but they are playing great football right now. Two shutouts in a row will usually give a team some confidence.
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[tag]Penn State[/tag]
I hesitate to put a Big 10 team so far up in the rankings because they will soon get smashed by some other crappy Big 10 team. Will this happen to Penn State? No doubt.
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[tag]Texas Tech[/tag]
Not sure what to say about Tech except that they probably won’t last much longer with no losses. In fact, they will probably lose to Kansas State.
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[tag]USC[/tag]
On cue, USC has their one “bare-minimum” game of the season and somehow loses to Oregon State. Now they can cruise for the rest of the season with their easy Pac-10 schedule.
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[tag]Georgia[/tag]
Not really surprised that they lost to Alabama, more surprised about how they lost. Down 31-0 at the half at home? I knew they were over-rated, just didn’t know it was that bad.
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[tag]Florida[/tag]
Rounding out the upsets this weekend is Florida. If Tim Tebow was an actual quarterback and could throw the ball, maybe they wouldn’t lose to a mediocre Ole Miss.
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[tag]Kansas[/tag]
Bye week
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[tag]Utah[/tag]
Utah continues to sneak up the polls relatively quietly. Now they have to play the vaunted Oregon State Beavers.
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[tag]Vanderbilt[/tag]
With Georgia and Florida losing, Vanderbilt now leads the SEC East. If they beat Auburn this weekend is it time for them to start thinking national championship? Ha.
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[tag]Oklahoma State[/tag]
The Big 12 is absolutely stacked this year. Oklahoma State’s offense can hang with anyone. Too bad they play @Missouri, @Texas, and @Texas Tech.
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[tag]Boise State[/tag]
Bye week
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[tag]Ohio State[/tag]
Not sure that a 13 point win over Minnesota is very impressive, but a win is a win. Terrelle Pryor looks like a legit college quarterback. I bet they are wishing he played more against USC.
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[tag]Oregon[/tag]
Hard to get a read on just how good or bad the Pac-10 is. My guess is that Oregon will be dropping soon as they play USC this weekend.
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[tag]Virginia Tech[/tag]
Man, Virginia Tech has an incredibly weak schedule this season. If they didn’t lose to East Carolina they would easily be in the Top 10.
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[tag]Wisconsin[/tag]
The Big 10 is just awful and I think Wisconsin proves that. Not sure how a Top 10 team loses to a horrible Michigan team. Oh yeah, it’s the crappy Big 10.
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[tag]Maryland[/tag]
Maryland actually looks like they have a good team this year. The ACC is wide open right now and Maryland should be near the top at the end.
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[tag]Fresno State[/tag]
Pretty impressive win at UCLA.
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[tag]Connecticut[/tag]
Impresive win at Louisville. They will be tested in next two games of three straight road games. If they can make it through that, they will be looking good.
Thanks to upsets losses by USC, [tag]Georgia[/tag], and [tag]Florida[/tag] the Longhorns have vaulted into the top five of both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls. [tag]Alabama[/tag] flew past the Horns after their win over the UGA but the easy win over [tag]Arkansas[/tag] was enough to move Texas up to spots to the number five ranking. Texas is relatively comfortably ahead of [tag]Penn State[/tag] in both polls, but rankings this week don’t matter much as Texas will prove itself over the next three weeks when they face [tag]Oklahoma[/tag] and [tag]Missouri[/tag] in consecutive games.
Check out this week’s rankings or view the top 10s below:
AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||
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1 | Oklahoma (43) 4-0 1,599 | Oklahoma (57) 4-0 1,520 | |
2 | Alabama (21) 5-0 1,565 | LSU (1) 4-0 1,399 | |
3 | LSU 4-0 1,466 | Missouri 4-0 1,398 | |
4 | Missouri (1) 4-0 1,453 | Alabama (2) 5-0 1,350 | |
5 | Texas 4-0 1,362 | Texas (1) 4-0 1,310 | |
6 | Penn State 5-0 1,252 | Penn State 5-0 1,146 | |
7 | Texas Tech 4-0 1,105 | Brigham Young 4-0 1,054 | |
8 | Brigham Young 4-0 1,098 | Texas Tech 4-0 1,047 | |
9 | USC 2-1 1,087 | USC 2-1 990 | |
10 | South Florida 5-0 1,035 | Georgia 4-1 888 |
Let’s see what is going on this Saturday. Remember, I did go 2-1 last weekend against the spread.
Miami (FL) at Texas A&M (+3) – 3:30 PM EST on ABC. The best news in this game might well be the fact that [tag]Stephen McGee[/tag] is injured and might not play. [tag]Jerrod Johnson[/tag] has shown some promise already this season and is probably a better option than McGee. Remember last year when Miami killed Aggy on the national stage? Well you can expect more of the same this year. Aggy will start the season 0-2 at home.
Rice at #7 Texas (-29) – 7:00 PM EST on FSN. After Hurricane Ike I am sure these two teams are ready to get back on the playing field and resume some normalcy. Rice doesn’t seem as bad this year as they normally do, but they still have no shot against Texas. Rice can actually score some points, so this will another good warm-up for the Texas defense before the real schedule starts. Rice might actually be a tough cover, but I see us winning by about 35.
#18 Wake Forest at #24 Florida State (-4) – 7:00 PM EST on ESPN2. Florida St is currently #1 in the nation in overall defense, allowing only 170 yards per game, but that is a little deceiving since they have played two Football Championship Subdivision teams. Wake Forest has owned Florida State in recent years and is the only team to shut-out FSU at home in coach Bobby Bowdens’ career. FSU is the favorite in this game for a reason. They are much more talented in the skill positions and are playing at home. I think this game might be close, but FSU will end up winning by 7 and cover the spread.
#6 LSU at #10 Auburn (+2.5) – 7:45 PM EST on ESPN. By far the premier match-up of the weekend. With two of the best defenses in the country squaring off Saturday night, this has all of the makings to be a 7-6 game. If you only score 3 points against Mississippi St, something is wrong with your offense. Even though they are playing at home, Auburn has the real potential to be shut-out. LSU’s offense is nothing to write home about either, but they should be able to put something together. I see LSU winning this game 17-6.
My Top 8 remains unchanged this week as a few teams didn’t play and the rest won easily. The story of the weekend was the Cremation in the Coliseum – USC’s dismantling of the over-hyped Ohio State. Ohio State has pretty much become a joke, getting shallacked whenever they play on the big stage. I am starting to think if I should allow any teams in the Big 10 in the Top 25 at all? Hmm….
Agree or disagree? Please let us know in the comments.
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[tag]USC[/tag]
LW: 1Was there really anyone surprised in their thrashing of Ohio State? USC looks unbeatable right now but they usually suck-up one game during the regular season, so we will see.
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[tag]Oklahoma[/tag]
LW: 2Offense, offense, offense. Oklahoma probably won’t score less than 40 points all season long. Right now Oklahoma and USC are separating themselves from the rest of the teams in college football.
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[tag]Florida[/tag]
LW: 3Bye week
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[tag]Missouri[/tag]
LW: 4Chase Daniel has the offense rolling right now, though it does help when you play a high school team like Nevada. And 6 catches, 172 yards, and 3 touchdowns for Maclin? Ridiculous.
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[tag]LSU[/tag]
LW: 5LSU finally got to play a game and just toyed with UNT. Not really fair. Let’s see how they do against their first real test, Auburn.
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[tag]Texas[/tag]
LW: 6Game against Arkansas postponed.
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[tag]Georgia[/tag]
LW: 7This team is so overrated it is ridiculous. But since they still haven’t lost, I will wait for them to lose so I can drop them down. That will likely happen in two weeks against Alabama.
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[tag]Alabama[/tag]
LW: 8Alabama’s balanced offensive attack looks impressive. Not much to dislike with this team. They have a pretty good shot to do goods things in the SEC West.
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[tag]South Florida[/tag]
LW: 19What a game Friday night against Kansas. Big lead changes both ways and South Florida pulls out the crazy victory. Now hopefully they won’t have a letdown after this big win.
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[tag]Wisconsin[/tag]
LW: 15Wisconsin just continues their boring football that wins games. But hey, whatever works.
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[tag]Auburn[/tag]
LW: 93-2 victory against Mississippi State? Are you serious? Their defense is great, but they will have to actually score touchdowns to beat LSU.
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[tag]Texas Tech[/tag]
LW: 13Their offense looks good so far, but hard not to against the caliber of opponents they have been playing. I guess we will have to wait until Big 12 play to see how they really are.
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[tag]BYU[/tag]
LW: 17Absolutely smoked UCLA. 7 passing touchdowns will usually get it done. Might have to start paying attention to this team.
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[tag]Wake Forest[/tag]
LW: 18Bye week
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[tag]East Carolina[/tag]
LW: 12Barely sneaked by a weak Tulane team. Maybe they aren’t as good as we thought. They will need some more convincing wins if they want to challenge for the Top 10.
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[tag]Oregon[/tag]
LW: 16Probably should have lost to Purdue, but their impressive rushing attack led the charge in their comeback win against Purdue. Blount had 132 yards on 12 carries. Not a bad average.
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[tag]Penn State[/tag]
LW: 21Penn State racked up 560 total yards and held Syracuse to 159 yards. We will have to see how they face adversity, because so far they have breezed through this season.
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[tag]Kansas[/tag]
LW: 11Heartbreaking loss against a good South Florida team. I bet Reesing is wanting that one poor throw back late in the 4th quarter. Kansas is still a good football team that will probably climb back up in the rankings.
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[tag]Ohio State[/tag]
LW: 10Now can we please stop thinking Ohio State is any good? Lately anytime they are the national stage they get blown out. Needless to say they will not be playing for the national championship this year.
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[tag]Vanderbilt[/tag]
LW: 23Another solid win against Rice. SEC teams better not overlook this Vanderbilt team. They might be the surprise of the SEC East this year.
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[tag]Utah[/tag]
LW: 25Utah is starting to play like they did in their 2004 unbeaten season. Though their big win against Michigan isn’t looking as impressive as it did in the beginning of the season.
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[tag]Florida State[/tag]
LW: NRLots of first timers making an appearance in my Top 25, and FSU is the first. They have a real test upcoming against Wake Forest, so we will see how long they stay here.
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[tag]TCU[/tag]
LW: NRTCU has started their season off with 3 impressive win, including a 31-14 win against Pac-10 Stanford. They virtually have no passing game, but their stable of running backs is impressive.
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[tag]Oklahoma State[/tag]
LW: NROklahoma State is chugging along basically unnoticed so far this season. Unfortunately for them they have an extremely tough schedule this year. But for now things are looking good.
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[tag]West Virginia[/tag]
LW: NREven though they didn’t play, I am giving them another shot in the Top 25. They need to win convincingly if they want to stay here.
The latest top 25 polls are out and the Longhorns have moved up a spot without playing a game. They’re now number seven thanks to USC drubbing [tag]Ohio State[/tag] back to the Stone Age (and a #13 ranking). The Trojans certainly looked like a national title contender as did the Oklahoma Sooners in a lopsided victory over a Pac 10 opponent.
Check out this week’s rankings or view the top 10s below:
AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||
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1 | USC (61) 2-0 1,596 | USC (57) 2-0 1,518 | |
2 | Oklahoma 3-0 1,485 | Oklahoma (1) 3-0 1,423 | |
3 | Georgia (2) 3-0 1,437 | Georgia (2) 3-0 1,393 | |
4 | Florida (1) 2-0 1,414 | Florida (1) 2-0 1,335 | |
5 | Missouri 3-0 1,389 | Missouri 3-0 1,294 | |
6 | LSU 2-0 1,274 | LSU 2-0 1,233 | |
7 | Texas 2-0 1,140 | Texas 2-0 1,128 | |
8 | Wisconsin 3-0 1,076 | Wisconsin 3-0 1,027 | |
9 | Alabama 3-0 982 | Auburn 3-0 955 | |
10 | Auburn 3-0 958 | Texas Tech 3-0 887 |
The Big 12 and SEC dominate my Top 25, holding 8 of the top 10 spots. Ohio State continues their over-hyped season by barely beating Ohio at home. Oklahoma and Missouri are proving they have the offense to keep up with anyone. And East Carolina is probably the surprise of the season, jumping all the way up to #12.
Agree or disagree? Please let me know in the comments.
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[tag]USC[/tag]
I try not to give too much praise to USC, but they looked really impressive in their blowout win over Virginia. They truly look like the best team in the nation right now.
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[tag]Oklahoma[/tag]
Oklahoma’s offense looks unstoppable. They have already scored 109 points in 2 games, and haven’t trailed yet.
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[tag]Florida[/tag]
Tim Tebow and the Gators beat Miami for the first time in the last 25 years or so, and did it against a very athletic Miami defense.
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[tag]Missouri[/tag]
Talk about high powered offenses, Missouri looks like they can score at will. But the real question is if their defense can stop the other big-time teams.
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[tag]LSU[/tag]
Even with all the weather distractions, this team looked very impressive in its home opener. What will happen when their QB’s actually have to throw a pass longer than 10 yards?
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[tag]Texas[/tag]
Colt and the offense are on a serious roll right now. Their young secondary is struggling at times, but they should be able to pick it up.
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[tag]Georgia[/tag]
I feel this is one of the more over-hyped teams in the nation. But if they can make it through some of their tougher games I will have to move them up.
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[tag]Alabama[/tag]
Coach Nick Saban has things going well down in Alabama. They absolutely destroyed Clemson on national tv. I would not want to play against this defense.
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[tag]Auburn[/tag]
Auburn’s defense always seems to keep them in games. If they can just get someone who can play quarterback they might be able to do something this year.
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[tag]Ohio State[/tag]
Ohio State is probably the second most over-hyped team in the nation. Lucky for them, they play in the weak Big 10. Unlucky for them, they are about to get smoked by USC.
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[tag]Kansas[/tag]
Kansas is another tough team from the Big 12 North. Todd Reesing is one of the top quarterbacks in the Big 12 and has their offense off to a hot start.
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[tag]East Carolina[/tag]
ECU has been one of the big surprises so far this season beating Virginia Tech and destroying #8 West Viriginia. I don’t think anyone will overlook this team anymore.
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[tag]Texas Tech[/tag]
If Texas Tech actually played anyone in their non-conference schedule they might actually be ranked a little bit higher.
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[tag]Arizona State[/tag]
ASU always seems to be that overlooked team in the Pac-10. Coach Dennis Erickson has a solid football team here.
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[tag]Wisconsin[/tag]
Wisconsin is one of those boring teams that always has a solid season. If they weren’t in the weak Big 10 they would probably barely crack the top 25.
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[tag]Oregon[/tag]
Another high powered offense from the Pac-10. Their dual quarterback play seems to be working well. And Jeremiah Johnson has a ridiculous 10.1 yards per carry.
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[tag]BYU[/tag]
BYU squeaked by Washington thanks to the refs ruining the game. UCLA should be a tougher match-up.
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[tag]Wake Forest[/tag]
Wake Forest needed a last second field goal to beat an average Ole Miss team. Now they open their ACC season against Florida State.
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[tag]South Florida[/tag]
I was not happy with team since they delayed the coverage of the Texas/UTEP game. They are probably the best team in the Big East right now.
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[tag]California[/tag]
Cal is averaging 7.8 yards per carry as a team, including two touchdowns of over 80 yards. Their defense also held Washington State to only 3 points.
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[tag]Penn State[/tag]
Penn State has started off strong with an impressive running attack. I’m curious to see how they play on the road.
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[tag]Fresno State[/tag]
Fresno State has another solid team that dismantled Rutgers on their own field. Their real test of the season comes this weekend when they play Wisconsin.
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[tag]Vanderbilt[/tag]
Vanderbilt is slowing building their program into a tough match-up in the SEC. Georgia and Florida better not overlook this team.
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[tag]UCLA[/tag]
UCLA had an impressive second half comeback in week 1 against Tennessee. Who knew you could throw 4 interceptions and still be a hero. Their tough schedule probably won’t keep them here long.
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[tag]Utah[/tag]
Utah is a tough team to put a handle on. Their offense is usually stellar, but they really don’t play anyone. Their win against Michigan might look impressive if Michigan wasn’t so awful.