My NCAA Football Top 30 & Regional Rankings, October 28, 2012

LW/ RANK/ TEAM/ RECORD/ Last Week Result/ Game This Week

1      1. Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0),  beat #14 Miss State 38-7, @#6 LSU
3      2. Kansas State Wildcats (8-0), beat #13 Texas Tech 55-24, vs. # 26 Oklahoma State
5      3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-0), beat #6OU 30-13, vs. Pitt
2      4. Oregon Ducks (8-0), beat Colo 70-14, @#18 USC
6      5. Ohio State Buckeyes (8-0), beat Penn State 35-23, vs. Illinois
9      6. LSU Tigers (7-1), off, vs. #1 Alabama
11    7. FSU Seminoles (8-1), beat #27 Duke 48-7, off
12    8. Clemson Tigers (7-1), off, @Duke
18    9. Georgia Bulldogs (7-1), beat #4 Florida 17-9, vs. Ole Miss
4    10. Florida Gators (7-1), lost to #18 Georgia 9-17, vs. Missouri
15  11. Louisiville Cardinals (8-0), beat #30 Cinn 34-31ot, vs. Temple
17  12. South Carolina Gamecocks (7-2), beat Tenn 38-35, off
6    13. Oklahoma Sooners (6-2), lost to #5 NDame 13-30, @Iowa State
22  14. Texas A&M Aggies (6-2), beat Auburn 63-21, @#21 Miss State
10  15. Oregon State Beavers (6-1), lost to Wash 17-20, vs. Arizona State
21  16. Boise State Broncos (7-1), beat Wyoming 45-14, vs. San Diego State
13  17. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-2), lost to #3KSU 24-55, vs. #23 Texas
8    18. USC Trojans (6-2), lost to Arizona 36-39, vs. #4 Oregon
20  19. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (7-1), beat NMSt 28-14, vs. UTSA
23  20. Stanford Cardinals (6-2), beat Wash St 24-17, @ Colorado
14  21. Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-1), lost to #1 Alabama 7-38, vs. #14 Texas A&M
28  22. West Virginia Mountaineers (6-2), off, vs. TCU
29  23. Texas Longhorns (6-2), beat Kansas 21-17, @#17 Texas Tech
NR24. Kent State Golden Flashes (7-1), beat #16 Rutgers 35-23, vs. Akron
NR25. Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-2), beat #26 Michigan 23-9, @Mich State
NR26. Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-2), beat #24 TCU 36-14, @#2 KSU
16  27. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-1),  lost to Kent St 23-35, off
NR28. Arizona Wildcats (5-3), beat #8 USC 39-36, @#30 UCLA
NR29. Northwestern Wildcats (7-2),  beat Iowa 28-17, off
NR30. UCLA Bruins (6-2), beat ASU 45-43, vs. #28 Arizona

******************Regional Rankings********************

EAST************SOUTHEAST*****MIDWEST*****SOUTHWEST***WEST
1. Louis-11         1. Alabama-1       1.KSU-2               1. LSU-6             1. Oregon-4
2. WVir-22           2. FSU-7             2. ND-3                2. OU-13             2. Oregon St-15
3. Rutg-27            3. Clem-8            3. Ohio St-5         3. TA&M-14      3. Boise St-16
4. Cinn (5-2)        4. Geo-9              4. Kent-24            4. TT-17             4. USC-18
5. Duke (6-3)        5. Fl-10               5. Neb-25             5. LTech-19        5. Stanford-21
6. Navy (5-3)       6. SCar-12           6. NWest-29        6. Texas-23         6. Arizona-28
7. UNC (6-3)       7. MissSt-21         7. Toledo(8-1)      7. OkSt- 26        7. UCLA-30
8. NCSt (5-3)      8. OleMiss(5-3)    8. Ohio (7-1)        8. Tulsa (7-1)     8. Utah State (7-2) 
9. Pitt (4-4)         9. UCF (6-2)         9. N.Ill(8-1)           9. TCU(5-3)       9. ASU (5-3)
10. PennSt(5-3)   10. Mia(4-4)      10. IowaSt(5-3)    10. LMonroe(6-2)10. SDSt (6-3)

****************Big Games For This Week****************
#1 Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0) at #6 LSU Tigers (7-1) = No game is bigger, or at least they keep telling me this that this game. Last year LSU went to Bama and beat them on their home grass, only to have to unfairly face them again in the National Title game. Now a the role is reversed with Bama having to travel. Only this time the Tide have just about as good of a defense only their offense is starting to get better as AJ matures. Honestly there will be a lot of hype for this game. But i expect it to be more like the NC game than the regular season one was last year. As The Tigers just aren't as good as they were. The quarterback play has been spotty, and theirs no WeedBadger to make big plays. My Prediction- Alabama 38 LSU 13

#26 Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-2) at #2 Kansas State Wildcats (8-0) = This is a trap game if i've ever seen one. Especially in the Big 12 were if one week you leave your offense at home, an upset can happen. State is playing alot better since they got their groove on offense so expect this to be a good one to start with the Wildcats opening it up late. My Prediction- KSU 45 OSU 31

#4 Oregon Ducks (8-0) at #18 USC Trojans (6-2) = At the beginning of the season this was gonna be the statement game for the winner on who would play for the national title. Who would then have to play the other again setting up a possible national title game rematch. But this is the Pac-12, not the SEC so things did not work out that way. Oregon is falling in the polls due to the fact that they don't really have any big games on their schedule, and USC has proven that depth is a key factor in a title run. My Prediction- Oregon 58 USC 45


#14 Texas A&M Aggies (7-2) at #21 Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-1) = I would love to say that this was gonna be a grudge match good game. But i've thought the State was overrated for some time. After being exposed by the Tide, i expect Manziel to run and pass all over this one dimensional team. My Prediction- Texas A&M 48 MSU 24 

#23 Texas Longhorns (6-2) at #17 Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-2) = This could very well be the game of the week. With both teams famously having shootouts in Lubbock, with the edge lately usually going to the Red Raiders. The edge is firmly on the Red Raider side as they have played some defense at times, while Texas just hasn't been the same without Jordan Hicks making the calls from his Linebacker position. The winner of this game will put themselves in prime position to get one of the better, yet not to great bowls aligned with the Big 12. My Prediction- Texas Tech 58 Texas 52

#28 Arizona (5-3) at #30 UCLA Bruins (6-2) = This should be a scoring fest with the winner setting themselves up for a nice bowl game, and a higher ranking down the line. Both team are fairly young, and should be very good as they mature. My Prediction- UCLA 49 Ariz 48