Top 25

College Football

Top 25

1. Louisiana State, 8-0, 1
2. Alabama, 8-0, 2
3. Oklahoma State, 8-0, 4
4. Stanford, 8-0, 3
5. Boise State, 7-0, 5
6. Oklahoma, 7-1, 9
7. Oregon, 7-1, 6
8. Nebraska, 7-1, 11
9. Arkansas, 7-1, 9
10. Clemson, 8-1, 5
11. South Carolina, 7-1, 13
12. Michigan, 7-1, 18
13. Virginia Tech, 8-1, 15
14. Michigan State, 6-2, 12
15. Kansas State, 7-1, 14
16. Arizona State, 6-2, 19
17. Wisconsin, 6-2, 10
18. Georgia, 6-2, 17
19. Southern Cal, 6-2, 21
20. Houston, 8-0, 20
21. Penn State, 8-1, 23
22. Florida State, 5-3, 24
23. Texas, 5-2, NR
24. West Virginia, 6-2, NR
25. Georgia Tech, 6-2, NR

OUT: Texas Tech (22), Miami (25), Texas A&M (16)

VOTES: Southern Miss, Cincinnati, Auburn, Texas A&M, Texas Christian, Washington, Ohio State, North Carolina, Florida and Missouri.

Several key players have been lost for the season due to injury, most notably South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore. Add Pitt tailback Ray Graham, whose performance has him on his way to All America recognition.....In another installment of The Worlds Largest Cocktail Party, Georgia, in spite of themselves, defeated a woeful Florida likely saving coach Mark Richt's job....Wisconsin, trailing through 58 minutes, rallied to overtake Ohio State only to lose on what could be considered another Hail Mary pass at Columbus.....Texas Tech, who jumped out to a 31-7 lead and hung on to defeat OU last weekend, got pummeled by Iowa State at home.....Speaking of OU, after a close first half at Kansas State, the Sooners flexed the muscle in the second half and hung nearly 60 on K-State....Although Robert Griffith III had a good statistical day, Okie State opened up a can on Baylor, thrashing the Bears in Stillwater....While Penn State escaped at home versus Illinois, Boston College controlled Maryland and West Virigina had to rally to get by Rutgers in three snow games, you could not see the field as Army thrashed Fordham.....Miami, beginning to emerge, got soundly defeated by Virginia at Sun Life Stadium in front of about 25K. I sense a negative slide of about three seasons coming.....Texas A&M lost their third 11+ point lead as Missouri got them in OT at College Station, all but wrecking the high apirations of the season.....Southern Cal played very well but fell to Stanford in 3 OT at the Coliseum. While Andrew Luck is as advertised, Stanford failed to signal they are on the caliber of LSU, Alabama or even Oklahoma State.....Clemson finally stumbled at Georgia Tech, who was coming off two awful losses.....Virginia Tech held of stubborn Duke, who along with Vanderbilt, who was hosting Arkansas, were let down by their kicking game.....Next week, it is LSU at Alabama, the game everyone is waiting for....Congrats to Joe Paterno is now the wins leader at 409, but he really does need to hang it up.

Florida State dominated North Carolina State in every facet of the game in Tallahassee, showing a glimpse of what could have been by tossing a shutout at the Wolfpack. The Seminoles will be favored the rest of the way, but cannot reach the ACC title and will be on the outside looking in. The young running backs and receivers look to be the nucleus for a great future.

Finally, the Blackshirts showed up as Nebraska smothered Michigan State at Lincoln. Sparty cold not get anything going on offense, and melted defensively. Husker QB Taylor Martinez, called out by the ESPN media at the half, came out throwing successfully in the third quarter, connecting with warrior Rex Burkhead to get enough points to let the Blackshirts seal the victory. Huge win for the 'Huskers, who control their destiny in the Legends division.