Week 10 Rankings

Tough week for me with my picks as I went 5-5. Even with my five wins, my scores were way off, so I am looking forward to doing a better job next week. As for this weekend's games, I think it's safe to say some teams were looking ahead in their schedules too much (ehem Michigan & Ohio St.)! In the top 25, there were not many drastic changes, other than Wake Forest and Maryland moving up (replacing Clemson and Tulsa). With Louisville's big win, I moved them to 3rd and dropped WVU to 7th. Things got crazy when ranking teams 26-50 as there were some major changes. There were so many upsets of the middle-tier teams that it was quite difficult to rank. Elsewhere, the surging Hawaii Warriors (7-2, 5-1) move up to 32nd in my rankings and have become the first team to accept a bowl invitation. Hawaii will play a "home game" in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve against a Pac-10 team (likely Arizona State).

Top 50 Rankings

1. (1) Ohio State (10-0, 6-0) Won @ Illinois, 17-10
   
2. (2) Michigan (10-0, 6-0) Won vs. Ball State, 34-28
   
3. (4) Louisville (8-0, 3-0) Won vs. West Virginia, 44-34
   
4. (5) Texas (9-1, 6-0) Won vs. Oklahoma State, 36-10
   
5. (6) Auburn (9-1, 5-1) Won vs. Arkansas State, 27-0
   
6. (7) Notre Dame (8-1, 0-0) Won vs. North Carolina, 45-26
   
7. (3) West Virginia (7-1, 2-1) Lost @ Louisville, 44-34
   
8. (9) Arkansas (8-1, 5-0) Won @ South Carolina, 26-20
   
9. (10) USC (7-1, 5-1) Won @ Stanford, 42-0
   
10. (11) Florida (8-1, 6-1) Won @ Vanderbilt, 25-19
    
11. (14) LSU (7-2, 3-2) Won @ Tennessee, 28-24
    
12. (12) California (8-1, 6-0) Won vs. UCLA, 38-24
    
13. (15) Wisconsin (9-1, 6-1) Won vs. Penn State, 13-3
    
14. (13) Rutgers (8-0, 3-0) IDLE
    
15. (8) Tennessee (7-2, 3-2) Lost vs. LSU, 28-24
    
16. (16) Boise State (9-0, 5-0) Won vs. Fresno State, 45-21
    
17. (18) Oklahoma (7-2, 3-2) Won @ Texas A&M, 17-16
    
18. (19) Georgia Tech (7-2, 5-1) Won @ NC State, 31-23
    
19. (20) Virginia Tech (7-2, 4-2) Won @ Miami (FL) 17-10
    
20. (29) Wake Forest (8-1, 4-1) Won vs. Boston College, 21-14
    
21. (17) Boston College (7-2, 3-2) Lost @ Wake Forest, 21-14
    
22. (21) Texas A&M (8-2, 4-2) Lost vs. Oklahoma, 17-16
    
23. (33) Maryland (7-2, 4-1) Won @ Clemson, 13-12
    
24. (24) Oregon State (6-3, 4-2) Won vs. Arizona State, 44-10
    
25. (25) BYU (7-2, 5-0) Won @ Colorado State, 24-3
    

Teams rising up: #20 Wake Forest (+9), #23 Maryland (+10), #29 TCU (+6), #32 Hawaii (+8), #33 Houston (+17), #35 Florida State (+8), #36 South Florida (+15), #38 Texas Tech (+7), #39 Ohio (+7), #40 Western Michigan (+7), #43 Purdue, #44 Navy, #45 Arizona, & #46 Kentucky (+9), #48 Middle Tennessee (+8)

Teams fading: #15 Tennessee (-7), #28 Clemson (-5), #34 Tulsa (-12), #37 Miami, FL (-5), #42 South Carolina (-6), #47 Pittsburgh (-10), #49 Washington State (-15), #50 Alabama (-20)

Put a fork in 'em: The following unranked teams dropped out of my top 50: Arizona State, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Georgia, Washington, Indiana, UCLA (note: all of these teams could still earn bowl berths, but nothing to write home about)