Top 25

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Top 25

1.      Alabama, 5-0, 1
2.      Florida State, 5-0, 2
3.      Oregon, 5-0, 3
4.      LSU, 5-0, 4
5.      Georgia, 5-0, 5
6.      South Carolina, 5-0, 6
7.      Kansas State, 5-0, 7
8.      West Virginia, 5-0, 9
9.      Notre Dame, 5-0, 10
10.    Florida, 4-0, 11
11.    Texas, 4-0, 12
12.    Ohio State, 5-0, 15
13.    Clemson, 4-1, 14
14.    Stanford, 3-1, 9
15.    USC, 3-1, 13
16.    Oregon State, 3-0, 17
17.    Oklahoma, 2-1, 16
18.    Texas Christian, 4-0, 21
19.    Nebraska, 4-1, 20
20.    Louisville, 5-0, 18
21.    Mississippi State, 4-0, 19
22.    Rutgers, 4-0, 23
23.    Northwestern, 5-0, 25
24.    Washington, 3-1, NR
25.    Cincinnati, 3-0, NR

OUT:  Michigan State (19), Baylor (24)

VOTES: Michigan State, Baylor, UCLA, Oklahoma State, Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, Arizona, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Miami, Louisiana Tech and Boise State.

After the big win versus Clemson last week, FSU traveled down to Tampa to face South Florida, a team with plenty of talent that plays very well on occasion.  When the Bulls get a chance to play one of the big boys, that represents such an occasion.  FSU was flat, played mediocre but controlled the game and got the win.  The crowd was FSU favorable, and with USF having beaten us up in Tallahassee back in 2009, the Seminoles should have been motivated to blast USF.  They were not, and did not.  In fact, mistakes and miscues could have cost FSU the game if the game was against a higher quality opponent.  FSU will take the win, look at the film and work to continue to improve.  Depth at many positions should help the motivation.  Very late in the game, Chris Thompson broke loose for what was likely a touchdown run but took a knee instead of scoring, which was inappropriate considering the opponent.

Nebraska welcomed a struggling Wisconsin to Lincoln, only to immediately fall behind 20-3.  Fumbles, penalties, blown coverages and missed assignments were the culprit, but you would think Nebraska, at home, would not be the team unprepared to play, which is coaching.  At any rate, Taylor Martinez had another very good night, and after the defense gathered themselves, they began to dominate Wisconsin and the Big Red was able to mount a comeback and win.  Living on the edge like that will turn into a series of losses, so while the win is celebrated, extensive work on preparation and execution is needed.  No rest for the weary, as the 'Huskers travel to Columbus to take on Ohio State, which presents a great opportunity, but not a likely place for big comebacks. Bo needs to have the Big Red ready when they step off the bus; Ohio State does not do anything special.  In closing, please throw away the specialty Adidas uniforms and refrain from participating in these events going forward as I thought they were awful.

With FSU playing mediocre, other had a chance to jump the Seminoles, but LSU was sleepwalking and Oregon was lackluster as well.  South Carolina had to come from behind to bear Kentucky, a very poor team and Georgia gave up 30 first half points, and 44 overall...Speaking of points, scoreboards were on fire across the country.  The SEC tilt of Tennessee at Georgia looked like a Big XII game, Texas outlasted Okie State, Oregon State got by Arizona and West Virginia, with Geno Smith throwing more touchdowns (8) than incompletions (6) as the Mounties got by Nick Florence and Baylor 70-63.....Louisville edged host Southern Miss in a what was no doubt a complete frog strangler.....Alabama was not quite as dominant, the the Tide is rolling non the less.....In our preseason poll, we had Washington ahead of Stanford, but after Washington got destroyed at LSU and Stanford upended USC, we rearranged out poll.  The Huskies took out Stanford on Thursday night.....Ohio State got by Michigan State at East Lansing.....Penn State throttled Illinois.....Louisiana tech beat Virginia at Virginia, and mighty Middle Tennessee State scored at will dumping Ga Tech 49-28 in Atlanta, which is nothing short of a real bad loss....Cincinnati used a last second long  toss to upend Va, Tech, whose decade long streak of winning at least 10 games seems in real jeopardy.....In a game of unbeatens, Texas Tech won at Iowa State......Will Purdue of all people play in the Big Ten Championship game?....Clemson, hungover from losing at FSU, beat BC, gut gave up points revealing the Tiger defense is average at best... Arkansas is in free fall, getting blasted 58-10 by A&M.