With the short week and probably a decent amount of news coming quickly, I figured to get this done a little earlier than usual. Here was my ballot from last week. 2 of the 3 teams I had on “stand-by” went down so it was a little weird at the bottom. It finally happened. The made the list. I’m truly terrified.
- Southern Cal — Win, win, win…
- Texas — 1st half flat, 2nd half blowout. I didn’t ding USC when they did it, I won’t do it to the Longhorns
- Virginia Tech — Other than the style I’d say BC = Tx Tech
- Alabama — A bye week in all but name with Utah State
- Miami — This is starting to feel very shaky
- Notre Dame — DNP
- UCLA — I was almost certain that Walt Harris had found his VT-bitch in the PAC 10 until that comeback
- Louisiana State — See ‘Bama and just substitute North Texas
- Florida State — Almost lost doesn’t count
- Ohio State — Disappointing from the defense
- Penn State — Struggled more than expected at home against a bad Purdue team
- Wisconsin — Can Calhoun run on Penn State?
- West Virginia — DNP
- Florida — Defense, defense…
- Georgia — At the start of the season Shockley was the big question for Georgia, now he’s the answer
- Auburn — Shame they haven’t actually beaten anyone
- Texas Tech — Looked like something of a hangover game against Baylor
- Boston College — Probably a top-20 or -25 team. Definitely not top-15
- TCU — Struggled
- Michigan — The only team that makes less sense is Tennessee. That’s not a compliment.
- Fresno State —
- Oregon — Nearly gave it all away
- Colorado — Nice lack of effort
- Georgia Tech — Probably the kiss of death to actually rank them
- Rutgers — I keep looking for a lightning bolt
Out: Stanford, Northwestern
In: Rutgers, Georgia Tech
Games seen in whole or part: OSU-Minn., Purdue-PSU, Clemson-GT, BC-VT, Fla-Ga, Mich-N’Western; Tx-OkSt., Toledo-Central Michigan
