#1 TEXAS LONGHORNS (8-0)LAST WEEK: 28-24 win vs Oklahoma State
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st, @ #6 Texas Tech
A sluggish win maybe, but still a win against another top 10 team. One more on the slate this weekend and a Big XII title game is all that is keeping Texas from playing for their 2nd National Title in four years.
#2 FLORIDA GATORS (6-1)LAST WEEK: 63-5 win vs Kentucky
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st, vs #5 Georgia
The offense is finally clicking and the defense just keeps getting better and better. The Gators are a missed extra point away from being undefeated right now and are currently playing as well as anyone in the country. Next up is a big revenge game in the World Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Georgia’s excessive celebration penalty last year on the way to their 42-30 win has to still be in the minds of Gator players.
#3 OKLAHOMA SOONERS (7-1)LAST WEEK: 58-35 win @ Kansas State
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st vs Nebraska
OU put up 55 points last week, IN THE FIRST HALF! This offense is as good as any in the country, however the defense is what I am starting to question. K-State is not exactly a powerhouse, and they put up 28 in the first half. OU has the offense to beat anyone, but the defense needs to improve if they want a chance to move up in the last 6 weeks of the season.
#4 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (8-0)LAST WEEK: 29-9 win @ Tennessee
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st vs Arkansas State
I said last week I couldn’t get a good read on Alabama and they seemed to play down to their opponents, this week they responded. Bama absolutely dominated the Vols in every facet of the game. Yes, Tennessee is down this year but this is the type of team that Alabama let stick around with them all year. Not Saturday, they put them down and kept them down.
#5 GEORGIA BULLDOGS (7-1)LAST WEEK: 52-38 win @ LSU
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st vs #2 Florida
Putting up 50+ in Death Valley will get anyone’s attention. That is what UGA needed. This is the preseason SEC favorite, finally playing at the level most expected to them to play all season. If they can keep it up this weekend and beat Florida they will be in the drivers seat for a re-match game with Alabama in the SEC title game.
#6 TEXAS TECH RED RADIERS (8-0)LAST WEEK: 63-21 win @ Kansas
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st vs #1 Texas
Wow, Tech has a defense! We all knew that Mike Leach and Co. could score points, but the way the defense took over the game @ KU last week is what caught my attention. The Red Raiders forced five turnovers and held Todd Reesing and the Jayhawks passing game to 154 yards including picking off three of his first four pass attempts in the 2nd half. Next up for the Red Raiders defense, Colt McCoy.
#7 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (8-0)LAST WEEK: 13-6 win @ the Ohio State University
NEXT WEEK: OFF
I said last week that watching the Lions play against Ohio State would help me get a feel for both teams. So what did I learn watching this game? I learned that the last thing in the world I want to see in Miami the first week of January is Penn State on the field. This is Ohio State the past two seasons re-incarnated. Texas, Florida, OU, Texas Tech, Alabama and maybe Georgia would beat Penn State by two TD’s easily. Penn State is a very good football team. They have dominated play in most of their games and beat everyone on their schedule, but then again so has Ball State. As I said Penn State is very good, but they are not great, not elite and certainly not deserving of playing in the National Championship.
#8 SOUTHERN CAL TROJANS (6-1)LAST WEEK: 17-10 win @ Arizona
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st vs Washington
Pete Carroll seems to struggle every year with the Mike Stoops defense in Arizona. This year was no different. The 17 points USC was held to was their lowest output in one full calendar year. Here is my thing with both Penn State and USC, they are not elite this year. The Big Ten and Pac-10 are so far behind the SEC and Big XII this year and those teams would finish 3rd or 4th, at best in those conferences. That being said, again both teams have taken care of business and deserve a BCS bowl game, just not the National Title.
#9 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (7-1)LAST WEEK: 28-24 loss @ Texas
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st, vs Iowa State
You go to Austin and hang with the best team in football, there is no way you drop out of the top 10. The Cowboys moved the ball 50 yards in the last :33 to get into UT territory and have a chance to win the game on the last play. That OU-Okie State game should be a fun one this year!
#10 MISSOURI TIGERS (6-2)LAST WEEK: 58-0 win vs Colorado
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st @ Baylor
With everyone else losing and my refusal to rank non-BCS teams in the top 10, Missouri became a pretty easy pick to round out the rankings this week. Heck, when you have two loses and they are against Texas and Oklahoma State, it is tough penalize you.
#11 UTAH UTES (8-0)
LAST WEEK: OFF
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st @ New Mexico
#12 TCU HORNED FROGS (8-1)
LAST WEEK: 54-7 win vs Wyoming
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st @ UNLV
#13 BOISE STATE BRONCOS (7-0)
LAST WEEK: 33-16 win @ San Jose State
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st @ New Mexico State
#14 the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BUCKEYES (7-2)
LAST WEEK: 13-6 loss vs Penn State
NEXT WEEK: OFF
#15 TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (8-0)
LAST WEEK: 49-19 win vs UCF
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st @ Arkansas
#16 BALL STATE CARDINALS (8-0)
LAST WEEK: 38-16 win vs Eastern MichiganNEXT WEEK: OFF
#17 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (6-2)
LAST WEEK: 45-24 win vs Boston College
NEXT WEEK: OFF
#18 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS (7-2)
LAST WEEK: 35-21 win @ Michigan
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st vs Wisconsin
#19 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (6-1)
LAST WEEK: 30-20 win vs Virginia Tech
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st @ Georgia Tech
#20 WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (5-2)
LAST WEEK: 34-17 win vs Auburn
NEXT WEEK: Nov 1st @ Cincinnati
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