Week 3 Top 25

Week 3
1. Oklahoma	Move along, nothing to see here.  Check back in a week.
2. SEC	Going to Penn State was the first big test of the season for the Tide, and they passed with flying colors.  Somewhere, Harvey Updyke is smiling knowing his team should make another run at the national title this year.
3. Boise State	Boise took the week off before getting Toledo this coming week.  Boise doesn't take teams lightly, so don't expect them to have as much trouble as Ohio State.
4. SEC	The Tigers' matchup with Mississippi State is a little less appealing after the Bulldogs choked against Auburn.  It will still be a good indicator of how the Grasseater's squad will fare against a more physical team.
5. Stanford	Duke fans can usually say "Oh yeah, well our academics are better than yours" after getting drilled in football…such was not the case on Saturday.
6. Florida State	Playtime is over.  FSU finally gets the chance to make up for last year's beatdown in Norman and prove they belong in the top 5.
7. Wisconsin	Oregon State is bad this year, but Wisconsin has a real shot at a national title.  Russell Wilson looks more and more like the missing link.
8. Oklahoma State	After a rocky opener, the Cowboys played like full grown men while dominating Arizona.  Tulsa is up next before a huge showdown with A&M.
9. Texas A&M	The Aggies took the week off, presumably to get their legal situation in order.  They get another easy one against Idaho before starting their Big 10 farewell tour against Oklahoma State.
10. Nebraska	Nebraska will not stay here is they continue to give up nearly 30 points to teams like Fresno.  This week is redemption time against UW.
11. Oregon	Once the level of competition drops, the point total goes up for Oregon.  The Ducks will probably still find a way to get 9 or 10 wins, but they will need to start making more than a fashion statement in the big games.
12. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Holding ECU to just 10 points is an accomplishment.  Scoring just 17, however, is a different sort of accomplishment.  We're all still waiting for the great Logan Thomas to start his Heisman run.
13. SEC	Georgia fans will be having nightmares of Melvin Ingram.  Marcus Lattimore is now 2 for 2 having big games against the Dogs, who may soon have a lame duck coach.
14. SEC	The Pigs continue their Charmin schedule this week against Troy before joining the big boys in Tuscalloosa in 2 weeks.  We will reserve judgement until after that one.
15. Michigan State	Michigan State had no trouble against FAU.  Nothing spectacular, just another dominating performance against a weak team.  The Spartans rolls into South Bend this week for what is sure to be an entertaining game, if nothing else.
16. West Virginia	West Virginia actually played a full game against Norfolk State, though I'm not sure that counts as a full game.  The next 2 games get interesting when the party bus goes to Maryland before welcoming Less Miles to town for the Redneck Bowl.
17. SEC	Will Muschamp's defense continues to dominate after shutting out UAB.  It's now that time of year again when we get to see Derek Dooley implode on the sideline.
18. Arizona State	People like me who were up until 2AM on Friday got to see Brock Osweiler's coming out party against Missouri.  Osweiler has cemented himself as one of the top QBs in the Pac-12, if not the entire country.
19. Ohio State	Toledo was not pretty.  In fact, it was ugly (like Charlie Weiss ugly).  I would recommend gamblers stay the hell away from the matchup with Miami this weekend.
20. UCF	UCF announced their presence with authority against BC.  They didn't just get a win against a BCS conference team.  They embarrassed BC.  The Knights have a very interesting matchup against Ty Hilton and FIU this week.
21. Robert Griffin III	Robert Griffin took a well earned week off after lighting up TCU.  Here's hoping he won't need to repeat that effort to beat Stephen F. Austin.
22. TCU	TCU bounced back with a strong win over Air Force.  The schedule stays soft for a while, and TCU shouldn't be pushed hard again until BYU comes to town in late October.
23. Missouri	Much like TCU's performance against Baylor, Missouri's rank was saved by a big comeback against Arizona State.  James Franklin has a good chance against Western Illinois to get comfortable before playing OU in 2 weeks.
24. USF	USF followed up their win over ND with a blowout over Ball State.  We still haven't seen enough to know if USF is good, or if Dane Crist is really that bad (he is pretty bad).
25. Maryland	Maryland wasn't overly impressive against Miami on Labor Day, but they looked very solid (no, that's not a uniform comment) and were a few red zone conversions away from blowing out the Canes.  Let's see if they can keep it up against WVU this week.