ChamilitaryMayne

the florida game was awesome...tim tebow is the real deal
"Who said he couldn't pass? Tebow had three passes that went for 40-plus yards Saturday, giving him seven for the season. The Gators had four as a team last year." -espn.com

poor notre dame and auburn...and UCF was so close to upsetting texas

GatorEng23

Florida was great today, very impressive! A 59-20 thrashing of the Vols, a ranked opponent and a rivalry game. I had my doubts on Florida this season, but after this game, it is quite possible that they can make another title run, if they can get past LSU.

The ranking *should* go like this:

1. LSU
2. USC
3. Florida

And there really isn't much of a gap between the three, these teams are simply in a league of their own in college football.

jbusc

Huh-uh (10 char)

Saxonthebeach6

mmm Oklahoma is looking pretty strong as well. It should be:

1a) USC
1b) LSU
3) Florida
4) Oklahoma
5) UCLA - just kidding =P

But yeah, I went to the Cal game today (Go Bears!), then hopped over to Stanford to see their game with my brother. They actually WON A GAME AT HOME *** (37-0)?!?!?!

Bigredmed

So in person, USC was impressive - at least their rushing defense. Nebraska refused to tackle most of the game, especially the third quarter, and USC got some lucky breaks (should have lost three fumbles...I don't understand how a guy can fumble the kickoff return, and another guys picks it up for another 40 yards...but I digress). That USC guy getting hurt and having to be taken off on a stretcher really killed the crowd/atmosphere.

Just like last year, Nebraska demonstrated the blueprint for how to beat USC - last year it was run the ball, this year it's 3 and 5 step drops and intermediate passing. A team gets some luck with it, forces a couple turnovers and follows that plan and it'll happen, USC will lose.

LSU, Florida and OU are certainly looking the best right now, and I'd put USC at 4. Nebraska pretty much handed that game to the Trojans with **** poor tackling.

Strykur

That's pretty much it right now, although I'd put Oklahoma at 4 for sure...Cal should be 5 because West Virginia's defense is very beatable. Outside the top 4, there is nobody in their league right now, and I think the Golden Bears really won't go anywhere in the Top 5 the rest of the year unless we beat USC or one of the Top 4 fall off somewhere.

The only break USC got was playing another mediocre Big-12 team. Face it, outside of Oklahoma and Texas, the whole conference is a joke (and Texas is suspect anyway).

And good God Wisconsin is the next Big-10 team that is going to be embarrassed, how does a top 10 defense give up 31 to The Citadel at home?! HA!

Newton

my school ucla got humiliated by utah!

what an insult to my school!

gator1089

Definately :
1- LSU (cuz im SEC biased)
2- UF (cuz im a gator)
3- USC (ill give them a little love)
4- OU (lookin pretty good)
**The thing that im most pleased with is Kentucky beating Louisville. I am probably the biggest Big East Hater EVER. I can't stand that conference, they shouldnt be BCS. But since Kentucky won, Louisville cant go undefeated, then Louisville can beat WVU, which means my wish will come true- a big east team wont be in the running for the champ game**

Players of the Week
Timmy Tebow (UF)- yes he can pass the ball
Andre Woodson (UK)- hes a legit qb

Teams of the Week
UCF- very good showing, they are on the rise
Miss St.- good for you guys, your biggest win since beating the gators a couple years ago.

Bonehead Teams of the Week
ND- three letters w-t-f
Arkansas- wow, lets pass the ball on third down in stead of running the ball and letting time come off the clock...sigh

Team to watch next week
Michican, if you can beat penn st, you might actually gain a little respect, but still won't be ranked

Strykur

I have to admit, I also used to dispise the Big East and their overrated teams, but the reason why I can now justify their BCS bowl bid is because the ACC has drastically and shockingly fallen off so badly. Good God, I hate the Big East because they pimp themselves and their overrated teams, but I hate the ACC even more because they suck and are not supposed to! Boston College is supposedly the best team now that they beat Georgia Tech? Goodness gracious.

rutgers 27

Big East isn't that bad.

WVU
Rutgers
USF
Louisville

gator1089

Ok so thats four teams...the SEC East has more quality teams...Florida, UGA, Tenn, South Carolina, Kentucky. So if WVU is 12-0, USC 12-0 and UF is 12-1, who goes to the champ game? The answer should be easy.

marge_sherwood

Not to rain on your parade, but what's so great? They may have good records but you have too look at the teams they actually play. The SEC team with a hard schedule is South Carolina, and to a lesser degree Florida. The others have been playing no-name cupcakes until now (well, UGA lost to a fellow SEC)... not to mention Tenn isn't even in the top 25 this week. Didn't they get whipped by California their first game, not to mention Florida?

Playing and winning against Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Western Carolina does not a "quality" team make. I know people like to boast about the SEC and of course they're good, but who's sure if they're really that great. Time will tell. Tenn, Georgia and Florida will have a harder schedule as the season continues and will prove themselves... or not.

The teams to watch are the Trojans, the Gators, the Tigers and the Sooners. I'm looking forward to the LSU-Florida game in three weeks the most. USC-LSU in the championship game will be pretty amazing. Trojans are going to have a tough schedule though, who knows if they'll get that far.

iljets10

I'm at BC right now and I'm surprised they jumped up in the rankings so much after beating GT. Even though they did win by 2 touchdowns and held GT to 10 points, I still think they should be at 16 or 17 rather than 14. Even I know that the ACC is not even close to being a great conference.

Strykur

You're right, but those 4 teams have atrocious schedules (kudos to South Florida though for having the cajones to play a SEC team not named and as perenially bad as Kentucky).

Like I said, there has to be at least ONE good team in the god forsaken ACC.

jbusc

Me, I'm just wondering what record Notre Dame will have when USC visits - they play Michigan State(3-0), Purdue(3-0), UCLA(2-1), and Boston College(3-0) beforehand.

Otherwise, it seems to be pretty clear that, barring any upsets, it'll be USC vs (winner of LSU vs Florida) next January.