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<TABLE class=bgBdr cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bgHdr1><TD colSpan=10>AP Top 25 - Last Updated Sep 20</TD></TR><TR class=bgHdr2 align=middle><TD>Rk</TD><TD align=left>Team</TD><TD>W-L</TD><TD>Points</TD><TD>Prev</TD><TD align=left>Next</TD><TD align=left>Last</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>1</TD><TD align=left>USC (57) </TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>1617</TD><TD>1</TD><TD align=left>at Oregon</TD><TD align=left>W70-17 Arkansas</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>2</TD><TD align=left>Texas (8) </TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1564</TD><TD>2</TD><TD align=left>at Missouri</TD><TD align=left>W51-10 Rice</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>3</TD><TD align=left>LSU</TD><TD>1-0</TD><TD>1437</TD><TD>3</TD><TD align=left>Tennessee</TD><TD align=left>W35-31 at Arizona State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>4</TD><TD align=left>Virginia Tech</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1406</TD><TD>4</TD><TD align=left>Georgia Tech</TD><TD align=left>W45-0 Ohio</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>5</TD><TD align=left>Florida</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1372</TD><TD>6</TD><TD align=left>at Kentucky</TD><TD align=left>W16-7 Tennessee</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>6</TD><TD align=left>Florida State</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1246</TD><TD>8</TD><TD align=left>Syracuse</TD><TD align=left>W28-17 at Boston College</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>7</TD><TD align=left>Georgia</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1235</TD><TD>7</TD><TD align=left>at Mississippi State</TD><TD align=left>W44-7 Louisiana-Monroe</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>8</TD><TD align=left>Ohio State</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>1127</TD><TD>9</TD><TD align=left>Iowa</TD><TD align=left>W27-6 San Diego State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>9</TD><TD align=left>Louisville</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>1096</TD><TD>11</TD><TD align=left>at South Florida</TD><TD align=left>W63-27 Oregon State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>10</TD><TD align=left>Tennessee</TD><TD>1-1</TD><TD>929</TD><TD>5</TD><TD align=left>at LSU</TD><TD align=left>L7-16 at Florida</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>11</TD><TD align=left>Purdue</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>916</TD><TD>12</TD><TD align=left>at Minnesota</TD><TD align=left>W31-24 at Arizona</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>12</TD><TD align=left>Miami (FL)</TD><TD>1-1</TD><TD>901</TD><TD>13</TD><TD align=left>Colorado</TD><TD align=left>W36-30 at Clemson</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>13</TD><TD align=left>California</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>739</TD><TD>15</TD><TD align=left>at New Mexico State</TD><TD align=left>W35-20 Illinois</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>14</TD><TD align=left>Michigan</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>702</TD><TD>14</TD><TD align=left>at Wisconsin</TD><TD align=left>W55-0 Eastern Michigan</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>15</TD><TD align=left>Georgia Tech</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>699</TD><TD>16</TD><TD align=left>at Virginia Tech</TD><TD align=left>W28-13 Connecticut</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>16</TD><TD align=left>Notre Dame</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>609</TD><TD>10</TD><TD align=left>at Washington</TD><TD align=left>L41-44 Michigan State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>17</TD><TD align=left>Michigan State</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>500</TD><TD>35</TD><TD align=left>at Illinois</TD><TD align=left>W44-41 at Notre Dame</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>18</TD><TD align=left>Arizona State</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>480</TD><TD>18</TD><TD align=left>at Oregon State</TD><TD align=left>W52-21 Northwestern</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>19</TD><TD align=left>Texas Tech</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>416</TD><TD>19</TD><TD align=left>Indiana State</TD><TD align=left>W80-21 Sam Houston State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>20</TD><TD align=left>Alabama</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>298</TD><TD>26</TD><TD align=left>Arkansas</TD><TD align=left>W37-14 at South Carolina</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>21</TD><TD align=left>Iowa</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>282</TD><TD>22</TD><TD align=left>at Ohio State</TD><TD align=left>W45-21 Northern Iowa</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>22</TD><TD align=left>Iowa State</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>245</TD><TD>24</TD><TD align=left>at Army</TD><TD align=left>W23-3 Iowa</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>23</TD><TD align=left>Virginia</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>221</TD><TD>25</TD><TD align=left>Duke</TD><TD align=left>W27-24 at Syracuse</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>24</TD><TD align=left>Oregon</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>201</TD><TD>27</TD><TD align=left>USC</TD><TD align=left>W37-34 Fresno State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>25</TD><TD align=left>UCLA</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>185</TD><TD>34</TD><TD align=left>Washington</TD><TD align=left>W41-24 Oklahoma</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Others receiving votes:
Clemson 177, Boston College 150, Auburn 89, Wisconsin 76, Minnesota 51, Texas A&M 50, Colorado 35, West Virginia 23, Penn State 14, Fresno State 8, Toledo 6, North Carolina State 6, UTEP 6, Vanderbilt 6, Utah 5.



<TABLE class=bgBdr cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bgHdr1><TD colSpan=10>Coaches Top 25 - Last Updated Sep 20</TD></TR><TR class=bgHdr2 align=middle><TD>Rk</TD><TD align=left>Team</TD><TD>W-L</TD><TD>Points</TD><TD>Prev</TD><TD align=left>Next</TD><TD align=left>Last</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>1</TD><TD align=left>USC (60) </TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>1548</TD><TD>1</TD><TD align=left>at Oregon</TD><TD align=left>W70-17 Arkansas</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>2</TD><TD align=left>Texas (2) </TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1483</TD><TD>2</TD><TD align=left>at Missouri</TD><TD align=left>W51-10 Rice</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>3</TD><TD align=left>LSU</TD><TD>1-0</TD><TD>1364</TD><TD>3</TD><TD align=left>Tennessee</TD><TD align=left>W35-31 at Arizona State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>4</TD><TD align=left>Virginia Tech</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1350</TD><TD>4</TD><TD align=left>Georgia Tech</TD><TD align=left>W45-0 Ohio</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>5</TD><TD align=left>Florida</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1292</TD><TD>7</TD><TD align=left>at Kentucky</TD><TD align=left>W16-7 Tennessee</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>6</TD><TD align=left>Georgia</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1240</TD><TD>6</TD><TD align=left>at Mississippi State</TD><TD align=left>W44-7 Louisiana-Monroe</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>7</TD><TD align=left>Florida State</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>1180</TD><TD>8</TD><TD align=left>Syracuse</TD><TD align=left>W28-17 at Boston College</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>8</TD><TD align=left>Louisville</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>1035</TD><TD>10</TD><TD align=left>at South Florida</TD><TD align=left>W63-27 Oregon State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>9</TD><TD align=left>Ohio State</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>972</TD><TD>9</TD><TD align=left>Iowa</TD><TD align=left>W27-6 San Diego State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>10</TD><TD align=left>Purdue</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>909</TD><TD>11</TD><TD align=left>at Minnesota</TD><TD align=left>W31-24 at Arizona</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>11</TD><TD align=left>Tennessee</TD><TD>1-1</TD><TD>863</TD><TD>4</TD><TD align=left>at LSU</TD><TD align=left>L7-16 at Florida</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>12</TD><TD align=left>Miami (FL)</TD><TD>1-1</TD><TD>852</TD><TD>13</TD><TD align=left>Colorado</TD><TD align=left>W36-30 at Clemson</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>13</TD><TD align=left>Michigan</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>736</TD><TD>14</TD><TD align=left>at Wisconsin</TD><TD align=left>W55-0 Eastern Michigan</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>14</TD><TD align=left>California</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>722</TD><TD>15</TD><TD align=left>at New Mexico State</TD><TD align=left>W35-20 Illinois</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>15</TD><TD align=left>Georgia Tech</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>654</TD><TD>18</TD><TD align=left>at Virginia Tech</TD><TD align=left>W28-13 Connecticut</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>16</TD><TD align=left>Texas Tech</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>523</TD><TD>19</TD><TD align=left>Indiana State</TD><TD align=left>W80-21 Sam Houston State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>17</TD><TD align=left>Arizona State</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>395</TD><TD>22</TD><TD align=left>at Oregon State</TD><TD align=left>W52-21 Northwestern</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>18</TD><TD align=left>Notre Dame</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>385</TD><TD>12</TD><TD align=left>at Washington</TD><TD align=left>L41-44 Michigan State</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>19</TD><TD align=left>Virginia</TD><TD>2-0</TD><TD>358</TD><TD>20</TD><TD align=left>Duke</TD><TD align=left>W27-24 at Syracuse</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>20</TD><TD align=left>Alabama</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>340</TD><TD>24</TD><TD align=left>Arkansas</TD><TD align=left>W37-14 at South Carolina</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>21</TD><TD align=left>Iowa</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>277</TD><TD>21</TD><TD align=left>at Ohio State</TD><TD align=left>W45-21 Northern Iowa</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>22</TD><TD align=left>Michigan State</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>256</TD><TD>42</TD><TD align=left>at Illinois</TD><TD align=left>W44-41 at Notre Dame</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>23</TD><TD align=left>UCLA</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>232</TD><TD>30</TD><TD align=left>Washington</TD><TD align=left>W41-24 Oklahoma</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>24</TD><TD align=left>Wisconsin</TD><TD>3-0</TD><TD>205</TD><TD>26</TD><TD align=left>Michigan</TD><TD align=left>W14-5 at North Carolina</TD></TR><TR class=bgC align=middle><TD>25</TD><TD align=left>Boston College</TD><TD>2-1</TD><TD>163</TD><TD>16</TD><TD align=left>at Clemson</TD><TD align=left>L17-28 Florida State</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Others receiving votes:
Oregon 152, Minnesota 130, Auburn 117, Clemson 87, Iowa State 87, Penn State 49, West Virginia 44, Colorado 37, North Carolina State 25, Texas A&M 22, Toledo 15, Utah 9, New Mexico 9, UTEP 8, Vanderbilt 8, Fresno State 7, Oklahoma 4, Bowling Green 3, Wyoming 2, Air Force 1.


<TABLE class=bgBdr cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bgHdr1><TD colSpan=3>FOXSports TOP 25</TD></TR><TR class=bgHdr2><TD align=middle>Rk</TD><TD>Team</TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>1</TD><TD>Southern California </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>2</TD><TD>LSU </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>3</TD><TD>Texas </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>4</TD><TD>Florida </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>5</TD><TD>Ohio State </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>6</TD><TD>Georgia </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>7</TD><TD>Virginia Tech </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>8</TD><TD>Arizona State </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>9</TD><TD>Tennessee </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>10</TD><TD>Florida State </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>11</TD><TD>Miami (FL) </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>12</TD><TD>Georgia Tech </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>13</TD><TD>Auburn </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>14</TD><TD>Boston College </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>15</TD><TD>Michigan State </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>16</TD><TD>Notre Dame </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>17</TD><TD>Purdue </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>18</TD><TD>Michigan </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>19</TD><TD>Minnesota </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>20</TD><TD>Clemson </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>21</TD><TD>UCLA </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>22</TD><TD>Alabama </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>23</TD><TD>Iowa State </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>24</TD><TD>California </TD></TR><TR class=bgC><TD align=middle>25</TD><TD>Iowa </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>​
 
Notable games involving teams ranked higher than OSU:

USC at Oregon -- Is USC really a 20+ point favorite on the road at a top 25 team??? The gamblers were definitely impressed by the Hog Roast. :wink:

Texas is idle.

Tennessee is at LSU

Ga Tech is at Va Tech

Florida is at Kentucky (yawn. Also a 20+ point favorite)

Florida State is idle

Georgia is at Mississippi State (favored by 15)

L'ville is at South Florida (favored by 20+)

So, this week we're rooting for the Vols and the Jackets. We're also rooting for Reggie Ball's antibodies -- he needs to be fully healthy and playing his A game for GT to pull one out over VT. Out of those two games, I'd be happy with one.

I think that Oregon might have a shot against USC -- to beat the spread, anyway. :wink: The MSU Bulldogs probably have a better chance of helping us, and that's pretty slim.

Forget about USF. A solid win over Iowa might earn us enough love to leapfrog back over the Cardinals, but that's about it.

It's safe to guess that with a win, OSU will move to #8 this week. Being idle next week is a free pass -- games on that slate are:

USC at ASU
Texas at Missouri
LSU at MSU
Va Tech at WVU
Florida at Alabama
Syracuse at Florida State
Georgia is idle
Florida Atlantic at Louisville (Are you kidding me? Does L'ville play every weaker sister in Florida or what?)

Looking ahead a little, the entire Top 5 are on the road on October 1. Some of those games are potential upsets or landmine games, but nothing jumps out at me as being an obvious help other than Florida at Alabama.

Best guess is that OSU maybe picks up another spot at the most during the bye week. Losing ground to Louisville was NOT good. Better leave the voters with one hell of a two-week impression by getting after Iowa in a major way.
 
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