Top 25
September 1, 2010 by billt
Filed under National Media
#1 Alabama: Hard to pick against this one. The talent is so deep and the confidence level is so high not picking the Tide to starting at #1 would be down right rude.

#2 Ohio State: A media favorite to be in the championship game gets the buckeyes near the top. With a tough schedule and a offense that still has to show they are worthy of a shot at the top. It will be an interesting season and with a good defense they will be a tough nut to crack.
#3 Boise State: Boise State is finally getting the respect their fans think they deserve so they are ranked here. For what they did to the WAC I have to hope that Virginia Tech. grad Gargamel runs off with Smurfette. I wont bet on it though.
#4 Oklahoma: Can Bob Stoops bring them back to the promised land. The talent is there but the schedule is going to require them to be on their toes with Florida St and Cincinnati on their non conference schedule Stoops could be on the hot seat early.
#5 Nebraska: – The “Black Shirt” mentality back in Nebraska football but is their a offense lurking in the shadows. Regardless of the offense expect the corn munchers to win the north and face Texas or Oklahoma in Dallas for the Big Whatever title.
#6 Florida: No Tebow means more exciting offense for Florida. Will Brantley be the quarterback they expect. Probable but they still have to beat Georgia, , SC, Kentucky, Alabama twice and yes Tennessee to go all the way. Thats a hefty weight to put on a quarterback even if he has been behind Tebow and knows where all the rocks under the water are.
#7 Texas: No more Colt McCoy puts Texas in the same position Florida is. Texas got a look at Garret Gilbert during the championship game. Is he Colt McCoy no, but he will suffice to get them wins against Wyoming, Rice, and Florida Atlantic. UCLA will give them a challenge but only Oklahoma and Nebraska stand much of a chance to beat them.
#8 Oregon: Are they really the best in the PAC 10? USC, Washington, Oregon St. and the rest of the PAC 10 don’t think so. Try hard not to pick them to win the title.
#9 Virginia Tech: Beat Boise St. to start the season and they will be 8-0 before they have to play another team of any worth. Sorry Duke but you don’t have it yet.
#10 Iowa: The Hawkeyes have Penn State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State at home and their quarterback back. Unbeaten probably not but last year showed their rabbits foot works.
#11 TCU: Expect TCU to be better this year and with a little luck they will get to play someone besides Boise St. in a BCS bowl.
#12 Arkansas: Ranked to high probably but high octane offense is sold in Arkansas. If they can finally field a decent defense they could unseat Alabama. Considering that Bobby Petrino is their coach expect a melt down against a team they should beat.
#13 Miami: This could be the year The U turns the corner. I’m picking them to win the ACC.
#14 Florida State: How long has it been since the big 3 Florida schools have been ranked this high. Once upon a time the winner of the round robin between the 3 was going to be playing for the title. It could happen again if Florida ever grows a set of big ones.
#15 Wisconsin: They won’t win the Big 10 but expect them to be in every game they play.
#16 Georgia: The talent to win the SEC is there. The only thing lacking is a quarterback. Aaron Murray could be that quarterback but unless hes a stud there will be enough mistakes that someone will surprise them.
#17 North Carolina: All they are waiting on is to see how hard the NCAA comes down of them and who they might have to sit. We should know the sitters soon. Expect LSU to give them a tough game and with very many sitter win.
#18 Pittsburgh: Starting at Utah is a good way to kick off what many or expecting to be a banner year for the Panthers. Win at Utah and they still have Miami, UConn, Notre Dame and West Virginia. This could the year that Dave Dave Wandstedt finally breaks on thru to the other side.
#19 Auburn: A Top 25 team but still in rebuilding mode and not quite ready to challenge Alabama.
#20 Penn State: They have the talent but the Big 10 is hard to win out in. Expect a loss at Alabama and two losses in league play.
#21 Notre Dame: Its surprising what a coaching change can do for a teams ranking. They have been stock piling players and finally have a coach to use them. Unfortunately for them their schedule looks to give them 3 or 4 losses.
#22 LSU: Les had better get out the old walkin shoes because they could easily loose 4 games this year.
#23 Oregon State: This could be a breakout year for Mike Rileys team so I’m gonna hold my thoughts till after this weekends game against a TCU team that could win the PAC 10 outright much less the MWC.
#24 Missouri: A good schedule and a weak north gets them into the top 25. They should have the offense but their defense is suspect. They don’t hit the meat of their schedule till mid October so their defense will have some time.
#25 Utah: Utah has a fair chance to move up with a win over Pittsburgh.
Standing on the ledge with a chance to jump in are Houston and West Virginia.
Looking Back
WITH KICK OFF JUST AROUND THE CORNER I WILL TAKE THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK BACK AT UK FB–BACK TO THE FORTY’S –FIFTY’S–AND SIXTY’S–
COACH BRYANT CAME TO UK FROM MARYLAND IN THE SPRING OF 46–COACH BRYANT WAS A “WORKAHOLIC” AND EXPECTED EVERYONE AROUND HIM TO DO THE SAME–
WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE RETURNING OR COMING TO COLLEGE FROM THE SERVICE AFTER WW2, A LOT OF PLAYERS WERE CLOSE TO COACH BRYANT’S AGE[IN FACT HE HAD ONE PLAYER OLDER THAN HIM]
A LOT OF PLAYERS CAME INTO LEXINGTON FOR TRYOUTS[GEORGE BLANDA WAS ALREADY THERE--HE CAME IN 45]GEORGE WAS A BIG TIME PUNTER–QB IN THE OLD T FORMATION FROM WHICH THE QB WAS A BLOCKER–ALSO PLAYED DEFENSE–IN FACT GEORGE PLAYED LB FOR THE BEARS ONE SEASON–
BABE PARILLI CAME TO TOWN WITH A BUDDY WHO WAS RATED A BIG TIME QB[PARILLI WAS A FULLBACK IN HS]ERMAL ALLEN TRIED BOTH OUT–WAVED THE QB AND TOOK “BABE”
IN THE SPRING OF 53 AND 54 A LOT OF PROSPECTS CAME INTO TOWN FOR TRYOUTS[BANNED TODAY] A COUPLE OF COACHES WOULD WATCH FROM SOME 30 YARDS AWAY BUT WAS NOT INVOLVED–THAT WAY IT WAS NOT ILLEGAL–
IN THE FALL OF 53[COACH BRYANT'S LAST SEASON AT KY] OVER 150 PLAYERS GOT ON 4 BUSES IN LEXINGTON HEADING FOR 2 WEEKS AT MILLERSBURG MILITARY INSTITUTE IN MILLERSBURG, KY–
BEDDED DOWN IN MMI HOUSING WITH 6 PLAYERS PER ROOM IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL TO GO TO BED WITH 5 ROOMMATES AND WAKE UP ALONE THINKING IN HORROR THAT YOU HAD OVERSLEPT MORNING PRACTICE, ONLY TO LEARN THAT THE OTHER 5 HAD LEFT IN THE NITE–
OVER THE HILL IN THE MORNING TO “DEATH VALLEY” WHERE PRACTICE WAS HELD TWICE A DAY[CALLED "2 A DAYS"]
IT WAS MORE A SURVIVAL THAN IT WAS FB PRACTICE–
2 WEEKS LATER 73 PLAYERS GOT ON 2 BUSES HEADING BACK TO LEXINGTON FOR SCHOOL REGISTRATION AND THE END OF “2 A DAYS”
2 OF THE 73 PLAYERS QUIT ON THE WAY BACK TO LEXINGTON[WHY I DON'T KNOW] SO WELL OVER HALF THE ORIGINAL NUMBER QUIT–
PLAYERS IN THOSE DAYS USUALLY PLAYED BOTH WAYS[OBVIOUSLY QB'S DIDN'T FOR FEAR OF INJURY]
FRESHMEN[ROOKIES]USUALLY PLAYED ON OFFENSE IN THE BACKFIELD BUT SELDOM ON DEFENSE THERE–FRESHMEN USUALLY PLAYED ON DEFENSE ON THE LINE BUT SELDOM ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE–
REASON–PLAYING IN THE DEFENSIVE SECONDARY AND OFFENSIVE LINE WAS HARDER TO PICK UP THAN THE OPPOSITE–
SO ABOUT 60% OF THE PLAYERS PLAYED BOTH WAYS–
44 MAN SQUADS WAS THE USUAL TRAVELING SQUAD THAT DRESSED FOR AWAY GAMES[THERE WAS USUALLY 47-48 TOTAL TRAVELING SQUAD WITH 3-4 PEOPLE NOT DRESSING[FOR INSTANCE IF A QB WAS INJURED AND QUESTIONABLE HE WOULD TRAVEL BUT NOT DRESS--BUT WOULD COUNCIL WITH THE QB'S PLAYING AS THE GAME PROGRESSED--
IN 54 BOB DAUGHERTY WHO HAD TRANSFERRED FROM UNIV CINN AFTER 2 YEARS IN THE ARMY[IN A TANK IN KOREA]TRAVELED WITH THE TEAM ALL YEAR ON THE ROAD[I ROOMED WITH BOB ON THE ROAD] BOB PLAYED AT UK IN 55 AND 56–THEN PLAYED FOR THE BRONCOS AND THE RAIDERS AS A LB–
COACH BRYANT LEFT UK ON APRIL 3RD OR FOURTH IN 54 AND COACH COLLIER CAME–ADJUSTING WAS HARD SINCE SPRING PRACTICE HAD NOT BEEN HELD AND MUST START IMMEDIATELY[IT DID--WITH ONLY 2-3 COACHES--NO OFFENSE--NO DEFENSE]
BUT COACH COLLIER WAS A GREAT OFFENSIVE COACH[HE BROUGHT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS OFFENSE WITH HIM COMPLETE WITH GREAT PLAY BOOKS WHICH WERE GOLDEN]
COACH COLLIER HAD PROBLEMS ADJUSTING TO THE RECRUITING WORLD OF COLLEGE FB BUT DID SO WITH GOOD ASST. COACHES–
CHARLEY BRADSHAW CAME TO UK WITH THE RIGHT IDEAS BUT WRONG TECHNIQUES–AND SO IT WAS–
HOPEFULLY JOKER RIDES THIS TRAIN DOWN THE TRACK TO GLORY–HE HAS THE RIGHT IDEAS–THE RIGHT TECHNIQUES–HOPEFULLY THE RIGHT RESULTS
JOKER’S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS OVER EXPECTATIONS BY A “SO CALLED FAN BASE” WHO COMPARES THE UK FB PROGRAM TO CAL’S BB PROGRAM–
ON ON UK
Season on the Brink
Joker has made up his mind, drum roll please, trumpets please! Mike Hartline is our starting QB. No surprise here and no complaints either. Sure he isn’t the man I wanted as our starting quarterback but he is the man with the most experience.
Its up to you now Mike, seize the moment and show us how you have improved your passing game. Make us forget game management. Give us a laser light show every game. Thrill us beyond our wildest dreams. Set your sights on Louisville and fry us some bird with the secret spices you’ve used twice before. Then set your sights higher and go for it.
As Hondo said in another story. This is a Season On The Brink. This is your year Mike, your on the brink. This is the year you’ve been playing for.
The Long Blue Line
Here is another short article from our friend Hondo to start out the football season. Hondo was a UK student from 52-57 and played football for the Cat’s. Some of you might have read his series on the 55 football season and I hope you enjoy reading his posts as much as I do.

WITH COLLEGE FB STARTING SOON–WITH NFL EXHIBITION GAMES ON NOW–WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOL GAMES PLAYED——————————
IT’S TIME TO LOOK AT THE LONG BLUE LINE OF FB AT UK——————–
GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF SHIPWRECK KELLY WHO MARRIED A RICH SOCIALITE AND LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER TO TODAYS FIRST TEAM UNDER JOKER[2010] WE SALUTE YOU ALL–
NAMES LIKE GEORGE BLANDA–WAH WAH JONES–BOB GAIN–AL BRUNO–BILL MOSELEY–BABE PARILLI–EMERY CLARK–DOUG MOSELEY–JOHN GRIGGS–STEVE MEILINGER–FRANK FULLER–RAY CORRELL–GENE DONALDSON–HOWARD SCHNELLENBERGER–BOB DAUGHERTY–LOU MICHAELS–GLEN ED SHAW–CALVIN BIRD–IRV GOODE–RICK NORTON–RICK KESTNER–RODGER BIRD–JEFF VAN NOTE–DERRICK RAMSEY–ART ???[PLAYED FOR THE CHIEFS] AS DE–CENTER FOR THE STEELERS–CROUCH–AND MANY MANY OTHERS TOO MUCH TO REMEMBER FROM MEMORY–I SALUTE YOU–
{I APLOGIZE FOR ALL WHO I OVERLOOKED AND DID NOT NAME–I DID NO RESEARCH]
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE PASSED ON THAT GREATNESS IN BLUE AND WHITE TO PLAYERS LIKE LOCKE AND RANDALL COBB–ANY MANY OTHERS ON THIS TEAM AND ON MANY TEAMS TO COME–WE ARE ANXIOUSLY WAITING–
TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN BLUE AND WHITE BUT ACHIEVED THAT HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD”A PLAYER WHO ACHIEVES THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PERFORMANCE” –I SALUTE YOU–
3 PLAYERS COME TO MY MIND[THERE ARE OTHERS]
#1–DICK MALONEY–CAME TO UK IN 52–PLAYED A LOT AS A FRESHMEN AT RB AND DEFENSIVE CORNER[BOTH WAYS] PLAYED HARD–HIT HARD–DIDN’T LIKE TO LOSE–STARTED AS A SOPH–JUNIOR–SENIOR–A TRUE TEAM LEADER
#2–IVAN CURNUTTE–CAME IN 53–140 LB RB FROM ASHLAND TOMCATS–IVAN WAS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A PLAYER WHO LAID IT ALL OUT THERE EVERYDAY–RAN THE PITCH INTO THE SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD WITH ABANDON–FAST–QUICK–LIKED TO RUN INSIDE AS WELL–
#3–TOMMY SIMPSON–CAME TO UK AND PLAYED UNDER CHARLEY BRADSHAW–TOM PLAYED EVERYWHERE–ALL OVER–THE OTHER TEAM KNEW WHO HE WAS–AND WHERE HE WAS–HE LAID IT ON THE LINE EVERY DOWN–EVERY QUARTER–EVERY HALF–EVERY GAME–HE DID NOT LIKE TO LOSE–
I SALUTE YOU ALL[AND THE ONES I DIDN'T LIST]
SO FROM THE OLD DAYS OF “DEATH VALLEY” UNDER COACH BRYANT AT MILLERSBURG TO TODAY’S TWO A DAYS AT THE PRACTICE CENTER, A LOT OF GREAT FB PLAYERS HAVE COME AND GONE–HOPEFULLY THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN LARGER BUNCHES THAN THE LAST FEW YEARS–AND OUR RECORD PROVES IT–
FOOTBALL IS CRITICAL TO BOTH THE STATE OF KY–UK–UK STUDENTS–UK GRAD’S–AND THE SEC–
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPROVEMENT–I WANT A “WINNER”–I CAN’T WAIT TOO LONG–
MAKE ME HAPPY THIS YEAR–NEXT YEAR–AND THE NEXT[ALL I HAVE IS A 3 YEAR OUTLOOK TODAY]
The Real Mountain God
August 19, 2010 by billt
Filed under National Media
A day has gone by since Fresno St. and Nevada cannibalized the WAC and I’ve had time to think more on it. This wasn’t a Stacy Keach, Ursula Andress movie with slinky tops like the Mountain of the Cannibal God. It was more of a Donner Cookbook type of a cannibalization with better spices.
I’ve come to the conclusion that there was a Mountain God involved in it and that God’s name is BCS. Sure the first thing I wanted to blame is the world wide leader and they do deserve to get a piece of the blame for trying to own the sports universe and forcing people like Pat Forde with his obvious bias for Kentucky and Cow______ fill in the blank yourself on us. Just kidding Cow_____ your a dedicated, educated reporter unlike this blogger and I’m only using you for a small laugh.
The real blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the BCS though. If there was a playoff system then the MWC wouldn’t have had to strengthen its conference at the WAC’s expense. Boise St. would still be going 12-0 and being ranked in the top 10, and the MWC’s future wouldn’t look like one of those meals at the Donner Pass where its eat or be eaten.
When you think about the excuses for not having a playoff there is not one that makes since other than the players missing classes. Thats what tutors are for though I will grant you its not what Tennessee tutors are for. Does anyone really believe that TCU or Boise St. no matter their records are going to be able to beat USC, Florida and Alabama in a row to win a BCS championship playoff. You notice I didn’t say national championship as a NCAA national championship is open to all and the NCAA once again should be ashamed of themselves for allowing their democracy to be ruled by a few. Heres another on of those does anyone really believes, that the BCS conferences would leave the NCAA.

The only true winner in the whole thing is the BCS, while the WAC teams and football fans as a whole are the losers.
Please don’t think that I’ve forgiven the MWC and those Karen Sypher wantabe’s from Nevada, Idaho and California because I haven’t.
Violation Blues
August 19, 2010 by billt
Filed under National Media
Hoist one with me to say good bye to the WAC. I’ve been a WACker since the early 60′s when sometimes the local New Mexico paper or El Paso and Albuquerque TV stations didn’t even bother to show SEC scores or standings and left me in limbo about my Cat’s.
Now that Fresno St, Boise St. and Nevada are leaving leaving there only leaves 6 football teams left in the WAC. This is old news and normal WAC history though. In the late 60′s as soon as Arizona and Arizona St. got to the point where they were looking like top 25 teams and recruiting to mank kids from California the PAC 8 gobbled them up. Then when the MWC teams broke away the WAC got lucky with Boise St. who is departing to the Big 12.
Now I don’t have to like it but I can understand why much of this has happened. Its all about consolidation and all you have to do is follow the money. What do you find when you do? You find the worldwide leader ESPN. With having only 6 teams now I’m going to bet that the newly signed WAC contract will be challenged and who does that benefit? Why ESPN of course. After all the best WAC teams are now in other conferences so why spend the money to televise the WAC games is small markets. Does anyone really think that there haven’t been any discussions about the MWC’s television channel and ESPN getting a cut. I have my hopes that the talks with Comcast and CBS pan out so the world wide leader gets screwed by the MWC too.
When you look there are only a few decent teams left and they are FCS teams in the Big Sky who’s budgets won’t support trips to Hawaii. This is going to destroy the Hawai’i men’s athletic program.
So I only have this to say. I will never have anything good to say about any of those bitches or the MWC again and I hope a UH linebacker violates your QB with his foot this year.

We will just have to watch and see how this plays out but one thing for sure. I’m glad to be a SEC fan where even lowly Vanderbilt’s back is watched by the other teams.
Jokers Wild
Like you I have been reading everything I can find getting ready for the season to start and like you I have come to some conclusions. Some are based on facts and some on gut feelings.
Gut Feeling: We are a lot stronger this year on the offensive side of the ball and have a better defense than people are expecting.
Fact: Georgia has good skills players but is starting a quarterback with no experience so expect them to play conservative for a few games. That could cost them a loss at SC or Miss St and we get them at home a week before Florida.
Gut Feeling: We get SC a week after they play Alabama and Spurrier will have chewed on Garcia so much for the loss that he throws several interceptions and we run it down their throats and catch them sleeping on several long passes.
Fact: Tennessee is like so over the hill that one good punch in this fight and they are down. How we control their run game will determine if we win or not.
Gut Feeling: Florida is going to be better this year than last year. Run it on them and pass effectively and we stay in the game but expecting a win is a little far fetched.
Fact: If we don’t beat Vandy we don’t deserve to play in a bowl. Stop their run game and we win hands down.

Fact: We should easily win six games and have the opportunity to win nine since we have a joker up our sleeve. This season is going to depend on Joker. If he really opens up the offense and defense and has the special teams playing their best with the depth and speed on this team we have a great year.
Preseason SEC Rankings
August 10, 2010 by billt
Filed under SEC Sports
Well its a little over 3 weeks till football kicks off so here is our initial pre season SEC ranking. This could be a year where the SEC champion has two loses.
Note: Tennessee’s rankings might change due to injuries, arrests or other karma related problems.
1. Alabama: Strong on offense but they lost a lot of players on defense. Until they show otherwise I’m going to rank them at the top.
2. Florida: John Brantley has a cannon for a arm and should have no problem filling in for Friar Tebow. With good play by the receivers and running backs this team could be better than in the previous two years offensively. Meetings with SC, Alabama and Georgia is going to make it hard for them to go undefeated.
3. Georgia: If Aaron Murray can ignore having never started in the SEC the Dawgs can challenge for the east. This is Georgia though so expect a loss to SC, Tennessee or Kentucky to blunt their run to the top.
4. Arkansas: The defense will hold down the offense again but they will score enough points to keep them in the hunt for best in the west.
5. Auburn: Auburn will be better this year but are still a year or so from challenging Alabama for bragging rights in the west.
6. LSU: If Miles can light a fire under the team they could be in a fight for the top. The quarterback position will keep them from the top again this year.
7. South Carolina: The talent is there to rank them higher but so to is Steve Spurrier.
8. Ole Miss: The defense will keep them ranked this high for the year. If Jeremiah Masoli and the offense jell they could move higher.
9. Kentucky: The speed is there and the playmakers are there. How high they go is going to depend on the quarterback again this year.
10. Mississippi State: They look like they are heading up but looks can be deceiving.
11. Tennessee: We keep hearing that Dooley is doing it the right way. Its going to take more than doing it the right way since its looking like karma is striving to bring them down to the bottom.
12. Vanderbilt: Vandy is Vandy.
If this was a cheerleader rankings LSU would be at the bottom.

How The SEC Became The Man
July 26, 2010 by billt
Filed under SEC Sports
I didn’t realize until I started reading about PCC slush funds that I actually knew nothing about football history other than the big things like how the Cat’s did, who won a bowl or who was #1. I didn’t know that scholarships weren’t universally offered by conferences till the late 50′s. The SEC, the SWC and other southern schools offered scholarships but the Big 10 and PCC provided jobs, with limits on pay and the Ivy was the Ivy.
The SEC began to become the football giant they are now after WWII, when returning veterans found it financially profitable to enroll in southern schools, since the government was paying for school and they got to keep the scholarship money. I could be wrong on exactly this worked but it did work.
In 1948, the northern schools found themselves at such a recruiting disadvantage to the southern schools that they had to do something. Because regional conferences set their own standards what they did was to have the NCAA, then a relatively powerless body as far as regulation went, assume a role as national regulator of recruiting. At the 1948 NCAA convention, the “Sanity Code” was instituted. This set a policy that no athletic scholarships were allowed, but off-season jobs were allowed, as long as the pay was limited to NCAA standards.
Then, a curious thing happened. Seven schools, on a follow-up questionnaire, noted that they were continuing to offer scholarships.
The issue of these schools, dubbed the “Sinful Seven” (Virginia, Maryland, V.M.I., V.P.I., The Citadel, Boston College and Villanova) was brought to the 1952 NCAA convention (per the rules at the time, the convention addressed violations, not the current committee). In a 130 – 60 vote, the NCAA decided to not punish them. At that point, the “Sanity Code” was dead and schools resumed offering scholarships. It wasn’t till 1957 that the now-familiar athletic grant-in-aid was finally adopted in 1957.
What happened then was that the PCC who was against scholarships ran into major problems with slush funds, became the Athletic Association of Western Universities (how’s that for a name) then the PAC 8 and began to offer scholarships.
The Big 10 also began offering scholarships but tied them in with higher academic standards for recruits. This led to a period in the late 1950′s where the Big 10 went from maybe the country’s toughest conference (the SEC of its day) to being no better than any other conference. Today you can really see the results with their ponderous style of play.
Amazing isn’t it how one little thing can lead to another. By first offering scholarships then getting great players and coaches the SEC began the climb up the ladder to what it is today.
Pre Season Top 25
July 25, 2010 by billt
Filed under National Media
How strong is the SEC. Our pre-season top 25 has 6 teams in it and I possibly could have put S. Carolina in it. Most of the polls I’ve seen so far have Ohio St. second but my thoughts are that Florida is going to be a whole lot better without Tim Tebow.
With LSU opening against North Carolina and Virginia Tech against Boise St. we will get to see if the ACC is overrated or not.
1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Ohio State
5. Nebraska
6. Oklahoma
7. Virginia Tech
8. Boise State
9. Wisconsin
10. LSU
11. Oregon
12. Iowa
13. Penn State
14. North Carolina
15. USC
16. Georgia Tech
17. Miami
18. TCU
19. Auburn
20. Georgia
21. West Virginia
22. Florida State
23. Utah
24. Arkansas
25. BYU




