My Top 25: Week 10

After 10 weeks, there a barely enough worthy teams to fill out a Top 25.  I almost left Florida State or North Carolina State ranked despite their losses because they both would beat Kansas State on a neutral field.  However, there is something fundamentally wrong about the #24 team losing to an unranked, undermanned squad and not dropping out of the Top 25.  San Diego State debuting in the rankings at #24 means that the Mountain West has three ranked teams, which is better than the ACC (which has one) or the Big East (which has none).  The WAC also has two ranked teams.  LSU jumped all the way to #7 because of their big win over Alabama.  LSU hasn't played like the #7 team for much of the season, but they have won all of their games but one in the toughest conference in America.  They will stay in the Top 10 until they lose.  Michigan State made a big jump, as promised, all the way to #9.  Like LSU, the Spartans don't also win pretty, but they do almost always win.  Here is this week's Top 25:


25. (Last Week: NR) Kansas State (6-3)
24. (Last Week: NR) San Diego State (7-2)
23. (Last Week: NR) Florida (6-3)
22. (Last Week: 14) South Carolina (6-3)
21. (Last Week: 25) Nevada (8-1)
20. (Last Week: 9) Oklahoma (7-2)
19. (Last Week: 13) Missouri (7-2)
18. (Last Week: 19) Mississippi State (7-2)
17. (Last Week: 18) Virginia Tech (7-2)
16. (Last Week: 17) Iowa (7-2)
15. (Last Week: 11) Arizona (7-2)
14. (Last Week: 15) Arkansas (7-2)
13. (Last Week: 8) Alabama (7-2)
12. (Last Week: 22) Oklahoma State (8-1)
11. (Last Week: 12) Nebraska (8-1) 
10. (Last Week: 5) Utah (8-1)
9. (Last Week: 21) Michigan State (9-1)

8. (Last Week: 10) Ohio State (8-1)
7. (Last Week: 16) LSU (8-1) 
6. (Last Week: 6) Wisconsin (8-1)
5. (Last Week: 7) Stanford (8-1)
4. (Last Week: 4) Oregon (9-0)
3. (Last Week: 3) Auburn (10-0) 
2. (Last Week: 2) TCU (10-0) 
1. (Last Week: 1) Boise State (8-0)

Dropped Out: Florida State, North Carolina State, Baylor