CHRIS DUFRESNE’S TOP 25
- Share via
1. Nebraska (6-0) Seriously, yes, you guys have to start taking Oklahoma seriously.
2. Miami (4-1) Hurricanes travel to ... red-hot Temple (4-3)?
3. Oklahoma (6-0) Switzer begging Stoops for one last crack at Nebraska on Oct. 28.
4. Virginia Tech (6-0) Anybody still think canceling Georgia Tech game won’t impact the national title?
5. Clemson (7-0) It’s Kansas State’s schedule masked behind the friendly face of Tommy Bowden.
6. Florida State (6-1) Bobby Bowden tosses quarter into toll booth basket. Misses, wide right.
7. Oregon (5-1) Saturday night game vs. Arizona is Rankman’s idea of Midnight Madness.
8. Florida (6-1) Gators suddenly armed with the Killer Gs (Grossman and Gaffney).
9. Washington (5-1) Sending a division of cheerleaders to Eugene this week to root for Arizona.
10. Texas Christian (5-0) Can’t wait for the sad country song about team getting snubbed by BCS.
11. South Carolina (6-1) Aside to pollsters: Did not this team whip Miss State and Georgia?
12. Mississippi State (4-1) Rankman thinks Joe Lee Dunn’s defense isn’t finished.
13. Georgia (5-1) School’s record belies lukewarm feelings for Coach Jim Donnan.
14. Kansas State (6-1) School stunned and dazed after sudden jump to Division I-A competition.
15. Ohio State (5-1) Seems that every year the Buckeyes lose one game they shouldn’t.
16. Southern Mississippi (5-1) Plays Houston this week. It should be no problem.
17. Purdue (5-2) Rose Bowl bartenders start mixing up special drinks just in case.
18. Oregon State (5-1) Beavers sincerely hope last year’s 55-7 victory over UCLA wasn’t out of line.
19. Notre Dame (4-2) Irish wonder if they’ll need rations for first trip to West Virginia.
20. UCLA (4-2) Roger Miller song, “King of the Road,” banned from campus play list.
21. Michigan (5-2) 58-0 victory over Indiana equal to three sessions with a campus shrink.
22. Arizona (5-1) Tomey alters “Citizen Kane” so that mysterious uttered word becomes “Rose Bowl.”
23. Minnesota (5-2) Aside to Glen Mason: Stop kissing ESPN sideline reporters on the forehead.
24. Northwestern (5-2) Campus rowdies confess “Brees Blows” T-shirt campaign backfired miserably.
25. Texas (4-2) Back in poll after pleading “no-contest” to charges of impersonating a title contender.
More to Read
Go beyond the scoreboard
Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.