Top 25

College Football

1. Oklahoma, 1-0, 1
2. Alabama, 2-0, 2
3. LSU, 2-0, 3
4. Florida State, 2-0, 4
5. Stanford, 2-0, 5
6. Texas A&M, 1-0, 6
7. Boise State, 1-0, 8
8. Oklahoma State, 2-0, 9
9. Arkansas, 2-0, 10
10. Nebraska, 2-0, 7
11. Wisconsin, 2-0, 11
12. South Carolina, 2-0, 12
13. Oregon, 1-1, 13
14. Virginia Tech, 2-0, 14
15. Michigan State, 2-0, 16
16. Florida 2-0, 19
17. Ohio State, 2-0, 15
18. Arizona State, 2-0, 20
19. West Virginia, 2-0, 17
20. Auburn, 2-0, NR
21. South Florida, 2-0, 22
22. Mississippi State, 1-1, 18
23. Baylor 1-0, 23
24. Michigan, 2-0, 25
25. Central Florida, 2-0, NR

OUT: Missouri and Penn State.

VOTES: Missouri, Texas, Houston, Maryland, Georgia, Miami, North Carolina, Texas Christian, Penn State, Utah State, Tennessee, Washington and Northwestern.

I am borrowing a line from someone, but the thriller played in Ann Arbor Saturday night was a-MAIZE-ing. Three touchdowns in the final minute and a half saw Michigan pull out a home victory over Notre Dame, sending the Irish to 0-2. While it was exciting, the defensive effort late in the game were horrendous, which bodes bad for both of these teams moving forward.....Oklahoma State looked real good on Thursday night, and T-Boone Pickens has invested well int he facilities in Stillwater....Iowa State, with a speedy and elusive signal caller, upended Iowa in Ames winning the CyHawk Trophy, although I thought I saw in the bedlam of the victory it may have gotten damaged....Georgia is 0-2, casting doubt on the future of Coach Mark Richt. I have met Coach Richt several times and I think highly of him, so count me among his fans. The Dawgs are young on D, but did put 42 points on the board against a strong South Carolina team. A stellar defensive by top ranked freshman Jadeveon Clowney sealed the fate of UGA. Clowney looks like a future All American; take a look:



Arizona State got a big win, outlasting Missouri out in Tempe....So far so good for Florida....Ohio State, who barely got by Toledo, may in trouble visiting the Hurricanes, who will be ready....Florida State may be sandbagging, but the offensive line looks suspect, so for the Seminoles to win, EJ Manuel will have to come up big, both with his feet and his arm. I have faith in the defense....Nebraska also is lacking up front right now, and they will need something more than fleet footed Taylor Martinez offensively down the road....Central Florida bombed Boston College, who although light in the interior on both sides, really got it taken too them. UCF is emerging as a BCS buster....Alabama strangled Penn State with defense as most expected....Minnesota and Purdue both suffered bad losses...Colorado and Cal played a thriller also....Many thought Auburn would get beat by up and coming Mississippi State, myself included, but played strong on the plain and took out the Bulldogs with a goal line stand...Michigan State looks good, but has an against the wall Notre Dame this weekend...Wake Forest dumped NC State, which would not have happened had the Wolfpack retained QB Russell Wilson, who had another good performance directing the offense at Wisconsin...Clemson was scared by Wofford....Vanderbilt got a big win versus UCONN, who was in the Orange Bowl a year ago.