The Feely Top 25: After Week 3

#1 USC (#1 LW, Week 3: W vs. Nebraska 28-10) - Ho hum. John David Booty, very good. Running game, fine even without Reggie Bush's FRESNO STATE-BEATING SPEED AND PLAYMAKING ABILITY! Schedule to go undefeated. Yep.

#2 Ohio State (#2, W vs. Cincinnati 37-7) - Looked good as ever. I'm beginning to buy into a lot of the teams below them more, but those teams didn't beat Texas at home.

#3 Florida (#3, W @ Tennessee 21-20) - Who knows in the SEC, but I still think Florida is the most talented team in the conference. DT Marcus Thomas has been suspended, and superfrosh WR Percy Harvin is temporarily injured, so there are some concerns down the road. But for now, they remain here.

#4 Auburn (#4, W vs. LSU 7-3) - Big win, great team, still like Florida more. So there.

#5 Michigan (#8, W @ Notre Dame 47-21) - Rushing and defense, rushing and defense. LaMarr Woodley is an unstoppable beast of death. Good QB, great running game, scary defense, if I wanted to, I could probably put them #1.

#6 Texas (#7, W @ Rice 52-7) - Still pretty far and away the class of the Big 12. But, hey, it's Rice.

#7 West Virginia (#10, W vs. Maryland 45-24) - God, they could really go undefeated. Saying that means they won't now, but still.

#8 LSU (#5, L @ Auburn 3-7) - Could've won, I still consider them about the same level of Florida and Auburn, but now obviously a bit below.

#9 Iowa (#11, W vs. Iowa State 27-17) - Drew Tate? Very good! I'm probably underrating Iowa State, but that they didn't rebound from the horrible Syracuse game by bludgeoning their opponent to death tempers my National Title darkhorse expectations.

#10 Georgia (#19, W vs. UAB 34-0) - Probably too high, but who else is there? So many other teams lost this week, and god, that defense.

#11 Louisville (#12, W vs. Miami 31-7) - Those backups schooled Miami, but I still don't like this team nearly as much without Bush AND Brohm. Duh.

#12 Oregon (#17, W vs. Oklahoma 34-33) - Given the win, but they still gained 533 yards. That offense can hang with anyone, and they've impressed more than...

#13 Cal (#16, W vs. Portland State 42-16) - They gave up over 300 yards to Portland State, so there goes that.

#14 Oklahoma (#9, L @ Oregon 33-34) - Paul Thompson is decent enough to win a national title with on rushing and defense. Unfortunately, Adrian Peterson only does one of those things.

#15 Notre Dame (#6, L vs. Michigan 21-47) - Bahahahahahahahaha.

#16 Tennessee (#15, L vs. Florida 20-21) - The offense looked pretty bad, but I attribute that to playing Florida. A solid #5 in the SEC.

#17 Clemson (#23, W @ Florida State 27-20) - Wow, a highly touted ACC team with offense, how bout that. Should be 3-0, and would probably be #9 or #10 if that were the case.

#18 Virginia Tech (#20, W vs. Duke 36-0) - Way to beat Duke.

#19 Nebraska (#18, L @ USC 10-28) - Gave it a go, but what can you do. Iowa State, Missouri and Kansas are good enough to give them trouble, but they should still roll in the Big 12 North.

#20 Michigan State (NR, W @ Pittsburgh 38-23) - Drew Stanton's as good as a QB as anyone, and the running game's pretty great too. Still some concerns on defense, but too good to ignore.

#21 Boise State (#22, W @ Wyoming 17-10) - Not a good game by any means, but still the best non-BCS team around.

#22 TCU (#24, W vs. Texas Tech 12-3) - Underwhelming, still could go underfeated. See what I did there?

#23 Alabama (NR, W vs. Louisiana-Monroe 41-7) - Good defense, and they kinda have an offense.

#24 Florida State (#13, L vs. Clemson 20-27) - Good defense, and they absolutely do not have an offense.

#25 Boston College (NR, W vs. BYU 30-23) - Still don't like them this year, but fuckers keep winnin'.

OUT:
#14 Miami (L @ Louisville 7-31) - See Florida State, add a whole bunch of profanity and something about a lame duck coach.
#21 Arizona State (W @ Colorado 21-3) - Not impressive at all, taking them out of here early before Cal, Oregon and USC kill them.
#25 Penn State (W vs. Youngstown State 37-3) - That UND loss looks a lot worse now. Also, Youngstown State?