Top 16 +1 - Eagles, Buckeyes get impressive wins

1. Ohio State (#1) (9-0) - Wisconsin - an impressive win in a tough situation.....if not for the Florida loss last year, people would be talking "dynasty" about the job Jim Tressel is doing....

2. Boston College (#3) (8-0) - Florida State - also an impressive win at Virginia Tech....they battled the crowd and the pouring rain to notch a landmark win....the Eagles better be on Upset Alert this weekend....sure Florida State is not the team of years past, but the talent is still there to pull an upset....

3. LSU (#2) (7-1) - @ Alabama - Les Miles faces the biggest game of his career....this is not about LSU-Alabama....but Miles has to win for the Tiger faithful over the despised Nick Saban....

4. Oregon (#5) (7-1) - Arizona State - the Ducks may be the best team in the nation....a win this week over Arizona State may vault them to number 1 in my ranking next week....

5. Kansas (#8) (8-0) - Nebraska - over the last two weeks, the Fighting Manginos went into Colorado and Texas A&M and came away with impressive wins....this team is for real....it is too bad the rest of the nation does not realize it....

6. Oklahoma (#4) (7-1) - Texas A&M - the Sooners had the week off....they need to roll the Aggies to show they are worthy of keeping up with Kansas.....

7. Arizona State (#11) (8-0) - @ Oregon - the Sun Devils had a very nice and impressive win over Cal....Dennis Erickson has done a marvelous job in the desert.....but I look for it to end this week when they head to Duck Country....

8. West Virginia (#6) (7-1) - BYE - the Mountaineers dismantled Rutgers.....over the next month, if things fall a certain way, the Mountaineers may find themselves back in the top 2....

9. Missouri (#16) (7-1) - @ Colorado - the Tigers are marching to a showdown against Kansas on November 24th.....

10. Georgia (NR) (6-2) - Troy - the Dawgs finally beat the Gators after losing something like 12 of the 13 to them....Georgia is quietly moving back into the national spotlight.....they only wish they could play Tennessee again....

11. Alabama (#15) (6-2) - LSU - both the Tide and LSU had the week off to prepare for this titanic battle....Nick Saban could put an end to LSU’s dream of a national title....this will be a fierce battle....

12. Southern Cal (#7) (6-2) - Oregon State - Southern Cal can forget about the title game and the Rose Bowl....it looks like their bowl game will be at the Holiday Bowl....but there is still fierce pride left in the Trojans.....

13. Virginia Tech (#12) (6-2) - @ Georgia Tech (Thurs) - the Hokies had B.C. beat but let it slip away in the downpour in Blacksburg....coach Frank Beamer has to watch so his team does not have a let down at Georgia Tech....

14. Michigan (NR) (7-2) - @ Michigan State- eight weeks ago, who would have thought Michigan would be back in the rankings after losing to Appy State and getting a beat down against Oregon....the Wolverines are slowly climbing back into the top 10....

15. Texas (NR) (7-2) - @ Oklahoma State - a very unimpressive win against a mentally worn down Nebraska.....

16. Boise State (NR) (7-1) - San Jose State - even though they are from the same conference, I still put Boise ahead of unbeaten Hawaii....I just believe that Hawaii runs a gimmicky offense who would get rolled by most big time teams....

+1 Connecticut (7-1) - Rutgers - if the Huskies can win their next three games, they have a Nov. 24th showdown at West Virginia....

- South Florida (6-2) - for 6 weeks the Bulls had the nation’s attention....but a loss to Rutgers and Connecticut ends it for them.....it was nice knowing you....
- Florida (5-3) - the SEC proved too tough for the champs who are basically in a rebuilding year.....watch out for this team next season....
- South Carolina (6-3) - the Gamecocks suffered two demoralizing losses over the last two weeks that will sit in their craw over the winter....
- Kentucky (6-3) - the Kitties have used up their nine lives....like USF, it was a nice story while it lasted....