THE COLOR & PAGEANTRY TOP 25

THE COLOR & PAGEANTRY TOP 25 

1.     Georgia, 4-0, 1 

2.     Alabama, 4-0, 2 

3.    Ohio State, 4-0, 3 

4.    Michigan, 4-0, 4 

5.    Southern Cal, 4-0, 5 

6.    North Carolina State, 4-0, 7 

7.    Clemson, 4-0, 8 

8.    Kentucky, 4-0, 9 

9.    Oklahoma State, 4-0, 11 

10.  Tennessee, 4-0, 12 

11.  Penn State, 4-0, 14 

12.  Mississippi, 4-0, 13 

13.  Oregon, 3-1, 15 

14.  Washington, 4-0, 16 

15.  Minnesota, 4-0, 22 

16.  Baylor, 3-1, 20 

17.  Utah, 3-1, 18 

18.  Florida State, 4-0, 21 

19.  Texas A&M, 3-1, 24 

20.  Arkansas, 3-1, 10 

21.  Brigham Young, 3-1, 23 

22.  Kansas, 4-0, NR 

23.  Wake Forest, 3-1, 19 

24.  Kansas State, 3-1, NR 

25.  Oklahoma, 3-1, 6 

OUT: Texas (17) and Miami (25). 

NEXT: Florida, Washington State, Oregon State, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, LSU, TCU, Mississippi State, Texas Tech. Texas, Maryland, Notre Dame and Tulane. 

Who’s Hot: Minnesota 

Minnesota crushed Michigan State running away. We are not quite sure just how good the Gophers are, but as we noted in our preseason Big Ten preview, which we will link in the comments section, the Gophers schedule is very favorable and they in great position amongst the wreckage in the B1G West. 

Who’s Not: Michigan State. 

Although we ranked Sparty in our preseason poll, we also noted we spotted some alarm bells, but had no idea it would unravel in this magnitude. The Spartans are getting whipped physically, and that is not a good recipe for the B1G schedule. Miami. The U is not back. Beaten soundly in each phase of the game by Middle Tennessee State in front of a sparse crowd in South Florida sounds a multitude of alarms. Hurricanes QB Tyler Van Dyke, thought to be quite good, has underperformed and got benched. The lines got pushed around and the secondary was inept. Cristobal has a ton of work to do, and he just lost some goodwill. With ACC schools seemingly wanting to impress for the next wave of conference alignment, this was not a good look. 

Shout out to Adrian Martinez, the embattled Nebraska transfer who had a breakout game for Kansas State in leading the Wildcats to another win over a highly ranked OU team. 

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THE COLOR & PAGEANTRY TOP 25

THE COLOR & PAGEANTRY TOP 25 

1.   Georgia, 3-0, 1 

2.   Alabama, 3-0, 2 

3.   Ohio State, 3-0, 3 

4.   Michigan, 3-0, 4 

5.   Southern Cal, 3-0, 5 

6.   Oklahoma, 3-0, 10 

7.   North Carolina State, 3-0, 7 

8.   Clemson 3-0, 8

9.   Kentucky, 3-0, 20 

10. Arkansas, 3-0, 10 

11. Oklahoma State, 3-0, 14 

12. Tennessee, 3-0, 17 

13. Mississippi, 3-0, 18 

14. Penn State, 3-0, NR 

15. Oregon, 2-1, NR 

16. Washington, 3-0, NR 

17. Texas, 2-1, 18 

18. Utah, 2-1, 19 

19. Wake Forest, 3-0, 17 

20. Baylor, 2-1, 23 

21. Florida State, 3-0, 24 

22. Minnesota, 3-0, 21 

23. Brigham Young, 2-1, 13 

24. Texas A&M, 2-1, NR

25. Miami, 2-1, 11 

OUT: Michigan State (12), Kansas State (20), Mississippi State (22) and Florida (25). 

NEXT: Michigan State, Florida, Washington State, Oregon State, North Carolina, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Syracuse, Maryland, LSU, TCU, Appalachian State, Kansas, Mississippi State and Tulane. 

Who’s Hot: Penn State, Washington, Kansas and Deion Sanders. 

Although Auburn is struggling, Penn State put a thumping on the Tigers on their home field. After surviving a road opener at Purdue, the Lions are positioning themselves for a run. 

Washington showed great growth in the short time coach Kalen DeBoer has been at the helm by blasting visiting Michigan State. The Huskies have talent and are already exceeding expectations. 

Lance Leipold has Kansas undefeated, beating Athlon preseason Top 25 Houston soundly on the road. This is no small feat, and we expect Leipold, who has Nebraska connections, to hear from Trev Alberts and the Cornhuskers in short order. 

And folks, Prime Time is about to get paid in a coaching search near you. More on that later. 

Who’s Not: Georgia Tech. Originally, we liked what we saw from Geoff Collins in Atlanta. But the trend has turned negative, and after a blowout loss to Clemson and being shut out at home by Ole Miss, look for the Jackets to enter the Deion Sanders race soon. Prime could do damage in the ATL! 

Well, Auburn might have a word in that. The Tigers got bombed at home by Penn State, the largest home loss since Nebraska (remember those guys) bombed Auburn in 1982. Harsin has limited time on the plains. 

So might Arizona State. The Devils lost a home game to Eastern Washington, and the embarrassing loss turned out to be the nail in the coffin for embattled coach Herm Edwards, who has been dismissed. Along with Missouri, I have long considered Arizona State a sleeping giant. 

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1.    Georgia, 2-0, 2 

2.    Alabama, 2-0, 1 

3.    Ohio State, 2-0, 3 

4.    Michigan, 2-0, 4 

5.    Southern Cal, 2-0, 9 

6.    North Carolina State, 2-0, 7 

7.    Clemson 2-0, 8 

8.    Kentucky, 2-0, 20 

9.    Oklahoma, 2-0, 11 

10.  Arkansas, 2-0, 15 

11.  Miami, 2-0, 112 

12.  Michigan State, 2-0, 16 

13.  Brigham Young, 2-0, 25 

14.  Oklahoma State, 2-0, 17 

15.  Tennessee, 2-0, 18 

16.  Mississippi, 2-0, 19 

17.  Wake Forest, 2-0, 21 

18.  Texas, 1-1, 23 

19.  Utah, 1-1, 14 

20.  Kansas State, 2-0, NR 

21.  Minnesota, 2-0, NR 

22.  Mississippi State, 2-0, NR 

23.  Baylor, 1-1 10 

24.  Florida State, 2-0, NR 

25.  Florida, 1-1, 13 

OUT: Texas A&M (5), Notre Dame (6), Pittsburgh (22) and Wisconsin (24). 

NEXT: Penn State, Washington State, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, Marshall, Oregon, Purdue, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Syracuse, South Carolina, Auburn, Air Force, Texas Tech, Washington, Maryland, UCLA, LSU, TCU, Fresno State, North Carolina, and Appalachian State. 

Who’s Hot: Washington State and the Sun Belt. 

Did you see the Cougars win at Wisconsin? Man, they were playing hard, flying around the football on defense and running hard on offense. When you couple a great game plan with some players who hustled with heart, you got a buy in which can produce some big wins. Congrats to the Cougs! 

Kentucky is in fact a strong program under Mark Stoops, and that was a really big win for the Cats at The Swamp. We thought it might be too tall an order. But Kentucky held in and made some key defensive plays and scored this eye opening win. 

The Sub Belt, OMG! The Herd was thundering. Florida State transfer Kahlan Laborn ran for 163 leading Marshall as they rolled into South Bend controlling the game in upsetting Notre Dame. Huge win! Appalachian State, fresh off a heartbreaking overtime loss to North Carolina, wins at Aggieland placing heat on Jimbo Fisher. And the night culminated with Georgia Southern, who ran and threw all over a guessing Nebraska defense all night scoring a late touchdown to win at Lincoln, which appropriately resulted in the termination of Husker head man Scott Frost. 

Speaking of Frost, I thought this was nothing short of a home run hire, and I am, astonished how badly this went. Accountability and poor recruiting (Huskers interior defense is short on dudes) seem to be the main culprits in this going sideways. But Frost, who cares about the Big Red as much as any Husker fan, know losing to Georgia Southern in year five after a 309 campaign is not going to get it done. We all wish him the very best. 

Who’s Not: The Big Ten West comes to mind, with Iowa and Wisconsin suffering home losses as solid favorites, but it has to be Texas A&M. 

The Aggies knew, or should have known, that App State was coming to play. Still, the talent laden Aggies labored around and failed to produce the offense needed to get the job done. Some folks had the Aggies as playoff team. 

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1.    Alabama, 1-0, 1 

2.    Georgia, 1-0, 3 

3.    Ohio State, 1-0, 2 

4.    Michigan, 1-0, 5 

5.    Texas A&M, 1-0, 6 

6.    Notre Dame, 0-1, 9 

7.    North Carolina State, 1-0, 7 

8.    Clemson, 1-0, 8 

9.    Southern Cal, 1-0, 10 

10.  Baylor, 1-0, 11 

11.  Oklahoma, 1-0, 12 

12.  Miami, 1-0, 13 

13.  Florida, 1-0, NR 

14.  Utah, 0-1, 4 

15.  Arkansas, 1-0, 16 

16.  Michigan State, 1-0, 17 

17.  Oklahoma State, 1-0, 14 

18.  Tennessee, 1-0, 18 

19.  Ole Miss, 1-0, 19 

20.  Kentucky, 1-0, 20 

21.  Wake Forest, 1-0, 21 

22.  Pittsburgh, 1-0, 22 

23.  Texas, 1-0, 24 

24.  Wisconsin, 1-0, 25 

25.  Brigham Young, 1-0, NR 

OUT: Oregon (15) and Nebraska (23). 

NEXT: Florida State, Penn State, Kansas State, Minnesota, Mississippi State, UCF, Oregon, Iowa, Oregon State, Purdue, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Houston, West Virginia, Fresno State, Syracuse, South Carolina, Auburn, and Air Force. 

Who’s Hot: Florida 

Who’s Not: Louisville, Utah and Nebraska

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