The Color & Pageantry Top 25

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Top 25

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

OUT:  Virginia Tech

VOTES:  Oklahoma State, East Carolina, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Duke, Mississippi State, Texas Christian, Washington, Virginia, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Kentucky, Arkansas and Penn State.

NATIONAL ANALYSIS:

After losing a hard fought game at South Carolina, East Carolina caught the well coached Hokies read their press clippings and took out VT at Blacksburg. Don't look now, but if the Pirates beat UNC on Saturday, they can run the table....Ohio State was miffed at getting spanked by Va Tech and blasted Kent Sate....Georgia scored plenty, but failed on a few field goals and could not stop the rushing attack of South Carolina, pushing the Ccocks back into contention when the Dawgs could have sent them packing....BYU is looking better by the weekend.....UCLA is not playing well, and may have lost their QB Brett Hundley for some time due to an elbow injury. After a tough win vs. Texas, who BYU dismantled, the Bruins inexplicably look very vulnerable as Oregon State comes to town....USC, off a strong win at Stanford, got freight trained by a Boston College rushing attack nobody knew existed, giving up over 450 yards and losing going away.  Considering USC has an All America candidate at DT, this is a head scratcher......Florida needed three overtimes, and got clock help, to outlast a much improved Kentucky team. The Gators may catch Bama napping, but all the drunken Gator faithful here in The City Beautiful should quickly cancel their irrational National Championship hopes....Arizona State took out Colorado, but now have a limping quarterback....If you joined me in thinking FSU has made a terrible decision regarding uniforms, and they have, you may have been seething in looking at the home uniforms the Fighting Irish wore vs. a Purdue team that rose up for the occasion.  I know a lot of the youngsters like all these uniform alterations, but the traditionalists like myself hate them, and what Notre Dame wore on Saturday were beyond awful...TCU bombed a decent Minnesota team.....Virgina upset Louisville, giving Hoo Coach Mike London a much, much needed win.....Missouri opened up on UCF in the third quarter, dusting the Knights, who are not bad; so Mizzou may be a contender.....OU jumped all over Tennessee, who is improving but not there yet.

FLORIDA STATE ANALYSIS:

The top ranked Seminoles were off this week, getting a much needed rest before hosting Clemson in Tallahassee on Seminole Saturday Night.  It will likely decide the ACC Atlantic Division. Go 'Noles.



NEBRASKA ANALYSIS:

After Ameer Miss at Lincoln against McNeese State a week ago, questions surrounded the Cornhuskers as tehy hit the road for the first time in 2014, playing a late contest at Fresno State.  The Bulldogs, who had not lost at home in two seasons, lost a lot of talent and had been blasted on the road against Southern Cal and Utah, sitting at 0-2 for their home opener. The Big Red started strong, with QB Tommy Armstrong hitting WR Jordan Westerkamp on a 70 yard TD before the sellout crowd settled in their seats.



'Husker HB Ameer Abdullah/photo coutesy of FresnoBee.com

Shortly thereafter, Heisman hopeful Ameer Abdullah ran 57 yards for a touchdown and before you knew it, Nebraska led 24-5 at the half.  With a large contigent of Huskers looking on, The Big Red won convincingly 55-19.  DE Randy Gregory played some, as he battled an upset stomach which may have had as much to with the 100 heat as anything else; but he wreaked havoc early and often. The offensive line played better this week, but there remains plenty of room for improvement.  TA inched his completion percentage up, but it is nowhere near where it should be.  It was very late, a 10:37 PM EST kick, and it was 100 degrees at kickoff, but Nebraska did what it had to do to put another victory in the books.  Now, Miami comes to town, and although this is not the Hurricane teams of old, they have plenty of talent and speed.  On a day celebrating the 1994 national championship team, suffice it to say this is a MUST win for Nebrasaka. If Nebraska fails to protect the ball and is assessed a batch of mindless penalties, the Canes will win.  Miami has a great tailback and a pair of speedy and good wideouts in Dorsett and Coley, so if Randy Gregory and the Husker D-Line fail to get to the frosh signal caller, it could be a long day.  Let us hope the Huskers are well prepared for this game, and with a victory, could move on to focusing on a potential B1G title. #GBR.