{"id":279,"date":"2015-09-13T23:01:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T23:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2015-09-22T10:13:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:13:41","slug":"my-top-25-frogs-4th-sooners-10th-baylor-15th-okla-st-22nd-west-virginia-23rd-sec-takes-a-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"My Top 25; Frogs 4th, Sooners 10th, Baylor 15th, Okla. St. 22nd, West Virginia 23rd. SEC takes a fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Photo Credit:\u00a0Kevin C.Cox\/Getty Images<\/h6>\n<div class=\"caption-overlay border-box\" style=\"background: url('http:\/\/static2.bleacherreport.net\/images\/redesign\/modules\/overlay\/bottom-117.png') repeat-x 0px 0px #ffffff; font: 500 11px\/11px 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; left: 0px; width: 630px; height: 117px; bottom: 0px; color: #373737; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; position: absolute; max-height: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Michigan State<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>has the best\u00a0showing so far in 2015 while <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ohio<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>State<\/strong><\/span><\/em>&#8216;s game at <em><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Virginia Tech<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>and <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Alabama<\/span><\/em>&#8216;s pull-a-part over <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wisconsin<\/span> are worthy victories.\u00a0 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.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Auburn<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8216;s near take down by <em><strong><span style=\"color: #d98989;\">Jacksonville State<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>tells me more about the War Eagle and the\u00a0SEC\u00a0than the weak opponent played\u00a0yesterday\u00a0\u00a0.\u00a0 Plus the dismantling of the Razorbacks of<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong> Arkansas\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span>in Little Rock by <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Toledo<\/strong><\/em><\/span> is just not acceptable on any playing field by a Top 25 team.\u00a0Thus, the SEC takes a major hit in my\u00a0Top Ten, yet LSU did win at Miss.\u00a0State.\u00a0 Big<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span>wins this week come out of Knoxville with <span style=\"color: #ab2626;\"><em><strong>Oklahoma<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8216;s gut check win over the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Tennessee<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Vols in double OT and a nice win in Provo with the<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong> BYU\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span>Cougars putting<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong> Boise State<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/span> to sleep for this year.\u00a0 In whole, the large scores of many good D1 schools against inferior competition just don&#8217;t do anything for me and that will be reflected in my personal rankings.\u00a0 Like it or not, some teams do not belong on the same field with each other.\u00a0 Baylor,\u00a0TCU, Okla. State and USC, shame on your schedule.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/55f506425b7f2.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/55f506425b7f2.image_.jpg\" alt=\"55f506425b7f2.image\" width=\"598\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/55f506425b7f2.image_.jpg 598w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/55f506425b7f2.image_-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/55f506425b7f2.image_-248x315.jpg 248w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/55f506425b7f2.image_-47x60.jpg 47w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>FRED&#8217;s TOP 25<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h5>Ohio State<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Michigan State<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Alabama<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>TCU<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Clemson<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Notre Dame<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Florida State<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>LSU<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>USC<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Oklahoma<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Georgia Tech<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Oregon<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>BYU<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Georgia<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Baylor<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Ole Miss<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Texas A&amp;M<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Utah<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Arizona<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Wisconsin<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>UCLA<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Oklahoma St<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Temple<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>West Virginia<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Northwestern<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5>Everyone in my Top 25 is 2-0 except LSU and Toledo which\u00a0are 1-0 and Oregon and\u00a0Wisconsin 1-1.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>On the cusp:\u00a0 Auburn, Kansas State, Missouri, Arizona State, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Tulsa, Boise State.<\/h5>\n<p>Conference strength:\u00a0 Big 12-5; Big 10-4; PAC-5; ACC-3; SEC-5; American-1;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/0913_KCSP_UTOK_5106_AL_1442112795450_23885186_ver1.0_640_480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-300\" src=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/0913_KCSP_UTOK_5106_AL_1442112795450_23885186_ver1.0_640_480.jpg\" alt=\"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. 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