Chris Dufresne’s top-25 college football rankings

Hey all you rank rankers, it really wasn’t that hard: Auburn beat South Carolina, which beat Alabama. So Auburn is No. 8 this week, followed by South Carolina and Alabama. Oregon State defeated Arizona, so it moves ahead of ‘Zona, which stays ahead of Iowa. OK, time for lunch. Boise State, our No.1 since Day One, could be No. 1 in Sunday’s first Bowl Championship Series standings, which would at least temporarily halt the hate male (me) to my Idaho in-box. Note to ‘Bama fans bemoaning steep drop to No. 10: In 2003, Louisiana State rallied from No. 12 in the first BCS standings to win the national title.

1. Boise State 5-0; Like “Seabiscuit” and “Secretariat,” Broncos looking to unite a divided nation. (1)

2. Oregon 6-0; Top-ranked offense set to take on UCLA and its various offenses. (3)

3. Ohio State 6-0; Players thought Columbus Day was to honor their rise to No. 1. (4)

4. Texas Christian 6-0; Game at Brigham Young is either blacked out and/or on Versus. (5)

5. Oklahoma 6-0; Utah set the clobber bar high last week by scoring 68 on Iowa State. (6)

6. Nebraska 5-0; What looked like a silo sizzler against Texas now a drag on Huskers’ schedule. (7)

7. Utah 5-0; Real season starts at Air Force on Oct. 30, followed by TCU and then at Notre Dame. (11)

8. Auburn 6-0; If this keeps up the Alabama game will mean more than its usual everything. (10)

9. South Carolina 4-1; No doubt about it: There are some mighty fine ball coaches in the SEC. (16)

10. Alabama 5-1; Not as bad as loss to ‘SC (*protected by U.S. trademark) in 1970. (2)

11. Arkansas 4-1; State needs one more Cracker Barrel restaurant to tie Alabama at five. (9)

12. Stanford 5-1; Cardinal thinks plucky USC is close to becoming a Pac-10 contender. (12)

13. Oregon State 3-2; James Rodgers’ injury leaves “Little Brother and the Holding (on) Company.” (21)

14. Arizona 4-1; Behind every first-loss cloud there is a trip to Washington State. (8)

15. Iowa 4-1; “Yanni’s Greatest Hits” piped into practice to prepare team for Michigan Stadium. (14)

16. Florida State 5-1; New coach didn’t allow Miami game to be decided by a missed field-goal try. (NR)

17. Nevada 6-0; Performing in the Reno Room: “Colin Kaepernick and the Comstock Lodes.” (18)

18. Louisiana State 6-0; Miles says it’s better to be lucky than good — and better to be rich. (19)

19. Michigan State 6-0; Injunction preventing team from leaving state to play expires Oct. 23. (20)

20. Oklahoma State 5-0; Idiom Illustrated predicts Stillwater should run (and throw) deep against Kansas State. (23)

21. Air Force 5-1; Off to speediest start since Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. (24)

22. Virginia Tech 4-2; Getting off the mat more important than getting knocked down. (22)

23. Miami 3-2; Will combine football programs with Florida and be renamed “U of 7-4.” (15)

24. Florida 4-2; Meyer reinstates Rainey after being told he can’t reinstate Tebow. (13)

25. Wisconsin 5-1; You don’t want know how team wins; it’s like watching sausage being made. (25)

Dropped out: Michigan (17).

Moved in: Florida State.