College Football Top 25

By Matt Smith

Nobody is safe in College Football.

1. Ohio State (7-0): The Buckeyes are number one…..for now. They have played six and a half cupcakes (Washington is not bad) and now they have five pretty tough games to end the year with.

2. Boston College (7-0): Didn’t look great in beating a horrible Notre Dame team, but BC doesn’t usually win pretty. The Eagles have a big game with Va Tech on Thursday, October 25.

3. Oregon (5-1): Destroyed Washington State, and now that teams keep losing they should be kicking themselves for losing that Cal game at the goal line, or they could be in the driver’s seat.

4. Oklahoma (6-1): They have bounced back nicely from the Colorado upset, beating two ranked teams in a row after taking care of Missouri on Saturday.

5. LSU (6-1): The SEC has a lot of good (not great) teams and it is very hard to go unbeaten in that conference. Kentucky coming off a loss was a tough task for the Tigers. I still think they and Oklahoma are one-loss teams that will be playing for the National Title.

6. Cal (5-1): Just throw the ball out of bounds Kevin!!! That loss is going to sting for a while and have Cal fans second guessing that final play against Oregon State for the rest of the year if they win out and don’t reach the BCS game.

7. Florida (4-2): They get a week off to rebound from that tough LSU loss and now they get a Kentucky team fresh off a big win. I seriously love how the SEC has one or two big games every week.

8. USC (5-1): Looked horrible against Arizona. A win is a win in the Pac-10, which is probably the second best conference in the country this year.

9. South Florida (6-0): Nothing like playing Florida Atlantic and Central Florida back-to-back. They are due to lose……soon.

10. West Virginia (5-1): Coming off a bye week and playing a tough SEC team in Mississippi State team that has been playing all the big teams tough. With Rutgers on the horizon, could be a trap game.

11. South Carolina (6-1): Standing pat after a not so dominating win over North Carolina.

12. Virginia Tech (6-1): The Hokies are starting to play better and have bounced back after getting trounced by LSU in September. The biggie is next Thursday against BC.

13. Kentucky (6-1): Big win over LSU propels them seven spots as the Wildcats make this week’s biggest jump.

14. Tennessee (4-2): The Vols are a bad half against Florida and a few mistakes against Cal away from being undefeated. They are in control of their destiny in the SEC East.

15. Arizona State (7-0): The Sun Devils keep winning, but have USC, UCLA, Cal and Oregon left on the schedule.

16. Hawaii (7-0): Avoided the upset on National Television by coming back to beat San Jose State. Fresno State and Boise State are still hurdles in the WAC.

17. Michigan (5-2): The Wolverines pounded Purdue despite losing Mike Hart after the first half and then losing his backup, Brandon Minor shortly after. Big Blue is still a favorite to win the Big Ten.

18. Auburn (5-2): They keep winning tough SEC road games.

19. Texas (5-2): They weren’t very nice to Iowa State on Saturday.

20. Georgia (5-2): Should have lost to Vandy, but caught some breaks. You need those to win tough conference road games.

21. Missouri (5-1): Mistakes cost them in Norman on Saturday. Big 12 North is still wide open.

22. Illinois (5-2): Tough loss at Iowa, perhaps looking ahead to Michigan. They still have a chance to win the Big Ten.

23. Penn State (5-2): The Nittany Lions' only losses are two Michigan (five points) and Illinois (seven points).

24. Kansas (6-0): They’re 6-0, so why the hell not?

25. Alabama (5-2): Third Saturday in October is a big game as far as the SEC picture goes.