AP Rankings Out: Big East still has 3 in Top 25

[Jim Johnson]

Michigan and Florida lept over West Virginia, though... dropped the Mountaineers...

RANK      TEAM      RECORD      PTS      LAST

1      Ohio St.  (63)      6-0      1623      1

2      Florida      6-0      1516      5

3      Southern Cal      5-0      1451      3

4      Michigan      6-0      1429      6

5      West Virginia  (2)      5-0      1416      4

6      Texas            5-1      1294      7

7      Louisville      5-0      1247      8

8      Tennessee      5-1      1159      13

9      Notre Dame      5-1      1068      12

10      California      5-1      1017      16

11      Auburn            5-1      943      2

12      Clemson      5-1      876      15

13      Georgia Tech      5-1      739      18

14      LSU            4-2      693      9

15      Iowa              5-1      661      19

16      Georgia      5-1      615      10

17      Arkansas      4-1      482      NR

18      Oregon            4-1      474      11

19      Missouri      6-0      469      23

20      Boise St.      6-0      449      20

21      Nebraska      5-1      431      22

22      Virginia Tech      4-1      360      21

23      Oklahoma      3-2      271      14

24      Rutgers      5-0      194      24

25      Wisconsin      5-1      86      NR

Others receiving votes: Boston College 79, Florida St. 25, Miami 13, UCLA 13, Penn St. 10, Washington 9, Pittsburgh 6, N.C. State 3, Texas Tech 2, BYU 1, Wake Forest 1.

I love that both FSU and Miami (who actually LOST 1 point despite beating UNC) are out of the Top 25... now if Auburn and Georgia could beat the Gators and drop them as well... One can dream, right?

[chicky9914]

NICE!!!

[Mag Pie]

Now how nice would it be if Pitt got ranked?  They're 5-1!!  Imagine...4 BE teams in the top 25.

Florida will fall eventually.  They'll lose to either Auburn or Georgia.  Hell, maybe even FSU, that game is always insane.

[BullsFanInTX]

This is no improvement over last week.  The bad thing is that WVU actually dropped a spot, and 2 teams leap frogged them.  Bad news for getting a BE team in NC game.  And why is a one lost UT ahead of UL.  UT got spanked, and I mean spanked by OSU.  The good news is that either OSU/UM will lose, and Florida will probably lose in SEC play or champ. game.  USC also plays ND.

[bulls96go]

ru pitt play winner stays in top 25

hard to get 4 teams in

if we run the table till pitt will we be ranked?

[usfgrad84]

Gotta love it, but how the hell does does WVU drop a spot?  

[BullsFanInTX]

ru pitt play winner stays in top 25

hard to get 4 teams in

if we run the table till pitt will we be ranked?

No, if we beat a ranked Pitt to go 7-2, we probably still won't be ranked, although we would get quite a few votes.  It will take 8-2 to possibly get ranked.  9-2 beating UL would gaurentee a ranking, and an outside shot at top 20.

[Joe]

Gotta love it, but how the hell does does WVU drop a spot?  

I said it preseason...their schedule to date, it's horrible. The teams they played have 7 wins combined over D-IA competition while Ohio State, USC, Florida, and Michigan have all beaten multiple ranked teams. They should move up as the higher ranked teams lose.

[outrunner]

Not to mention a shaky showing against ECU.

[South_Florida_Flip]

Gotta love it, but how the hell does does WVU drop a spot?  

Simple, Florida beat a highly ranked team and in pretty convincing fashion. WVU will move up since Michigan still had to play Ohio State and Florida still has to go to Auburn and they still have Georgia on the schedule. USC hasn't been that impressive the last 2 weeks either.