NCAA Week 6 Top 25

There were plenty of upsets last week.  While most involved SEC teams, not all of them did.  My own Big Ten saw the fall of an unbeaten, as Northwestern was beaten by previously wimpy Purdue.  Oregon State, a team with a negative points scored v points allowed margin, beat previously unbeaten Arizona.

Still, the SEC saw the most upsets.  One did not involve an SEC match-up, as the Mississippu State Bulldogs shocked Houston 47-24.  It was one of the largest margins of victory against a ranked team in Bulldogs history!  Tennessee suffered one of their worst losses in years, too, as Georgia skunked them 41-14.  But the biggest upset of the week was the manhandling given to previous Number One Alabama by the South Carolina Gamecocks.  Steve Spurrier and crew doubled up on the normally stingy Alabama defense, pounding them 34-17 and dropping the Tide seven places.

That leads excellently into...

This week's rankings [Last week's position]
1.  Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0) [2]
2.  Oregon Ducks (6-0) [3]
3.  Utah Utes (5-0) [4]
4.  Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-0) [5]
5.  Boise State Broncos (5-0) [6]
6.  TCU Horned Frogs (6-0) [7]
7.  Oklahaoma Sooners (5-0) [8]
8.  Alabama Crimson Tide (5-1) [1]
9.  Nevada Wolfpack (6-0) [10]
10. Stanford Cardinal (5-1) [12]
11. Michigan State Spartans (6-0) [15]
12. Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-0) [17]
13. LSU Tigers (6-0) [13]
14. Auburn Tigers (6-0) [14]
15. Missouri Tigers (5-0) [19]
16. Michigan Wolverines (5-1) [9]
17. South Carolina Gamecocks (4-1) [25]
18. Iowa Hawkeyes (4-1) [18]
19. Florida State Seminoles (5-1) [21]
20. North Carolina State Wolf Pack (5-1) [NR]
21. Arizona Wildcats (4-1) [11]
22. Wisconsin Badgers (5-1) [22]
23. Arkansas Razorbacks (4-1) [23]
24. Florida Gators (4-2) [16]
25. USC Trojans (4-2) [20]

On the Edge:  Air Force Falcons (5-1), West Virginia Mountaineers (4-1), California Golden Bears (3-2), Virginia Tech Hokies (4-2)

Dropped: Baylor Bears [#24]