Top 25 rankings - Nov 14th

1. Oregon 10-0 (1) - Not impressive in victory, but sometimes you just gotta take the W however you can get it.

2. Auburn 11-0 (3) - They just keep pulling away in second halves. Now the big question - as good as they've been so far, does a loss to Bama or SC keep them out of a BCS berth in favor of a team like Wisconsin or Ohio St who lost much earlier in the season?

3. Boise St 9-0 (4) - The Broncos pass the eye test. They look like a man among boys as an entire team. Yesterday could've been better, had UO or Auburn gone down, but it was otherwise pretty great as Nevada won to provide what may be a marquee matchup alive while TCU had the double whammy.

4. TCU 11-0 (2) - This was the day TCU simply couldn't afford to have. They didn't pass the eye test, struggling to put away San Diego St with 35 points allowed (more than the last month combined), and Utah got demolished by a weak Notre Dame team and basically left TCU without any real marquee win for the year. Ouch. We'll see what the computers think. If Boise is even close, they should have enough left to pass TCU.

5. Stanford 9-1 (6) - The Cardinal still have work to do, but with another impressive win in the books, they move into my top 1-loss team spot. I don't think they're in a national title hunt but they will have a great shot at the Rose Bowl spot if Oregon vacates it for the title game.

6. Wisconsin 9-1 (7) - I don't care who you play, 83 points is ridiculous, and without their best offensive player John Clay too. Today's a day to be grateful that the Big 10 has cannibalized itself with its top teams. They may eat up a BCS at-large spot, but they won't annoy us with another 20 point loss in a title game.

7. LSU 9-1 (5) - Tough to win in a 50+ point shutout and drop two spots, but schedule a real team and maybe I'll care.

8. Ohio St 9-1 (8) - The Suckeyes continue to roll. They'd need both Wisconsin and MSU to lose in order to actually win the conference at this point, but more importantly is a tough road game in Iowa this weekend.

9. Oklahoma St 9-1 (10) - The Pokes dominated at Texas, but that is starting to feel like a recurring theme. Still they're top 3 in the nation in passing offense and points, and they now get a Kansas tuneup before a huge showdown against their rivals.

10. Nebraska 9-1 (9) - Not a lot of style points lately for the Huskers, where Taylor Martinez seems to have lost his early season magic. Still plenty of Ws though, and Nebraska appears set up to face one of the Oklahoma teams in the Big XII title game.

11. Alabama 8-2 (13) - Solid if unspectacular home win against a solid if unspectacular Miss St squad.

12. Arkansas 8-2 (14) - Another very impressive win the the Hogs, who still keep a very longshot hope at a BCS berth.

13. Michigan St 9-1 (12) - Sparty is still rolling. That crushing loss to Iowa looks a bit worse, but ironically that Iowa loss this week has opened the Big 10 door for MSU. They now control their fate and will win the conference if they can win the final two games.

14. Missouri 8-2 (15) - Impressive home win against K State.

15. Virginia Tech 8-2 (21) - Yeah you're darn right I'm putting them in the top 15. VT is two last second finishes away from 10-0, no matter who those losses are to. Win in Miami this weekend and it will be a 9 game win streak and a spot in the ACC title game.

16. Oklahoma 8-2 (16) - Yeah sure another 40 point win at home, but what can they do on the road? We'll find out at Baylor and Okie State these last two weeks. It could still be a BCS game and a great season, or it could get ugly quickly.

17. Nevada 9-1 (19) - Whew. Survived against Fresno St and a pretty strong year overall now. They'll provide a top 15 matchup for Boise yet.

18. South Carolina 7-3 (NR) - Welcome back. This team is schizo. They have huge dominating wins against Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, but then a few bad losses too. Can these guys beat Auburn in the SEC title? They can beat them, and they could dominate them.

19. USC 7-3 (NR) - Very nice road victory, and the Trojans can still finish with a really nice season and maybe even a shot at a top 10 ranking.

20. Texas A&M (NR) - Decided to wait on ranking the Aggies last week, and I'm ready now after that impressive victory at Baylor. These guys have three good losses and they now have impressive back to back wins over Oklahoma and at Baylor and are one of the hotter teams in the nation under new QB Ryan Tannehill with Nebraska coming to town.

21. Iowa 7-3 (11) - I knew that Northwestern trip could be a trap game, but this is still a team that is a handful of plays from a magical season and I still think they're going to beat Ohio St at home this weekend.

22. West Virginia 6-3 (NR) - *shrug*

23. San Diego St 7-3 (23) - Can't blame them for a 5 point road loss to an unbeaten top five team, can you? I like them over Utah, and I think they've done more at this point.

24. Miss St 7-3 (20) - No impressive wins, but they're only losing the games thought ought to. That makes this weekend interesting with Arkansas coming to visit.

25. Arizona 7-3 (18) - I don't know why they're still ranked. They won't be after they go to Oregon next week.