My Top 25 - Week 1

This is my top 25 after one week of college football.

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. USC

Comment: I think these three teams are head-and-shoulders above the rest. USC starting a freshman QB scares me, but otherwise these are the most talented teams in the country.

4. Oklahoma St.
5. Alabama
6. Penn St.
7. California
8. Ohio St.

Comment: I'm ranking Oklahoma St.'s win over Georgia ahead of Alabama's win over Virginia Tech. I normally wouldn't rank Penn St. ahead of Cal after Cal beat Maryland and Penn St. beat Akron, but Penn St. held Akron to single digits in yards in the first half, so I'll give it to them. Ohio St. was unimpressive in victory, but I think they're better than any other team below them.

9. LSU
10. Ole Miss
11. BYU
12. Boise St.

Comment: LSU was also unimpressive in victory, but I think they're more talented than Ole Miss. BYU and Boise St. had great wins, but I just don't think they're better than LSU or Ole Miss. Sorry.

13. Missouri
14. Notre Dame
15. Georgia Tech
16. Oklahoma

Comment: Missouri manhandled a Big 10 team, so they get ranked higher than Notre Dame manhandling a WAC team and Georgia Tech winning by 20 over an FCS team. Oklahoma was extremely disappointing, Sam Bradford or not. I refuse to give them points for happened last season. If they start playing up to their alleged talent level, I'll raise them.

17. Michigan
18. Cincinnati
19. Nebraska

Comment: Michigan looks good to me now that they have two QBs to run Rich Rod's offense. Cincinatti won big on the road in a conference matchup. I'm not comfortable with Nebraska here, but they did win and win big. The next two teams both lost, and I don't like crediting them for that.

20. Georgia
21. Virginia Tech

Comment: This is probably too low for both of these teams, but as soon as they start winning I'll bump them back up. I just refuse to latch onto to what happened last season, as it doesn't matter anymore. If Georgia and Virginia Tech are good, and I think they are, they'll start winning and I'll adjust accordingly. Until then, this is where they sit.

22. Kansas
23. North Carolina
24. Miami
25. Michigan St.

Comment: Kansas and North Carolina beat awful opponents huge, which should happen but sometimes doesn't, so I credit them for taking care of business. Miami had a great win over Florida St., but the lack of defense in that game is what struck me. Good to see Jacory Harris developing on schedule. Michigan St. did the same as Kansas and North Carolina, I just don't think they're as good as those teams.

I'm not entirely comfortable with this list, but I'm going with it for now and the season will sort itself out.