Well, the latest polls are out and as expected there has been a shakeup at the top. I mean, what would you expect when both the #1 and #2 teams lose. I therefore present the Top 25 (plus a few) from the AP Writers’/Coaches’/BCS Polls plus their opponents in this week’s contests if any. (An “NR” means the team was not ranked in the top 25 of that poll.)
#1/2/1 Missouri (11-1, 7-1) Fresh off their victory over Kansas, the Tigers will be playing for the Big 12 Championship against #9/8/9 Oklahoma this weekend.
#2/1/2 West Virginia (10-1, 5-1) The Mountaineers have wrapped up the BIG EAST Title but still have a game to play against Pittsburgh. For some reason, I don’t think the #2 Curse will strike White, Slayton, Devine and Company.
#3/3/3 Ohio State (11-1, 7-1) The Buckeye season has been over for two weeks and still they climb in the pools. I hope they do not go any higher than #3 after this weekend, however. I really do not want to watch them in National Title game when there are so many more exciting teams out there. Let them go to the Rose Bowl and be happy about it.
#4/4/4 Georgia (10-2, 6-2) The Bulldogs are one of those exciting teams. Yeah, their season is done and they’re not even playing for their own Conference’s Championship, but right now they could be far better than OSU.
#5/7/7 LSU (10-2, 6-2) The Tigers should have fallen further in the polls in my opinion even if both loses were in triple overtime. They play #14/15/14 Tennessee this week for the SEC Championship.
#6/5/6 Virginia Tech The Hokies beat Virginia fro the ACC Coastal title and will now go up against #12/12/11 Boston College for the ACC Conference crown.
#7/6/5 Kansas (11-1, 7-1) The Jayhawks were #2 last week before Missouri shut them out in the first half. Their season is over…for now.
#8/9/8 Southern California (9-2, 6-2) The Trojans will be playing UCLA this weekend. If they win, they will be the PAC 10 Champs.
#9/8/9 Oklahoma (10-2, 6-2) The Sooners will be playing #1/2/1 Missouri for the Big 12 Championship.
#10/11/10 Florida (9-3, 5-3) The Gators’ season is over which means we will have to wait for a bowl game to see Mr. Wonderful, Tim Tebow, in action again.
#11/10/12 Hawaii (11-0, 8-0) The Warriors, WAC Champs, will be playing an out of conference game against Washington Huskies (4-8, 2-7 Pacific 10) this week. They’ll need the win to complete their undefeated season and possibly get a BCS at-large bid.
#12/12/11 Boston College (10-2, 6-2) The Eagles take on #6/5/6 Virginia Tech for the ACC Title. BC defeated Virginia Tech in Blacksburg 14-10 on October 25. Since then the Hokies have won four straight while BC is 2-2.
#13/13/13 Arizona State (9-2, 6-2) The Sun Devils will be playing intrastate rival Arizona this weekend. Should they win and IF (it’s a big “if”) UCLA manages to defeat USC then ASU will be PAC 10 Champs.
#14/15/14 Tennessee (9-3, 6-2) By defeating Kentucky for the scaty-eight millionth time, the Volunteers were able to edge out Georgia (whom the beat earlier in the year) for the SEC East title and will, therefore get to play LSU for the Conference crown.
#15/14/15 Illinois (9-3, 6-2) The Fighting Illini are couch potatoes again this week.
#16/17/16 Clemson (9-3, 5-3) The Tigers’ season has ended. They will await the bowl committee’s assignment.
#17/18/20 Texas (9-3, 5-3) The Longhorns have dropped quite a bit on the heels of their loss to Texas A&M. They will now be playing in one of the lesser bowls.
#18/20/17 Oregon (8-3, 5-3) The Ducks play intrastate rival Oregon State (7-4, 5-3) this week. Unless Brady Leaf can get it together real soon, expect the Ducks to disappear from the Top 25.
#19/16/18 Wisconsin (9-3, 5-3) The Badgers will be sitting it out along with Illinois and Ohio State. Seems to make a good case for a Big Ten Championship Game to me. All they need to do is add one more team but I don’t suppose they would invite the Northern Iowa Panthers (12-0, 6-0 Gateway Conference, and currently ranked #1 in the FCS Coaches Poll) to join any time soon.
#20/24/23 Cincinnati (9-2, 4-3) Te Bearcats ended their season with a 52-31 victory over Syracuse (2-10, 1-6). They now await their bowl assignment.
#21/19/19 Brigham Young (9-2, 7-0) The Mountain West Champs will play San Diego State (4-7, 3-4) in a game that was postponed by fire earlier this year.
#22/21/22 Virginia (9-3, 6-2) The Cavaliers’ season came to a halt with their loss to Virginia Tech this weekend. They will await the phone call telling them where and who they are playing in the bowls.
#23/21/24 Auburn (8-4, 5-3) The Tigers will be on the sidelines this week as they wait for their phone call from the bowl committee.
#24/23/25 Boise State (10-2. 7-1) The Broncos are a victim of a weak WAC and a very strong armed Colt Brennan (Hawaii). They await their phone call. Personally, I would love to see them matched up with either Illinois or Wisconsin. I really think they could take either.
#25/NR/21 South Florida (9-3, 4-3) The Bulls finished their season in Pittsburgh with a 48-37 victory. They will be watching from the sidelines this week waiting for the phone to ring.
NR/25/NR Arkansas (8-4, 4-4) The Razorback knocked off LSU last week but it may have been too little too late to save Coach Houston Nutt’s job . The rest of the team will be on the sidelines this week waiting for that phone to ring.
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