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Michigan State has the best showing so far in 2015 while Ohio State‘s game at Virginia Tech and Alabama‘s pull-a-part over Wisconsin are worthy victories.  The SEC on the whole, is not as great as some (like me) thought just last week. I will not just rank teams from any conference just because they are a member of said conference. Auburn‘s near take down by Jacksonville State tells me more about the War Eagle and the SEC than the weak opponent played yesterday  .  Plus the dismantling of the Razorbacks of Arkansas in Little Rock by Toledo is just not acceptable on any playing field by a Top 25 team. Thus, the SEC takes a major hit in my Top Ten, yet LSU did win at Miss. State.  Big  wins this week come out of Knoxville with Oklahoma‘s gut check win over the Tennessee Vols in double OT and a nice win in Provo with the BYU Cougars putting Boise State  to sleep for this year.  In whole, the large scores of many good D1 schools against inferior competition just don’t do anything for me and that will be reflected in my personal rankings.  Like it or not, some teams do not belong on the same field with each other.  Baylor, TCU, Okla. State and USC, shame on your schedule.

 

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David Bitton/Stillwater News Press Oklahoma State vs. Central Arkansas Oklahoma State backup quarterback J.W. Walsh throws a pass late in a football game against Central Arkansas Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla.

 

FRED’s TOP 25

  1. Ohio State
  2. Michigan State
  3. Alabama
  4. TCU
  5. Clemson
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Florida State
  8. LSU
  9. USC
  10. Oklahoma
  11. Georgia Tech
  12. Oregon
  13. BYU
  14. Georgia
  15. Baylor
  16. Ole Miss
  17. Texas A&M
  18. Utah
  19. Arizona
  20. Wisconsin
  21. UCLA
  22. Oklahoma St
  23. Temple
  24. West Virginia
  25. Northwestern
Everyone in my Top 25 is 2-0 except LSU and Toledo which are 1-0 and Oregon and Wisconsin 1-1.

 

On the cusp:  Auburn, Kansas State, Missouri, Arizona State, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Tulsa, Boise State.

Conference strength:  Big 12-5; Big 10-4; PAC-5; ACC-3; SEC-5; American-1;

Oklahoma wide receiver Sterling Shepard (3) catches a touchdown pass against Tennessee defensive back Emmanuel Moseley (12) to tie the game 17-17 and send it into overtime at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 in Knoxville, Tenn. Oklahoma won 31-24. (ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL)
Oklahoma wide receiver Sterling Shepard (3) catches a touchdown pass against Tennessee defensive back Emmanuel Moseley (12) to tie the game 17-17 and send it into overtime at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 in Knoxville, Tenn. Oklahoma won 31-24. (ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL)

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