When I write my rankings, I first list teams by conference. Then I select a few and decide if I consider them roughly "top 10," "11-18" or "borderline."
Usually I list about 30 teams and then have to decide which to leave out, but this week I came up with exactly 25. Now that I'm reading this, it may not be as interesting to you as it was to me.
You can certainly accuse me of loving 2-loss SEC teams too much, but I just think its the best conference. It will be easier to tell in about two more weeks.
Here they are:
1. LSU. Beats ranked team after ranked team. At Kentucky this weekend.
2. Ohio State. This defense is on a mission to prove Florida was a fluke.
3. California. Berkeley has never been so high. Oh, wait.
4. Oregon. Benefit from an off week in which other teams underwhelm me.
5. South Carolina. Only loss at LSU. Control their destiny in the East.
6. Florida. Move up, even with choke job at LSU.
7. South Florida. Top D get nation's leading rusher this week.
8. Boston College. No one's risen so quickly beating Army, UMass & Bowling Green.
9. West Virginia. Off this week before Miss. St. comes for homecoming.
10. Missouri. Will need to win in Norman to keep this spot.
11. Illinois. Shouldn't look past wounded Hawks.
12. Oklahoma. Less than impressive against Texas.
13. USC. Stanford? Really?
14. Arizona State. Survived trap game at WSU. Cal is homecoming game Oct. 27.
15. Cincinnati. Ben Mauck-ed Rutgers fans. No, seriously, the chopping thing.
16. Tennessee. The second-best two-loss SEC team.
17. Hawaii. Could sneak into BCS game.
18. Wisconsin. Loss at Penn State could drop Badgers out of rankings, ruin season.
19. Georgia. Forgot they had to play the Tennessee game.
20. Virginia Tech. Team impresses me for the first time with win at Clemson.
21. Kansas. How did this happen?
22. Auburn. Fourth-best two-loss SEC team.
23. Florida State. Have revenge shot at Wake on national TV Thursday.
24. Kentucky. Played better than score against SC.
25. Michigan. Four-game win streak.
--Nate Sandstrom
Other rankings posted under comments. Does anyone really think Boston College is the nation's fourth-best team? I don't really worry about the polls until November but Texas should not be ranked and how is USC still #7 in the coaches poll?
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AP Top 25
1. LSU (65) 6-0 1,625
2. California 5-0 1,538
3. Ohio State 6-0 1,511
4. Boston College 6-0 1,346
5. South Florida 5-0 1,339
6. Oklahoma 5-1 1,221
7. South Carolina 5-1 1,183
8. West Virginia 5-1 1,059
9. Oregon 4-1 1,047
10. USC 4-1 1,024
11. Missouri 5-0 966
12. Virginia Tech 5-1 910
13. Florida 4-2 822
14. Arizona State 6-0 752
15. Cincinnati 6-0 705
16. Hawaii 6-0 634
17. Kentucky 5-1 612
18. Illinois 5-1 595
19. Wisconsin 5-1 551
20. Kansas 5-0 336
21. Florida State 4-1 307
22. Auburn 4-2 248
23. Texas 4-2 136
24. Georgia 4-2 131
25. Tennessee 3-2 90
Others Receiving Votes
Texas A&M 79, Purdue 48, Colorado 48, Indiana 40, Michigan 31, Texas Tech 27, Rutgers 25, Virginia 22, Connecticut 20, Kansas State 18, Boise State 17, Clemson 13, Penn State 13, Maryland 11, Alabama 9, Nebraska 9, Mississippi State 3, Washington 2, Wyoming 2.
Dropped From Rankings
Rutgers 21, Clemson 22, Purdue 23, Kansas State 24, Nebraska 25.
Complete Rankings
USA Today Poll
1. LSU (58) 6-0 1,498
2. California 5-0 1,416
3. Ohio State (2) 6-0 1,399
4. Boston College 6-0 1,283
5. Oklahoma 5-1 1,145
5. South Florida 5-0 1,145
7. USC 4-1 1,000
8. Oregon 4-1 936
9. West Virginia 5-1 931
10. Virginia Tech 5-1 913
11. Missouri 5-0 897
12. South Carolina 5-1 823
13. Arizona State 6-0 763
14. Florida 4-2 714
15. Wisconsin 5-1 689
16. Hawaii 6-0 632
17. Cincinnati 6-0 578
18. Kentucky 5-1 493
19. Illinois 5-1 425
20. Kansas 5-0 390
21. Florida State 4-1 213
22. Texas 4-2 195
23. Georgia 4-2 188
24. Purdue 5-1 149
25. Auburn 4-2 143
Others Receiving Votes
Virginia 67, Tennessee 60, Texas A&M 52, Texas Tech 44, Rutgers 44, Boise State 37, Connecticut 36, Indiana 30, Penn State 27, Michigan 22, Maryland 20, Wyoming 18, Clemson 16, Colorado 15, Wake Forest 12, Nebraska 10, Mississippi State 6, Brigham Young 6, Alabama 6, Kansas State 5, Stanford 4, Michigan State 3, UCLA 2.
Dropped From Rankings
Rutgers 21, Clemson 22, Nebraska 23, UCLA 25.
Complete Rankings
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