My CFB Top 25: Week Five

My Rank	Last Week	Team	Record
1	1	Alabama	5-0
2	2	Florida	4-0
3	3	Texas	4-0
4	4	Cincinnati	5-0
5	9	LSU	5-0
6	6	Virginia Tech	4-1
7	10	Southern Cal	4-1
8	7	TCU	4-0
9	11	Miami (FL)	3-1
10	5	Boise State	5-0
11	12	Ohio State	4-1
12	14	Iowa	5-0
13	15	Kansas	4-0
14	16	Oklahoma State	3-1
15	25	Auburn	5-0
16	17	Oregon	4-1
17	18	Nebraska	3-1
18	20	South Florida	5-0
19	22	Georgia Tech	4-1
20	23	Brigham Young	4-1
21	24	South Carolina	4-1
22	NR	Penn State	4-1
23	NR	Wisconsin	5-0
24	NR	Notre Dame	4-1
25	NR	Pittsburgh	4-1

The top of my poll remained unchanged this week, so that's pretty ho-hum...the big changes this week were based upon how impressive (or unimpressive) some teams looked. I did the non-homer thing and kept Tech were they were last week. They didn't look good, but they also didn't look bad enough to drop. LSU beat a quality opponent and was rewarded, while Boise State looked terrible in their win, and dropped. TCU moved up despite losing some rep points after Clemson got turtle waxed in College Park. The Horned Frog defense looks pretty strong at this point in the season. Houston, Oklahoma, Georgia and Michigan all had losses, and two-loss (or one-loss lame schedule) teams don't get to stick around my top 25 this early in the season. Auburn took the biggest jump with their win over Tennessee and efficient play thus far. Penn State, Notre Dame, and Stanford all got into the mix this week with wins, but none of them impressed me enough to put them above 20. Penn State looked like trash for the first half against Illinois. Pitt squeaked into the final spot because I was impressed with their offense, even in defeat against NC State two weeks ago.

My CFB Top 25: Week Four

Ok, so I wanted to go ahead and start a regular top 25 poll, and unlike the WWL or any other people that matter, I think polls shouldn't come out until at least a month into the season. Here's how I believe the top teams in the country stack up:

My Rank		Team	Record
1		Alabama	4-0
2		Florida	4-0
3		Texas	4-0
4		Cincinnati	4-0
5		Boise State	4-0
6		Virginia Tech	3-1
7		TCU	3-0
8		Houston	3-0
9		LSU	4-0
10		Southern California	3-1
11		Miami	2-1
12		Ohio State	3-1
13		Oklahoma	2-1
14		Iowa	4-0
15		Kansas	4-0
16		Oklahoma State	3-1
17		Oregon	3-1
18		Nebraska	3-1
19		Georgia	3-1
20		South Florida	4-0
21		Michigan	4-0
22		Georgia Tech	3-1
23		Brigham Young	3-1
24		South Carolina	3-1
25		Auburn	3-1

A few notable differences from the AP and USA Today Polls jump out. First, Alabama has the best win in the country, over Virginia Tech, who has also beaten two other top 25 teams. Tech's opponents have not lost a single game against teams besides the Hokies, and that puts them at the top of the one-loss teams. However, Cincy gets some brownie points from coming out of a decent Big East, and after showing some great offense and a resilient defense in the season's first month. LSU gets docked for having an inconsistent month, and they're bound to lose at least three games this season. Miami looked good until last week, and literally faltered against the perfect storm last weekend in Blacksburg. Teams I really like this week that aren't getting as much national love are Kansas, Nebraska, South Florida and Auburn. Teams I expect to falter and haven't impressed me are Michigan, USC, California (who was wiped off my list completely), and BYU. I expect to see a lot of shuffling in the coming weeks, but this is what I have so far.