Top 25
1. Stanford, 3-0, 1
2. Alabama, 3-0, 2
3. Oregon, 3-0, 3
4. Clemson, 3-0, 4
5. Florida State, 3-0, 5
6. Ohio State, 4-0, 6
7. Louisville, 4-0, 7
8. Georgia, 2-1, 8
9. Texas A&M, 3-1, 9
10. Louisiana State, 4-0, 10
11. UCLA, 3-0, 11
12. South Carolina, 2-1, 12
13. Oklahoma State, 3-0, 13
14. Miami, 3-0, 14
15. Oklahoma, 3-0, 15
16. Northwestern, 4-0, 16
17. Washington, 3-0, 18
18. Florida, 2-1, 17
19. Ole Miss, 3-0, 19
20. Baylor, 3-0, 20
21. Georgia Tech, 3-0, 23
22. Wisconsin, 3-1, 25
23. Michigan, 4-0, 21
24. Notre Dame, 3-1, 22
25. Nebraska, 3-1, NR
OUT: Arizona State (24)
VOTES: Arizona State, Texas Tech, Fresno State, North Carolina, UCF, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Northern Illinois and Wyoming.
NATION: Michigan was most fortunate to win at lowly UConn, who previously lost to Towson, on Saturday night. The Wolverines were physically whipped on line of scrimmage, and coming on the heels of a last second home win over Akron, it seems likely many more losses are coming....Georgia was sleepwalking but took out North Texas.....The Longhorns got a much needed win over K-State...Florida beat hapless Tennessee, but lost quarterback Jeff Driskel for the year, but with an impressive performance by backup Tyler Murphy, all may not be lost....Clemson won at NC State on Thursday night, a tough out for sure....Georgia Tech came from behind to get a big home win versus UNC....Va. Tech needed three overtimes to beat Marshall, over coming poor special teams play in driving rain....Fresno got a big home win over Boise....Pitt outlasted Duke while Maryland blasted West Virginia, and one has to wonder what has happened in Morgantown....Stanford overwhelmed Arizona State, although the Devils fought back from the canvas.....Miami, Ohio State, Baylor and Louisville all put 70+ on overmatched opponents.....LSU beat Auburn, in battle of UGA castoff QB's....Missouri defeated Indiana in a border war...Notre Dame was able to get enough offense to beat Michigan State...USC barely won at home versus Utah State.
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.
NEBRASKA ANALYSIS:
After a tumultuous week in Nebraska following, not only another blowout loss, but the emergence of a tape with Bo Pelini letting the Nebraska faithful have it, few could wait to get back on the gridiron. As we correctly suspected, Husker signal caller Taylor Martinez was in fact injured with turf toe, which is a significant injury (ended Deion Sanders career). Both Tommy Armstrong II and Ron Kellogg III would see time leading the 'Huskers, and both played extremely well, as Nebraska scored 59 points. Armstrong is the future, and the future is bright. Abdullah played well, but ball security remains an issue. Kenny Bell had his worst game as a Husker, which surprised me. The offensive line was above average, but this opponent was South Dakota State. Defensively, the performance was awful out of the gate. The defensive line failed to clog running lanes, and the Jackrabbits ran up and down the field. The linebackers are hit and miss, and the secondary, outside of a great play of pickoff sprinkled in here and there, was again suspect. There continues to be a multitude of mental breakdowns and assignment busts, and there are more losses coming if they are not fixed. Pelini seems to be aware of this, so it will be interesting to see if he can get it done. The good news is that there is a boatload of young talent, and some of these young players will be very good, most notably Randy Gregory, Josh Banderas and Avery Moss. The Cornhuskers have a much needed week off, one that should be used to shore up the lack of fundamentals we continue to witness on the stop side of the ball.
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| Telvin Smith finding paydirt/Photo Stacy Revere |
FLORIDA STATE ANALYSIS: The Seminoles welcomed Bethune Cookman to DOAK and used the opportunity to get playing time for many of the backups and work on execution. While BCC is a ranked 1-AA team, they were no match for FSU. OLD Telvin Smith, who we expected to excel in the new defensive scheme employed by new DC Jeremy Pruitt, opened the scoring with a 68 yard pic six. The offense was not sharp early, and the passing game suffered from some drops and mental blunders. The running game is really strong, with the line performing well coupled with extraordinary performances by a stable of running backs, inclusive of the welcomed recent addition of Karlos Williams. Jamies Winston continues to impress, and is really looking strong against blitzing opponents. The defense was smothering, and due to suspensions and and a wider rotation, many of young players got very valuable playing time. It is noted the kicking game has been sound. FSU takes to the road to play at Boston College next week, and this will be another opportunity for the Seminoles to continue to grow and improve en route to the big game at Clemson on October 19.
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