With their close win over Ole Miss, the Florida Gators slipped to fourth in this week's Southern College Football poll. Their 30-24 victory in Oxford, Miss., however, wasn't enough for one pollster to lower the Gators, as UF picked up one first place vote.
LSU kept their No. 1 spot intact this week after winning 28-16 over former No. 14 South Carolina; USC remained at No.2, and Oklahoma moved to No. 3 with a win Friday night over Tulsa. West Virginia remained at No. 5, followed by Cal, Texas, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Boston College.
Penn State fell for the eighth straight time to Michigan, as the Wolverines are rebounding from a poor opening two weeks to knock the Nittany Lions from No. 10 to out of the polls.
Oregon moved up one spot to No. 11, followed by Clemson, Rutgers and Kentucky. Georgia, 26-23 victors over Alabama in overtime, returned to the polls at No. 15, edging South Carolina, who beat the Bulldogs two weeks ago in Athens, Ga.
South Florida, currently one spot out of the poll, takes on Big East rival West Virginia on Friday. The Bulls, which beat WVU last season, try to extend a good start to the season, which includes a victory at Auburn.
The SEC has the most teams in this weeks poll (5), followed by the Pac-10 (3); the Big XII, Big East, Big 10 and ACC all had two teams apiece.
The defending national champion has to lose, in my mind, to lose the number one vote.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including me, and we should all (UA and AU fans) enjoy being part of the biggest games in the country Saturday.
Coach will be at the UA/FSU game.
WD John B and RT,
Coach Hal