Ain’t no sunshine: No Florida schools in college football rankings

Ponce de Leon could sail up and down these rankings for days and wouldn’t discover Florida. Who would have thought the Potato State would have more teams represented than one of the top football-player producers in the world? The only Florida school that made an upward move anywhere was Central Florida, expected to receive an invite from the Big East. Otherwise this week’s rankings are as stagnant as a Tallahassee bog. Kansas State got a six-spot bump to No. 17 as Bill Snyder continues his remarkable comeback tour in Manhattan. The first BCS standings will be released Sunday and will look remarkably similar to Rankman’s index — without the all-important comments.

1; Alabama 6-0; Points-allowed prediction: One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi. (1)

2; Louisiana State 6-0; Seems as if every team Tigers play has just lost a starting quarterback to injury. (2)

3; Oklahoma 5-0; If Mike joins brother Bob’s staff, he can play Oklahoma State third time since Dec. 29. (3)

4; Stanford 5-0; Motivation: Washington State scheduled homecoming for week you guys come in? (4)

5; Boise State 5-0; Flights to Big East no problem thanks to school’s favorite airline: JetBlue. (5)

6; Wisconsin 5-0; Badgers favored by almost 40 over Indiana team still presumed to be in Big Ten. (6)

7; Oklahoma State 5-0; Defense ranked at 103, a temperature that might require hospitalization. (7)

8; Clemson 6-0; Good news, hipsters: Quarterback Tajh Boyd’s hip appears safely back in socket. (8)

9; Oregon 4-1; James of “Monty Python” troupe says of gruesome elbow injury: “It’s only a flesh wound!” (9)

10; Arkansas 5-1; Sign seen taped on a pig: “No. 10 in the country but fourth place in our division?” (10)

11; West Virginia 5-1; Homework for off week is to read Jerry West’s new autobiography. (11)

12; Georgia Tech 6-0; As Calvin “Megatron” Johnson used to say in college, “Pass me the ball!” (13)

13; Nebraska 5-1; Appreciate Big Ten gesture, but didn’t need week off to prepare for Minnesota. (15)

14; Virginia Tech 5-1; Better not fall asleep at Wake Forest or you’ll come home 5-2. (17)

15; Illinois 6-0; Champaign flows after team’s first 6-0 start since year of Bobby Thomson’s homer. (18)

16; South Carolina 5-1; Ran over something on road but didn’t stop. Someone said it was Kentucky. (19)

17; Kansas State 5-0; Watch for pranksters at Texas Tech and lock the bus door. (23)

18; Michigan 6-0; Directions to state championship: Drive 63 miles and head east at Lansing. (20)

19; Houston 6-0; Not sure why Big 12 wouldn’t want to add team from Texas that is actually ranked. (21)

20; Arizona State 5-1; Late kickoff on Saturday at Oregon test-run for new “ESPN Transylvania.” (22)

21; Texas 4-1; Mack woke from bad Oklahoma nightmare where it was always fourth and 49. (12)

22; USC (offense only) 4-1; Thursday’s game in S.F. likely to stir emotional Emerald Bowl memories. (25)

23; Texas A&M 3-2; Not one Big 12 school has offered rocking chair as gift on farewell tour. (NR)

24; Michigan State 4-1; Um, our one loss, people, was to Notre Dame. Does that name ring a bell? (NR)

25; Auburn 4-2; Rules say you have to KO the champ, and right now Tigers are growling in neutral corner. (16)

Dropped out: Florida (14), Florida State (24).

Moved in: Texas A&M; Michigan State.

chris.dufresne@latimes.com