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The Collegian's Eddie Hughes ranks college football's top 251. OKLAHOMA (4-0) Last (No. 1): 59-24 over UCLA Next: at Iowa State Bruins were beaten worse than Bulldogs. 2. MIAMI (4-0) Last (3): 33-14 over Boston College Next: West Virginia Waiting for a Sooner slip-up. 3. VIRGINIA TECH (3-0) Last (6): 35-19 over Texas A&M Next: UConn Hokies shine against difficult competition. 4. USC (3-0) Last (7): Open Next: at Cal Trojans open conference play in state. 5. FLORIDA STATE (4-0) Last (8): 47-7 over Colorado Next: at Duke Buffaloes get stampeded. 6. LSU (4-0) Last (12): 17-10 over Georgia Next: at Mississippi State Big win in SEC opener. 7. OHIO STATE (4-0) Last (9): 24-17 over Bowling Green Next: Northwestern Can’t the Buckeyes beat anyone easily. 8. TENNESSEE (3-0) Last (10): 24-10 over Florida Next: South Carolina Eye-opening win in the SEC. 9. GEORGIA (3-1) Last (4): 17-10 loss at LSU Next: Alabama Don’t be fooled by loss—Georgia is tough. 10. NEBRASKA (3-0) Last (13): Open Next: at Southern Miss Huskers get moved up during an open week. 11. ARKANSAS (3-0) Last (15): 31-7 over North Texas Next: at Alabama Road game will be another test. 12. OREGON (4-0) Last (NR): 31-27 over Michigan Next: Washington State Ducks plow into rankings with big upset. 13. MICHIGAN (3-1) Last (5): 31-27 loss at Oregon Next: Indiana Ducks get their quack back. 14. TEXAS (2-1) Last (16): 48-7 over Rice Next: Tulane Win against Rice sure doesn’t make up for Arkansas loss. 15. IOWA (4-0) Last (17): 21-2 over Arizona State Next: at Michigan State There goes that Arizona State hype. 16. TCU (3-0) Last (20): 30-14 over Vanderbilt Next: at Arizona TCU should beat another BCS-conference team. 17. NORTHERN ILLINOIS (3-0) Last (NR): 19-16 over Alabama Next: Iowa State Two wins over Maryland and Alabama. 18. WASHINGTON (2-1) Last (21): 45-14 over Idaho Next: Stanford We still don’t know how good Huskies are. 19. KANSAS STATE (4-1) Last (2): 27-20 loss to Marshall Next: at Texas K-State can’t get the ‘W’ without Ell Roberson. 20. VIRGINIA (2-1) Last (22): Open Next: Wake Forest The loser is out of the top 25. 21. WAKE FOREST (3-1) Last (24): 34-16 over East Carolina Next: at Virginia Deacons get big opportunity this week. 22. WASHINGTON STATE (3-1) Last (25): 23-13 over New Mexico Next: at Oregon Pac-10 opener a good one. 23. PITTSBURGH (2-1) Last (11): 35-31 loss to Toledo Next: at Texas A&M Pitt couldn’t even go undefeated against the weaker part of the schedule. 24. PURDUE (2-1) Last (NR): 59-7 over Arizona Next: Notre Dame Boilermakers must beat Irish to stay ranked. 25. TOLEDO (3-1) Last (NR): 35-31 over Pittsburgh Next: at Syracuse Wins over Marshall and Pitt look good. Dropped: Florida, Colorado, Colorado State, Notre Dame |