DISCLAIMER: I work for a national media affiliate but do not have a vote in the Associated Press poll so my opinion means virtually nothing. These rankings have nothing to do with preseason polls or last season’s results; they’re based on games that have been played this year only. The rankings will be volatile, especially early in the season.
Week 7 Winners:
Indiana went on the road and beat Oregon in Eugene, handily. No huge offensive output from IU and they were still in control the whole time. Two Dante Moore interceptions definitely helped the cause. The Hoosiers are a national title contender. Best win in college football this week.
Utah finally won a home conference game. Arizona State didn’t have their starting QB and it didn’t matter; the Utes completely routed the Sun Devils. Devon Dampier was a menace in the run game.His box score would indicate a good passing performance but every receiver he hit was wide open. Utes are back in the Big 12 race and the UCLA win looks pretty good right about now.
UCLA might just be a good team. Jerry Neuheisel seems to have saved the program and if the Bruins don’t throw a ton of money at him after this season, another program surely will.
Losers:
Penn State – Another loss, Drew Allar out for the season, James Franklin canned. Their season got turned on its head remarkably quickly.
Florida State – If you subtract the Alabama win, this team hasn’t done anything substantial. Losing to Pitt doesn’t help. Mike Norvell should start packing his bags, I imagine Deion Sanders is named head coach within the next 18 months.
My rankings:
- Ohio State
- Miami
- Indiana
- Texas A&M
- Texas Tech
- Alabama
- Oregon
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- LSU
- Georgia Tech
- BYU
- Virginia
- Notre Dame
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Mizzou
- USF
- Texas
- USC
- Washington
- Memphis
- Vanderbilt
- Cincinnati
- Houston
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