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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