My Top Ten- Week 4

1. Ohio State (3-0, vs Eastern Michigan)
2. Alabama (3-0, @ Arkansas)
3. Oregon (3-0, @ Arizona State)
4. Oklahoma (3-0, @ Cincinnati)
5. Texas (3-0, vs UCLA)
6. TCU (3-0, @ SMU)
7. Nebraska (3-0, vs South Dakota State)
8. Boise State (2-0, vs Oregon State)
9. Florida (3-0, vs Kentucky)
10. Wisconsin (3-0, vs Austin Peay)

Outside Looking In...

South Carolina (3-0)
Arkansas (3-0)
Utah (3-0)

Top two teams = impressive again. Not much of an argument there.

Oregon remains my third ranked team due to how explosive and dominant they have looked so far this season. They have also beaten teams like New Mexico and Portland State, so they have an opportunity to drop far once they play an angry Arizona State team on the road and then Stanford on October 2nd.

Oklahoma struggled against a lesser opponent for the second time this season, but how can you ignore the beat down of Florida State? They stay put for now.

Texas and TCU did what they had to do to stay put. TCU needs to take care of any opponent that is ranked lower than them (which is every team the rest of the season), while Texas proved it can win a tougher conference game on the road with a relatively younger team. Oklahoma vs Texas is in two weeks...

Nebraska is a good team, and we all need to get used to that fact. It has been awhile since the Cornhuskers were a legit BCS contender, but alas that is the truth of the matter. After playing South Dakota State and a bye week (might as well be two bye weeks), they have another road test against an upstart Kansas State team.

Boise State has a chance to move up in the polls -- maybe -- when they take on Oregon State Saturday in Idaho. Once they play OSU, they have no more viable opponents on their schedule. Even if they beat the Beavers, I would have to have a gun pointed to my head to even remotely condone the Boise State Broncos playing for a national championship. Sorry, it just doesn't make sense. They have a nice program, but they don't deserve a chance when they play Utah State and New Mexico State every year. Doesn't cut it with me.

Florida just doesn't look too good. Urban Meyer had QB Brantley take more snaps under center instead of the shotgun to prevent snap issues, yet the aforementioned mistakes still happened. Other than Demps, the "fastest player in college football" (I put that in quotes because I really haven't seen everyone run, so I have no idea if he really is or not...everyone seems to think so though), the offense has been pretty bad. They are a top ten team by plain unadulterated reputation at this point, but that will probably change once they play Alabama in two weeks.

Wisconsin is just along for the ride after Iowa lost last night to Arizona on the road. The Badgers won on a blocked extra point in the fourth quarter, so they have faced some adversity this season. They had to come back to beat UNLV on the road for a kickoff that was at 9:30 PM Madison time, then they barely beat Arizona State yesterday. What does this all mean? Well, they have found ways to win for one thing. Also, we don't know their true mettle yet against a big time opponent, although we know that they can prevail against sluggish starts against lesser teams. If they can go on the road in two weeks and beat Michigan State and enter the Ohio State game on October 16th undefeated, then that may be one of the games of the year in college football's young season.

Memo to Arkansas: if you beat Alabama, welcome to the top ten.