NCAA Week 9 Top 25

This week's upsets were all ones where I thought an upset was possible; what I didn't expect was the large margin of victories.  Nebraska knocked off formerly-unbeaten Missouri by 14 points, Oregon State bumped off Cal by 28 points, and Iowa skunked Michigan State by 31 points!  It was a tough week for those teams.  In fact, most of the unbeatens were challenged; only Utah and TCU blew away their opponents.  We are down to only five unbeaten teams, and twelve teams with only one loss.  We have a new Numnber One, thanks to Oregon's defeat of a strongly-rated USC Trojans team.

This week's rank [Last week's position]
1.  Oregon Ducks (8-0) [2]
2.  Boise State Broncos (7-0) [3]
3.  Utah Utes (8-0) [1]
4.  TCU Horned Frogs (9-0) [4]
5.  Auburn Tigers (9-0) [6]
6.  Ohio State Buckeyes (8-1) [7]
7.  Alabama Crimson Tide (7-1) [8]
8.  Stanford Cardinal (7-1) [10]
9.  Oklahoma State Cowboys (7-1) [11]
10. Oklahoma Sooners (7-1) [13]
11. Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-1) [12]
12. Nevada Wolf Pack (7-1) [15]
13. Missouri Tigers (7-1) [5]
14. Wisconsin Badgers (7-1) [14]
15. Michigan State Spartans (8-1) [9]
16. Arizona Wildcats (7-1) [18]
17. Virginia Tech Hokies (6-2) [16]
18. LSU Tigers (7-1) [17]
19. Iowa Hawkeyes (6-2) [20]
20. Florida State Seminoles (6-2) [19]
21. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-2) [22]
22. Baylor Bears (7-2) [24]
23. Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-2) [NR]
24. Northern Illinois Huskies (7-2) [NR]
25. Temple Owls (7-2) [NR]

On the Edge:  Hawaii Warriors (7-2), Arkansas Razorbacks (6-2), NC State Wolfpack (6-2), Central Florida Golden Knights (6-2), Fresno State Bulldogs (5-2), Syracuse Orangemen (6-2), USC Trojans (5-3), Florida Gators (5-3), West Virginia Mountaineers (5-3)

Dropped: USC Trojans [#21], Michigan Wolverines [#23], West Virginia Mountaineers [#25]