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Top-30 College Football Rankings
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Leprechaun Express,
annotated - Oct. 11
... Texas stays at #1 ... Fighting Irish stay at #5 ... five Notre Dame opponents in top-30 ... also lists other unofficial opinion polls, such as the AP, Coaches' Poll, and BCS Harris Poll ... Notre Dame once again in top-25 of both BCS polls and AP
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#1 Texas Longhorns (5-0)
Previous: #1
Last week: Texas 38 - Colorado 14
This week: Oklahoma
Longhorns continue to roll ...
#2 Boise State Broncos (5-0)
Previous: #2
Last week: did not play
This week: Tulsa
Broncos went into bye week undefeated ...
#3 Iowa Hawkeyes (6-0)
Previous: #7
Last week: Iowa 30 - Michigan 28
This week: Wisconsin
Iowa comes off its big win at Penn State and wins a prime-time thriller against Michigan ... next up, a previously undefeated Wisconsin team smarting from a Badger loss to Ohio State ...
#4 Alabama Crimson Tide (6-0)
Previous: #3
Last week: Alabama 22 - Ole Miss 3
This week: South Carolina
Tide rolls over Ole Miss, comes up against surprisingly tough South Carolina ... SEC continues to benefit from inflated rankings, but South Carolina makes the schedule a little tougher than had been anticipated ...
#5 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH (4-1)
Previous: #5
Last week: did not play
This week: Southern Cal
... resurgent Fighting Irish continue path to BCS bowl and possible national championship run by preparing for show-down with Southern Cal, the greatest rivalry in college football ...
#6 SOUTHERN CAL TROJANS (4-1)
Previous: #18
Last week: did not play
This week: Notre Dame
Top program in college football readies for most storied rivalry in college football ...
#7 Cincinnati Bearcats (5-0)
Previous: #8
Last week: did not play
This week: South Florida
... impressive Bearcats took undefeated record into bye week ... show-down this week with undefeated South Florida ...
#8 South Florida Bulls (5-0)
Previous: #11
Last week: did not play
This week: Cincinnati
Impressive Bulls took undefeated record into bye week ... show-down this week with undefeated Cincinnati ...
#9 TCU Horned Frogs (5-0)
Previous: #12
Last week: TCU 20 - U.S. Air Force Academy 17
This week: Colorado State
Undefeated TCU continues to roll ...
#10 Kansas (5-0)
Previous: #15
Last week: Kansas 41 - Iowa State 36
This week: Colorado
undefeated Jayhawks impressive in win over Cyclones ...
#11 Ohio State Buckeyes (5-1)
Previous: #17
Last week: Ohio State 31 - Wisconsin 13
This week: Purdue
... Buckeyes win big over good Wisconsin team, starting to redeem themselves for that early loss to Southern Cal at home ...
#12 Florida Gators (5-0)
Previous: #6
Last week: Florida 13 - LSU 3
This week: Arkansas
... technically undefeated against their padded schedule, Florida looked decidedly lack-luster in low-scoring win over LSU ... Tigers have one of the weakest defenses in the FBS/Div. I-A ... Florida, perhaps the most overrated team in college football, has deliberately padded its schedule, with a lot of help from the SEC ... does not play a single team from outside the south ... does not play a single ranked nonconference opponent, among which have been Charleston Southern and Troy State ... LSU was the only highly-ranked opponent on the conference slate, and on the field looked like a team that did not belong in the top-20 ... Florida's only other ranked opponent, South Carolina, was not expected to be ranked heading into the season ... towards the end of this anemic game, why was the doe-eyed Urban Meyer -- who has flower bouquets handed out to football players on senior day -- pressing his face and/or head against Tim Tebow's facemask and helmet? ... weird times in Gainesville ...
#13 Oregon Ducks (5-1)
Previous: #22
Last week: Oregon 24 - UCLA 10
This week: do not play
Oregon, who lost a close one early on to Boise State, wins impressively over good UCLA team that defeated SEC's Tennessee ...
#14 Utah Utes (4-1)
Previous: #25
Last week: Utah 24 - Colorado State 7
This week: UNLV
Utah de facto defending national champions, lost close one earlier to Oregon during a rebuilding year, back in the fray as a dark horse for a major bowl and the national title race ...
#15 Virginia Tech Hokies (5-1)
Previous: #20
Last week: Virginia Tech 48 - Boston College 14
This week: Georgia Tech
Hokies rout good Boston College team ... show-down looms with Georgia Tech
#16 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (4-1)
Previous: #19
Last week: Miami (Fla.) 48 - Florida A&M 16
This week: Central Florida
Hurricanes have alternated a few big wins — including grudge-match redemption over Georgia Tech — with a padded schedule ... like pumpkin pie after turkey, with Florida A&M now under their belts, the padding continues with Central Florida ... against this back-drop, Georgia Tech leap-frogs the Hurricanes if the Ramblin' Wreck beats Virginia Tech ...
#17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-1)
Previous: #23
Last week: Georgia Tech 49 - Florida State 44
This week: Virginia Tech
Yellow Jackets offense firing on all cylinders on the road in Tallahassee ... if Georgia Tech beats Virginia Tech, let's see if the politicized AP and BCS-component polls are as willing to give a one-loss Georgia Tech an inflated top-5 ranking as they have been with Virginia Tech ...
#18 BYU Cougars (5-1)
Previous: #24
Last week: BYU 59 - UNLV 21
Next week: San Diego State
Cougars roll in blow-out ... although Notre Dame-opponent Nevada had a bigger win over UNLV the previous week ...
#19 PITTSBURGH PANTHERS (5-1)
Previous: unranked
Last week: Pitt 24 - Connecticut 21
This week: Rutgers
Pitt tops good UCONN team, Wannstedt building solid record and making run at suddenly intense Big East race ... this week's opponent Rutgers is 4-1, back in the rankings of they upset Pitt ... Notre Dame faces Pitt on the road in a few weeks ...
#20 West Virginia Mountaineers (4-1)
Previous: unranked
Last week: West Virginia 34 - Syracuse 14
This week: Marshall
Mountaineers in the fray for suddenly high-powered Big East race ... taking on resurgent Marshall, now of Conference USA ...
#21 Houston Cougars (4-1)
Previous: #29
Last week: Houston 31 - Mississippi State 24
This week: Tulane
Houston continues building solid record ... but still needs first win in Conference USA, which the Cougars hope to get against Tulane ...
#22 South Carolina Gamecocks (5-1)
Previous: #27
Last week: South Carolina 28 - Kentucky 26
This week: Alabama
Spurrier finally has the Gamecocks getting some more wins ... politicized AP and BCS-component polls continued giving the SEC-anointed inflated rankings even after Alabama was blown out in the Sugar Bowl by last year's de facto national champion Utah ... Saban's progress on the Tide's rebuilding curve will get more of a test from conference foe South Carolina than might have been anticipated ... this game could shake up the rankings and upset the media politicos who wanted to treat the title game of the somewhat mediocre SEC as a national semifinal ...
#23 Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-1)
Previous: #26
Last week: Oklahoma State 36 - Texas A&M 31
This week: Missouri
Cowboys building solid record after getting beaten by Houston early on ...
#24 Central Michigan Chippewas (5-1)
Previous: unranked
Last week: Central Michigan 56 - Eastern Michigan 8
This week: do not play
MAC's Chippewas build on earlier win over Michigan State with blow-out, improve to 5-1 ...
#25 Penn State Nittany Lions (5-1)
Previous: #28
Last week: Penn State 52 - Eastern Illinois 3
This week: Minnesota
... Joe Paterno continues to roll through a relatively easy schedule with a win over the Eastern Illinois Panthers, an FCS/Div. I-AA team in the same conference as Austin-Peay, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, and Tennessee-Martin ... Nittany Lions could have looked good cruising through their slate if they had remained undefeated, but now, with a loss, lack a lot of opportunities to improve their position ... this week's foe, Minnesota, is nevertheless solid at 4-2 and could pose some difficulties ...
#26 MICHIGAN (4-2)
Previous: #20
Last week: LOST: Iowa 30 - Michigan 28
This week: Delaware State
... two-freshman-quarterback Michigan loses close one on the road to undefeated Iowa in prime-time thriller ... Wolverines, who never played an FCS-Div. I-AA opponent prior to getting beaten by Appalachian State a few years ago, look to rebound against the Hornets of Delaware State ... the 1-2 Hornets, coming off a win over Hampton, nevertheless already have lost to Delaware, which has uniforms almost identical to Michigan's, including the helmets ... this poll might go ahead and drop Michigan in the rankings next week even if they win, just for being gutless enough to schedule this game ... meanwhile, Notre Dame plays Southern Cal ...
#27 Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-1)
Previous: #21
Last week: Nebraska 27 - Missouri 12
This week: Texas Tech
Cornhuskers looked bad in the rain, perhaps at least decent when it started lifting a bit ... Texas Tech, getting back into 60-point form, could knock Nebraska back out of the rankings ...
#28 (tie) Oregon State (4-2)
Last week: unranked
Last week: Oregon State 38 - Stanford 28
This week: do not play
Beavers playing selves back into the mix ...
#28 (tie) LSU Tigers (5-1)
Previous: #4
Last week: LOST: Florida 13 - LSU 3
This week: do not play
Tigers looked lack-luster at home hosting similarly lack-luster Gators ...
#30 (tie) STANFORD CARDINAL (4-2)
Previous: #16
Last week: LOST: Oregon State 38 - Stanford 28
This week: Arizona
Resurgent Stanford comes up short against resurgent Beavers ... catches Arizona after their close loss to Washington ...
#30 (tie) WASHINGTON HUSKIES (3-3)
Last week: #14
Last week: Washington 36 - Arizona 33
This week: Arizona State
Washington, who beat Southern Cal a few weeks ago, comes off tough overtime game-of-the year loss at Notre Dame ... banged-up Huskies pull out gutsy come-back win over good Arizona team ... watch for dangerous Washington to be dark horse for PAC-10 title ....
#30 (tie) Oklahoma Sooners (3-2)
Previous: unranked
Last week: Oklahoma 33 - Baylor 7
This week: Texas
3-2 Sooners have solid win over 3-2 Baylor ... other unofficial opinion polls had Oklahoma in the top-20 when the Sooners were 2-2, i.e., struggling to stay at .500, which was absolutely ridiculous ... face tough test against Texas, apparently with little depth at quarterback ...
#30 (tie) Wisconsin Badgers (5-1)
Previous: #11
Last week: LOST: Ohio State 31 - Wisconsin 13
This week: Iowa
Badgers have had a respectable year, but serve as grist for Ohio State's return to grace ... Wisconsin now has to face an undefeated Iowa team on a mission ...
unranked - Auburn Tigers (5-1)
Previous: #13
Last week: LOST: Arkansas 44 - Auburn 17
This week: Kentucky
Auburn blown out by 3-2 Razorbacks ... now facing Kentucky team playing better than their record ...
unranked - Missouri Tigers (4-1)
Last week: #14
Last week: LOST: Nebraska 27 - Missouri 12
This week: Oklahoma State
Missouri looked somewhat decent in the rain, somewhat bad when it started lightening up ...
unranked - Mississippi Rebels (3-2)
Previous: #30
Last week: LOST: Alabama 22 - Mississippi 3
This week: Alabama-Birmingham
Rebels lose mini-rout to Crimson Tide ...
unranked - University of California-Los Angeles (3-2)
Previous: #30
Last week: LOST: Oregon 24 - UCLA 10
This week: University of California-Berkeley
UCLA beat Tennessee earlier in the season, comes up short to high-powered Oregon, still regaining a solid footing with a winning record ... next up, intra-U-C system battle ... perhaps the winner should play UC-Davis ...
Some other unofficial college football polls ...
AP College Football Poll
1 Florida 5-0
2 Alabama 6-0
3 Texas 5-0
4 Virginia Tech 5-1
5 Boise State 5-0
6 USC 4-1
7 Ohio State 5-1
8 Cincinnati 5-0
9 Miami (FL) 4-1
10 LSU 5-1
11 Iowa 6-0
12 TCU 5-0
13 Oregon 5-1
14 Penn State 5-1
15 Nebraska 4-1
16 Oklahoma State 4-1
17 Kansas 5-0
18 Brigham Young 5-1
19 Georgia Tech 5-1
20 Oklahoma 3-2
21 South Florida 5-0
22 South Carolina 5-1
23 Houston 4-1
24 Utah 4-1
25 Notre Dame 4-1
Coaches' Poll (current host: USA Today; "BCS" component)
1 Florida 5-0
2 Texas 5-0
3 Alabama 6-0
4 Virginia Tech 5-1
5 USC 4-1
6 Boise State 5-0
7 Ohio State 5-1
8 TCU 5-0
9 Cincinnati 5-0
10 LSU 5-1
11 Miami (FL) 4-1
12 Iowa 6-0
13 Penn State 5-1
14 Oklahoma State 4-1
15 Kansas 5-0
16 Oregon 5-1
17 Nebraska 4-1
18 Oklahoma 3-2
19 Brigham Young 5-1
20 Georgia Tech 5-1
21 South Florida 5-0
22 South Carolina 5-1
23 Houston 4-1
24 Missouri 4-1
25 Notre Dame 4-1
Harris Poll (ad hoc "BCS" component)
1 Florida 5-0
2 Alabama 6-0
3 Texas 5-0
4 Virginia Tech 5-1
5 Boise State 5-0
6 USC 4-1
7 Ohio State 5-1
8 Cincinnati 5-0
9 LSU 5-1
10 TCU 5-0
11 Iowa 6-0
12 Miami (FL) 4-1
13 Penn State 5-1
14 Oregon 5-1
15 Oklahoma State 4-1
16 Kansas 5-0
17 BYU 5-1
18 Oklahoma 3-2
19 Nebraska 4-1
20 Georgia Tech 5-1
21 South Florida 5-0
22 South Carolina 5-1
23 Houston 4-1
24 Auburn 5-1
25 Notre Dame 4-1
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