Tuesday Top-25

Oregon's Death Star and Auburn's QB hold on to the top spots this week, but TCU jumps Boise State and Stanford takes the top one-loss spot. LSU's still lurking in the top-10, a place holder between the two best Big Ten teams, Wisconsin and Ohio State. The Buckeyes have looked better than the Badgers, but Wisky keeps the higher spot based on head-to-head. Nebraska and Oklahoma have very tenuous grips on the 9- and 10-spots. Alabama drops to 11, right above an Arkansas team they narrowly beat. Mississippi State moves to 13, as their only two losses are to top-10 teams. Next comes a questionable call: I have 2-loss Iowa over 1-loss Sparty due to head-to-head. That's mainly because I do not feel that State has "outplayed" their loss yet. Arizona sits ahead of both of them because of their win over Iowa. Utah plummets after the ass-smacking they suffered, followed by Missouri and South Carolina. Texas A&M enters the rankings ahead of a Sooner team they beat and a plucky San Diego State team that's 6 points away from undefeated slips in over resurgent Florida and lingering Nevada. Right now, this feels very balanced to me, considering overall resume and head-to-heads, but I know things will shake up big time in the next two weeks and it'll really come down to assessing each team individually at that moment. I mean, would Nebraska or Oklahoma State want to play Florida right now?

1. Oregon
2. Auburn
3. TCU
4. Boise State
5. Stanford
6. Wisconsin
7. LSU
8. Ohio State
9. Nebraska
10. Oklahoma State
11. Alabama
12. Arkansas
13. Mississippi State
14. Arizona
15. Iowa
16. Michigan State
17. Virginia Tech
18. Utah
19. Missouri
20. South Carolina
21. Texas A&M
22. Oklahoma
23. San Diego State
24. Florida
25. Nevada