BigBlueRules Top-25

I think that by far Bama, OSU, are ahead of the rest, but Oklahoma my be gaining on them, if Air Force don’t catch them in a let down.

1 Alabama
2 Ohio St.
3 Oklahoma
4 Oregon
5 TCU
6 Texas
7 Boise St hurt bad by VT loss
8 Iowa
9 Nebraska
10 So. Carolina
11 Wis
12 Arkansas
13 Florida
14 Utah
15 LSU
16 Michigan
17 Stanford
18 Auburn
19 Miami Fl.
20 USC
21 Arizona
22 Penn St
23 WVa
24 Houston
25 California

Top 25

#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.

Pre Season Top 25

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

BBR Top 25 Week 12

BigBlueRules latest weekly top 25. There is no change at the top with Alabama still leading Florida due to having played a tougher schedule than the Gators.

RK	TEAM	RECORD
1	ALABAMA	11-0
2	FLORIDA	11-0
3	TEXAS	11-0
4	TCU	11-0
5	CINCINNATI	10-0
6	BOISE ST	11-0
7	GEORGIA TECH	10-1
8	OREGON	9-2
9	PITTSBURG	9-1
10	OHIO ST	10-2
11	IOWA	10-2
12	OKLAHOMA ST	9-2
13	PENN ST	10-2
14	VIRGINIA TECH	8-3
15	LSU	8-3
16	OREGON ST	8-3
17	MIAMI FL	8-3
18	CLEMSON	8-3
19	BYU	9-2
20	USC	7-3
21	UTAH	9-2
22	CALIFORNIA	8-3
23	HOUSTON	9-2
24	NORTH CAROLINA	8-3
25	MISSISSIPPI	8-3

BBR Top 25 Week 11

These are the Top 25 of the BigBlueRules Board.

1   ALABAMA
2   Florida
3   Texas
4   TCU
5   Cincinnati
6   Boise St.
7   Georgia Tech
8   Pittsburg
9   LSU
10   Oregon
11   Ohio St
12   Oklahoma St
13   Wisconsin
14   Penn St
15   Iowa
16   Virginia Tech
17   Stanford
18   Clemson
19   Houston
20   BYU
21   West Virginia
22   Navy
23   Utah
24   USC
25   Miami (Fl)

Top 25 Week 8

Sorry to be a day late,  but have been in the mountains of SE Ky for a High School Reunion,  got to see friend that I have not seen since 1964.

1	Alabama	8-0
2	Florida	7-0
3	Texas	7-0
4	Boise State	7-0
5	Cincinnati	7-0
6	TCU	7-0
7	Iowa	8-0
8	USC	6-1
9	LSU	6-1
10	Oregon	6-1
11	Georgia Tech	7-1
12	Penn State	7-1
13	Virginia Tech	5-2
14	Oklahoma State	6-1
15	Pittsburgh	7-1
16	Houston	6-1
17	Miami (FL)	5-2
18	Ohio State	6-2
19	Utah	6-1
20	West Virginia	6-1
21	Oklahoma	4-3
22	Arizona	5-2
23	South Carolina	6-2
24	Mississippi	5-2
25	Notre Dame	5-2

Week 7 top 25

1   ALABAMA     I think that Bama is the best team in the nation,  Period.
2   Florida    What a game Arkansas did on Florida
3   Texas    Lucky to have won against Oklahoma
4   Boise St   Not a lot to comment on with the schedule they play.
5   Cincinnati   all they have doing is just winning
6   Southern Cal  they usually only lose 1 pac-10 game a year
7   Iowa  in the Big 10 drivers seat.
8   Miami   making a great return to College Football World.
9   LSU  I just wish that college football had a playoff.
10   Oregon  has lost only to Boise St.
11   TCU  I just wonder what they could do in a real conference
12   Georgia Tech   still leading their division in the ACC
13   Penn St   a very weak conference,  and non-conference schedule
14   Ohio St   Would the real Ohio St.  please stand up.
15   Va Tech  Lost 2 games already to two very good programs.
16   Oklahoma St   still marching along,  I think they will hurt some Big-12 teams
17   Houston   how did they lose to UTEP
18   BYU   
19   Utah
20   Nebraska   this team reminds me of UK Basketball over the last 12 years
21   Kansas   not sure about this team yet
22   Oklahoma   having bad luck with their QB
23   Ole Miss   playing in the strongest conference and division in NCAA football
24   Pittsburgh   Playing in that strong Big-East Conference,  (yea right)
25   Notre Dame   lost 2 heartbreakers  this season.

I am just wondering  what the next 6 weeks will bring to college football,

Week 5 top 25

Here is my view of the top 25 after 5 weeks.

1. Alabama The only top ranked team to have beaten a top team
2. Florida National Champ from last year and still undefeated
3. Texas Still undefeated since TT last season
4. LSU folks trashing this team but they have won SEC road games
5. Boise St. Could put a wrinkle in the BCS system
6. Cincinnati still undefeated and won one big road game.
7. USC Beats Ohio St on the road and then lose at Washington
8. Ohio St. probably too high but best Big-10 team as of now
9. TCU
10. Va. Tech still only 1 loss to Alabama and beat Miami Fl and Neb
11. Oklahoma St
12. Miami Fl beat Geo Tech, and Oklahoma (backup QB)
13. Iowa beat Penn St, at PSU
14. Kansas another undefeated Big-12 team. as of yet
15. Penn St.
16. Ole Miss we will find out more after next Sat they host Bama
17. Oregon, A much different team since Boise St.
18. Nebraska Lost one road game at V.T.
19. Oklahoma Probably the best 2 loss team in the country
20. BYU
21. Georgia has 2 losses and both were in the top 5 at the time
22. Missouri another Big 12 with questions
23. Michigan more questions than answers
24. Georgia Tech
25. California has 2 losses and not shown up for either game.

Several changes will come as we get into heated conference games.

BBR’s Week 4 Top 25

Time for BBR’s 4th Top 25. Unlike last week there is no real big winner but several big losers. Once again the ACC manages to lose with North Carolina dropping out of the rankings and Florida State losing any brownie points they got from beating Utah last week. Miami dropped quite a bit after losing to Ga Tech but I’d love to see them play the game again on a dry field. The biggest loser had to be Mississippi who was exposed by the old balls coach.
1.Alabama
2.Texas
3.Florida
4.LSU
5.Boise St
6.Virginia Tech
7.USC
8.Oklahoma
9.TCU
10.Cincinnati
11.Ohio St
12.Georgia
13.Penn St
14.Oklahoma St
15.Iowa
16.Kansas
17.Miami (Fl)
18.Missouri
19.BYU
20.California
21.Michigan
22.Georgia Tech
23. Oregon
24.Nebraska
25.South Florida

BBR’s Week 3 Top 25

Time for BBR’s 3rd Top 25. The biggest winner has to be Miami who climbs all the way to #6 with their 2nd straight win over a top 25 team. The biggest looser is USC who lost to Washington and dropped out of the top 10. BCS buster BYU showed that they still don’t have the speed the to play with the big boys. Florida showed they are beatable with the win over Tennessee. Lane Kiffin now has adds on eBay where he is willing to pay an assistant coaches salary for a slightly used passing game. Alabama continues to show they have talent on both sides of the ball and moved up to #1.

1.Alabama
2.Texas
3.Florida
4.California
5.Penn St
6.Miami (Fl)
7.LSU
8.Mississippi
9.Boise St
10.Oklahoma
11.USC
12.Ohio St
13.Virginia Tech
14.Cincinnati
15.TCU
16.Georgia
17.North Carolina
18.Oklahoma St
19.Houston
20.Missouri
21.Michigan
22.BYU
23. Florida St
24.Nebraska
25.Kansas

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