Let Week Two Begin!

Well there’s more college football coming up starting tomorrow night so let’s take a quick look at the new poll rankings. Once again the three polls involved here are the Writers’ Poll (AP), the Coaches’ Pol and CBSSports.com.

There were four upsets of Top 25 teams last week so there was a little shakeup in the rankings. The upsets included #24 (NR/25) Alabama over #9 (9/9) Clemson bay a score of 34-10, East Carolina over #17 (15/17) Virginia Tech 27-22, UCLA in overtime over #18 (18/18) Tennessee 27-24, and Bowling Green over #25 (NR/NR) Pittsburgh 27-17.

New ranks are:

#1(1/4) Southern California. Having beaten Virginia 52-7, the Trojans move up from the #3 (2/4)slot and have the week off to enjoy their lofty perch.

#2 (2/2) Georgia. Despite defeating Georgia Southern 45-21, the Bulldogs drop down from last week’s #1 (1/2) slot. This week they host Central Michigan.

#3 (3/1) Ohio State. The Buckeyes move down from #2 (3/1) after having beaten Youngstown State 43-0. One of the few shutouts recorded in week one. This week they host Ohio.

#4 (4/3) Oklahoma. The Sooners (#4 (4/3) last week beat Chattanooga 57-2. This week they host Cincinnati.

#5 (5/6) Florida. The Gators (#5 (5/6) in week one) beat up on Hawaii 56-10 last week. This week they host an opponent from closer to home—Miami (FLA).

#6 (7/5) Missouri. The Tigers (#6 (7/5) last week) beat then #20 Illinois in a high scoring 52-42 match. This week they host Southeast Missouri State.

#7 (6/8) LSU. The Tigers (#7 (6/8) last week) beat Appalachian State 41-13.This week they host Troy. POSTPONED until November 15.

#8 (8/7) West Virginia. The Mountaineers (starting in the identical position) beat Villanova 48-21 behind 5 TD passes by Mr. White. They are on the road this week at East Carolina.

#9 (10/10) Auburn. Moving up ever so slightly from #10 (11/11) after defeating Louisiana-Monroe 34-0. This week the Tigers host Southern Mississippi.

#10 (9/9) Texas. The Longhorns (#11 (10/10) last week) defeated Florida Atlantic 52-10.This week they travel to UTEP.

#11 (11/12) Wisconsin. The Badgers (#13 (12/14)) in week one) defeated Akron 38-17. This week they’ll face Marshall at home.

#12 (13/13) Texas Tech. The Red Raiders (#12 (14/13)) beat Eastern Washington 49-24 in week one and will now be traveling to Nevada.

#13 (17/17) Alabama. The Tide (#24 (NR/25)) upset Clemson last week by a score of 34-10. This week they host Tulane.

#14 (12/11) Kansas. The Jayhawks (#14 (13/12)) humbled Florida Atlantic last week 40-10. This week they’ll play Louisiana Tech at home.

#15 (tie) (14/15) Arizona State. The Sun Devils (#15 (16/16)) beat up on Northern Arizona in week one. This week the host Stanford.

#15 (tie) (15/14) Brigham Young. BYU (#16 (17/15)) last week downed Northern Iowa 41-17. This week they will be at Washington.

#17 (18/20) South Florida. The Bulls (#19 (21/23)) opened the year with a 56-7 drubbing of Tennessee-Martin. This week they play at the University of Central Florida.

#18 (16/18) Oregon. The Ducks (#21 (20/22) beat up on Washington 44-10. This week they host Utah State.

#19 (19/19) Penn State. The Nittany Lions (#22 (22/21)) picked up a victory over Coastal Carolina 66-10 in what was clearly a mismatch. This week Oregon State comes to Happy Valley.

#20 (20/16) Wake Forest. Wake Forest (#23 (23/19) defeated Baylor 41-13 on the road. They’ll be home this weekend against Mississippi.

#21 (21/21) Fresno State. FSU (NR (25/24)) has the week off to enjoy their win over Rutgers 24-7.

#22 (23/22) Utah. Unranked last week, Utah moves into the Top 25 by virtue of their 25-23 upset of Michigan. This week they host UNLV.

#23 (NR/24) UCLA. The Bruins were also unranked last week but their 27-24 overtime defeat of then #18 Tennessee has them moving up. They have this week off.

#24(tie) (25/23) Illinois. The Illini move down from #20 (19/20) after losing on the road to #6 Missouri 52-42. This week they will home to Eastern Illinois.

#24 (tie) (24/NR) South Carolina. Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks shutout North Carolina State 34-0. They are on the road Thursday night against Vanderbilt.

NR (NR/25) East Carolina. The Pirates knocked off then #17 Virginia Tech in week one 27-22 to keep their way into the Top 25 of the CBSSports.com pol. Perhaps the writers and coaches don’t like their chances this week against #8 West Virginia…in Morgantown, WVa.

And there you have it. Week Two is underway tonight with #24 South Carolina playing at Vanderbilt.