Top 25

College Football

Top 25

1. Louisiana State, 13-0, 1

2. Oklahoma State, 11-1, 3

3. Alabama, 11-1, 2

4. Arkansas, 10-2, 5

5. Stanford, 11-1, 6

6. Wisconsin, 11-2, 7

7. Southern Cal, 10-2, 10

8. Kansas State, 10-2, 9

9. Oregon, 10-2, 11

10. South Carolina, 10-2, 13

11. Michigan State, 10-3, 8

12. Boise State, 11-1, 15

13. Michigan, 10-2, 17

14. Clemson, 10-3, 21

15. Texas Christian, 10-2, 18

16. Baylor, 9-3, 19

17. Oklahoma, 9-3, 12

18. Nebraska, 9-3, 20

19. Virginia Tech, 11-2, 4

20. Georgia, 10-3, 14

21. Notre Dame, 8-4, 21

22. Southern Miss, 11-2, NR

23. Florida State, 8-4, 23

24. Houston, 12-1, 16

25. Penn State, 9-3, NR

OUT: Texas (24) and West Virginia (25)

VOTES: West Virginia, Penn State, Cincinnati, BYU, Virginia, Texas, Auburn, Missouri and Georgia Tech.

Clemson awoke from their late season slumber and after a halftime tie opened one up on favored Virginia Tech, sending the Tigers to the Orange Bowl for the first time since Homer Jordan and the gang in 1981.....I hear that FOX Sports Charles Davis is a wonderful guy, but I think he is nothing short of horrendous as the color guy on NCAA games. While his pleasant demeanor is attractive, he is a master of lengthy sentences to state the obvious, complete with the corresponding pleasantries. When he does get specific, he has no clue what he is talking about.....Although they missed several opportunities, Georgia played a decent half in the SEC Championship game against LSU, but got taken to the woodshed in the second half......Wisconsin and Michigan State could play for years with little to show for it as these teams are very evenly matched. Sparty got robbed on a late out of bounds call.....Southern Miss looked great in dismantling unbeaten Houston.....Texas had not given up a pass play of over 20 yards all year, that is, until RGIII came to town and busted the Horns for a 59 yard touchdown on the second Baylor play from scrimmage. Can you say Heisman?.....Even with a suspect coaching change, many expected Maryland to have a decent season this fall, and with an upset win over Miami to start the season, this prognosis seemed on target. Then, the roof caved in, including getting blasted at home by Temple of all teams. Randy Edsall could never get Maryland going, flopping quarterbacks and utilizing the GPS in search of the defense. Could a 2-10 season get a first year coach fired? Yes indeed, but as The Wiz of Odds reports, not a Maryland....Mike Sherman is out at A&M. He started his tenure losing to Arkansas State in Aggieland but really had A&M going late last year and hopes were high for a great year this season, but several collapses had loses mounting. Now, will A&M look to UHouston for their next coach?.....Mike Leach has landed at Washington State, and that will be interesting....Urban Meyer is now at Ohio State, as we predicted over a year ago. As The Orlando Sentinel pointed out, a Gator Bowl matchup with Florida will be Urban Decay meets Urban Renewal......Penn State DT Devon Still was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. While Still is a great player we will name All America, Nebraska linebacker Lavonte David, who smashed a Nittany Lion ball carrier on a late 4th and 1 deep in Husker territory to seal the victory, should have won this award.....Oklahoma State pummeled a fine Oklahoma football team most thought would win the game, and it was worse than the 44-10 score. Based on this very impressive victory, the body of work of the Cowboys, the circumstances surrounding their double overtime road loss at Iowa State and the fact they are Big XII Conference Champions, Oklahoma State is now our number two team and should meet LSU in the championship. Add in LSU Coach Les Miles left Okie State for LSU, and it gains intrigue.