The Houston win over Oklahoma State drops the Pokes out of the top 10 this week. Florida got a tune up in beating Troy 56-6, and now awaits “The Lane Kiffin Show” to make its way down to Gainesville this weekend.
Despite losing a close one at the end to USC, Ohio State moves up as they proved their merit even in defeat. A big BlogPoll welcome to Pittsburgh and Kansas, while Notre Dame exits stage right after the loss to Big Blue.
You can see the complete BlogPoll over at CBSSports.com. Here’s the RazorBloggers ballot for this week:
| Rank | Team | Record | Previous | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 2-0 | 1 | Gators season starts now…UT, Kiffin visit Swamp. |
| 2 | Texas | 2-0 | 2 | Horns look to revenge ’08 loss to Texas Tech Sat. |
| 3 | Alabama | 2-0 | 4 | QB McElroy has 14 straight completions in 40-14 win. |
| 4 | USC | 2-0 | 3 | Frosh QB Barkley comes up with big drive vs. OSU. |
| 5 | Penn St. | 2-0 | 5 | Syracuse win makes PSU 29-2 in last 31 at home. |
| 6 | California | 2-0 | 7 | Cal RB Jahvid Best tops 100+ rush yds last six games. |
| 7 | BYU | 2-0 | 10 | BYU ready for second test…hosts Florida St. Sat. |
| 8 | LSU | 2-0 | 8 | Handled Vandy 23-9 in Baton Rouge deluge. |
| 9 | Boise St. | 2-0 | 9 | Miami (OH) still scoreless in ’09…Boise wins 48-0. |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 1-1 | 11 | QB Landry Jones tosses 3TDs in place of Bradford. |
| 11 | Ohio St. | 1-1 | 16 | Rises despite letting one slip away vs. USC. |
| 12 | Mississippi | 1-0 | 13 | Flu bug attacks Rebels during off week. |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 1-1 | 12 | Bounces back with 52-10 win over Marshall. |
| 14 | Miami (Fla.) | 1-0 | 17 | After week off, Canes ready for Yellow Jackets Thurs. |
| 15 | Oklahoma St. | 1-1 | 6 | After picking off UGA, Pokes get rolled by Houston. |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 2-0 | 14 | Travels to Miami for Thursday Night ACC Showdown. |
| 17 | TCU | 1-0 | 15 | Drops a bit after unimpressive 30-14 win over UVA. |
| 18 | Arkansas | 1-0 | 18 | Hogs, Petrino prepared all summer for this one. |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 2-0 | 23 | Bearcats have scored 117 points in first two games. |
| 20 | Georgia | 1-1 | 21 | Dawgs start year with -5 turnover margin. Yikes!! |
| 21 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 20 | Visits Virginia Tech one of two Top 25 matchups. |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 2-0 | NR | QB Maynard thows for 400 yds, 4 TDs vs. Buffalo. |
| 23 | Kansas | 2-0 | NR | Mangino’s 47 career wins second most in KU history. |
| 24 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 19 | UNC outplayed by UCONN, still win 12-10. |
| 25 | Kentucky | 1-0 | 25 | After bye, hosts Louisville in “Blue Grass Bowl”. |
| Others considered: Michigan, Notre Dame, Houston, Iowa, Utah, Florida St., Missouri, Colorado St., Oregon St., UCLA, Arizona, South Florida, Southern Miss, West Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Michigan St, Clemson. | ||||
It's a little scary and pretty impressive what Meyer has done. Like Stoops and Carroll before him, he is the hot coach, except, he has actually delivered; two titles in three years. With his recruiting base, like OU or Southern Cal, there is no reason to think this is not going to be a dynasty in the old sense of the word. I'm glad they are off the schedule for a while. Hopefully we will see them in title game.
I'm ready to be impressed with what Gus has done at Auburn. If he can pull what he did at Tulsa, the SEC West is about to get awfully crowded. It will be time for the East to have the lower half of the league minus a huge Florida and the West to fight for slots 2 thru 5. We'll see how he does against WVir. Tough spot for Chizik to be the second best coach on his own staff. He's doing better than someone we know though. If Gus does it, he is about to be the hottest property in college football. Does he work his way up from a lower conference as a head coach or take the big contract, long term, as a Coordinator at the D-1 school of his choice? What do you think?