Feely Top 25: After Week 6

#1 Michigan (#1 LW, W vs. Michigan State 31-13): Still more impressive than, well, anyone. Especially having the nation's #1 rush defense while playing in the Big Ten.

#2 Florida (#4 LW, W vs. LSU 23-10): Man, they really could do this. They'll probably slip somewhere along the way, but as I've been saying all along, the best team in the SEC. I still can't explain Tim Tebow.

#3 USC (#3 LW, W vs. Washington 26-20): Another week, another close win. I thought about putting them at #4, but I have more confidence in them going undefeated than...

#4 Ohio State (#2 LW, W vs. Bowling Green 35-7): WHAT A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE BY TROY SMITH AGAINST THAT VAUNTED BOWLING GREEN DEFENSE HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN. Back down here since Bowling Green ran on them.

#5 Texas (#6, W vs. Oklahoma 28-10): Probably got lucky with all of the OU turnovers, but a win's a win. Best one-loss team in the nation easy, and should dominate the Big 12 from here on in.

#6 West Virginia (#7, W @ Mississippi State 42-14): Nice rebound from the mediocre ECU performance. Still could run the table, but I'm still not convinced Louisville won't beat them. And whoever wins that game will probably get upset by Pitt or something.

#7 Cal (#10, W vs. Oregon 45-24): Laid the whoopin' down. As impressive as anyone since the Tennessee loss, with or without Marshawn Lynch.

#8 Clemson (#11, W @ Wake Forest 27-17): Not as close as that score would make it seem. Possibly the best rushing attack in the nation, and that defense still isn't half bad despite all those injuries. As long as QB Will Proctor limits his mistakes, which was a concern in the Wake game, Clemson should roll in the horribly-down ACC.

#9 Auburn (#5, L vs. Arkansas 10-27): Probably could've dropped them down more, but Brandon Cox actually finally had a good game. Plus Oregon lost too, and these Tigers still did beat...

#10 LSU (#7, L @ Florida 10-23): Lots of talent, maddeningly inconsistent. JaMarus Russell still has some work to do, but again, talent talent talent, enough that I still consider them above the second tier of SEC teams.

#11 Louisville (#12, W @ Middle Tennessee State 44-17): The B-team keeps humming against a subpar schedule, and they're still undefeated, so hey, why not?

#12 Tennessee (#15, W @ Georgia 51-33): Okay, now they're the undisputed #4 SEC team. Well, unless someone wants to argue they're #3 or, God, #2. The O-line seems to be stopping Erik Ainge from doing The Fainting Goat, which is a plus, but I still say on the whole they're just at the top of the second SEC tier.

#13 Oregon (#9, L @ Cal 24-45): Oof. Running game got stopped dead by the Golden Bears. But seeing as the #4 Pac 10 team is...Washington?, they'll be more than fine. They'll be finer. But not finest.

#14 Iowa (#16, W vs. Purdue 47-17): And here's the huge dropoff. They had a huge day against a non-existant defense, worthy of...

#15 Notre Dame (#17, W vs. Stanford 31-10): BCS WORTHY!

#16 Oklahoma (#14, L vs. Texas 10-28): Defense finally came through, but turnovers turnovers turnovers. Sigh. Still the easy #2 in the Big 12, just knocked down since they're now an above-average 2-loss team instead of an above-average 1-loss team.

#17 Boise State (#18, W vs. Louisiana Tech 55-14): Well, Fresno's dead, and Nevada lost to Hawaii. But the Rainbow Warriors could give Boise a run! Oh, BSU already beat Hawaii. Will probably go undefeated, but the BCS will probably pass over an all-offense, little-defense team for someone more deserving, like, say...NOTRE DAME! Wait.

#18 Arkansas (NR, W @ Auburn 27-10): Probably shouldn't be this high, but they're less undeserving than any of the other possibilities. Kinda sad, really. Running game can compete with anyone as long as QB Mitch Mustain keeps from making any mistakes and the defense remains decent to above-average. Whether or not those latter two keep happening is what worries me.

#19 Nebraska (#19, W @ Iowa State 28-14): A definite but not overly impressive win. Easy Big 12 North favorites, solidly above-average but not exciting. Yep.

#20 Georgia (#13, L vs. Tennessee 33-51): Well then. I think the defense should rebound from that horrible performance, enough to carry a now-slightly-improved-kinda offense. Probably maybe.

#21 Georgia Tech (#20, W vs. Maryland 27-23): They almost lost to Maryland, but they still have Calvin Johnson, and they're still probably the clear #2 team in the ACC. Sigh.

#22 Missouri (#22, W @ Texas Tech 38-21): Could've lost, easy. Not overly impressive, but the teams below them weren't either, or had byes and didn't do anything to deserve being bumped above Mizzou.

#23 Virginia Tech (#23, BYE): Could move up easy, if they perform better against some good teams. If only there were any in the ACC...

#24 Pittsburgh (#24, W @ Syracuse 21-11): Should've beaten the Orange more impressively. Still the solid #3 team in the Big East, and there are really no other 1-loss teams that did anything to move them above here. And they're still better than Rutgers.

#25 Navy (NR, W @ Air Force 24-17): Like I said, executing their gameplan as well as anyone. Winning on running and not really stopping anyone, much like the Rutgers team I constantly bash, but Navy's at least played some pretty good teams.