Ducks No. 1 ... for now
Here's my AP poll after this week's games. I'm that one guy who put Oregon at No. 1. I'm surprised I've no company.
The Ducks' stay at No. 1 may be brief, since I will likely put Alabama back there if it beats Texas A&M next week.
According to voting guidelines this is supposed to be about who is best right now, and Oregon looked tremendous against Virginia.
Alabama literally did nothing since it had a bye. Not their fault, true. But the Tide offensive line was a little shaky against VaTech last week and I didn't notice any weaknesses for Oregon (well, I concede that 119 yards in penalties leaves room for improvement) in its 59-10 crushing of Virginia on the road this week.
Granted, Virginia isn't great, but the Cavaliers are not a laughing stock either; they beat BYU last week and you may have seen what the Cougars did to Texas yesterday.
1. Oregon
2. Alabama
3. Ohio State
4. Clemson
5. Stanford
6. Louisville
7. LSU
8. Texas A&M
9. Georgia
10. Florida State
11. Michigan
12. Oklahoma State
13. South Carolina
14. Oklahoma
15. UCLA
16. Wisconsin
17.Northwestern
18. Miami
19. Baylor
20. Washington
21. Notre Dame
22. TCU
23. Michigan State
24. Arizona State
25. Nebraska
Here's how the entire panel voted:
1. Alabama (57 first-place votes)
2. Oregon (1)
3. Clemson (1)
4. Ohio State (1)
5. Stanford
6. Texas A&M
7. Louisville
8. LSU
9. Georgia
10. Florida State
11. Michigan
12. Oklahoma State
13. South Carolina
14. Oklahoma
15. Miami (FL)
16. UCLA
17. Northwestern
18. Florida
19. Washington
20. Wisconsin
21. Notre Dame
22. Baylor
23. Nebraska
24. TCU
25. Ole Miss
