HelmetNation Top 25 Week 5

I wasn’t sure if I should put Auburn in the Top 25 or not. Then again, I wonder that about most of the teams. It seems that there used to be a time in college football when there were teams that definitely deserved to called part of the "Top 25". Now, it seems like a bunch of teams waiting to lose, or something like that. I'm not sure how to explain it. Parity has made it so teams aren't truly being "upset" anymore because now almost everybody has enough athletes to beat any other team on any given Saturday. However, I think the media machine is doing its best to keep the teams with "fewer athletes" down, financially, psychologically and otherwise. Anyway, in watching the USC game and Oklahoma game I was unimpressed by both. All day during the games I was largely irritated with how much coverage the always over-hyped and underwhelming Big 10 was getting. Oh, them and friggin' Notre Lame. They suck and really deserve a sucker punch to the mid-section. If Purdue’s coach doesn’t call a boneheaded timeout they lose to Purdue. If Washington scores from the 1 yd line after getting 8 tries, they would have lost to Washington. Notre Dame didn’t win those games. The other teams lost them. Lou Holtz is a joke as an ESPN analyst because he thinks everybody but his team is overrated. Wait a minute; he is perfect for ESPN.

1) Florida – DNP. Gators are still hoping Tebow can go against LSU.
2) Alabama – Dominated again!
3) Texas – DNP. Colorado won’t give them much of a game.
4) TCU – Hammered SMU. I think if TCU and Boise St played it would be similar to their bowl game last year with TCU’s defense pulling it out.

5) Boise St. – The other possible BCS buster. Did they even care as they beat UC-Davis?
6) LSU – Nice win against Georgia. Next up: Florida. Game could be decided by simply whether or not Tebow plays.
7) Virginia Tech – Only an 8 point win over Duke? In basketball that might mean something.
8) USC – back up in Top 10 simply by default. Cal sucks.

9) Nebraska – DNP. Big contest @ Missouri on Thursday night. The nation will be watching. Are they back?
10) Cincinnati – Not sold on Pike and the Bearcats. They have played such a cream puff schedule.
11) Miami – Nice bounce back win. I think this team just can’t win in bad weather.
12) Oregon – rolled Washington State.
13) Oklahoma State – DNP Still waiting to see if they are for real. Texas A&M won’t show us that though, unless they lose.
14) Kansas – DNP. Still undefeated still unimpressive
15) South Florida – Beat the Orange to a pulp.

16) Ohio State – The Big 10 can’t be in the Top 15. Beating Indiana didn’t show us anything.
17) Iowa – Struggled with Arkansas State. Does this team play to the level of their opponent?
18) Oklahoma – Will Bradford get this team back on their feet?
19) Missouri – DNP. Thursday night vs Nebraska
20) Utah – DNP. Has Colorado State next.

21) Brigham Young – Uninspired win against improving Utah State club
22) Georgia Tech – Offensive numbers impressive against Miss St.
23) Wisconsin – will eventually lose to a team that actually has athletes.
24) South Carolina – Please improve the scheduling here.
25) Ole Miss – Not sold on them being Top 25.

Joshua and Aaron Deifel