THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

*--* CHRIS DUFRESNE’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS: Rk Team Comment 1 OKLAHOMA Rankman rides shotgun on Boomer Sooner bandwagon 2 TEXAS Mack Brown tries hypnosis to keep from screaming, “Put in Applewhite!” 3 FLORIDA STATE (1-0) Dad-gum, Bowden could have sworn Iowa State was a controlled scrimmage 4 MIAMI Ken Dorsey adds half a pound of muscle in off-season weight program 5 TENNESSEE Sportswriters vow days of funneling money to players are over 6 COLORADO NCAA confesses it hates all freestyle skiers, not just Jeremy Bloom 7 FLORIDA Gators vow to keep winning this year, by hook or by Zook 8 NEBRASKA (1-0) It’s OK to be a Blackshirt again in Lincoln 9 WASHINGTON STATE Ryan Leaf says he’s available for motivational speeches 10 WASHINGTON This week on campus: Rick Neuheisel searches NCAA rule book for more loopholes 11 GEORGIA Mascot UGA goes to Washington, asks Congress to throw school a bone 12 OHIO STATE (1-0) Tailback Maurice Clarett’s impressive numbers: 18 (years old) for 175 yards 13 LOUISIANA STATE Star tailback Toefield has a foothold on his position 14 OREGON Nice to see Oregon-Mississippi State have rekindled their bitter rivalry 15 VIRGINIA TECH (1-0) Coach says 63-7 romp over Arkansas State was his tribute to Steve Spurrier 16 MICHIGAN Sorry, $20 media parking charge costs school three spots in first poll 17 MICHIGAN STATE School seeks sixth victory in a row over Notre Dame, but who’s counting? 18 MARSHALL If Moss couldn’t win Heisman for this school, how can Byron Leftwich? 19 LOUISVILLE Heisman candidate Ragone said to go best with a red clam sauce 20 USC (SOUTHERN CAL) Caltech scientists excited by possible Carson Palmer breakthrough 21 USC (SOUTH CAR) Without glasses, Holtz says he can’t see a win on the schedule 22 MARYLAND Head coach loses 40 pounds without help from Richard Simmons 23 WISCONSIN (1-0) Earns “BCS Employee of Month” award for knocking Fresno State out early 24 N. CAROLINA STATE Add Philip Rivers to list of top 50 Heisman quarterback candidates 25 PENN STATE Paterno throws down spike strip to slow Bowden in all-time victory chase

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