Sarges Top 25: Week 12

[Sgt John]

1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Texas Longhorns
3. Florida Gators
4. TCU Horned Frogs
5. Cincinnati Bearcats
6. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
7. Pitt Panthers
8. Ohio State Buckeyes
9. Boise State Broncos
10. LSU Tigers
11. Oregon Ducks
12. Virginia Tech Hokies
13. Oklahoma State Cowboys
14. Iowa Hawkeyes
15. Penn State Nittany Lions
16. Stanford Cardinal
17. Miami Hurricanes
18. Wisconsin Badgers
19. Oregon State Beavers
20. USC Trojans
21. Brigham Young Cougars
22. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
23. California Golden Bears
24. Clemson Tigers
25. Houston Cougars

 

[Sgt John]

1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Texas Longhorns
3. Florida Gators

No change here. Trap game coming this week against Kansas for Texas. Florida and Alabama are officially on autopilot for the showdown in Atlanta.

4. TCU Horned Frogs

I didnt think TCU was 20 points better than Utah. I was wrong. This is one hell of a football team and ONE slip up by one of the top 3 should get this team into the National Championship game.

5. Cincinnati Bearcats
6. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
7. Pitt Panthers

Georgia Tech should finish 11-1 and then have a shot at the ACC title. Cincinnati and Pitt are on a collision course for the Big East Championship in what will be must see TV.

8. Ohio State Buckeyes
9. Boise State Broncos
10. LSU Tigers
11. Oregon Ducks
12. Virginia Tech Hokies
13. Oklahoma State Cowboys

Ohio State will be going to the Rose Bowl. LSU and Virginia Tech could see one another in the post season. The Cowboys are doing fine headed toward their tilt with Oklahoma. Boise State has finished the slow ride down, but does not impress me as much as the teams ahead of it. I expect Boise to finish 12-0 and rise back up to around 6 with the immiment losses coming from above.

14. Iowa Hawkeyes
15. Penn State Nittany Lions
16. Stanford Cardinal
17. Miami Hurricanes

What would Stanzi have done for Iowa? We will never know, but they hung in alont better than I expected against the Buckeyes. Stanford gets a big jump after putting the pain on USC and Oregon. Man has Harbaugh done a hell of job over there.

18. Wisconsin Badgers
19. Oregon State Beavers
20. USC Trojans

Wisconsin stays pretty consistent. Oregon State/Oregon is going to be a great game. This is about where the Trojans should be, and only then because they have the win over Ohio State.

21. Brigham Young Cougars
22. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
23. California Golden Bears
24. Clemson Tigers
25. Houston Cougars

Rutgers appears in our countdown after bringing the pain to South Florida. Only losses are to Pitt and Cincinnati. Not bad.

I flipped between Houston and Oklahoma for the final spot. Oklahoma was impressive in a 65-10 destruction of Texas A&M, but at 6-4, lets see another week.

 

[Sgt John]

Did anyone else notice Temple is 8-2, undefeated in the MAC, and has a win over Navy?

 

[Runnik's Hambones]

I like your list Sgt. The only thing I disagree with is Clemson. I think they're better than both Cal and Rutgers. Other than that, spot on.

 

[Mike]

I would be all for moving Clemson up, only because it makes TCU look better though

 

[Sgt John]

I like Clemson Runnik, and I think theyve got a shot if they make the ACC title game. What keeps em a bit lower is the loss to a BAD (2-8) Maryland team.

I see the voters dropped USC to 22. I really thought theyd still make excuses to keep them at around 17.

 

[catman]

Not that I'm a huge fan, but the Iowa QB did a very good job on Saturday. If Stanzi isn't back for the bowl game, they will still be OK.
Just for the record, I think the Hawkeyes would be undefeated with Stanzi.

 

[Sgt John]

What might have been Cat. I know Oregon fans think the same from when Dennis Dixon went down a couple years ago.

 

[catman]

Exactly. This is why having depth at the "skill-positions" is so important in college football (not to mention all the other sports).