The bottom part of the poll is as big a mess as ever. Wanted to drop some teams (FSU) out completely, but the dearth of other teams more deserving kept them in the rankings. Just not a lot of true top-25 teams this year. I’m also a little embarrassed at some sloppiness on my part in the ballot this week. Inexcusable.
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- Southern California — Ho-hum
- Texas — La la la
- Miami (Florida) — Yawn
- Louisiana State — Pulled another one out, as the talent is there. Still question the coaching
- Notre Dame — No one wants to play ND in the BCS when Charlie Weis has a month to prepare.
- Virginia Tech — DNP
- Alabama — Shakiness finally caught up with them
- Ohio State — Defense, defense, and oh, yeah the offense is now on
- Penn State — DNP
- West Virginia — Hoopies rape
sheepbearcats! - Auburn — First big win of the season at the right time
- South Carolina — Break a losing streak that predates WWII and you too will shoot up the rankings
- Georgia — Shockley back, but defense went MIA
- UCLA — Here’s where things start to get jumbled
- Wisconsin — Okay, I screwed this one up. Plain truth, they were supposed to be out of the poll, but I goofed.
- TCU — But for that SMU loss and they’d be giving Mountain West a legit complaint this season with their own C-USA team
- Michigan — Ohio St. game decides whether the season was somewhat disappointing or firelloydcarr.com disappointing.
- Oregon — Escaping with a win
- Louisville — Everyone is still wondering about the USF loss
- Fresno State — I am the walrus
- Northwestern — Like I said, running out of teams
- Florida — Or else they might have been dropped
- UTEP — And teams like this break through
- Florida State — While teams like this somehow remain
- Oklahoma — And others have clawed back in
Out: Texas Tech, Colorado, GT
In: Oklahoma, UTEP, South Carolina
Games seen in whole or part: Cinci-WVU, RU-L-ville, UConn-Pitt, LSU-Ala
