We had our first major Top 25 Upset Week of 2013! Ohio State and Miami were probably happy they had bye weeks, as three previous unbeaten teams fell, other Top 25 teams struggled, and the rankings had the most shake-up since this season started!
Top 25 [Last week's position]
1. Alabama Crimson Tide (6-0) [1] : The Tide easily held onto the top spot with a slaughter of Kentucky, but again it took a full quarter for their offense to move. Oregon was a temporarily considered top team.
2. Oregon Ducks (6-0) [2] : The Quack Attach pulled away from Washington in the second half, leaving no doubt that their offense is unstoppable.
3. Florida State Seminoles (5-0) [3]
4. Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0) [4]
5. Louisville Cardinal (6-0) [6] : Another stellar performance for Teddy Bridgewater, who is causing Heisman buzz and remains the name dropped as top NFL draft pick.
6. UCLA Bruins (5-0) [9] : Their struggles against Utah don't look as bad, now that Utah upset Stanford. UCLA's mangling of Cal isn't great, as everyone has mangled Cal this season.
7. Clemson Tigers (6-0) [11] : Boston College successfully slowed the Clemson offense, but they couldn't stop them.
8. LSU Tigers (6-1) [7] : Hey, Zach Mettenberger, where was the offense? The defense ruled against Florida, reminding us of the LSU of yore.
9. Miami Hurricanes (5-0) [13] : A four-notch jump during a bye week? Welcome to the chaos of Upset Week!
10. Baylor Bears (5-0) [18] : The offense didn't have quite the fire we've seen from Baylor, but it was still an impressive win over a feisty Kansas State squad. Don't forget that the Wildcats had been unbeaten in the conference, despite their two non-conference losses.
11. Texas A&M Aggies (5-1) [10] : Johnny Manziel hurt his knee in the second quarter, but returned to pass for 346 yards and run for two touchdowns. The A&M defense was the squad who looked sick.
12. Stanford Cardinal (5-1) [8] : Ah, the first of the former unbeatens
13. Michigan Wolverines (5-1) [12] : The second of those, who at least played into four overtimes, despite scoring only two field goals in those overtime periods.
14. Oklahoma Sooners (5-1) [5] : And the final of the former unbeatens, who were blown out by Texas in the Red River Rivalry, as the team rallied around their embattled coach. Considering that Texas is unbeaten in Big XII play (along with Texas Tech and Baylor), I fail to see why everyone is screaming for Mack Brown to lose his job.
15. South Carolina Gamecocks (5-1) [17] : The defense shined with the return of Jadeveon Clowney.
16. Missouri Tigers (6-0) [24] : They established a second quarter lead over Georgia and then held off a late surge to remain unbeaten. The only team in the SEC like that? Alabama. Nice company to have.
17. Wisconsin Badgers (4-2) [19] : They manhandled the Northwestern Wildcats to remain a game back from Ohio State in the Leaders division.
18. Washington Huskies (4-2) [15] : They stayed close to Oregon for a half, but they couldn't sustain that pace.
19. Georgia Bulldogs (4-2) [14] : Nobody, not even Notre Dame, has had a tougher first half of the season than Georgia, who has played four Top Ten teams in that span. They're still a dangerous team, as evidenced by their near comeback against Missouri.
20. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-0) [20] : A rather pedestrian performance for the Raiders this week. If they want to capture the Big XII title, they need to do better than that.
21. Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1) [26] : They followed up their offensive showcase against Illinois by demolishing Purdue. It should have been a shutout, but they gave Purdue a late touchdown.
22. Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-1) [21]
23. Fresno State Bulldogs (5-0) [22]
24. Michigan State Spartans (5-1) [NR] : Indiana fought harder than we expected, but the Spartans endured. The top-ranked running defense allowed an easy 62-yard rushing touchdown, but then the Hoosiers ground game could gain no ground.
25. Northern Illinois Huskies (6-0) [25] : They remain unbeaten, surviving their own upset scare, but it was not an impressive win over losing Akron at all.
Dropped out: Northwestern Wildcats [#16]. Arizona Wildcats [#23] - definitely not a good week to be a Wildcat, as Kansas State lost, too
On the Edge: Florida Gators (4-2), UCF Golden Knights (4-1), Oregon State Beavers (5-1), Houston Cougars (5-0), Auburn Tigers (5-1), Iowa Hawkeyes (4-2), BYU Cougars (4-2), Arizona State Sun Devils (5-2), Boise State Broncos (4-2, Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-2), Texas Longhorns (4-2)
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