Feely Top 25: After Week 8

#1 Michigan (8-0, #1 LW, W vs. Iowa 20-6): HOORAY RUSH OFFENSE! HOORAY RUSH DEFENSE! Henne may not be as great as advertised, but give me a dominating defense and a suspect offense (that can still run it) over...

#2 Ohio State (8-0, #2 LW, W vs. Indiana 44-3): ...a dominating offense, but a suspect defense (that might not be able stop the run).

#3 USC (6-0, #3 LW, BYE): Probably still going undefeated. Yep.

#4 West Virginia (7-0, #4 LW, W @ Connecticut 37-11): Despite the score, the UConn game falls more into the ECU "they can be stopped" category than the Marshall "one sided beatdown of death" category. Then why are they still #4? Because none of the teams on their schedule look like the team that can stop them.

#5 Texas (7-1, #5 LW, W @ Nebraska 22-20): Same old story as the last two teams, more or less. Flawed? Yes. Still winning the rest of their games? Yes.

#6 Florida (6-1, #6 LW, BYE): I still think they're the best team in the SEC from week to week. Tulane gaining 412 yards against Auburn only cements this for me.

#7 Clemson (7-1, #8 LW, W vs. Georgia Tech 31-7): Holy shit. All those halfbacks! They may lose James Davis for the time being, but they're four deep, so they can afford it. Some questions about Will Proctor, but with that running game and that defense, in that conference, they don't deserve to be lower than they are. Quick half-baked analogy that probably doesn't hold up: Clemson is Michigan, but with a scarier offense and less scary defense.

#8 Auburn (7-1, #7 LW, W vs. Tulane 38-13): Seeing "412" under Tulane's yardage totals worries me. Probably more than it should, though.

#9 Cal (7-1, #9 LW, W vs. Washington 31-24): Hm, that Oregon win looks a lot less impressive now, actually. Mostly here by attrition, as none of the next four teams have done enough to convince me they're legit. One by one now:

#10 LSU (6-2, #10 LW, W vs. Fresno State 38-6): All that talent, but their big win over a team with a winning record? Louisiana-Lafayette.

#11 Tennessee (6-1, #12 LW, W vs. Alabama 16-13): Remember that win against Cal? That was great. And look at all we've done since then! We beat...Alabama! Ignore all those turnovers. Oh, how about Georgia! One of the big SEC favorites! In the preseason.

#12 Notre Dame (6-1, #14 LW, W vs. UCLA 20-17): Wow, look at how they keep shredding those fearsome defenses, like UCLA, Purdue, and Stanford. Who's up next, Ball State?

#13 Louisville (7-0, #11 LW, W @ Syracuse 28-13): This could all change after the bye week, but Brohm looks hmmmm shitty. If the UL team that showed up this week shows up in the WVU game, they'll get murdered, but I could still see them getting things together over the bye.

#14 Arkansas (6-1, #17 LW, W vs. Mississippi 38-3): A pretty good team. The fact that they're this high probably shows the lack of standout teams this season more than anything else.

#15 Boise State (8-0, #15 LW, W @ Idaho 42-26): Amazing offense, but that defense looks even more suspect now. Although each unit may still be better than Notre Dame's. Ohhhh burn.

#16 Oklahoma (5-2, #16 LW, W vs. Colorado 24-3): Offense looked mediocre, defense looked great, but then again it's Colorado. Still cautiously teetering here, about to fall off the cliff.

#17 Wisconsin (7-1, #21 LW, W @ Purdue 24-3): Impressive shutdown of a prolific Purdue offense. Baby Michigan!

#18 Rutgers (7-0, #22 LW, W @ Pittsburgh 20-10): Well, I take it back, they're better than I thought, and the #3 team in the Big East. Enjoy it until West Virginia and Louisville kill you, Scarlet Knights.

#19 Nebraska (6-2, #18 LW, L vs. Texas 20-22): A pretty good team. Which is good enough for #19. Yep.

#20 Boston College (6-1, UNR, W @ Florida 24-19): Probably the second-best team in the ACC now, though I still think it's close with GT. And that's horribly sad. Would probably get murdered by any of the above teams except Rutgers and possibly Oklahoma.

#21 Texas A&M (7-1, #24 LW, W @ Oklahoma State 34-33): A pretty good Big 12 team. I really have nothing to say about them, and it's getting annoying. If I see one more pretty good Big 12 team, I'm going to scream.

#22 Missouri (7-1, UNR, W vs. Kansas State 41-21): Insert scream here.

#23 Oregon (5-2, #13 LW, L @ Washington State 34-23): Whoops! Still a pretty good team and my #3 in the Pac 10, but...yeah. Way off on that one.

#24 Georgia Tech (5-2, #19 LW, L @ Clemson 7-31): Pending that someone realizes that Calvin Johnson is, in fact, on their team.

#25 Iowa (5-3, #23 LW, L @ Michigan 6-20): Because I still don't buy Wake Forest.