Kev's College Football Top 25 09.11.06

[Agent Kev]

This coming week will be the best week of college football for quite a while. There are 8 match-ups between Top 25 teams with marquee match-ups like Florida/Tennessee, LSU/Auburn, USC/Nebraska, Notre Dame/Michigan, Miami/Louisville and FSU/Clemson. There will be lots of changes in the poll next week with all of these match-ups of Top 25 teams.

The largest drop of the week was Miami after losing to FSU on Monday night. The next largest drop was Clemson after their loss to Boston College in OT. Texas also dropped 6 spots after losing to #1 Ohio State. FSU, despite winning 2 games, dropped 5 spots due to their performance against Troy.

The largest rise of the week went to Boston College who debuted at #20 this week after an OT victory against Clemson. Moving up 4 spots were Nebraska, Michigan, and Louisville. Notre Dame moved up 3 spots with their impressive victory over Penn State. Oklahoma and Virginia Tech also moved up 3 spots in the poll this week.

*Prior weeks ranking is in parenthesis.

Top 25:
1 Ohio State (1) 2-0 Next: Cincinnati (1-1)
2 Auburn (3) 2-0 Next: #6 LSU (2-0)
3 West Virginia (4) 2-0 Next: 9/14 vs Maryland (2-0)
4 Southern California (5) 1-0 Next: #17 Nebraska (2-0)
5 Florida (6) 2-0 Next: @ #15 Tennessee (2-0)
6 LSU (7) 2-0 Next: @ #2 Auburn (2-0)
7 Notre Dame (10) 2-0 Next: #12 Michigan (2-0)
8 Texas (2) 1-1 Next: @ Rice (0-2)
9 Georgia (11) 2-0 Next: UAB (1-1)
10 Virginia Tech (13) 2-0 Next: Duke (0-2)
11 Louisville (15) 2-0 Next: #19 Miami (1-1)
12 Michigan (16) 2-0 Next: at #7 Notre Dame (2-0)
13 Florida State (8) 2-0 Next: #25 Clemson (1-1)
14 Iowa (12) 2-0 Next: Iowa St (2-0)
15 Tennessee (14) 2-0 Next: #5 Florida (2-0)
16 Oklahoma (19) 2-0 Next: @ #18 Oregon (2-0)
17 Nebraska (21) 2-0 Next: @ #4 USC (1-0)
18 Oregon (20) 2-0 Next: #18 Oklahoma (2-0)
19 Miami (9) 1-1 Next: @ #11 Louisville (2-0)
20 Boston College (-) 2-0 Next: BYU (1-1)
21 Penn State (17) 1-1 Next: Youngstown State (2-0)
22 UCLA (22) 2-0 Next: @ Washington (1-1)
23 Texas Tech (23) 2-0 Next: @ #24 TCU (2-0)
24 TCU (25) 2-0 Next: #23 Texas Tech (2-0)
25 Clemson (18) 1-1 Next: @ #13 FSU (2-0)

Dropped Out:]
South Carolina 1-1 Next: Wofford (1-0)

10 To Watch:
Arizona State 2-0 Next: @ Colorado (0-2)
Boise State 2-0 Next: @ Wyoming (1-1)
California 1-1 Next: Portland State (1-0)
Georgia Tech 1-1 Next: Troy (1-1)
Michigan State 2-0 Next: @ Pittsburgh (2-0)
Missouri 2-0 Next: @ New Mexico (1-1)
Pittsburgh 2-0 Next: Michigan State (2-0)
Rutgers 2-0 Next: Ohio (2-0)
Texas A&M 2-0 Next: Army (1-1)
Wisconsin 2-0 Next: San Diego State (0-1)


Games of the Week:
#6 LSU (2-0) at #2 Auburn (2-0)
#5 Florida (2-0) at #15 Tennessee (2-0)
#12 Michigan (2-0) at #7 Notre Dame (2-0)
#17 Nebraska (2-0) at #4 USC (1-0)
#19 Miami (1-1) at #11 Louisville (2-0)
#25 Clemson (1-1) at # 13 FSU (2-0)
#16 Oklahoma (2-0) at #18 Oregon (2-0)
#23 Texas Tech (2-0) at #24 TCU (2-0)
Maryland (2-0) at #3 West Virginia (2-0)
Michigan State (2-0) vs Pittsburgh (2-0)

[IWSfan4life]

Auburn, LSU. Louisville, WVU, and V-Tech all had awesome showings in absolute fun beatdowns. Both of the top 2 matchups this week (ND/Penn St and Texas/OSU) suprised the crap out of me for not being all that close, but credits to the victors for that. This coming week should be really fun to watch. Also Akron's win (due to local hero Luke Getsy) was a great TV game and their biggest upset in history in taking out NC State.

-Jason

[Agent Kev]

Chuck Amato is getting canned this year. And he needs to take the UNC coach with him. There is no reason football in the state of North Carolina should be SO sh*tty.

[IWSfan4life]

UNC gets a LOT of recruits and has some good athletes so it pisses me off that they always suck in football. They have a decent coach, so maybe that will be better in time. NC State however, doesn't have those excuses. Amato may be out before the season is up.

-Jason

[Agent Kev]

Some random thoughts.....

So far I've really been impressed by Michigan and Louisville today. Their stock went up in my eyes today although Louisville now has to go it without Bush and Brohm so this will get interesting for them.

Notre Dame and Miami both got totally clocked today and both move way down the polls IMO (especially Miami since they now have 2 losses- they may not even be in the polls anymore).

I'm undecided on the LSU/Auburn game. Obviously, props to Auburn for winning but only putting up 7 points looks weak. I'll have to see how other teams fair against the LSU and Auburn defenses until I really judge this game. Obviously, this sets up Auburn for the SEC Championship game unless they lose to both Florida and Georgia. The last 2 games really put Kenny Irons behind the 8-ball in terms of Heisman canidacy.

Iowa continues to not impress me with nail biters over what look to be inferior opponents.

West Virginia and Steve Slaton looked very impressing on Thursday basically wrapping up that game after the first quarter.

Rutgers quietly goes to 3-0 on the year.

Western Michigan defeats Virginia 17-10- wow that's embarassing.

Not sure how to feel on OU/Oregon as I only saw the last minute or so but OU definitely got jobbed on the pass deflection replay (I think the other one was probably too close to overturn). Definitely looked shady and takes a little away from the win IMO. But three weeks from now it will be a win and not a loss.

BC looked pretty rough in their win over BYU and they just squeeked by with another win in OT. But they are 3-0 instead of 1-2.

Still to come....
Florida/Tennessee
USC/Nebraska
Texas Tech/TCU is underway
FSU/Clemson

[Agent Kev]

Here are the results:

1 Ohio State (1) 3-0 beat Cincinnati (1-2) 37-7
2 Auburn (3) 3-0 beat #6 LSU (2-1) 7 to 3
3 West Virginia (4) 3-0 beat Maryland (2-1) 45-24
4 Southern California (5) 2-0 beat #17 Nebraska (2-1) 28-10
5 Florida (6) 3-0 beat #15 Tennessee (2-1) 21-20
6 LSU (7) 2-1 lost to #2 Auburn (3-0) 7 to 3
7 Notre Dame (10) 2-1 lost to #12 Michigan (3-0) 47-21
8 Texas (2) 2-1 beat Rice (0-3) 52-7
9 Georgia (11) 3-0 beat UAB (1-2) 34-0
10 Virginia Tech (13) 3-0 beat Duke (0-3) 36-0
11 Louisville (15) 3-0 beat #19 Miami (1-2) 31-7
12 Michigan (16) 3-0 beat #7 Notre Dame (2-1) 47-21
13 Florida State (8) 2-1 lost to #25 Clemson (2-1) 27-20
14 Iowa (12) 3-0 beat Iowa St (2-1) 27-17
15 Tennessee (14) 2-1 lost to #5 Florida (2-1) 21-20
16 Oklahoma (19) 2-1 lost to #18 Oregon (3-0) 34-33
17 Nebraska (21) 2-0 lost to #4 USC (2-0) 28-10
18 Oregon (20) 3-0 beat #16 Oklahoma (2-1) 34-33
19 Miami (9) 1-2 lost to #11 Louisville (3-0) 31-7
20 Boston College (-) 3-0 beat BYU (1-2) 30-23 in OT
21 Penn State (17) 2-1 beat Youngstown State (2-1) 37 to 3
22 UCLA (22) 2-0 Next: @ Washington (1-1)
23 Texas Tech (23) 2-1 lost to #24 TCU (3-0) 12-3
24 TCU (25) 3-0 beat #23 Texas Tech (2-1) 12-3
25 Clemson (18) 2-1 beat FSU (2-1) 27-20

Dropped Out:
South Carolina 2-1 beat Wofford (1-1) 27-20

10 To Watch:
Arizona State 3-0 beat Colorado (0-3) 21 to 3
Boise State 3-0 beat Wyoming (1-2) 17-10
California 2-1 beat Portland State (2-1) 42-16
Georgia Tech 2-1 beat Troy (1-2) 35-20
Michigan State 3-0 beat Pittsburgh (2-1) 38-23
Missouri 3-0 beat New Mexico (1-2) 27-17
Pittsburgh 2-1 lost to Michigan State (2-0) 38-23
Rutgers 3-0 beat Ohio (2-1) 24-7
Texas A&M 3-0 beat Army (1-2) 28 to 24
Wisconsin 3-0 beat San Diego State (0-2) 14-0