McMisanthrope's Top 25: November 7, 2010

Thoughts:

1) We're a few losses away from Armageddon;

2) I don't see Oregon losing again this year;

3) I think TCU-Oregon would be the best title game matchup;

4) I suspect everything will change in the next month from where it stands now.

Rankings:

1) TCU -- They dismantled an 8-0 team on the road Saturday. That's what the other teams have done to FCS teams. Say what you want about Utah being "overrated", etc., but that was insane, fellas;

2) Oregon -- That quick-pace offense just wears out defenses. The Ducks have outscored opponents in the second half this year by almost 200 points, I think. Insane. They're destroy a defense like Auburn's Swiss cheese unit;

3) Boise State -- Hawai'i really isn't a bad team, but Boise made them look like one;

4) Auburn -- Homecoming opponents (even in November??) go down easy;

5) Stanford -- Beating Arizona so handily was impressive, and their only loss came to Oregon;

6) LSU -- Gritty win for the Bayou Bengals, and their only loss was to Auburn;

7) Utah -- The Utes have to be here, despite losing by 40 points at home. Why? Because it's their only loss, and it was to my #1 team. I can't drop them any lower, as the teams below generally lost to lesser teams than themselves;

8) Michigan State -- Sparty gets the top spot in the Big Ten because of the H2H results, and their loss came to a "lesser" team;

9) Wisconsin -- How did they lose to Sparty?!;

10) Ohio State -- They lost to the Badgers;

11) Nevada -- Of the one-loss teams, they've still got a decent loss (Hawai'i), yet they've also played a pretty weak schedule. Boise will shred them, too;

12) Nebraska -- How did this team lose to Texas?!;

13) Oklahoma State -- They lost to the Cornhuskers only, so they get this spot;

14) Arizona -- With the two-loss teams, it's too complicated for my little brain to rank them hierarchically on their losses. They've played the toughest schedule of the two-loss teams, though;

15) Missouri -- They don't like the Big XII South;

16) Oklahoma -- Someone on RSFC pointed out how overrated they were. Looks like they were right;

17) Alabama -- Has the Tide's talent level dropped that much in a year? Didn't they have a lot of starters returning? Whoops;

18) Arkansas -- Ryan Mallett still throws too many key INTs;

19) Iowa -- Got lucky against Indiana, big-time;

20) Mississippi State -- The most under-publicized team in the SEC?;

21) Virginia Tech -- Seems like the Hokies have been hovering in this range for a month now;

22) Central Florida -- Best team in the state;

23) Temple -- Maybe the Big East will want them back?;

24) San Diego State -- The WAC really isn't a bad football league at all;

25) Northern Illinois -- The MAC is, however, bad.