Week 5 - Top 10

Week 5 and  a couple of newcomers leave the Top 10 after only a week.

1. Alabama - Dominating performance against Florida.  At the start of the season, I thought someone would take the Crimson Tide down, just because it's so hard to repeat.  They seem determined to keep their focus, kick ass and take names on their way to another shot at the crystal football.
2. Ohio State - I'm leaving you here...for now.  Shoddy performance against Illinois, but you still got the win.
3. Oregon - Impressive showing after falling behind early 21-3, before absolutely catching up to and then blowing right by Stanford.  There isn't an offense in the country that's as scary as the Quack Attack right now, except for...



Washington State Cougar Fan -
The team's not in the Top 10 but
their fans get an honorable mention

4. Boise State - This is what elite teams do to mediocre to bad teams.  Never a doubt as the Broncos carved up New Mexico for 608 yards and 59 points in the shutout.
5. TCU - Once again, took a little longer than it should have to put away Colorado State, but even when the offense struggles, the defense is a beast.
6. Nebraska - A bye week, but they move up a couple of spots due to LSU being coached by Les Miles and winning in spite of his horrible clock management skills and Stanford getting lit up like a Christmas tree (or like the Stanford tree before a game).
7. Auburn - They get a breather after three close games against Mississippi State, Clemson and South Carolina and lay into Louisiana-Monroe like a hobo into a 40 oz. of Olde English 800...it's neither pretty nor something you want your children to see, but it gets the job done.
8. Oklahoma - Sooners, you're in here because you keep winning and you show signs of being very good and then revert back to being the team that is a brain fart away from a clunker of a game.
9. Michigan State - Very nice win against Wisconsin this past weekend.  Now that you're in the Top 10, you need to step up and beat Michigan convincingly this weekend.
10. Utah - Takes advantage of the bye week to slide into the Top 10.  Travels to Ames, Iowa to take on an Iowa State team that just laid 52 on Texas Tech (think Mike Leach would have lost to Iowa State? No, I didn't think so).

On the outside looking in:

• LSU - Ahh, Les Miles.  Does your brain just go into a complete vapor lock when there is less than a minute to go in the game?  And how do you keep getting away with it?  You're undefeated, but it's far too ugly to let you stay in the Top 10.
• Iowa - The Arizona loss might have been an aberration and this team is really good.
• South Carolina - Gamecocks...you have your shot this weekend.  Alabama and Gameday are rolling into Columbia for the prime time game of the week.  Try not to repeat the appearances of Gameday like 2001 (54-17 loss to Florida), 2004 (20-16 loss to Georgia) and 2006 (31-24 loss to Tennessee) and you'll rocket up the Top 10.