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September 14th, 2008 by chipcosby | Filed under Top 25.Welcome back for another version of my unofficial weekly Top 25, with last week’s rankings in parenthesis.
1-USC (1)-These Trojans are as good defensively as the Bush/Leinart teams were offensively.
2-Oklahoma (2)-Sooners and Trojans would be a toss-up right now.
3-Georgia (3)-Not playing to the level of USC or Oklahoma, but winning ugly in Columbia is nothing to be ashamed of.
4-Missouri (7)-Would love to see Chase Daniel, Jeremy Maclin and the Tigers’ explosive offense face off against Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin and the Gators..
5-Florida (5)-Should be rested and ready for next week’s trip to Knoxville.
6-Wisconsin (14)-Had the guts to travel to Fresno and the toughness to pull out a win.
7-Oregon (15)-The double OT triumph at Purdue is the type of win teams get during special seasons.
8-Texas (9)-The Top 25 team I know the least about.
9-East Carolina (10)-The magic continues for Skip Holtz. Considering how tough Tulane played Alabama, a victory in New Orleans has to be considered high-quality.
10-Alabama (14)-Took care of business against Western Kentucky, now comes back-to-back road trips to Arkansas and Georgia.
11-BYU (24)-Max Hall should now be on everybody’s Heisman radar.
12-Auburn (8)-Tony Franklin better get that offense fixed before LSU gets to town on Saturday.
13-Penn State (13)-Still haven’t played anyone with a pulse but averaging over 55 points a game.
14-South Florida (16)-Beat a darned good Kansas team in helping the Big East save some face.
15-Texas Tech (17)-Red Raiders just biding time. Should be 7-0 when they travel to Kansas on Oct. 15.
16-Utah (18)-BCS hopes will get a real test at Air Force on Saturday.
17-Virginia Tech (NR)-Held off a solid Georgia Tech team, and that close loss at ECU doesn’t look nearly as bad now.
18-Wake Forest (19)-Can cement itself as the ACC favorite with a win at Florida State on Saturday.
19-Kansas (12)-Can’t dog the Jayhawks too much for a narrow road loss to a good South Florida team.
20-Ohio State (5)-Now we don’t have to worry about the Buckeyes getting blown out in a third straight BCS title game.
21-West Virginia (18)-Not as down on the Mountaineers after the ECU loss as a lot of other folks.
22-Vanderbilt (25)-The Commodores dominated Rice in a game that past Vandy teams would have blown.
23-Oklahoma State (NR)-Mike Gundy doesn’t have any reason to go off on any reporters with the way the Cowboy offense is rolling.
24-Florida State (NR)-Seminoles might have finally found a quarterback in sophomore Christian Ponder.
25-Air Force (NR)-AFA picked up a nice road win at Houston and can skyrocket up the charts next week if they knock off Utah.
DROPPED OUT-Arizona State, Fresno State, California, Illinois
NEXT BEST FIVE
26-TCU-The Horned Frogs could be a sleeper BCS buster.
27-Tennessee-That UCLA-BYU score didn’t do Phil Fulmer any favors.
28-Boise State-Will have a chance to get into the BCS mix by knocking off Oregon next week.
29-Fresno State-Came up just short against the Badgers.
30-Clemson-Tigers didn’t pound a bad N.C. State team the way they needed to.
LOCAL UPDATE
Kentucky-MTSU showed that the Cats don’t have any business thinking Top 25 for awhile.
Louisville-Kansas State is a crossroads game for the Cards.
Indiana-Could end up with a better record than Kentucky and Louisville
Unless I over looked something, where is LSU? Most national polls have them in the top ten and they aren’t in your top 30? Don’t understand the logic of having Tennessee and Vandy along with a slew of other teams ahead of the defending national champs…
I’ll ask you again, where is LSU?!?! Most polls have them ranked in the top 10, at least in the top 25, you don’t have them in your top 30, why is that?
Do you really think that if the National Championship game were played today, an undefeated SEC team would not belong in it?
I don’t understand moving Georgia, the current favorite in the SEC, out of the top 2. I can see USC jumping to No. 1, but I don’t get Oklahoma jumping them too.