College Football Top 25

By Matt Smith

One of the few weeks where most things went as they should for the most part.

1. Ohio State (10-0): Jim Tressel said that before the season he circled the Wisconsin game as a big game. Wrong. The Buckeyes have only one big game this year and it’s in two weeks.

2. Oregon (8-1): Oregon is looking more and more impressive and it will be a shame if they win out and don’t reach the title game.

3. LSU (8-1): They are very talented, but they are the luckiest team in major college football. A lot of breaks go their way and they win close games.

4. Oklahoma (8-1): Pounded the Aggies and now the Sooners path to the Big 12 title game has been paved.

5. West Virginia (7-1): The Mountaineers are just lurking under the radar. Nobody is talking about them and they are ready to pounce if anyone slips up.

6. Michigan (8-2): All of a sudden they are 8-2. Take into account what Oregon has done, they look like a team that was upset once and then beaten by a better team.

7. Kansas (9-0): I am becoming more and more convinced that this is a very good team. They still have a lot to prove.

8. Missouri (8-1): The Tigers and Kansas for the right to go to the Big 12 title game? Right now it’s looking like that and nobody would have predicted it.

9. Georgia (7-2): This could have been a trap game for Georgia, coming off a big win against Florida and playing a very good Troy team. The Dawgs didn’t look great, but they got it done.

10. Boston College (8-1): I predicted that the Florida State game was trouble, playing a more athletic team that had a lot to prove.

11. Arizona State (8-1): They are still a very good team, but just not worthy of being in the top ten.

12. Hawaii (8-0): Showdown with Boise State is building.

13. Texas (8-2): Somehow they keep digging deep holes against below average teams and then keep coming back.

14. Florida (6-3): The Gators took their fat aggression out on Vandy.

15. USC (7-2): Good bounce back win against the Beavers as they avenged last year’s loss.

16. Virginia Tech (7-2): They demoralized the Georgia Tech offense.

17. Alabama (6-3): They probably should have won that game with LSU, but the breaks late in the game went LSU’s way.

18. Auburn (7-3): Auburn keeps grinding out wins as the Tigers bounced back nicely from a tough loss to LSU.

19. Connecticut (8-1): The more wins they pile up, the more confident they get and the more dangerous they are.

20. Kentucky (6-3): Can they bounce back against Vandy? Probably.

21. Illinois (7-3): The Illini did what everyone else in the Big Ten has done to Minnesota; pounded the crap out of them.

22. Penn State (7-3): Got by Purdue as the Big Ten teams not named Ohio State and Michigan keep slugging it out for position.

23. Cal (6-3): Nice to see the yellow jersey’s and it’s nice to see the Bears stop the three-game skid.

24. Clemson (7-2): The Tigers have quietly won three straight, after losing two in a row.

25. Boise State (8-1): They deserved to be ranked, losing only to a Pac-10 team. The game against Hawaii is going to be the biggest game the WAC has seen in a while if things stay as they are.