New Top 25, Top Games of the Week

It's certainly been a strange year in college football with Arkansas' free fall from the top 10 and not looking good for the remainder of the year, the Big Ten has been awful, Iowa walk-on fullback, Mark Weisman, is ranked in the top 20 in the nation in rushing, including a 217 yard effort in a stunning loss to Central Michigan. Well, here's my top 25 for this week.

1-Alabama
2-Florida State
3-Oregon
4-Geogia
5-LSU
6-South Carolina
7-Kansas State
8-Notre Dame
9-West Virginia
10-Florida
11-Ohio State
12-Texas
13-TCU
14-Oklahoma
15-USC
16-Louisville
17-Clemson
18-Stanford
19-Oregon State
20-Mississippi State
21-Washington
22-UCLA
23-Nebraska
24-Cincinnati
25-Texas A&M
Teams missing the cut: Miami, Texas Tech, Rutgers, Northwestern, Baylor, Ohio, Boise State, Arizona State, La Tech

Top Games Saturday

Northwestern at Penn State: Both teams are hot right now, Northwestern undefeated, the Lions have won three in a row. I'm rooting for the Lions in this one, I think they'll pull off a close one. PSU 24 NW 21

Virginia Tech at North Carolina: Va Tech is down right now and they're facing a tough Tar Heels team on the road, but for some reason I think the Hokies get back on track. VT 34 UNC 24

Arizona at Stanford: Stanford was upset last week and should bounce back to beat a pretty solid Arizona squad. Stanford 35 Arizona 27

LSU at Florida: LSU hasn't been that impressive in their victories, but neither has Florida. This is going to be a great game, maybe better than the Georgia-S. Carolina game. LSU 17 Florida 13

Oklahoma at Texas Tech: Oklahoma was one of my favorites to win a national title this year, they travel to Lubbock to take on the undefeated Red Raiders, who have been decent. Oklahoma 42 Tech 28

Georgia at South Carolina: I like both of these teams this year, Georgia has a nice balanced attack on offense that everyone thought would be one-dimensional this year, the Gamecocks have the best running back in the nation not named Mark Weisman, Marcus Lattimore. This is going to be a good one. Georgia pulls it off 35-28

West Virginia at Texas: Geno Smith is everyone's favorite for the Heisman right now it seems after his video game numbers last week against Baylor. They're getting into the meat of their schedule now though. Texas is a pretty tough team this year, should be a good high-scoring game. West Virginia 49 Texas 38

Miami at Notre Dame: When Miami got stomped by K State I kind of ruled them out, but they've bounced back. The Irish have looked tough this year, this should be a good one. Notre Dame 27 Miami 21

Nebraska at Ohio State: Last year's game will be tough to beat, amazing performance by Rex Burkhead in the second half. Both teams coming off big conference wins. Ohio State gets revenge from last year 24-17

Washington at Oregon: Washington pulled off the upset of Stanford last week, but Oregon is too tough for them. Oregon 45 Washington 24

Should be some solid close games this weekend. Alabama will sit and watch and see if anyone can close the gap at all for the number one spot, my guess is no.