Top-25: 11/29

It's beginning to clear up now, thanks to some upsets and faves pulling away from the pack. Florida handled their season ending rival, while both 'Bama and Texas struggled, so the Gators hold number one. I would have tied the Horns and Tide for 2nd, but McCoy's playing too well right now. It now looks like the best ACC team, Virginia Tech, will not be in the conference championship game. The SEC, however, clearly has its 2 best teams (arguably the nation's best) in their CG. The middle of the PAC-10 is the most competitive 2-6 in all of football and could hang in any league, despite what the local homers will tell you. Because of this, I wanted to make sure they were all ranked, USC higher than Cal because of the head-to-head, both those teams higher than Stanford due to overall record, and Arizona bringing up the rear. I did not punish GA Tech too much for their loss because their offense was still moving almost at will and it's hard to use emotional rivalry games against non-undefeated teams. So, why did Oklahoma drop? I wanted them behind Nebraska, the Big-XII North champ. Once again, I'll rank through 30 since things are just fuzzy from 12 on down. This also allows me to nclude some mid-pack Big-Ten and -XII teams. Enjoy:

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. TCU
5. Cincinnati
6. Boise State
7. Oregon
8. Ohio State
9. Iowa
10. Virginia Tech
11. Georgia Tech
12. Penn State
13. Oregon State
14. LSU
15. Miami
16. Pitt
17. USC
18. Cal
19. Stanford
20. Houston
21. Nebraska
22. Oklahoma State
23. BYU
24. Clemson
25. Utah
26. Arizona
27. Northwestern
28. Wisconsin
29. Texas Tech
30. Oklahoma