Chris ‘Rankman’ Dufresne’s top 25 college football teams
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Rankman’s No. 1 team since Day 1, the Texas Foghorns, can see the lighthouse at the end of the channel even if some would argue they’re only the second-best team in Texas located off Interstate 35. And Florida, Rankman’s No. 2 since Day 2, has only to beat Alabama in Atlanta to play in its third Bowl Championship Series title game since 2006.
Texas vs. Florida at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 7: Who could have predicted that, other than everybody?
Nebraska, which faces Texas in Saturday’s Big 12 title game, is the only hope left to knock this season off its axis.
1. TEXAS, 12-0: Time warp: Young beats Leinart same year Rose Bowl hosts BCS title. (Last week: No. 1)
2. FLORIDA 12-0: Verne Lundquist narrates documentary on Tim Tebow brushing his teeth. (2)
3. TEXAS CHRISTIAN, 12-0: That’s one small BCS step for man, one giant leap for frogs. (3)
4. ALABAMA, 12-0: Bylaws dictate governor will run state while Saban is in Atlanta. (4)
5. CINCINNATI, 11-0: Bearcats seek first undefeated/untied season since ’87 (1887). (5)
6. BOISE STATE, 12-0: Waiting for Texas to win before signing BCS bowl escrow papers. (6)
7. OREGON, 9-2: Officials say Thursday’s Civil War is on, come rain or ... rain. (8)
8. OHIO STATE, 10-2: No team slithers back into top 10 better than Buckeyes. (9)
9. IOWA, 10-2: Likely BCS pick would have finished, what, fifth in Pac-10? (10)
10. GEORGIA TECH, 10-2: Coach warns team not to look behind to last week’s Georgia loss. (7)
11. PENN STATE, 10-2: Paterno wouldn’t mind playing in that new Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. (12)
12. VIRGINIA TECH, 9-3: Six straight wins over Virginia is halfway to 12 straight. (14)
13. BRIGHAM YOUNG, 10-2: Max Hall sorry for calling Utah the dirt-bag school he thinks it is. (15)
14. OREGON STATE, 8-3: Baseball coach inspires team with “ducks on the pond” speech. (18)
15. CALIFORNIA, 8-3: Playing Washington this weekend in case you’re disinterested. (19)
16. STANFORD, 8-4: Tiger tells school mascot he’s sorry about running into the tree. (20)
17. USC, 8-3: Gen. Carroll would have ordered one last air strike on Grenada. (22)
18. HOUSTON, 10-2: Cougars nearly blow 59-0 lead to Rice, hold on to win 73-14. (23)
19. MIAMI, 9-3: ESPN 30-for-30 film focuses mostly on Jimmy Johnson’s hair. (24)
20. PITTSBURGH, 9-2: And Steel City thought playing a Cincinnati with Carson Palmer was tough? (13)
21. OKLAHOMA STATE, 9-3: T. Boone Pickens says’ he’ll buy a BCS bowl and take the Cowboys there. (11)
22. LOUISIANA STATE, 9-3: Miles is brilliant in overtime because there are no clocks involved. (25)
23. NEBRASKA, 9-3: Next two opponents could be Texas (Big 12) and USC (Holiday Bowl). (NR)
24. UTAH, 9-3: Next year’s BYU game will be moved to Vince McMahon’s backyard. (NR)
25. ARIZONA, 7-4: Finally! Something bounced right for Arizona at the end of a game. (NR)
Dropped out: Temple (16), Navy (17) Clemson (21). Moved in: Nebraska, Arizona, Utah.
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