Floridan Blogger's Week Six Top 25 Rankings

1) Alabama - Yes, I realize this sounds biased coming from an Alabama fan (obviously), but their seemingly preposterous ranking isn't based upon homer-ism, but simply because of the AP's top five, only two of those teams have played a ranked opponent (LSU and Missouri) while Alabama has defeated two top ten opponents; and Alabama is the only team whose previous six opponents all combine for an overall winning record at 17-14.

2) Missouri - Missouri's opponents all combine for a 13-13 record and they already have a win on their schedule against the 20th ranked (then) Illinois.

3) Oklahoma - Yes, I realize they did in fact defeat a barely legal ranked TCU, but seriously who in their right mind would even hesitate to consider TCU as a top 25-caliber team? But of course, all five of Oklahoma's wins have been by a landslide, despite all of their opponents only combining for a 12-15 record overall.

4) Texas - Another team who has had no trouble handling their inferior opponents, who have all combined for an 11-16 record overall.

5) LSU - Despite having only one win over a ranked opponent, who also was a top ten team at the time of their victory, all four of their opponents have combined for an 8-13 record, with half of those wins belonging to the only ranked opponent they defeated.

6) Penn State - Thus far, they've proven themselves to be the best team in the Big-10. I must also note that they obliterated the measly little team who stunned the media's love interest U$C, two weeks ago.

7) Vanderbilt - Okay, okay, maybe I'm pushing the envelope here, but they have beaten two ranked opponents in South Carolina, and Alabama-Tech, AND they are undefeated. In my opinion, they deserve more than what they currently have.

8) Texas Tech - Well... They are currently undefeated.

9) BYU - One could argue they have yet to play a top 25-caliber opponent, however, have a gander at what they're doing to the opponents they've played thus far. In my opinion, they could easily hang with any top 25 team this season.

10) Georgia - Their only loss was handed to them by a top 10 foe, and it was only by a ten point margin.

11) Florida - They lost to a fairly decent (and very much improved) Ole Miss team by a point, but they have also taken care of business with the rest of their opponents thus far.

12) Utah - Probably the most underrated team in the poll. They've done a great job thus far, and again, they were another team to defeat the measly little team who defeated the media's love interest, U$C.

13) Boise State - Undefeated with a big win over 17th ranked (at the time of their win) Oregon.

14) The Polytechnic Institute (of Opelika) - I realize their offense is overly stagnant, but their only two losses were only by 5 points or less, and they came against ranked opponents.

15) U$C - They crushed Oregon. They crushed Ohio State. They crushed Virginia. Those three victories against those three overrated teams, shouldn't earn them a spot in the top 10, especially when they were stunned by an Oregon State team, with only one win under their belt going into the game against them last week.

16) Oklahoma State - I take it Les Miles left Mike Gundy a goldmine, the way Saban did Miles when he accepted the job at LSU.

17) South Florida - A loss to Pitt really sucks.

18) Kansas - A loss to a team that lost to Pitt really sucks.

19) Virgina Tech - After losing to an ECU team, who then seemed unstoppable, they have rebounded with big wins over Wake Forrest, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and Nebraska.

20) Wake Forrest - Let's face it, they're obviously better than Ohio State.

21) Ohio State - They would be ranked 25th (which would still be too high), if the other teams had a way of proving they were any better thus far.

22) Michigan State - They beat Notre Dame!

23) North Carolina - Butch Davis has the arrow pointing upward. If it weren't for a 3-point loss to Virginia Tech, they would be higher.

24) Pittsburgh - They lost to Bowling Green, but defeated South Florida; therefore, they are ranked appropriately.

25) Ball State - Only because they're undefeated.