- Alabama (2-0) Held serve at home against a young Penn State team; a bold offense could potentially do some damage against its secondary. Dareus' return should provide the QB pressure it's been missing.
- Ohio State (2-0) Held off a not-tough-outside-the-state-borders Miami team; they seem to be on a collision course to reclaim the Buckeyes' good name nationally.
- Oregon (2-0) Needed a lightning storm to wake them up on Rocky Top, but wake up they did.
- Boise State (1-0) It's not their fault the rain in Blacksburg leveled the playing field and extended the Hokies' hangover from the Monday night loss; they play the teams on their schedule just like everyone else. Like the JMU wins shows, almost any team can win on any day; you just have to win the ones you play.
- Florida (2-0) Like Alabama, this team will get progressively better the longer they're around; we'll see which team gels the most by that looming Oct. 2 match-up.
- Oklahoma (2-0) It figures that the poor showing against Utah State would bring about a thrashing against (supposedly) tougher competition; a statement was made to the rest of the conference.
- Texas (2-0) 34 points in two straight games is nice; putting up numbers like that in Lubbock will be even better. Should be a great test for both the Longhorns and the Red Raiders; let's see what Tuberville's done with the defense.
- South Carolina (2-0) Big win against Georgia -- enough to get mentioned in this Top 10. They're setting themselves up for a run in the SEC East. After Furman this Saturday, they go to Auburn and then welcome the Tide to their place; we'll know a lot more by then.
- TCU (2-0) Baylor comes calling this weekend, a chance to impress against a Big 12 opponent.
- Michigan (2-0) Denard Robinson catapults the Wolverines to this type of consideration. The season's early, but this guy is making quite a splash.
James Madison University (2-0) After a surprising win at Virginia Tech, my wife and I took a friend around Harrisonburg for a tour of the city and to show him the campus of JMU, where we both work. As we approached campus, we saw students pouring out of their houses, yelling and shouting; as we drove through campus, we saw something even more exciting and funny: students were making their way to JMU's football stadium to rush their field. We heard this morning that about 2,000 students made their way into the stadium to celebrate the historic win. I'm all for rushing a field after a big win -- usually, it tends to be the field on which the game was played. Well done, JMU, well done.
I'm putting off my rankings for a few more weeks. I'll probably start after week 4.
ReplyDeleteA few notes:
1) Anytime I see Texas and Texas Tech lined up to play one another, all I can think about is a seemingly cracked out Crabtree telling America that he dreamed that touch down. And don't forget about the Red Raider Faithful storming the field three times before the clock ran out. Good times.
2) JMU fans sound awesome. Congrats on that win. I like seeing the system and numbers and logic get thrown out the window every once in a while, as long as Bama isn't the one getting the short end of that stick, of course.