Monday, October 15, 2007

Top 25 after Week 6
plus the BCS Top 10

The new Top 25 rankings are out and there are all kinds of surprises. For the first time since 1996 both the Number 1 and Number 2 teams lost in the same week. The result of that happening ins a complete scrambling of the rankings. Neither the new #1 nor the #2 teams were ranked at the start of the season but both are now at the top and undefeated. Next week might be even more scrambling of the rankings as 15 of the 25 take their game on the road. Only 5 of the AP Top 25 play at home and 5 are idle.
As usual, I’ll give the AP Writer’s Poll and the Coaches’ Poll as well as who the next week's opponent is.

#1 Ohio State (7-0) goes on the road to Michigan State.
#2/#3 South Florida (6-0) goes to NJ to face Rutgers.
#3/#2 Boston College (7-0) is idle.
#4 Oklahoma (6-1) goes to Iowa State.
#5 LSU (6-1) hosts # 18/19 Auburn.
#6/#9 South Carolina (6-1) plays host to Vanderbilt.
#7/#6 Oregon (5-1) travels to Washington.
#8/#13 Kentucky (6-1) hosts # 14 Florida.
#9/#7 West Virginia (5-1) is back in action hosting Mississippi State.
#10/#9 California (5-1) plays at UCLA.
#11 Virginia Tech (6-1) is idle.
#12 Arizona State (7-0) is idle.
#13/#9 Southern California (5-1) travels to South Bend to play Notre Dame.
#14 Florida (4-2) travels to #8/13 Kentucky.
#15 Kansas (6-0) heads to Colorado.
#16/#17 Missouri (5-1) hosts #22/21 Texas Tech.
#17/#16 Hawaii (7-0) is idle.
#18/#19 Auburn (5-2) goes to Baton Rouge to face #5 LSU.
#19/#18 Texas (5-2) travels to Baylor.
#20/#22 Tennessee (4-2) plays at Alabama.
#21/#20 Georgia (5-2) is idle.
#22/#21 Texas Tech (6-1) travels to #16/17 Missouri.
#23 Cincinnati (6-1) travels up the Ohio River to face Pittsburgh.
#24/NR Michigan (5-2) plays at Illinois.
#25/NR Kansas State (4-2) is on the road to Oklahoma State.
NR/#24 Virginia (6-1) travels to Maryland.
NR/#25 Penn State (5-2) plays at Indiana.

And if you haven’t seen the first BCS rankings of the year:
#1 Ohio State
#2 South Florida
#3 Boston College
#4 LSU
#5 Oklahoma
#6 South Carolina
#7 Kentucky
#8 Arizona State
#9 West Virginia
#10 Oregon

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