Top 25

College Football Top 25

1. Missouri 4-0, 3
2. Oklahoma 4-0, 4
3. Alabama 5-0, 11
4. LSU 4-0, 6
5. Texas 4-0, 7
6. Penn State 5-0, 12
7. Texas Tech 4-0, 9
8. Brigham Young 4-0, 10
9. Southern Cal 2-1, 1
10. Georgia 4-1, 2
11. Florida 3-1, 5
12. South Florida 5-0, 15
13. Auburn 4-1, 13
14. Ohio State 4-1, 14
15. Kansas 3-1, 19
16. Oklahoma State 4-0, 20
17. Utah 5-0, 21
18. Boise State 3-0, 22
19. Wisconsin 3-1, 8
20. Fresno State 3-1, 23
21. Virginia Tech 4-1, NR
22. Oregon 4-1, NR
23. Vanderbilt 4-0, NR
24. Wake Forest 3-1, 16
25. Florida State 3-1, NR

OUT: Nebraska, Texas Christian, Illinois and Colorado

VOTES: Ball State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan State, Maryland.

I got to thinking I was drinking the Kool-Aid with respect to my teams, Florida State and Nebraska, in thinking they would perform better than they are. Then I found that along with many other pollsters, there are several teams who are operating below expectations. Southern Cal, although I did caution about a sleepwalking game for them, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio State and Florida are others I thought would be better. Wisconsin really hit the wall letting Michigan come back on them.....Navy caught Wake Forest off guard, which is surprising for a Jim Grobe team....Ole Miss has given Florida trouble in Oxford but to win at The Swamp is startling....I could not believe Alabama took Georgia to the woodshed at Athens they way they did....Penn State seems much better than anticipated...FSU at Miami this weekend and few people are interested. The Seminoles can play some defense and had a glimpse of a running game vs. Colorado, certainly a quality team and one who faces the 'Horns this weekend. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)
The Orlando Sentinel, a full fledged Gator paper, remarked how Wake Forest losing to Navy really made Florida State's loss to Wake look bad. Well, since Wake took out Ole Miss in week 2, how is Florida's home loss to the Rebels looking? It is amazing how you overlook these things when your team is involved. With that in mind, I think FSU beats Miami but Nebraska will get killed by Missouri.