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Top 25

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

OUT: Texas (10) and USC (25)

VOTES:  Arizona State, Texas Christian, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Penn State, Texas, Fresno State, Michigan State, Northern Illinois and Virginia Tech.

NATIONAL ANALYSIS:

Cincinnati got bombed by upstart Illinois, but adding to the pain was the loss of quarterback Munchie Legaux to a gruesome leg injury, and we wish him a speedy recovery....Florida turned the ball over five times, mostly in the red zone, helping the Hurricanes to victory.  The Gators stuffed the Canes for the most part, but are not nearly good enough to overcome their poor offensive play in combination with the turnovers....With 19 starters back, expectations were high for Texas to return to national prominence; however, the 'Horns got thumped at BYU, turning coach Mac Brown's seat to boil.  There is way to much cash around the Texas program to accept mediocrity, which appears to be where the Longhorns are, and without a victory over OU at a minimum, Brown appears out the door. Reports say the DC is already out....Out the door is where we should expect to see Lane Kiffin, after an inept USC fell at home to a marginal at best Wazzu team, 10-7. The Trojans expect much more, and this loss is one Kiffin likely cannot survive....Oregon traveled across the country and put a beat down on Virginia.  Michigan State has a great defense, with DE Shilique Calhoun outscoring a pedestrian at best offense....Tennessee got several big defensive plays in beating Western Kentucky...Ohio State had quarterback Braxton Miller knocked out of the game, but the backup Kenneth Guiton, although lacking the highlight reel plays, is probably the better player.....Michigan dumped Notre Dame as this rivalry sadly approaches an end.....Wisconsin has not allowed a score so far in 2013....Okie State is winning, but not in the fashion I think many expected....OU had difficulty with West Virginia, which was unexpected....Georgia rebounded by putting 41 on Jadeveon Clowney and South Carolina while a fight broke out on the sideline during the game between the defensive coaching staff for the Gamecocks.... LSU continues to better than expected....Johnny Football and the Texas Aggies continue to roll, and will be waiting for Alabama to roll into Aggieland on Saturday...Northwestern looks like a good football team, as we expected.

For those who may be new readers, we offer game analysis of the two teams we have allegiance with; Florida State and Nebraska, in the order their games were played over any given weekend.

FLORIDA STATE ANALYSIS: 

The Seminoles were idle, but along with the national media, water coolers around the state were buzzing all week about the stellar performance by FSU quarterback Jameis Winston.

NEBRASKA ANALYSIS:

After last week, the Cornhusker faithful had reason to worry after a horrible defensive performance against Wyoming, not thought of as a team with offensive prowess.  On Saturday, against a lowly Southern Miss team, the performance was much better.  While we can note the progress, we can also conclude what we have seen will not get it done when the high octane of UCLA comes to Lincoln on Saturday.  However, is what we have seen the best Nebraska has to offer?  I think they have been sandbagging, which I do not agree with.  I see plenty of talent on the field, but not much in scheming thus far.  I hope Pelini and Papuchis know more than I do.  Stanley Jean-Baptiste had a great game and is establishing himself as an All America candidate. Randy Gregory is also showing great promise at defensive end.  The offense should be lights out, but thus far, has been rather vanilla, not withstanding they are averaging almost 500 yards and 40 points per game.  Again, we shall see on Saturday.  The line is veteran, but has not come close to dominating, particularly early.  The skill talent is the best the Big Red has had in a decade.  Will the Big Red struggle on Saturday, or will they break out and show us what we have expected to see already in 2013.  We are fixin to find out.  ESPN, at High Noon.