2. Ohio State - Wins 45-7 against Marshall. Ohio State Continues to show that their offense is a force to be reckon with. Yes, I know it was against a MAC team, but you still can not ignore the way that their offense came together.
3. Boise State - Hmmm.. Okay Now you are officially in the conversation concerning the BCS Championship. Going on the road and into Virgina Tech's house and winning 33-30 shows that you are indeed worthy of being in the top 10 in the nation. However, I am still not comfortable ranking you higher than #3. I truly believe that the teams ranked above you could beat you on neutral turf.
4. Texas - Won 34-17 against Rice. I saw several things that bothered me about this game. Mack Brown has even admitted that there are several things that they need to work on, even though they won by 17 points they should have probably won by 30. I believe that Garrett Gilbert can do some great things this season with Texas, I am concerned about Texas' running game. I believe that the blame for the lack in a running game against an opponent like Rice is not just directed at the running-backs. The offensive line needs to take some of that blame too. For example not being able to score from the 4 yard line, tells me that the offensive line is not getting the push on the line that they need to be getting.
5. Florida- Wins against Miami,OH 34-12. Yes, this does raise a an eyebrow. I would figured that you would have blown out a team like Miami. I do not care what the experts are saying about your offense, which is give them time, we are talking about the present and your offensive production is horrible. As a matter of fact about half of the points that you did score was not based on offensive output, but rather defensive output and luck.
6. Iowa - I do not believe that you are receiving the respect that you deserve, which is why I have you ranked higher than the AP or coaches poll. Strong offensive line along with a decent defense equals a very high winning percentage.
7. Oklahoma - I give you credit for the win, but wow that game was too close for comfort. It was far too close for me to consider you for a national championship with the lack of either effort or motivation against an unranked Utah State team.
8. TCU - Faced off against Oregon St, which was ranked 24th in the nation, one of the few teams in the top 25 to face off against another ranked opponent. TCU's defense was the difference maker in this game and their conditioning. TCU's defense held Oregon State's offense in the 4th quarter to win 30-21.
9. Oregon - I am very interested in seeing this match-up Saturday with Tennessee. Oregon absolutely destroyed New Mexico last week 72-0, and with Tennessee destroying UT-Martin 50-0, it should be a great game to watch. I would not rule out a Tennessee upset in this situation.
10. Miami - Took care of business this past week by beating Florida A&M 45-0 as expected. These teams that play each other in the first week of the season make it difficult to assess what a team is made of when push comes to shove, so to speak. However, I still like the overall dominance and balance of play that is coming from Miami and feel that they are currently deserving of a top 10 ranking.
11. Nebraska - Shucked Western Kentucky by 39 points this past Saturday. Their schedule will increasingly get tougher as the season goes on. They will be going up against Idaho who took out North Dakota 45-0.
12. Virgina Tech - If Boise State can continue their dominance this could actually help you throughout the rest of the season if you can win out. Your defense showed its inexperience Monday night, but you were also up against a high powered offense. If you can get back to playing "Beamer Ball" , which means refrain from making more special teams mistakes, then you should be able to bounce back from this lost.
13. Penn State - A very impressive win against a very unimpressive team. You now hold the key to the biggest upset of the year this coming weekend. If you are asking me if I think it is possible that Penn State can upset the Great Crimson Tide, Absolutely! They have all enough talent and coaching ability and experience to do just that. Alabama needs to make sure that they do not underestimate Joe Pa's Nittany Lions.
14. Wisconsin- Took care of UNLV this past Saturday by beating them 41-21. I really hope that San Jose St learned something from playing Alabama, cause I am afraid that this game is going to get ugly for them too. Of course on the up-side, you have to give credit to San Jose St. for their scheduling of non-conference opponents. If they had won last week against Alabama and again this week against Wisconsin then the whole nation would be talking about them on every station. Yeah so that didn't happen, I was just saying.
15. LSU - I had a feeling that your defense was going to be too tough for North Carolina to handle, however that win was helped out by the suspensions on the North Carolina team.
16. Florida State- Will go into Oklahoma this upcoming weekend.
17. Georgia Tech - Will go into Kansas this upcoming weekend.
18. Auburn - Will be going up against Mississippi State in Mississippi this upcoming weekend.
19. Utah - Very nice win against Pittsburgh! Will be playing against UNLV this upcoming weekend.
20. West Virginia - shut out a very unimpressive Coastal Carolina team 31-0 this past weekend. West Virginia's schedule gets a little more difficult this weekend against Marshall, however, let me emphasize here "little".
21. Georgia - I have drop you a few spots even though you destroyed Louisana-Layfette, due to the fact that the NCAA handed down it suspension of A.J Green.
22. South Carolina - Welcome to the top 25. I look for you to upset Georgia this upcoming weekend.
23. Pittsburgh - Yeah, I know that you lost in overtime to Utah, but I am not ready to drop you out of my top 25 just yet. I beleive that you will bounce back from that lost.
24. Arizona - I am giving you the benefit of the doubt here, I am not sure that your 41-2 victory over Toledo was because you were just that good on offense and defense or if Toledo is just that bad.
25. Stanford - Took Sacremento State to the woodshed this past week beating them 52-7. This is a very underated Stanford team and you should improve on this ranking this weekend against UCLA.
