Thanks to Lee coming back this week to give his top-25. I tweaked and will respond to what I changed below in Lee’s explanation. As always, there is until Wednesday to make changes so make the case in the comments.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Ohio State	—
2	Michigan	—
3	West Virginia	1
4	Florida	4
5	Louisville	1
6	Texas	3
7	Auburn	—
8	Tennessee	3
9	California	1
10	Southern Cal	5
11	Notre Dame	2
12	Arkansas	—
13	Boise State	6
14	Rutgers	1
15	Boston College	1
16	LSU	2
17	Wisconsin	1
18	Oklahoma	3
19	Wake Forest	3
20	Clemson	11
21	Georgia Tech	4
22	Texas A&M	2
23	Washington State	3
24	Virginia Tech	2
25	Oklahoma State	1

1. Ohio State: The offensive line remains weak, and allowed too much penetration against Minnesota. Fortunately, Troy Smith easily outran most of the pressure (we’ll see if he can continue this against the best front seven in college football on November 18th). Beyond that, there are few glaring weaknesses on this team. Explosive offense, aggressive defense, clearly the best team in the country this week.
2. Michigan: Struggled a little against Northwestern, although the weather clearly played a major role in this (as it did for the Ohio State/Penn State outcome). Best defense in college football. The offense seems to be doing just enough to win, and that’s why I have them at #2 this week. But maybe they’re just saving the big offensive explosion up for November 18th.
3. West Virginia: On a bye week, I’ll just reiterate that it was reassuring to see Pat White throw so well against UConn last weekend. If WVU develops a reliable passing game for when defenses throw eight men in the box, look out world. All this being said, the Mountaineers are 2.5-to-1 point underdogs Thursday night. If they crush Louisville while Michigan struggles at home against Ball State, damn straight I’ll move the Mountaineers up to #2.
4. Florida: Looked a little less than overwhelming in edging out Georgia 21-14 in the World’s Largest Source of Jokes About Banning Alcohol. But who else could I put in front of Louisville? Everybody else in the SEC looked even more underwhelming.
5. Louisville: Bye week. The last time I saw them, they weren’t exactly dominating Syracuse. So, I’m picking them to lose at home Thursday night. WVU has too much on offense, especially if White throws well again. Tiny little Papa Johns Stadium won’t offer that much of a homefield advantage (half of it will be Mountaineer fans anyways), and Brian Brohm has been off since he came back. So, yeah, I think the Cardinals will be dropping next week. But, I still think that they’re better than…
6. Texas: Pulled one out of the fire in Lubbock. I know that Tech is tougher than they’re ranked, and I know that Tech always plays the Longhorns tough. But still, a one-loss team has to do better than that against an unranked opponent to stay in the top five.
7. Auburn: Underwhelming win in Oxford. I know that the SEC is allegedly the toughest conference in the country, but come on. This is freakin’ Ole Miss. War Eagle has to grow an offense before they can move ahead of Texas.
8. Tennessee: OK win, when you consider that it was against the Old Ballcoach. Yeah, California has been looking better than Tennessee lately, but I just can’t forget what the Vols did to them in Knoxville earlier this year.
9. California: On a bye week, what still sticks in my mind is the struggle against the admittedly-well-coached-but-still-unranked Huskies. Yeah, Cal has looked better than Tennessee, Auburn, or Texas at times this year. But, once again, I can’t put them ahead of a Vols team that humiliated them.
10. Notre Dame: Beating up Navy impresses nobody, especially after UCLA should have had your season last week. Plus, you’re not going to get any sympathy from me after “60 Minutes” drooled all over you last night (In the national championship race? Quinn is among the Heisman Trophy favorites? Did ANYBODY at CBS bother getting a perspective on ND from outside of South Bend!?). Incidentally, I’m the last guy that can complain about language. But being from New Jersey is no excuse for shouting that crap on the sidelines when you’re representing one of the most visible symbols of Catholicism in America. I can’t believe that I’m about to say this, but clean it up… now I’m going to Hypocrisy Hell for sure… [Get a grip, Lee.]
11. USC: You suck. You’ve sucked ever since that Arkansas game. Your demise has been imminent for weeks now. Thank God somebody finally put this lame horse out of its misery. I love that this screws Notre Dame’s strength-of-schedule too. [I’m willing to keep them above ND at this point.]
12. Arkansas: Yawner against Louisiana-Monroe (and somebody’s gonna have to explain the Louisiana state higher educational system to me sometime… are ULL and ULM just branch campuses of LSU?). Think that they’d lose to USC again?
13. Rutgers: Underwhelming against Connecticut, who just put eight men in the box and ran all over the Knights. WVU and Louisville are both way better than Rutgers. [Which is why I couldn’t put them this high.]
14. Boise State: Suddenly, that dominating win over Oregon State back on September 7th is starting to look impressive all of the sudden… The computers will LOVE the Broncos now. [Funny thing, Boise State winning out may really mess with the ACC thanks to one of several BCS “Big East” rules (I’ll have more about that later).]
15. Wisconsin: Go ahead and accuse me of having a Big Ten bias again, Chas (while everybody around here accuses me of having a Big East bias – which, hey, I won’t dispute). But the Badgers just keep on winning with a physical offensive line and power running game – the way they have ever since Barry Alverez left South Bend. Yeah, they didn’t exactly dominate Illinois on Saturday, and that’s why I can’t list them any higher than #15. But the Zooker is starting to build something at Illinois (look out Buckeyes), so this isn’t entirely a surprise. Watch Wisconsin line up against Penn State’s defense this Saturday. This will be the game where Wisconsin proves whether or not it belongs in the top 20. [Let me get this straight. At home, against Illinois — improving or not — and having to come back 24-7 to win 31-24 are grounds for this team to get this high? If it weren’t for the dearth of teams, I’d want to drop them. Big 11 Bias!!!]
16. Boston College: Best team in the ACC? For the moment, it sure looks so. Once again, its nice to see all those former Big East teams do so well in the ACC.
17. LSU: Bye week.
18. Oklahoma: Surviving without Peterson. Beating Missouri so soundly was impressive. [I’m debating putting them ahead of LSU. LSU has the talent, but I trust Oklahoma to actually win games.]
19. Wake Forest: The Deacons still haven’t really beaten anybody, but I can’t put a 7-1 team behind…
20. Virginia Tech: Second best team in the ACC? Well, after that Thursday night performance, I certainly can’t put them behind… [A nice recovery after two prior conference stinkers, but not worthiy of top-20.]
21. Clemson: CHOKE!!! And that, is why you’re Clemson. But at least you beat… [And ACC dreams of two BCS bids in one season go down the drain once more.]
22. Georgia Tech: Nice come-from-behind win. Too bad it was only against Miami.
23. Texas A&M: Sneaking back into my top 25 after beating a bowl-bound Baylor team (hey, that’s a big deal in Waco). [This one feels like a house of cards, but I will leave it alone.]
24. Washington State: The Cougars only losses are to USC, Cal, and Auburn. They beat Oregon and did a lot better against UCLA than Notre Dame did. A phoenix is rising from its ashes up on the Paloose.
25. Oregon: OK, but lost to Wazzou. So you can’t pass them in my rankings. [For beating Portland State? I said Oregon was dead to me last week and I meant it. So now Lee actually ranks them. OK State is more deserving this time. Or maybe Tulsa.]

Like I said, use the comments to let me know what should change and why.