Rankings after Week 8

October 26, 2009

Alabama should have lost. Tennessee beat themselves. Enough said.

Iowa made a huge comeback in the final minute to score a touchdown on the game's last play against Michigan State to go to 8-0 for the time in school history. USC also had a tough game in the Coliseum and survived against Oregon State.

Georgia Tech beat down Virginia 34-9, but are the Yellow Jackets a Top Ten team? They might get into the Top 10 but I don't think so. Their defense, or lack thereof, really hurts them in my opinion, but then again any team that can beat Bud Foster's Virginia Tech defense by only completing one forward pass is something special. Speaking of Virginia Tech, they were idle this week but that didn't lower them in my rankings this time.

Thanks to Alabama blocking Tennessee's game-winning field goal attempt, the only major upset today was Clemson over Miami. A game that I circled on the calendar back in August. Kyle Parker's touchdown pass up the middle to Jacoby Ford in overtime sealed the 40-37 upset of Miami.

I'm currently watching the Fresno State-New Mexico State and Arizona State-Stanford games and keepin an eye on the Boise State-Hawaii game. Boise is the only ranked team still in action but are in full control of Hawaii and it should stay that way so I've prepared my rankings already and you'll notice that I've put Florida back on top.

Games Watched Count: 99.
Next game I'll see will be my 100th. Got my eye on East Carolina at Memphis on Tuesday.

My Top 25
(x) = last weeks ranking
1. Florida (2)
Beat Mississippi State 29-19
Next Game: vs. Georgia
2. TEXAS (3)
Beat Missouri 41-7
Next Game: at Oklahoma State
3. Alabama (1)
Beat Tennessee 12-10
Next Game: Nov. 7 vs. No. 9 LSU
4. USC (4)
Beat Oregon State 42-36
Next Game: at No. 11 Oregon
5. Boise State (5)
Beat Hawaii 54-9
Next Game: vs. San Jose State
6. Cincinnati (6)
Beat Louisville 41-10
Next Game: at Syracuse
7. TCU (7)
Beat No. 16 BYU 38-7
Next Game: vs. UNLV
8. Iowa (9)
Beat Michigan State 15-13
Next Game: vs. Indiana
9. LSU (10)
Beat Auburn 31-10
Next Game: vs. Tulane
10. Oregon (11)
Beat Washington 45-19
Next Game: vs. USC
11. Georgia Tech (13)
Beat Virginia 34-9
Next Game: at Vanderbilt
12. Virginia Tech (12)
Did not have a game
Next Game: Thursday, Oct. 29 vs. North Carolina
13. Penn State (14)
Beat Michigan 35-10
Next Game: at Northwestern
14. Oklahoma State (16)
Beat Baylor 34-7
Next Game: vs. Texas
15. Ohio State (15)
Beat Minnesota 38-7
Next Game: vs. New Mexico State
16. Houston (20)
Beat SMU 38-15
Next Game: vs. Southern Miss
17. Miami (8)
Lost 40-37 to Clemson in overtime
Next Game: at Wake Forest
18. Oklahoma (18)
Beat No. 25 Kansas 35-13
Next Game: vs. Kansas State
19. Pittsburgh (21)
Beat South Florida 41-14
Next Game: Nov. 7 vs. Syracuse
20. Utah (19)
Beat Air Force 23-16 in overtime
Next Game: vs. Wyoming
21. West Virginia (22)
Beat UConn 28-24
Next Game: Friday Oct. 30 vs. South Florida
22. California (NR)
Beat Washington State 49-17
Next Game: at Arizona State
23. Arizona (NR)
Beat UCLA 27-13
Next Game: Nov. 7 vs. Washington State
24. Ole Miss (NR)
Beat Arkansas 30-17
Next Game: at Auburn
25. Texas Tech (23)
Beat Texas A&M 52-30
Next Game: vs. Kansas
Dropped from the Rankings:
Brigham Young (17)
Kansas (24)
Central Michigan (25)
On the bubble:
South Carolina, Central Michigan, BYU, Kansas, Clemson, Notre Dame