THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

Chris Dufresne’s Top 25 College Rankings and Comments

1 MIAMI 8-0 CNN reports coaches who voted Nebraska over Miami may have been confused by “butterfly” ballot.

2 NEBRASKA 11-0 Tom Osborne sponsors House resolution that hails voting coaches’ decision to drop Miami from top spot.

3 FLORIDA 8-1 Seems as if the only person not touting Rex Grossman as a Heisman candidate is his coach.

4 OKLAHOMA 8-1 Dr. Bob Stoops still maintains season-ending knee injury to QB White only a sprain.

5 OREGON 9-1 Players plan to build a “really cool fort” in 20 days off before Oregon State game.

6 TEXAS 9-1 Players so hungry for national title shot the school moves Bevo to an undisclosed location.

7 WASHINGTON STATE 9-1 It’s anyone’s guess whether quarterback Jason Gesser will be 100% after last week’s concussion.

8 TENNESSEE 7-1 Volunteers use credit card to send away for BCS strength-of-schedule repair kit.

9 STANFORD 6-2 School feels so sorry for California this week it makes “The Tree” available for kidnapping.

10 MARYLAND 9-1 ACC engraver resigns, saying he is not equipped to scrawl anything but “FSU” on conference trophy.

11 BRIGHAM YOUNG 10-0 Rankman rides out of Laramie on horse singing “I’ve got spurs, that jingle, jangle, jingle.”

12 WASHINGTON 7-2 Victory against Washington State in Apple Cup might upset Pac-10 apple cart.

13 SYRACUSE 8-2 Heads to Miami this week to finish the upset job Boston College started.

14 MICHIGAN 7-2 Carr gives every player a little hug for winning the Little Brown Jug.

15 COLORADO 8-2 Playing Nebraska in a game that counts rekindles fond memories of CU police reports.

16 ILLINOIS 8-1 Unless Red Grange is making a comeback, loss of star tailback will hurt Illini’s Big Ten chances.

17 UCLA 6-3 Toledo sells recruits with pitch about UCLA being ranked higher than Florida State.

18 FLORIDA STATE 6-3 School purchases a periscope to keep tabs on national title race.

19 VIRGINIA TECH 7-2 In a shocker, BCS awards team only half win each for victories against Rutgers (50-0) and Temple (35-0).

20 SOUTH CAROLINA 7-3 Holtz so embarrassed after Florida defeat he immediately schedules a game with Navy.

21 MISSISSIPPI 6-2 Eli Manning is so good we hear he threw six touchdowns during team’s off week.

22 LOUISVILLE 9-1 A tearful Coach John L. Smith reveals middle initial stands for “Ludwig.”

23 AUBURN 7-2 Citing Alabama’s woes, the governor decides to shut down only half the state for this week’s big game.

24 GEORGIA TECH 6-3 “Big” Dec. 1 makeup game with Florida State called off because of lack of interest.

25 OHIO STATE 6-3 During late-night seance, late coach Woody Hayes says he supports Toledo’s play calling against Oregon.