1. Oregon (6-0, 39)
After a slow start, Chip
Kelly and the Ducks of Eugene, Oregon put away my most hated team in college
sports, the Washington State Cougars. Oregon is in solid position to play in
the National Championship game if they can win out, but with the tougher half
of the Pac-10 coming up in the schedule, I wouldn’t hold my breath. I would,
however, pat Chip Kelly on the back for having the cojones to rock the visor.
T2. Oklahoma (5-0, 35)
Fellow fan of the visor,
Bob Stoops, had a bye this week.
T2. Boise State (6-0, 35)
Boise State throttled
Toledo this week by more than 40 points. Bob has more faith in Boise State
making a National Title game than I do.* This tied for #2 ranking is pretty much
due to his faith in arguably the most pitiful conference to have ever existed…
In the words of Whitney Houston, “Crack is WAC”.
*My Championship game prediction right now is Alabama vs. Oregon. I just felt like we needed to drop Bama for the loss. Maybe the WAC is pitiful, but we have more WAC teams in these power rankings than Big East or ACC teams. . .
4. Ohio State (6-0, 34)
The Buckeyes handled
another cruddy Big-10 opponent this week, beating Indiana by 4 TD’s. Jim
Tressel’s squad faces Wisconsin next week in what could be an exciting game,
but I’m cynical and I think this could be Brett Bielema’s biggest
disappointment since his break-up with Erin Andrews.
5. Nebraska (6-0, 33)
The Huskers had an
impressive performance this week against K-State in Manhattan. Nebraska plays
Mack “Booster in Episode One of Friday Night Lights” Brown in Corn Country next
Saturday. Unfortunately for Nebraska, Texas is awful this year, so beating them
at home won’t do much to catapult them in our rankings.
6. Auburn (6-0, 31)
Bob put Auburn at #4 after
barely escaping Kentucky… KENTUCKY!!!! I put them in my top 10, but their
performance this week didn’t quite inspire my confidence in their “power”.**
**It could be argued that Auburn's win over South Carolina gives them more power than any win by the four teams above them. I'm just saying
7. TCU (6-0, 28)
Who cares
8. Alabama (5-1, 26)
Tough loss. Just another
game in the SEC. Who wants to take bets that Bama will still end up in the
National Championship game? Who wants to take bets Nick Saban will be coaching
another SEC team next year?
T9. South Carolina (4-1, 21)
Click-Clack. Great win for
Steve Spurrier.
T9. LSU (6-0, 21)
Les Miles stays unbeaten,
defeating Florida by 4 points this week. You’d assume one of the two undefeated
SEC teams would be in our top 5, but it looks like both Bob and I are holding
last week’s abysmal win against Lesley.
T9. Michigan State (6-0, 21)
In my opinion, Michigan
State is now legit. They handled Michigan and Wisconsin in back-to-back weeks.
With Iowa being the only ranked team the Spartans have left, things could get
interesting.
12. Utah (6-0, 20)
Utah took Iowa State and
showed them who is boss. Sadly, it may be their best win thus far. FAIR
WARNING: I WILL BE OVERRATING UTAH IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING ND-UTAH GAME
THAT I WILL BE ATTENDING!
13. Stanford (5-1, 18)
ND better beat USC…
14. Arkansas (4-1, 16)
The Razorbacks barely beat
A&M, who is mediocre at best. They were appropriately punished in Room 696.
15. Florida State (5-1, 12)
Impressive win for Jimbo
Fischer. With Florida as the best game left on the schedule, Jimbo looks headed
toward an excellent inaugural season.
16. Oklahoma State (5-0, 10)
Beat a respectable
opponent, then you will be respected.
T17. Missouri (5-0, 7)
See Oklahoma State.
T17. Nevada (6-0, 7)
See Oklahoma State and
Missouri.
T19. Air Force (5-1, 2)
20 point win of Colorado
State. Air Force isn’t an amazing team, but I’m glad our Irish aren’t playing
them this year.
T19. West Virginia (4-1, 2)
After seeing the rest of
West Virginia’s schedule as well as who they’ve played, I wish I wouldn’t have
ranked them at all. They lost to their only respectable opponent, LSU… who Bob
and I don’t respect THAT much.
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