Week 5 Rankings

It's getting harder for me to post rankings on here, mainly due to lack of time and dial-up internet. These rankings are valid through this past week's (9/27) games. I had to do something I have never done before and vault a team from outside my previous top 15, all the way to #1. But when you consider all the upsets last week, and the fact that this team has just dominated highly ranked teams this year, I could not think of a more deserving #1 team. So here ya go...

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	16	Alabama	(5-0, 2-0)
2	2	Missouri	(4-0, 0-0)
3	6	Oklahoma	(4-0, 0-0)
4	5	Texas Tech	(4-0, 0-0)
5	11	Texas	(4-0, 0-0)
6	13	Penn State	(5-0, 1-0)
7	14	LSU	(4-0, 3-0)
8	8	BYU	(4-0, 1-0)
9	9	Utah	(5-0, 2-0)
10	17	South Florida	(5-0, 0-0)
11	3	Georgia	(4-1, 1-1)
12	1	USC	(2-1, 0-1)
13	10	Ohio State	(4-1, 1-0)
14	4	Florida	(3-1, 0-1)
15	20	Oklahoma State	(4-0, 0-0)
16	19	Auburn	(4-1, 2-1)
17	18	Kansas	(3-1, 0-0)
18	7	Wisconsin	(3-1, 0-1)
19	22	Boise State	(3-0, 0-0)
20	24	Tulsa	(4-0, 1-0)
21	26	Vanderbilt	(4-0, 2-0)
22	28	Connecticut	(5-0, 1-0)
23	27	Virginia Tech	(4-1, 2-0)
24	25	Fresno State	(3-1, 0-0)
25	33	Kentucky	(4-0, 0-0)
26	29	Oregon	(4-1, 2-0)
27	21	Illinois	(2-2, 0-1)
28	12	Clemson	(3-2, 1-1)
29	23	TCU	(4-1, 1-0)
30	NR	Maryland	(4-1, 1-0)
31	30	Georgia Tech	(3-1, 1-1)
32	NR	Mississippi	(3-2, 1-1)
33	15	Wake Forest	(3-1, 1-0)
34	47	North Carolina	(3-1, 1-1)
35	NR	Michigan	(2-2, 1-0)
36	35	Air Force	(3-1, 1-1)
37	36	Arizona State	(2-2, 1-0)
38	39	Boston College	(3-1, 0-1)
39	NR	Houston	(2-3, 1-0)
40	NR	Notre Dame	(3-1)
41	NR	Oregon State	(2-2, 1-1)
42	41	Central Michigan	(3-2, 2-0)
43	43	California	(3-1, 1-0)
44	44	Ball State	(5-0, 2-0)
45	45	Michigan State	(4-1, 1-0)
46	31	Purdue	(2-2, 0-0)
47	32	East Carolina	(3-2, 1-1)
48	46	Pitt	(3-1, 1-0)
49	34	Miami (FL)	(2-2, 0-1)
50	NR	Florida State	(3-1, 0-1)

So many things that strike me when looking at my rankings:

• Alabama is #1! Who'da thunk it?
• 4 Big 12 teams in the top 5...unheard of!
• Penn State at #6, taking care of business
• Defending champs, LSU, still undefeated AND 3-0 in the SEC
• MWC teams BYU and Utah still in the top 10
• Oklahoma St. #15
• Tulsa, Vandy, UConn, and Kentucky all in the Top 25

For another view on the top 25, as well as THE MOST IN-DEPTH insight into college football today, go the J-Factors Sports Blog.