Remember this is all about Quality Wins and Bad Losses so if you lose to a top ranked team its not going to kill you, if you lose to Colorado or App St. it will.
1. South Florida - I was inches away from putting South Florida at number 2 but decided that the difference between the South Carolina victory at home for LSU and the victory at Auburn for USF was smaller than the gap of the WVU to VaTech w/Glennon. And thus for a single week South Florida a team who didn't have a program very long ago now sits on the top of my little poll. Quality Wins: @Auburn, West Virginia
2. Louisiana State - Dropped for one week because they played a shit squad and South Florida beat a National Title contender. LSU will regain the spot if they go out and defeat Florida however, and if they do that they will firmly plant themselves as the #1 team in the country. Quality Wins: VaTech, South Carolina
3. California - A nice little comeback victory for the Bears at Oregon. Cal has to continue to keep focus and watch for trap games before their showdown with USC for the Pac 10 crown. Quality Wins: Tennessee, @Oregon
4. Kentucky - Sittin pretty this weekend while everyone else got knocked off. Playing Florida Atlantic will do that for you. Quality Wins: Louisville, @Arkansas
5. Southern Cal - Southern Cal sucked this weekend and is lucky they came away with a victory, but again this isn't a style points ranking. The Trojans victory at Nebraska was a good one and they soon will tally up some more big wins. Quality Wins: @Nebraska
6. Oregon - Losing at home to Cal certainly sucks, if they had won that they would be #1. But there isn't much shame in losing to one of the best teams in the country. Quality Wins: Houston, @Michigan
7. Wisconsin - I'm not quite sure if Michigan St. is really going to be a quality win for much longer but they were an undefeated team and too many squads had a bad loss this weekend and needed to get shipped out of the top 11. Quality Wins: Michigan St.
8. Kansas St. - If Florida can lose to Auburn at home than losing to Auburn on the road is not as miserable and a victory at Texas is certainly bigger than a win at home against Tennessee so the Wildcats leap frog the Gators into the rankings.Quality Wins: @Texas
9. South Carolina - Nothing like playing Mississippi St. on the weekend for a nice way to recoup from playing against the Purple Tigers the prior weekend. The Gamecocks and the Ole Ball Coach have to be thrilled with the Gators loss as the SEC East is a big crap shoot. Quality Wins: @UGA
10. Clemson - I debated whether or not to count a loss to Georgia Tech on the road as a bad loss. It's very debatable considering Tech did lose to UVA the week prior. For this week I'm giving Clemson the benefit of the doubt and will say that if Tech loses a couple more games than we'll throw it in that column. Quality Wins: FSU
11. Arizona St. - The Sun Devils maintain their spot at 11 despite some shakeups in the rankings. The Beaver win needed to be pulled from the quality column while the Buffalo win can be added. Quality Wins: Colorado
Dropped Out: Florida losing at home to Auburn who previously lost to Miss St. is a bad loss, Oklahoma losing to Colorado is a miserable loss and certainly cancels out the Miami win, Georgia really to no fault of their own Bama's loss just diminishes that win quality
Previous Weeks: 1, 2, 3, 4
1. South Florida - I was inches away from putting South Florida at number 2 but decided that the difference between the South Carolina victory at home for LSU and the victory at Auburn for USF was smaller than the gap of the WVU to VaTech w/Glennon. And thus for a single week South Florida a team who didn't have a program very long ago now sits on the top of my little poll. Quality Wins: @Auburn, West Virginia 2. Louisiana State - Dropped for one week because they played a shit squad and South Florida beat a National Title contender. LSU will regain the spot if they go out and defeat Florida however, and if they do that they will firmly plant themselves as the #1 team in the country. Quality Wins: VaTech, South Carolina
3. California - A nice little comeback victory for the Bears at Oregon. Cal has to continue to keep focus and watch for trap games before their showdown with USC for the Pac 10 crown. Quality Wins: Tennessee, @Oregon
4. Kentucky - Sittin pretty this weekend while everyone else got knocked off. Playing Florida Atlantic will do that for you. Quality Wins: Louisville, @Arkansas
5. Southern Cal - Southern Cal sucked this weekend and is lucky they came away with a victory, but again this isn't a style points ranking. The Trojans victory at Nebraska was a good one and they soon will tally up some more big wins. Quality Wins: @Nebraska
6. Oregon - Losing at home to Cal certainly sucks, if they had won that they would be #1. But there isn't much shame in losing to one of the best teams in the country. Quality Wins: Houston, @Michigan 7. Wisconsin - I'm not quite sure if Michigan St. is really going to be a quality win for much longer but they were an undefeated team and too many squads had a bad loss this weekend and needed to get shipped out of the top 11. Quality Wins: Michigan St.
8. Kansas St. - If Florida can lose to Auburn at home than losing to Auburn on the road is not as miserable and a victory at Texas is certainly bigger than a win at home against Tennessee so the Wildcats leap frog the Gators into the rankings.Quality Wins: @Texas
9. South Carolina - Nothing like playing Mississippi St. on the weekend for a nice way to recoup from playing against the Purple Tigers the prior weekend. The Gamecocks and the Ole Ball Coach have to be thrilled with the Gators loss as the SEC East is a big crap shoot. Quality Wins: @UGA
10. Clemson - I debated whether or not to count a loss to Georgia Tech on the road as a bad loss. It's very debatable considering Tech did lose to UVA the week prior. For this week I'm giving Clemson the benefit of the doubt and will say that if Tech loses a couple more games than we'll throw it in that column. Quality Wins: FSU
11. Arizona St. - The Sun Devils maintain their spot at 11 despite some shakeups in the rankings. The Beaver win needed to be pulled from the quality column while the Buffalo win can be added. Quality Wins: Colorado
Dropped Out: Florida losing at home to Auburn who previously lost to Miss St. is a bad loss, Oklahoma losing to Colorado is a miserable loss and certainly cancels out the Miami win, Georgia really to no fault of their own Bama's loss just diminishes that win quality
Previous Weeks: 1, 2, 3, 4
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