new top 25: shakeups

hopefully i have thus far proven that i am willing and able to shuffle teams around based on how strong or weak i perceive them to be. and i'm happily surprised with how the AP pollsters have done this year. i really think that app state upset caused them all to rethink things and take their jobs more seriously, as in, actually think about it critically every week... anyway here are my rankings this week, followed by some observations:

			record		prev
1	USC		3-0		1
2	LSU		4-0		2
3	Florida		4-0		3
4	Oklahoma		4-0		4
5	W. Virginia		4-0		5
6	Texas		4-0		6
7	Ohio St		3-0		9
8	Rutgers		3-0		7
9	California		4-0		8
10	Oregon		4-0		11
11	Kentucky		4-0		14
12	Boston Coll.		4-0		16
13	Clemson		4-0		23
14	S. Carolina		3-1		12
15	Wisconsin		4-0		10
16	Cincinnati		4-0		18
17	S. Florida		3-0		21
18	Nebrask		3-1		17
19	Missouri		4-0		--
20	Georgia		3-1		--
21	Virginia Tech		3-1		22
22	Hawaii		4-0		25
23	Penn State		3-1		13
24	Arizona State		4-0		--
25	Alabama		3-1		19
dropouts: louisville (15), ga tech (20)

- i've said it already a few times before, but kentucky's andre woodson is the real thing. happy ninja is right that he's the most pro-ready QB right now, even more so than the ones getting all the publicity such as brohm. another good less-than-heralded one to watch for is bc's matt ryan.

- oklahoma is really good but i don't see why the AP voters gave them the nod at #3 over florida this week. they still haven't played a tough game and this saturday at colorado doesn't count as a challenge either. if they beat down a tough rival by 39 like florida did a week ago then maybe i'll see it. and yes, the gators did beat ole sis by only 6 points on saturday but realize that was their first road game and about 70% of their team is freshman and sophomores. this fact is good news for the next 2 to 3 years but bad news for 2 weeks from now when they head to death valley.

- i'm a little uncertain why the media sort of automatically stops notre dame's projected losing streak at 0-8, before the navy game. i realize navy hasn't beaten them in like 900,000,000,000,000,000,000 years but the irish are just unspeakably bad this year. i honestly believe any top 10 1-AA school could beat them right now on their home field. however, for the record, i don't think they'll even get to 0-8, and certainly not 0-12 (not with duke on that schedule). i actually think they've got a fairly good shot at beating purdue, who they've owned historically, and match up well against, this saturday. but they may not beat navy, who undoubtedly knows this is their best chance for the next few years.

- after the braves beat the brewers 7-4 last sunday, the score was announced at wrigley field, and then cubs fans did this:

whether you're a braves fan or not, that's just cool.