(teams that won crossed out, teams with impressive wins in green, teams with less than impressive wins in red)
update: actual rankings in parentheses, I was within one spot for 29/31 teams in the easiest week to predict yet
| Previous | Projected | My Rankings | |||||
| 1. | Alabama | 1. | Alabama (2) | 1. | Alabama | ||
| 2. | Florida | 2. | Florida (1) | 2. | Florida | ||
| 3. | Texas | 3. | Texas (3) | 3. | Texas | ||
| 4. | USC | 4. | USC (4) | 4. | Cincy | ||
| 5. | Cincy | 5. | Cincy (5) | 5. | USC | ||
| 6. | Boise St. | 6. | Boise St. (6) | 6. | Iowa | ||
| 7. | Iowa | 7. | Iowa (7) | 7. | TCU | ||
| 8. | 8. | LSU (9) | 8. | Penn St. | |||
| 9. | LSU | 9. | TCU (8) | 9. | GA Tech | ||
| 10. | TCU | 10. | GA Tech (11) | 10. | Boise St. | ||
| 11. | GA Tech | 11. | Oregon (10) | 11. | Houston | ||
| 12. | Oregon | 12. | Penn St. (12) | 12. | Okla St. | ||
| 13. | Penn St. | 13. | Okla St. (13) | 13. | Oregon | ||
| 14. | OK St. | 14. | VaTech (14) | 14. | VaTech | ||
| 15. | VaTech | 15. | Houston (15) | 15. | LSU | ||
| 16. | 16. | Ohio St. (17) | 16. | Pitt | |||
| 17. | Houston | 17. | Miami (18) | 17. | Ohio St. | ||
| 18. | Ohio St. | 18. | Pitt (16) | 18. | Oklahoma | ||
| 19. | Utah | 19. | Utah (19) | 19. | W. Virginia | ||
| 20. | Pitt | 20. | W. Virginia (20) | 20. | Miami | ||
| 21. | 21. | S. Carolina (21) | 21. | Notre Dame | |||
| 22. | West Virginia | 22. | BYU (26) | 22. | S. Carolina | ||
| 23. | S. Carolina | 23. | Oklahoma (22) | 23. | Ole Miss | ||
| 24. | 24. | Notre Dame (25) | 24. | Arizona | |||
| 25. | Oklahoma | 25. | Ole Miss (24) | 25. | Cal | ||
| 26. | Notre Dame | 26. | Arizona (23) | 26. | Wisconsin | ||
| 27. | Ole Miss | 27. | C. Michigan (27) | ||||
| 28. | 28. | Cal (28) | |||||
| 29. | 29. | Wisconsin (30) | |||||
| 30. | 30. | Navy (31) | |||||
| 31. | C. Michigan | 31. | Kansas (32) | ||||
| 32. | Cal | ||||||
| 33. | Arizona | ||||||
games between top 25 teams next week:
Texas at Oklahoma St.
USC at Oregon
Other losable games for top 25 teams:
Georgia at Florida
Indiana at Iowa
Miami at Wake Forest
Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt
UNC at VaTech
West Virgina at S. Florida
South Carolina at Tennessee
Other Random Thoughts
-Not only does it look like the refs blew the call on Florida's fumble at the goal line, they also failed to call the most obvious excessive celebration of the season. After all the flags they've thrown this season for people calling attention to themselves, I don't know how they missed somebody high-stepping into the endzone. I don't for a second believe there's any sort of conspiracy, but you have to believe that Florida's luck with the officials has to run out at some point.
-Worst coaching decision of the day goes to Lane Kiffin for failing to try and move closer for the game winning field goal. His team had 1st and 10 with about 41 seconds left in position to kick a 44 yard field goal. Despite the fact that his kicker had already had a 43 yarder blocked after kicking it too low and missed a 47 yarder short, Kiffin decided to play it safe. They ran toward the middle of the field for no gain, let the clock run down to 4 seconds, spiked the ball, and then attempted the kick. Not surprisingly, it was blocked after it was kicked too low. When you're playing the #1 team on the road, you have to take some risks if you want to win the game.
-TCU deserves to skip over some teams above them after their performance, but I'm somewhat skeptical that they will. Does anybody see LSU getting jumped after their best victory of the year? It's possible that Iowa could fall after once again barely eking out victory against an inferior opponent. They probably should jump Boise State, but I don't see that happening either.
-Hardest team to predict this week: BYU. With two losses and a win over Oklahoma, they have a pretty good case for staying above the Sooners, but with the way they've been shellacked by FSU and TCU since that opening victory, I have to believe at least a few people will simply drop them from their top 25.
-I've previously picked Kansas, Missouri, LSU, Oregon, and Boise St. as overrated. I was right on the first two. LSU had its best victory, but that's not really saying much. Oregon is starting to make a believer out of me, but they really weren't that good the first few weeks of the season regardless of how well they play at the end. And nobody knows how good Boise State really is.
-Last week I picked Oklahoma, VaTech, Penn State, and Texas Tech to finish higher in the polls than they were at the time. I guess three out of four ain't bad.
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