While things are starting to take shape, there’s still a lot of movement (for instance, LSU

was ranked #79 before they beat #4 Mississippi St 31-16; now, LSU is ranked #37).

It really will be more like Wk 5 or Wk 6 before everything truly falls into its proper place.

There’s simply too many unknown variables. But that’s why we watch!

Dropped out of Top 25:

BYU (2-1), Texas Tech (2-1), Kansas St (2-1), Liberty (2-1), Mississippi St (2-1),

Oregon St (3-0)

First Five Out:

Texas (2-1), Oregon St (3-0), Indiana (3-0), Illinois (2-1), Iowa St (3-0)

Top 25:

#25: Clemson (3-0) (new), beat #91 LA Tech 48-20

#24: Michigan St (2-1), lost to #27 Washington 28-39

#23: TCU (2-0) (new), bye week

#22: Arkansas (3-0), beat FCS Missouri St 38-27

#21: Ole Miss (3-0), beat #104 Georgia Tech 42-0

#20: UCLA (3-0) (new), beat #49 South Alabama 32-31

#19: Oklahoma St (3-0), beat FCS Arkansas-Pine Bluff 63-7

#18: Minnesota (3-0), beat #124 Colorado 49-7

#17: Kentucky (3-0), beat FCS Youngstown St 31-0

#16: NC State (3-0) (new), beat #24 Texas Tech 27-14

#15: Duke (3-0), beat FCS North Carolina A&T 49-20

#14: James Madison (2-0), bye week

#13: USC (3-0), beat #81 Fresno St 45-17

#12: Tulane (3-0), beat #22 Kansas St 17-10

#11: Wake Forest (3-0) (new), beat #17 Liberty 37-36

#10: Oklahoma (3-0), beat #95 Nebraska 49-14

#9: Georgia (3-0), beat #54 South Carolina 48-7

#8: Washington (3-0) (new), beat #8 Michigan St 39-28

#7: Syracuse (3-0), beat #78 Purdue 32-29

#6: Maryland (3-0), beat #28 SMU 34-27

#5: Michigan (3-0), beat #100 UConn 59-0

#4: Alabama (3-0), beat #107 LA-Monroe 63-7

#3: Tennessee (3-0), beat #109 Akron 63-6

#2: Penn St (3-0), beat #50 Auburn 41-12

#1: Ohio St (3-0), beat #36 Toledo 77-21