Week 10 Top 25

Week 10
1. SEC	We're about to settle the great debate of this season. I don't know if there has ever been this much build up for a regular season game.  I will refrain from making any predictions and just enjoy the game on Saturday.
3. Stanford	Andrew Luck continues to be unbelievable.  If there was any question about Luck, it was if he could perform under pressure.  Completing 3/4 of his passes in a triple OT game against USC probably answers that.
4. Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State just may be the real deal.  It took years, but the Cowboy defense showed up big time in jumping out to a 49-3 lead over Baylor.  The upcoming games with Kansas State and Texas Tech suddenly don't look as tough, so we could be in for some real drama by the time the Sooners come to Stillwater on December 3.
5. Boise State	Kellen Moore is still stuck on 45 wins.  Clearly he's letting the chance at the record get in his head.  Or maybe it's just that Boise had a bye week.
6. Nebraska	Nebraska has found their answer to physical opponents: Rex Burkhead.  It was easy to think that Michigan State would come down from their high and fall to Nebraska, but the Cornhuskers physically dominated a Spartan team that had made its living on being more physical than all of their other opponents.  In big games, the Huskers are best served by getting the ball out of Taylor Martinez's hands.
7. Oklahoma	I think Oklahoma was pissed, and Kansas State had the misfortune of being in their way.  The Sooners still have a chance to get back in the national title race if they win out, but they suffered a big loss with their best runningback Dominique Whaley going down for the season.
8. Oregon	Oregon was far less than spectacular against Washington State.  In fact, QB Darron Thomas even got benched in the 2nd half.  The Ducks can still win out, but they have some pretty serious issues to solve.  UW and UsC won't be easy, and we all know what Stanford can do.
9. Houston	Holy Case Keenum, Batman!  I'm usually very against any sort of running up the score, but we all wanted to see Keenum stay in to get his 10th touchdown pass.  I'm pretty sure even Rice wanted to see it.
10. SEC	You can't put lipstick on a pig, and that's what celebrating that victory over Vanderbilt would amount to.  Chances are that Petrino will finish 10-2 and one game out of 2nd in the SEC West, but the on field results will show that to be a very distant 3rd.
11. Penn State	The Penn State offense is just bad, but it has been just good enough to get to 8-1. Joe Paterno passed Eddie Robinson to become the all-time wins leader in Division I, but the Lions are going to need to start scoring points if he is going to get many more wins this season.
12. Virginia Polytechnic Institute  and State University	Continuing our trend of "a win is a win even if you suck," VPISU was extremely fortunate to come away with a win over Duke.  The Turkeys don't have an easy road the rest of the way with GT, UNC, and a surprising tough UVA team left on the schedule.
13. Clemson	You can cross chest bumping off the list of magic answers to stopping the option.  The pressure finally got to Taj Boyd, and he did not respond well at all.  Brandon Thompson probably still hasn't found the ball carrier.
14. Michigan State	The dam finally broke for Michigan State.  They were bound to lose again eventually, but the way it happened was the surprise.  The remaining schedule is not particularly difficult, so the Spartans still have a shot in the Big 12.
15. Wisconsin	Bishop Morlino of the Diocese of Madison may just outlaw the use of the Hail Mary.
16. Michigan	Michigan got the win they needed against Purdue.  We will find out how much better Michigan has really gotten in November with Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Ohio State left.
17. Arizona State	What's the best way to get over a tough loss to Oregon?  Play Colorado.  Arizona State beat up on the Buffalos like everybody should.  The schedule gets tougher by default the rest of the way, but any loss before the Pac-12 title game would be a major upset.
18. Kansas State	Finally, K-State goes down like they should have.  Running Colin Klein every down could only take them so far.  Now they have to respond, because this loss could quickly turn into a four game losing streak in November.
19. Texas	Only putting up 43 points on Kansas may actually be a cause for concern for Texas, but they did get the shutout.  Texas Tech will be the first chance the Horns have this year to separate themselves from the middle of the conference.  Clearly, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State should be treated as outliers.
20. Southern Miss	Southern Miss continues to beat up on Conference USA.  There's nothing remarkable about their 31-13 win over UTEP, but a win over ECU this week will give the Eagles a firm grip on the C-USA East.
21. SEC	Any win over the Gayta is a good win for the dogs, no matter how bad the Gayta are right now.  A victory over Auburn (who is somehow ranked again in the media polls…seriously, anybody should be able to watch that team and understand they aren't good) should put to rest any notion that Mark Richt is on the hot seat this year.
22. Georgia Tech	Paul Johnson is a genius.  His offense is unstoppable, and Georgia Tech will never lose again.  Clemson may have written their own death sentence by running the spread, thus forcing GT nickleback Jemea Thomas to stay on the field and take over the game.
23. SEC	7-1 is 7-1, so you have to give credit to the Gamecocks, but, similar to Auburn, it's easy to look at this team and see tons of issues.  They snuck by with ugly wins over two bad teams in Mississippi State and Tennessee, but it gets a lot tougher with Arkansas up next.  Spurrier will have to find a way to score points without Marcus Lattimore.
24. Cincinnati	After last season's disaster, Cincinnati is inexplicably 6-1.  Actually, it's pretty easy to explain: they haven't played anyone good.  That said, losses are starting to add up for other teams, but the Bearcats still have just that one.  We really don't know much about this team or where they may finish because the Big East completely backloads the schedule.
25. TCU	Lost in the huge dropoff on defense is the fact that TCU's offense is putting up major points this year.  The Frogs are a long way from winning the Rose Bowl again, but they are still hanging in there and represent the only potential threat remaining for Boise.