1. Ohio State Buckeyes - The Buckeyes put a whipping on Michigan State fully entrenching the Spartans as a horrible team whose coach should be fired at the end of the season. While some may question Penn St. as a quality win, the Nittany Lions are 4-0 this season against teams not ranked in the top 5. So they're not that bad. The Buckeyes will roll to the battle with the Wolverines as they don't even have the Badgers of Wisconsin on their Big 10 schedule this season. Quality Wins: Penn St., @Texas, @Iowa
2. Michigan Wolverines - A victory in Happy Valley without your most dynamic offensive weapon further proves the Wolverines are for real this season, now they go up against their last test of the season before the Buckeyes at home versus a realing Iowa Hawkeye squad. Who knew that the battle in the Horshoe come November could be as big as the National Championship game. In addition I firmly believe that when the Big 10 is wrapped up Wisconsin will be the #3 team in the conference.Quality Wins: Wisconsin, @ND
3. Southern Cal Trojans - The Trojans keep on winning but they look less impressive every week. Arizona St. has now established themselves as the Michigan St. of the west. Quality Wins: Nebraska, @Arkansas
4. Florida Gators - Arranging these 3 SEC teams in any order is a very difficult task, but I still narrowly place Florida ahead of both Tennessee and Auburn. The Auburn score is skewed due to the last second fumble for a TD and the win in Rocky Top is the best win of any of the clubs. Quality Wins: @Rocky Top, Alabama, LSU
5. Tennessee Volunteers - Tennessee moves down in the rankings not due to their bye but due to Georgia's loss at home to Vandy. While I still love the beatdown they gave to Georgia and even more the beatdown to Cal, you can't disregard that one of the wins that you see as big came against a team that also lost to Vandy. Quality Wins: Cal, @UGA
6. Auburn Tigers - What a bounce back win for the Tigers of Auburn. They are behind the Vols and Gators due to what I still perceive as a bad loss at home against Arkansas. You can't say anything bad about UT's loss or the Gators loss in Auburn, but to get smoked by Arkansas at home is not acceptable. Still they have 3 very very good SEC wins. Quality Wins: LSU, @South Carolina, Florida Bad Loss: Arkansas
7. Louisville Cardinals - Alright Miami is not good, I dropped Louisville down a few spots because I don't believe in the U any more and K State lost to Baylor and the Nebraska.Quality Wins: @K State, Miami
8. Arkansas Razorbacks: Razorbacks scheduled a nice cupcake in the middle of their SEC schedule, that was a bright idea. Arkansas still has clashes with LSU and UT to prove whether or not they are for real. Quality Wins: Alabama, @Auburn Bad Loss: USC
9. California Golden Bears - Cal is crunching teams now and easily look the most impressive of any Pac 10 team from week to week if only you could erase the Rocky Top victory from your memory. Without that Cal's pushing towards the top.Quality Wins: Oregon Bad Loss: Rocky Top
10. Notre Dame Fighting Irish- Lots of Bye weeks for the top teams, ND will sit towards the low end of the power rankings unless teams above it suffer bad losses until their clash with USC. Quality Wins: Penn St., @GaTechBad Loss: Michigan
11. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets- Moves down one spot because Auburn definately deserves to move up in the rankings. And GaTech had a bye before their big clash with Clemson. Quality Wins: @VaTech
Dropped Out: Nobody
Bubble Teams: Clemson, BC, Rutgers
Past Power Rankings: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Notes
~Coker should be fired this afternoon, no reason to wait. His program is highly diminished in results and he has obviously no control over his team when even his Senior Defensive Captain Merriweather is capable of running out onto the field and stomping on people with his cleats. Sorry Larry nice guy, but the U needs someone new.
~VaTech needs to recruit a QB and some offensive weapons, getting shutdown by BC is completely unacceptable.
~Poor Adrian Peterson stumbling for a meaningless touchdown in the last quarter and breaking his collar bone. His college career should be over as the Sooners won't be a National Title contender next season and he will be a top 5 pick. Enjoy the NFL.
~Texas' title hopes got worse with the Missouri loss as now they won't even have that showdown to circle as an upper tier victory.
~Wow Georgia needs a QB.
~Garrett Wolfe ran for 25 yards this week, goodbye Heisman.
~I maintain that Iowa and Ferentz are incredibly overrated and the loss to Indiana further establishes this, now I just need them to get drubbed by the Wolverines.
~Mark Reicht you know you played Vandy this week right, Vandy? And you lost? What happenned to you? You used to only lose to good teams.
2. Michigan Wolverines - A victory in Happy Valley without your most dynamic offensive weapon further proves the Wolverines are for real this season, now they go up against their last test of the season before the Buckeyes at home versus a realing Iowa Hawkeye squad. Who knew that the battle in the Horshoe come November could be as big as the National Championship game. In addition I firmly believe that when the Big 10 is wrapped up Wisconsin will be the #3 team in the conference.Quality Wins: Wisconsin, @ND
3. Southern Cal Trojans - The Trojans keep on winning but they look less impressive every week. Arizona St. has now established themselves as the Michigan St. of the west. Quality Wins: Nebraska, @Arkansas
4. Florida Gators - Arranging these 3 SEC teams in any order is a very difficult task, but I still narrowly place Florida ahead of both Tennessee and Auburn. The Auburn score is skewed due to the last second fumble for a TD and the win in Rocky Top is the best win of any of the clubs. Quality Wins: @Rocky Top, Alabama, LSU
5. Tennessee Volunteers - Tennessee moves down in the rankings not due to their bye but due to Georgia's loss at home to Vandy. While I still love the beatdown they gave to Georgia and even more the beatdown to Cal, you can't disregard that one of the wins that you see as big came against a team that also lost to Vandy. Quality Wins: Cal, @UGA
6. Auburn Tigers - What a bounce back win for the Tigers of Auburn. They are behind the Vols and Gators due to what I still perceive as a bad loss at home against Arkansas. You can't say anything bad about UT's loss or the Gators loss in Auburn, but to get smoked by Arkansas at home is not acceptable. Still they have 3 very very good SEC wins. Quality Wins: LSU, @South Carolina, Florida Bad Loss: Arkansas
7. Louisville Cardinals - Alright Miami is not good, I dropped Louisville down a few spots because I don't believe in the U any more and K State lost to Baylor and the Nebraska.Quality Wins: @K State, Miami
8. Arkansas Razorbacks: Razorbacks scheduled a nice cupcake in the middle of their SEC schedule, that was a bright idea. Arkansas still has clashes with LSU and UT to prove whether or not they are for real. Quality Wins: Alabama, @Auburn Bad Loss: USC
9. California Golden Bears - Cal is crunching teams now and easily look the most impressive of any Pac 10 team from week to week if only you could erase the Rocky Top victory from your memory. Without that Cal's pushing towards the top.Quality Wins: Oregon Bad Loss: Rocky Top
10. Notre Dame Fighting Irish- Lots of Bye weeks for the top teams, ND will sit towards the low end of the power rankings unless teams above it suffer bad losses until their clash with USC. Quality Wins: Penn St., @GaTechBad Loss: Michigan
11. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets- Moves down one spot because Auburn definately deserves to move up in the rankings. And GaTech had a bye before their big clash with Clemson. Quality Wins: @VaTech
Dropped Out: Nobody
Bubble Teams: Clemson, BC, Rutgers
Past Power Rankings: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Notes
~Coker should be fired this afternoon, no reason to wait. His program is highly diminished in results and he has obviously no control over his team when even his Senior Defensive Captain Merriweather is capable of running out onto the field and stomping on people with his cleats. Sorry Larry nice guy, but the U needs someone new.
~VaTech needs to recruit a QB and some offensive weapons, getting shutdown by BC is completely unacceptable.
~Poor Adrian Peterson stumbling for a meaningless touchdown in the last quarter and breaking his collar bone. His college career should be over as the Sooners won't be a National Title contender next season and he will be a top 5 pick. Enjoy the NFL.
~Texas' title hopes got worse with the Missouri loss as now they won't even have that showdown to circle as an upper tier victory.
~Wow Georgia needs a QB.
~Garrett Wolfe ran for 25 yards this week, goodbye Heisman.
~I maintain that Iowa and Ferentz are incredibly overrated and the loss to Indiana further establishes this, now I just need them to get drubbed by the Wolverines.
~Mark Reicht you know you played Vandy this week right, Vandy? And you lost? What happenned to you? You used to only lose to good teams.
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