Top 25

College Football

Top 25

1.      Alabama, 9-0, 1
2.      Kansas State, 9-0, 3
3.      Oregon, 9-0, 2
4.      Notre Dame, 9-0, 4
5.      Ohio State, 10-0, 6
6.      Georgia, 8-1, 8
7.      Florida State, 8-1, 7
8.      Florida, 8-1, 9
9.      Louisiana State, 7-2, 5
10.    Clemson, 8-1, 10
11.    South Carolina, 7-2, 11
12.    Oklahoma, 6-2, 12
13.    Texas A&M, 7-2, 14
14.    Oregon State, 8-1, 13
15.    Louisville, 9-0, 15
16.    Stanford, 7-2, 16
17.    Nebraska, 7-2, 20
18.    UCLA, 7-2, 24
19.    Texas, 7-2, NR
20.    Louisiana Tech, 8-1, 21
21.    Oklahoma State, 5-3, 25
22.    Mississippi State, 7-2, 17
23.    Texas Christian, 6-3, NR
24.    Michigan, 6-3, NR
25.    USC, 6-3, 18

OUT: Texas Tech (19), Boise State (23), West Virginia (21)

VOTES:  Texas Tech, Northwestern, Penn State, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Kent State, Iowa State, Arizona State, Michigan State, Ohio, Washington, Vanderbilt, Toledo, Northern Illinois, Baylor, UCF, Duke, San Diego State, Boise State and Rutgers.

Florida State was off, and travels to Blacksburg to take on Virginia Tech Thursday night.  The Hokies played very poorly losing at Miami on Thursday night, and Florida State needs to put a big whipping on them to have any chance of getting in position for a chance at the title, which, quite frankly, seems out of reach even if the Seminoles win out.  Anything short of a three touchdown victory would be another disappointment.

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Nebraska, left for dead again trailing 24-14 with 8 minutes to go, roared back and took out Michigan State in East Lansing 28-24.  Usually, Taylor Martinez is undoing the mess created by boneheaded coaching, penalties and defensive errors; but on this day, T-Magic had to bail himself out, since he threw 3 horrendous interceptions, two in the red zone, helping give MSU that lead.  But when it counted, Martinez got it done, and did it mostly with his feet, rushing for 205 yards.  Officiating was atrocious, and although most note a bad call in the 'Huskers favor late, but there were several bad calls which really hurt the Big Red.  Blood pressure not withstanding, the land of corn will take the win and continue to control our own destiny.  Hard to believe the Spartans have 5 losses, but this why they play the game.  The Big Red has its sights set on the Rose Bowl, and the top obstacles in reaching that goal are behind the 'Huskers.  Discipline and mental toughness are needed to reach the Roses, but this is not the strong point of the Big Red.

UCLA, with James Franklin setting the all time Bruin rushing record, pulverised visiting Arizona 66-10.  UCLA can light up the scoreboard, but then we though Arizona could as well.....Vanderbilt blasted Kentucky, who needs a coaching change...Speaking of a coaching change, the hot seat Derek Dooley is on at Rocky Top almost turned into an inferno as the Volunteers had to charge back to hold off Troy 55-48 behind the arm of Tyler Bray....Notre Dame took three overtimes to take out Pitt at home, and Lou Holtz and Mark May sweated it out in the ESPN studios....Arkansas survived Tulsa...TCU won at West Virginia in dramatic fashion, and now face K-State and a potentially wounded Collin Klein. The Cats had enough firepower to take our offensive minded Okie State....LSU threw everything at Alabama, but got beat in the final minutes as the Crimson Tide continue their march for a back to back title....Oregon scored at will at USC, but the Trojans threw up 50 also, so maybe the Duck D is not championship caliber.....Denard Robinson was out for  Michigan, but they still got the W at Minnesota....Penn State hammered Purdue, and don't know what has happened to the Boilermakers....Florida played poorly but Missouri had four turnovers and could not get the win...USF QB BJ Daniels is out for season after ankle injury....You have to imagine the future is bright at Texas A&M with Johnny Football at the helm....Virginia hammered NC State in Raleigh, really stunning considering how bad UVA has been this year, and FSU loss at NC State looks worse by the day......After falling behind, Georgia smashed Ole Miss...Stanford crushed hapless Colorado...USM is 0-9, mind boggling since they were 12-2 a year ago......San Diego State won at Boise State, which does not happen very often.