My, my, look who is #1 - the South Florida Bulls!!! - College Rankings - Top 16 +1

1. S. Florida (#3) (6-0) - @ Rutgers (Thurs) - if this was college basketball, the media and fans would be fawning over this team as Cinderella....but this is football and the traditionalists do not want a team named South Florida in the Top 20 let alone #1....well too bad....the Bulls do have a very rough game on Thursday at Rutgers....Upset Alert - Big Time!!!....

2. Ohio State (#4) (7-0) - Michigan State - the media wonks are talking up the Bucks defense....but weren’t they doing the same last year until Michigan and Florida dropped 39 and 41 points on them?.....

3. Boston College (#5) (7-0) - BYE - give BC credit, they survived a possible upset in South Bend.....now they are off until Thursday the 25th when they go to Blacksburg to take on Va. Tech.....I’m saying it right now, that will be the end of the line for BC....

4. Oklahoma (#6) (6-1) - @ Iowa State - Youngstown, Ohio native Bob Stoops has righted the ship after that disastrous ending three weeks ago.....this team is led by a freshman quarterback - Sam Bradford.....the Boomer is back in the Sooners....

5. LSU (#1) (6-1) - Auburn - I stated last week that LSU had to be on Upset Alert....remember, Florida lost a game in mid-October last year and still won the title....the LSU defense is very good, but they were exposed a bit by Kentucky and by the injury bug.....

6. Cal (#2) (5-1) - @ UCLA - what the heck was the Cal quarterback thinking by trying to run for a touchdown instead of throwing the ball away and stopping the clock....the Golden Bears fought gallantly after their starting QB Nate Longshore got injured....

7. Oregon (#8) (5-1) - @ Washington - the Ducks smashed Wazzou....they have to be careful with this Washington game....I never realized until recently that Oregon and Washington is a huge rivalry game in which both side HATE each other....

8. South Carolina (#10) (6-1) - Vanderbilt - that win over Kentucky looks even more impressive....the Ole Ball Coach has this team rolling....

9. Kentucky (#16) (6-1) - Florida - a great win for Kentucky and the entire SEC....it just shows that the SEC is no Big Ten.....

10. West Virginia (#7) (5-1) - Mississippi State - West Virginia got a week to rest.....they should take care of Miss. State, but they better not get too overconfident because Sly Croom has the Bulldogs playing better than they did last year.....

11. Southern Cal (#9) (5-1) - @ Notre Dame - a 7 point win over Arizona?.....Southern Cal needs to thump Notre Dame big time on national television in order to get their swagger back.....

12. Auburn (#13) (5-2) - @ LSU - just another huge game in the SEC....Auburn won at Florida and at Arkansas.....this one will be an even tougher challenge when they go into Baton Rouge at night....

13. Florida (#14) (4-2) - @ Kentucky - the Gators have lost two in a row and are coming off a bye....they are going up to Kentucky, a team that just came off a big win last weekend....the Gators win - and win handily....

14. Kansas (#15) (6-0) - @ Colorado - Bear Mangino faces his toughest test yet....no, not a hot dog eating contest, but his Kansas team goes into Boulder to play Colorado.....look what happened when Oklahoma went to Colorado earlier this year.....

15. Arizona State (NR) (7-0) - BYE - the Sun Devils can relax, work on their tan, and prepare for Cal.....

16. Virginia Tech (NR) (6-1) - BYE - the Hokies are licking their chops for Thursday, October 25th when undefeated Boston College comes to town....they get a whole week to prepare for a team that gave them their first defeat last year.....bury the house on the Hokies!!!!....

+1 Penn State (5-2) - @ Indiana - two weeks ago it looked like JoePa was losing control of this team....but after two impressive wins, Penn State looks like a very dangerous team who could win out and finish the year 10-2 and in a BCS game.....

Dropped out from last week:
#11 Missouri - the Tigers only lost by 10 to Oklahoma.....I could see them re-entering the Top 16 very soon....

#12 Illinois - I called for the Illini to be on Upset Alert last week.....they face a must win when they host Michigan this Saturday night....