The status quo remains as every team in my top 10 won. We should find out a lot more about teams this week as there are several intriguing match ups. Oklahoma travels east to play the Seminoles of Florida State in Tallahassee. It was no contest last season as the Sooners rolled to a 47-17 victory in Norman. The Seminoles feel things will be different this time around as they will have the home field advantage over the top ranked Sooners. Alabama reestablished its national prowess after hammering perennial power Penn State on the road, 27-11. The Boise State broncos had the week off after beating Georgia in Atlanta two weeks ago. They will have a tough Friday test as they travel to take on the Toledo Rockets, who gave Ohio State all they could handle in the Horseshoe this past week. The SEC has a great match up as well. Mississippi State has a short week home game vs the LSU Tigers on Thursday. MSU is coming off a heartbreaking 41-34 defeat at Auburn in which they came up inches short of sending the game into overtime. It was the usual for Andrew Luck and the Stanford Cardinal as they rolled to victory this time at Duke. Oregon bounced back after their opening week loss to LSU and slaughtered the rebuilding Nevada Wolfpack 69-20 in the Autzen zoo. Here is my top 25 going into week 3:
1. Oklahoma (1-0) Last week bye, this week: @Florida State
2. Alabama (2-0) Last week @Penn State W 27-11, this week vs North Texas
3. Boise State (1-0) Last week bye, this week @Toledo
4. LSU (2-0) Last week vs Northwestern State, this week @Mississippi State
5. Stanford (2-0) Last week @Duke W 44-14, this week @Arizona
6. Oregon (1-1) Last week vs Nevada W 69-20, this week vs Missouri State
7. Florida State (2-0) Last week vs Charleston Southern W 62-10, this week vs Oklahoma
8. Oklahoma State (2-0) Last week vs Arizona W 37-14, this week @Tulsa
9. Wisconsin (2-0) Last week vs Oregon State W 35-0, this week vs Northern Illinois
10. Texas A&M (1-0) Last week bye, this week vs Idaho
11. Nebraska (2-0) Last week vs Fresno State W 42-29, this week vs Washington
12. South Carolina (2-0) Last week @Georgia W 45-42, this week vs Navy
13. Virginia Tech (2-0) Last week @East Carolina W 17-10, this week vs Arkansas State
14. Arkansas (2-0) Last week vs New Mexico W 52-3, this week vs Troy
15. West Virginia (2-0) Last week vs Norfolk State W 55-12, this week @Maryland
16. Michigan State (2-0) Last week vs Florida Atlantic W 44-0, this week @Notre Dame
17. Florida (2-0) Last week vs UAB W 39-0, this week vs Tennessee
18. South Florida (2-0) Last week vs Ball State W 37-7, this week vs Florida A&M
19. Auburn (2-0) Last week vs Mississippi State W 41-34, this week @Clemson
20. Houston (2-0) Last week @North Texas W 48-23, this week @Louisiana Tech
21. Baylor (1-0) Last week bye, this week vs Stephen F. Austin
22. Ohio State (2-0) Last week vs Toledo W 27-22, this week @Miami, Fl
23. Northwestern (2-0) Last week vs Eastern Illinois W 42-21, this week @Army
24. Mississippi State (1-1) Last week @Auburn L 34-41, this week vs LSU
25. Arizona State (2-0) Last week vs Missouri W 37-30 OT, this week @Illinois
Others receiving votes: Texas (2-0), Penn State (1-1), Central Florida (2-0), Georgia (0-2), TCU (1-1), Maryland (1-0), Navy (2-0), Tennessee (2-0), Temple (2-0), Michigan (2-0), Clemson (2-0), North Carolina (2-0), Pittsburgh (2-0), Iowa State (2-0), Washington State (2-0), Georgia Tech (2-0), Kansas (2-0), Missouri (1-1), San Diego State (2-0), Washington (2-0), Air Force (1-1), Virginia (2-0), BYU (1-1), Florida International (2-0), Hawaii (1-1), Arizona (1-1), Bowling Green (2-0), Utah (1-1)