My Top 30 with Regional Rankings September 29, 2013

TOP 30

1    1. Alabama Crimson Tide 4-0, Beat #17 Ole Miss 25-0, vs. Georgia State

2    2. Ohio State Buckeyes 5-0, Beat #29 Wisconsin 31-24, @#16 Northwestern
3    3. Clemson Tigers 4-0, Beat Wake Forest 56-7, @Syracuse
4    4. Oregon Ducks 4-0, Beat Cal 55-16, @Colorado
6    5. Stanford Cardinals 4-0, Beat Washington State 55-17, vs. #23 Washington
8    6. Louisville Cardinals 4-0, off, @ Temple
9    7. UCLA Bruins 3-0, off, @Utah(thur)
10  8. Florida State Seminoles 4-0, Beat Boston College 48-34, vs. #24 Maryland
11  9. Georgia Bulldogs 3-1, Beat #11 LSU 44-41, @Tennessee
12 10. Miami Hurricanes 4-0, Beat South Florida 49-21, Georgia Tech
13 11. South Carolina Gamecocks 3-1, Beat #22 UCF 28-25, vs. Kentucky
14 12. Oklahoma Sooners 4-0, Beat #30 Notre Dame 35-21, vs. TCU
15 13. Texas A&M Aggies 4-1, Beat Arkansas 45-33, off
5   14. LSU Tigers 4-1, lost to #11 Georgia 41-44, @Miss State
16 15. Florida Gators 3-1, Beat Kentucky 24-7, vs. Arkansas
18 16. Northwestern Wildcats 4-0, off, vs. #2 Ohio State
19 17. Fresno State Bulldogs 4-0, Beat Hawaii 42-37, @ Idaho
20 18. Baylor Bears 3-0, off, vs. West Virginia
21 19. Michigan Wolverines, 4-0, off, vs. Minnesota
7   20. Oklahoma State Cowboys 3-1, lost to WVirginia 21-30, vs. Kansas State
17 21. Ole Miss Rebels 3-1, lost to #1 Alabama 0-25, @ Auburn
24 22. Texas Tech Red Raiders 4-0, off, @ Kansas
26 23. Washington Huskies 4-0, Beat Arizona 31-13, @#5 Stanford
28 24. Maryland Terrapins 4-0, off, vs. #8 Florida State
16 25. Arizona State Sun Devils 3-1, Beat USC 62-41, @ Notre Dame
23 26. UCF Golden Knights 3-1, Lost to #13 South Carolina 25-28, @ Memphis
NR27. Houston Cougars 4-0, Beat UTSA 59-28, off
NR28. Virginia Tech 4-1, Beat #26 Georgia Tech 17-10, vs. North Carolina
NR29. Iowa Hawkeyes 4-1, Beat #27 Minnesota 23-7, vs. Michigan State
NR30. Oregon State 4-1, Beat Colorado 44-17, off

REGIONAL RANKINGS

 

East             Southeast              Midwest      SouthWest          West
1.Lou-6        1.Alab-1               1.OhioSt-2    1.OU-12               1.Oreg-4
2. Mary-24     2.Clem-3            2. NW-16     2.TA&M-13         2.Stanf-5
3.VaTech-28  3.FSU-8              3.Mich-19        3.LSU-14           3. UCLA-7
4.PSU(3-1)      4.Geo-9             4.iowa-29        4.Bay-18           4. Fresno St-17
5. E.C.(3-1)     5.Mia-10          5.Neb(3-1)       5.OKSt-20           5. Wash-23
6. Rut(3-1)      6.SCar-11        6.Wis(3-2)        6. TT-22                6.ASU-25
7. NCSt(3-1)   7.FL-15             7.ND(3-2)         7. Hou-27            7. OregSt-30
8. Tenn(3-2)   8.OleM-21    8.MSU(3-1)         8. Texas(2-2)      8.Utah(3-1)
9. Pitt(3-1)     9.UCF-26        9.Minn(4-1)        9. Ark(3-2)         9. Ariz(3-1)
10. Duke(3-2)10.GT(3-1)   10.Cinn(3-1)        10.TCU(2-2)         10. USC(3-2)

 

 

TOP GAMES THIS WEEK

 

#2 Ohio State Buckeyes (5-0) at #16 Northwestern Wildcats (4-0) = This is Ohio State’s toughest challenge yet. Northwestern has a quick strike offense, but has struggled on defense with missed tackles. The thing they have going for them is its at home. MY PREDICTION = Ohio State 41 Northwestern 34

#23 Washington Huskies (4-0) at #5 Stanford Cardinals (4-0) = Expect one of those old school smash mouth defensive struggles that your grandfathers used to love. The winner of this one will be the team that can control the ball and win the turnover battle. MY PREDICTION = Stanford 20 Washington 10

#24 Maryland Terrapins (4-0) at #8 Florida State Seminoles (4-0) = Maryland is just starting to come around to what their coach has been building to since he left UConn. But this will be a tough one to take for them. FSU has one of the best quarterbacks in the land, and is hitting on all cylinders right now, at home. MY PREDICTION = FSU 64 Maryland 14

Arkansas Razorbacks (3-2) at #15 Florida Gators (3-1) = Arkansas is still a year or two away from being the team their coach wants. Florida is stuck in offensive suffering even if Driskell wasn’t out for the year. MY PREDICTION = Florida 20 Arkansas 18

Michigan State Spartans (3-1) at #29 Iowa Hawkeyes (4-0) = This is the first time Iowa has shown signs of life in a long time. The Spartans are just totally awful on offense, which is too bad with such a great defense. This will be the game which will decide if Iowa is for real. MY PREDICTION = Iowa 19 MSU 9