College Football's Top 25
Rankings by Darrell Copeland III
The Collegian
1. Ohio State (1-0)
Next: at No. 4 Texas
Last week: Won 35-12 over Northern Illinois
The Buckeyes want this game bad.
2. Auburn (1-0)
Next: at Miss. State
Last week: Won 40-14 over Wash. State
Running game will be way too much for Bulldogs.
3. USC (1-0)
Next: Sept. 16 vs. No. 21 Nebraska
Last week: Won 50-14 over Arkansas
The Trojans went from good to great in just four quarters.
4. Texas (1-0)
Next: vs. No. 1 Ohio State
Last week: Won 56-7 over North Texas
QB Colt McCoy did perform. A win over the Buckeyes makes them the national title front-runner.
5. LSU (1-0)
Next: vs. Arizona
Last week: Won 45-3 over Louisiana-Lafayette
QB JaMarcus Russell will put up amazing stats this year.
6. Notre Dame (1-0)
Next: vs. No. 12 Penn State
Last week: Won 14-10 over Georgia Tech
Defense looked surprisingly good. Offense looked surprisingly stagnant.
7. Florida (1-0)
Next: vs. UCF
Last week: Won 34-7 over Southern Miss
Gators will pass all over Golden Knights.
8. Florida State (1-0)
Next: vs. Troy
Last week: Won 13-10 over No. 10 Miami (FL)
The Seminole defense is incredibly talented.
9. West Virginia (1-0)
Next: vs. Eastern Washington
Last week: Won 42-10 over Marshall
You should not only know who RB Steve Slaton is, you should know him well.
10. Miami (FL) (1-0)
Next: vs. Florida A&M
Last week: Lost 13-10 to No. 8 Florida State
Inability to convert when needed may have cost ‘Canes shot at title.
11. Louisville (1-0)
Next: at Temple
Last week: Won 59-28 over Kentucky
Loss of Michael Bush won’t hurt as much as is expected.
12. Penn State (0-1)
Next: at No. 6 Notre Dame
Last week: Won 34-16 over Akron
Penn State may be the better team in this match-up.
13. Georgia (1-0)
Next: at South Carolina
Last week: Won 48-12 over Western Kentucky
QB controversy may be too big of a distraction.
14. Iowa (1-0)
Next: at Syracuse
Last week: Won 41-7 over Montana
Iowa is easily the Big 10 sleeper for conference champ.
15. Virginia Tech (1-0)
Next: at North Carolina
Last week: Won 38-0 over Northeastern
Cakes and pies scheduling may hurt them in the end.
16. Oregon (1-0)
Next: at Fresno State
Last week: Won 48-10 over Stanford
This offense has to make defensive coordinators tremble.
17. Michigan (1-0)
Next: vs. Central Michigan
Last week: Won 27-7 over Vanderbilt
Win over Vandy came away as just very unimpressive.
18. Clemson (1-0)
Next: at Boston College
Last week: Won 54-6 over Florida Atlantic
Clemson’s talent is underrated. They’ll be in a lot of games.
19. Tennessee (1-0)
Next: vs. Air Force
Last week: Won 35-18 over Cal
Score doesn’t tell whole story. Bears got absolutely rocked.
20. Oklahoma (1-0)
Next: vs. Washington
Last week: Won 24-17 over UAB
This team just seems unmotivated after loss of QB Rhett Bomar.
21. TCU (1-0)
Next: vs. UC-Davis
Last week: Won 17-7 over Baylor
A surprising struggle against the Bears. They should sleep through this game, though.
22. Nebraska (1-0)
Next: vs. Nicholls State
Last week: Won 49-10 over Louisiana Tech
Nebraska looked darn good once the offense got rolling. Black-shirts are back.
23. Texas Tech (0-0)
Next: at UTEP
Last week: Won 35-3 over SMU
Red Raiders are better version of Hawaii. Amazing pass offense.
24. Texas A&M (1-0)
Next: vs. Louisiana- Lafayette
Last week: Won 35-3 over Citadel
Aggies’ 12th man is something to be envied.
25. Alabama (0-0)
Next: vs. Vanderbilt
Last week: Won 25-17 over Hawaii
Very unimpressive win over Rainbow Warriors. Hawaii had chance to tie in closing seconds.
Others receiving thought: Arizona State, UCLA, South Carolina, Fresno State, Georgia Tech, Boise State
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