Take notice: 11 teams changed spots by 5 or more, and 3 teams previously unranked (PUR). So this has been a major reorganization of my top 25 in some ways. Pretty normal in others (4 teams unchanged). Sorry I have been gone for so long. I had no will to work on this site after the Florida game. I did submit a week 4 ballot though it was unpublished here. If you want to see it, it is here.

1. Southern Cal - Facing a tougher test Saturday (+/- 0)
2. Texas - no game (+/- 0)
3. Virginia Tech - Ya know...awesome! (+/- 0)
4. Florida - Chris Leak against UK = Sandblasting a soup cracker (+1)
5. Michigan State - Offensive Juggernaught (+10)
6. Minnesota - Good Job against Purdue (+8)
7. Tennessee - beat a (formerly) top 5 team; Killer D; Fulmer opens his eyes to the Quarterback reality (+2)
8. Ohio State - Beat a ranked opponent! (+/- 0)
9. Florida State - no game (+4)
10. Arizona State - Currently the biggest challenge to USC (+9)
11. Georiga - Should have beat Mississippi State like sandblasting a soup cracker. (-7)
12. Cal - Ayoob aka Boo ya! is the man. (+8)
13. Wisconsin - Sittin' pretty at 4-0 after knockin' off what appears to be an overrated but still good Michigan team. (PUR)
14. LSU - How rarely do you see such a implosion of a team. (-8)
15. Notre Dame - Irish show the love for their former coach (+6)
16. Alabama - The stuff to beat Arkansas 24-13 probably isn't the stuff to beat Florida. (+1)
17. Boston College - They cameback agaisnt clemson who is now a 2 loss team. (+1)
18. UCLA - No game, but I couldn't rank them lower than GT or Purdue. (+7)
19. Miami - Yawner; win a big one. (+3)
20. Georgia Tech - They are still a good team. Just a good team who lost to a better team. (-8)
21. Purdue - Lost one in overtime that was close all day. They are also still a good team. (-11)
22. Iowa State - Iowa appears to be less of a big deal now and they have close one with Army(!?). (-6)
23. Texas Tech - Beat someone that means something please. (+/- 0)
24. Virginia - I'm running out of teams! (PUR)
25. Texas A&M - McNeal makes this team ranked but where was the defense Thursday night? (PUR)

Dropped: Michigan (#7), Louisville (#11), Iowa (#24)

Games I saw: Bits of Miami vs Colorado (my ABC station had this instead of USC), Notre Dame at Washington, Alabama vs Arkansas. Last Quarter of Minnesota vs Purdue. All of Virginia Tech vs Georgia Tech, Tennessee vs LSU.