Top 25
CAPSULES AND RANKINGS
Team: 1. Florida (9-0)
Opponent: at S. Carolina
Comment: BC bookies think Gators ripe for upset.
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Team: 2. Ohio State (9-0)
Opponent: at Indiana
Comment: Waiting to exhale, but can’t just yet.
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Team: 3. Florida State (8-0)
Opponent: Southern Miss.
Comment: A slip-up here would ruin the whole dang season.
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Team: 4. Arizona State (10-0)
Opponent: Idle
Comment: Counting Ws vs. Arizona since ’81. One. Two.
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Team: 5. Nebraska (8-1)
Opponent: at Iowa State
Comment: Hey, no Cornhuskers arrested in weeks.
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Team: 6. Colorado (8-1)
Opponent: Kansas State
Comment: Win here, then it’s on to Nebraska.
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Team: 7. North Carolina (8-1)
Opponent: at Virginia
Comment: Mack Brown and his band of renown.
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Team: 8. Alabama (8-1)
Opponent: at Miss. State
Comment: Uh, anyone want to call 26-0 over LSU boring?
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Team: 9. Brigham Young (10-1)
Opponent: at Hawaii
Comment: Still looking for date to the big alliance dance.
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Team: 10. Penn State (8-2)
Opponent: at Michigan
Comment: Battle of Big Ten coaches with jobs.
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Team: 11. Kansas State (8-1)
Opponent: at Colorado
Comment: Just waiting to get snubbed by alliance.
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Team: 12. Northwestern (8-2)
Opponent: Purdue
Comment: Oh, all right, we’ll go to the Citrus Bowl.
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Team: 13. Army (9-0)
Opponent: at Syracuse
Comment: Fellas, be all you can be.
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Team: 14. Notre Dame (6-2)
Opponent: Pittsburgh
Comment: Don King’s grandson likes Pitt to cover.
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Team: 15. Washington (7-2)
Opponent: San Jose State
Comment: Huskies headed to land of Cotton (Bowl).
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Team: 16. Tennessee (6-2)
Opponent: Arkansas
Comment: Turns out Phil Fulmer was full of it.
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Team: 17. Michigan (7-2)
Opponent: Penn State
Comment: Coach gets a contract extension, loses to Purdue?
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Team: 18. Wyoming (9-1)
Opponent: Colorado St.
Comment: Cowboys need to get back in the saddle again.
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Team: 19. Miami (6-2)
Opponent: Virginia Tech
Comment: Both teams’ suspended players honored at halftime.
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Team: 20. Auburn (7-2)
Opponent: Georgia
Comment: We’re not from ‘round here; is this a big game?
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Team: 21. Syracuse (6-2)
Opponent: Army
Comment: Plenty of options (wishbone, I-back) in this game.
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Team: 22. Virginia Tech (7-1)
Opponent: at Miami
Comment: Do Hokies know they’re 0-7 at Orange Bowl?
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Team: 23. San Diego State (6-2)
Opponent: at UNLV
Comment: About time Aztecs cracked this poll.
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Team: 24. Southern Miss. (8-2)
Opponent: at Florida State
Comment: Only chance is to bring back alum Brett Favre.
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Team: 25. LSU (6-2)
Opponent: at Mississippi
Comment: Frankly, we’re losing patience with these teasers.
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THE POLLS: Associated Press and USA Today/CNN--C10
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