THE TIMES’ TOP 25
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CHRIS DUFRESNE’S RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:
Rk.; Team (Rec.); Comment (last week’s rank)
1
(SPACE AVAILABLE)
Inquire within. Prospective applicants must not have played Youngstown, Akron or Kent State.
2
SOUTH
FLORIDA (6-0)
Tampa St. (more geographically accurate) jumps Ohio St. after routing Disney Central Florida. (5)
3
OHIO STATE
(7-0)
Rankman will formally apologize to Buckeyes after BCS title win over Boston College (4)
4
OREGON
(5-1)
Ducks get to take a load off at Washington before getting a load of USC. (5)
5
BOSTON
COLLEGE (7-0)
Might be No. 1 attraction if Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Harvard crew team left town (6)
6
OKLAHOMA
(6-1)
Looking to make a move to the BCS top, Sooner rather than later. (7)
7
CALIFORNIA
(5-1)
Street vendors offering three-for-one discounts on giant “We’re No. 1” foam fingers. (2)
8
S. CAROLINA
(6-1)
Spurrier is 14-0 lifetime against Vanderbilt and 3-0 in a past lifetime. (8)
9
KENTUCKY
(6-1)
Fined so many times by league office it consid- ers making Mark Cuban honorary captain. (18)
10
LOUISIANA
STATE (6-1)
Rankman sends Tigers to bed without dinner after losing to former Pac-10 coach. (1)
11
VIRGINIA TECH
(6-1)
Hokies would be ranked higher had LSU defeat not been shown on television. (9)
12
WEST VIRGINIA
(5-1)
Game vs. Mississippi St. more exciting than Miami-Florida St. or USC-Notre Dame. (11)
13
USC
(5-1)
Mastermind coach discovers, in game six, guy named McKnight sitting on bench. (12)
14
FLORIDA
(4-2)
One more loss and Tom Osborne may need to take over as interim athletic director. (13)
15
ARIZONA
STATE (7-0)
The Sun Devils’ schedule is more back-loaded than Wisconsin’s offensive line. (15)
16
HAWAII
(7-0)
Jones puts Brennan on pitch-count limit after QB throws WAC-record 75 fastballs. (14)
17
CINCINNATI
(6-1)
Team is three or four more Notre Dame transfers away from being a title contender in 2009. (17)
18
MISSOURI
(5-1)
Big 12 calls reserve stat keepers off vacation for this week’s game against Texas Tech. (10)
19
KANSAS
(6-0)
Jayhawks have lost five straight at Colorado but at least they don’t have to play Rockies. (20)
20
GEORGIA
(5-2)
Stomping on Vanderbilt’s logo after win is so ungentlemanly and un-Uga like. (22)
21
TEXAS
(5-2)
Team license plate suggestion: “At Least We’re Not Nebraska.” (23)
22
BOISE STATE
(5-1)
Scored more touchdowns Sunday than Notre Dame’s offense has on seven Saturdays. (24)
23
MICHIGAN
(5-2)
Was “cold, cold, cold” after Appalachian State loss but now is “hot, hot, hot.” (25)
24
AUBURN
(5-2)
First time any SEC team has used a quality loss to South Florida to justify ranking. (NR)
25
TEXAS TECH
(6-1)
Needs to change nickname from Red Raiders to Pinball Wizards. (NR)
