College Football Top 10 for November 9, 2008 2008 November 9
Iowa foiled Penn State’s bid for an undefeated season this past week, so we have lost another team from he ranks of the unbeaten with only 5 teams left. With their loss, Penn State falls outside of my top 10. Also falling outside of my top 10 is Oklahoma State who lost to a team I had ranked #1 for the second time this season. Texas Tech really did look impressive beating Oklahoma State so they hold on to my #1 spot. Replacing Penn State and Oklahoma State in my top 10 are Southern Cal and BYU. Southern Cal was pretty much a no-brainer at this point as there are few teams with 1 loss. While the PAC-10 is not as strong as I am sure they would like this year, Southern Cal did schedule a couple of games against good out of conference teams which should be rewarded. I was tempted to put a two loss team in front of BYU, but I thought since their own loss was against a really skilled TCU, I’d let them back into the top ten over Missouri, Georgia, and Oklahoma State. However, if BYU comes close to slipping up, I may drop them out soon, even without another loss as besides the previously mentioned two loss teams, there are a couple of quailty two loss teams in the ACC and a few more in the Big East.
1. Texas Tech (10-0)
2. Alabama (10-0)
3. Utah (10-0)
4. Boise State (9-0)
5. Ball State (9-0)
6. Texas (9-1)
7. Oklahoma (9-1)
8. Florida (8-1)
9. Southern Cal (8-1)
10. BYU (9-1)