Ranking teams by what they've done, not by what we think they can do...
1. LSU (last week = same)
Commanding win over MTSU. Demolished Va Tech and Miss St. Only 7 pts scored on them through three games. The anti-Irish. Something gives next week vs South Carolina.
2. Cal (lw = same)
Blasted La Tech, a team that nearly beat 3-0 Hawaii, and still that commanding win over Tenn.
3. South Carolina (lw = same)
Pounded SC St one week after going on the road and upending Georgia. LSU up next week.
4. Southern Cal (lw = NR)
Big blowout of Nebraska on the road. Not sure Nebraska was ever for real, but USC sure is.
5. South Florida (lw = #4)
No game this week. Upset Auburn last week, but Auburn is looking a bit softer. So So Fla drops a spot.
6. Oklahoma (lw = #5)
Huge blowout of Utah State, but best win to date is over a suspect Miami-FL.
7. Oregon (lw = #8)
Equally solid wins over equally mediocre Fresno St, Michigan and Houston.
8. Boston College (lw = #10)
Telling win over Georgia Tech after convincing wins over defending ACC champ Wake Forest and NC State. BC is quietly dominating the early ACC standings with a Heisman quality QB.
9. Alabama (lw = NR)
First real opponent and a huge win over Arkansas.
10. Kentucky (lw = NR)
Big upset over top-ranked Louisville and solid blowouts of weak opponents.
11. Florida (lw = #16)
Crushed Tennessee in first real matchup with a real team.
12. Penn State (lw = same)
Rolls over weak opponent. Biggest win -- ND -- looks less impressive by the week. Perhaps ditto for the Michigan game. Hard to know about Penn State, but they're doing everything asked of them so far.
13. Clemson (lw = same)
See Penn State re: hard to know what to make of them so far. Except for less fearsome Florida State, no big wins, but convincing wins against weak opponents.
14. Rutgers (lw = same)
Destroys 1-AA opponent. Best win to date is a convincing one over Navy. Nothing new to report here.
15. Ohio State (lw = #20)
Nice win on road over a rapidly improving Washington. First convincing signs of Ohio State's potential.
16. West Virginia (lw = #17)
Pounded decent Maryland team on road. Only real test to date.
17. Texas (lw = #6)
Nearly got upset by Central Florida. Previous best win over TCU looking less impressive after Air Force beat them too.
18. Arizona State (lw = same)
Continues solid wins over seemingly medium level competition. No real tests yet, but no failures.
19. Air Force (lw = NR)
TCU and Utah were supposed to be the class of the Mountain West. Air Force just beat them in back-to-back weeks. Utah subsequently shows how impressive this is by smashing supposedly tough UCLA from Pac-Ten. Air Force looks real, but it still seems hard to believe.
20. Tulsa (lw = NR)
A fingernail grasp on the lowest spot after surprising win over BYU. They get this because none of the other unbeaten teams look more worthy than them -- right now. They either go out or way up after playing Oklahoma next week.
On the outs...
Washington (lw = #7) Blasted by Ohio State
Georgia Tech (lw = #9) Lost to Boston College
UCLA (lw = #11) Blown out by Utah
Nebraska (lw = #19) Smashed by Southern Cal in Lincoln
Hanging out, waiting for a spot...
Michigan State - Beating better and better competition...
Purdue - Lots of offense. Not much opposition.
Wisconsin - Who is this team? They keep trying to lose to somebody they should kill.
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