If this is your first time checking out our rankings here at the Rundown, there are a couple of things that you need to know. The first thing is that we have a West Coast and Pac12 biased. Yep, that’s right we are in Pac12 Country and watch a lot of late night College Football on Saturday Night’s (Sometimes we even watch Hawaii). Now, the second thing you should know about our rankings is that we don’t care about where teams might have been ranked the week before, every week we wipe the slate, look at the teams across College Football and we rank based off of what’s in front of us. Why is this important? It becomes relavent when a team like Virginia Tech loses to Duke or Stanford loses to Utah, in some polls voters don’t want to move someone out or down too far because that is accepting the fact that they were wrong the week before, us, we don’t give a @#%#$^. So, with the side notes out of the way, we present to you our Week 9 College Football Rankings…
1. Alabama 8-0
“To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best.”
When we sat down to put together this weeks edition, we really honestly thought that Florida State should be here based off of the body of work but looking back at each teams wins, losses, and the overall performance in all games…’Bama is still #1.
2. Oregon 8-0
We know, we know… I just said that I was going to rank Florida State #1, well not just yet. Remember when I said we are biased, yep that’s right! Oregon is the second best team, now with the games coming up, this will be settled within the next week.
3. Florida State 7-0
The SEC is the best conference, then the PAC 12, then the ACC right? Well we think that it’s actually a tie between the ACC and BigXII, the reason all comes down to the Duke upset of Virginia Tech, it to some street creed away from the ACC’s depth. Back to Florida State, if they Miami, they will jump Oregon until the Ducks face off with Stanford after their bye week.
4. Ohio State 8-0
The Buckeye’s have an easy schedule, it’s not all their fault that, oh wait yes, yes it is. Scheduling Buffalo and Florida A&M is not going to help your National Title hopes in a year that the Big Ten as a conference is down. The Buckeye’s however have a better chance then the top three teams of going undefeated in the regular season. With a light challenge from Indiana and Michigan left, a back to back perfect regular season is in the sights, now let’s see how they close.
5. Baylor 7-0
The Bears have done what was needed for them to be here, they are putting up impressive and shocking numbers. They made it to the bye week perfect and now have a breather before the schedule turns and they face a gauntlet of Big XII teams. We ‘ll talk more then…
6. Miami 7-0
The Hurricanes return to a National Title Game rests with the Florida State match-up. If they win they stay in the conversation, a loss and they will drop based off of a weak ACC schedule. We’ll also watch for a let down against a tough Virginia Tech defense.
7. Clemson 7-1
We look at who Clemson beat and lost and they deserve to still be ranked the highest of the one loss teams. They beat Georgia before Georgia suffered for a ton a injuries and even though they got destroyed by the Seminoles, they have still only loss to the #3 team in our rankings.
8. Stanford 7-1
The Cardinal will see if they can steal our dream of a ‘Bama vs Oregon National Championship and also become the best one loss team in the country. We think that Oregon will win this time and Stanford will drop to a top 15ish team.
9. Missouri 7-1
Laces Out!!!
10. Auburn 7-1
We have no faith in this team but their one loss is to a solid LSU team and puts them a in the top 10…for now.
11. Oklahoma 7-1
Another team that is hard to read and with a little luck and an extra week to prepare for Baylor, The Sooners could find themselves moving in the right direction.
12. Texas A&M 6-2
With a nice break in the schedule right now, the Aggies are retooling and getting ready for the final stretch after they see if they can beat the spread on UTEP.
13. LSU 7-2
Can’t wait to see what happens when the square-off against ‘Bama.
14. Texas Tech 7-1
The Red Raiders showed they could play to the last minute against the best, now with a big stage game behind them, let’s see if they can put the finishing touches on what could be a special season.
15. South Carolina 6-2
Still hangin tough…
And the Rest…
16. UCLA 5-2
They have lost only to Stanford and Oregon, we’ll see if it breaks them like it did Washington or if the rise back to win to Pac 12 South
17. Fresno State 7-0
We have proof of one thing, if Carr and the Bulldogs are in games late, they have the ability to win and they believe they will win no matter what. Carr should be in the Heisman talk based on his performances winning games for his team.
18. UCF 6-1
Only loss to South Carolina and a nice win against a team we had going undefeated, we’re not going to discount them and no way rank them below Louisville, that’s just disrespectful.
19. Oklahoma State 6-1
After one trip-up let’s see how the Cowboys finish the season…
20. Louisville 7-1
Here’s the thing, Louisville has enough talent that we serious believe they could compete in a bowl against anyone but the question is: with BCS in question, can the Cardinals keep focus and finish out the year.
21. Northern Ill. 8-0
Not sure if we’re buying the Huskies as a top team but we respect what they’ve done so far.
23. Michigan State 7-1
Could this be the year the Spartans finally break through?
24. Notre Dame 5-2
Since the loss to Michigan, Notre Dame has become a better team. Now what for the Golden Domers?
25. Arizona State 5-2
The Pac 12 South should come down to UCLA and the Devils, can ASU win on the road and close out the season?
Just outside:
Wisconsin, Michigan, Oregon State, BYU, Texas,
RIVALS RUNDOWN 