Every week, members of Bleacher Report's college football community cast their ballots in the BR Top 25. A sampling of their rankings, analysis, and commentary is reproduced here. If you would like more information on the BR Top25, including an opportunity to cast your vote, send an email to trey@bleacherreport.com.
Georgia deserves the top spot for the play they are showing right now. They may not have the best record or have the most explosive start, but they are the #1 team in the country right now
West Virginia showed versus UConn that they have the most explosive offense in the country, putting 66 up versus the Huskies
Hawaii deserves a high spot, but unfortunately another WAC team will go undefeated and not have a chance to play for the National Title
It shows how flawed the ranking system is in Collge Football when the #1 Missouri is an underdog in its own conference championship game, and rightly so
Does Ohio State deserve a potential spot in the championship with a pattycake schedule and a loss to Illinois?
Quick stat: Three SEC teams have played in BCS National Title Games. They have gone undefeated and outscored their opponents 85-44
In one week the Oregon Ducks have gone from a National Title bound team with the Heisman frontrunner to a poll bottom-dweller missing their top two quarterbacks
What I wouldn't give for a playoff system this year.
Jake Walters
Wow has this college football season been wild and crazy. Do we need a playoff system now or what? West Virginia was my sleeper team to go to the National Championship game. Now all they have to do is win against Pitt. If the Mountaineers do that, then they will go on to play...oh who knows who they will play with how this season has played out so far.
Tristan Threlkeld
1. West Virginia
2. Missouri
3. Ohio State
4. Georgia
5. Kansas
6. LSU
7. USC
8. Virginia Tech
9. Florida
10. Oklahoma
11. Hawaii
12. Arizona State
13. Illinois
14. Tennessee
15. Boston College
16. Oregon
17. Wisconsin
18. South Florida
19. Cincinnati
20. Auburn
21. Boise State
22. Arkansas
23. Texas
24. Clemson
25. Brigham Young
Michael Rice
1. West Virginia (3)
2. Missouri (4)
3. Hawaii (5)
4. Ohio State (6)
5. Kansas (2)
6. Georgia (9)
7. LSU (1)
8. USC (10)
9. Oklahoma (12)
10. Virginia Tech (13)
11. Boston College (15)
12. Tennessee (18)
13. Florida (17)
14. Arizona State (8)
15. BYU (21)
16. Illinois (20)
17. Oregon (7)
18. Boise State (11)
19. Virginia (16)
20. Texas (14)
21. Arkansas (NR)
22. Air Force (22)
23. Clemson (23)
24. Wisconsin (24)
25. Texas Tech (25)
Jared Reback
* Missouri and West Virginia are neck and neck for the #1 spot in the rankings. Let's hope that both teams win-out, as we'd see one of the great offensive showdowns in recent memory.
* Here's to hoping that Ohio State and their soft schedule take a trip to the Rose Bowl.
* Despite just 2 losses, Oregon has to drop from the rankings. Without Dennis Dixon, they'd be lucky to make a top 50 list.
* Hawaii was very impressive Friday night against Boise State in Honolulu. If they look good against UW next weekend, they should certainly leap-frog into the top 6.
* Odds of USC beating UCLA next week? 50%?
Dave Finocchio
#1 West Virginia-517 rushing yards against a r anked UCONN team and 7 touchdowns. Pat White only had to throw the ball 13 times. West Virginia has earned the #1 spot after LSU fell to unranked Arkansas. Whoever is airing the National Championship will be rooting for West Virginia to win out if they expect anyone to be watching this year. This is the last remaining team with any star power.
#2 Ohio State-Maybe a win against Michigan will mean something next year against Les Miles. Congrats on beating one quality team this season. There is still time for Ohio State to drop in the rankings as things play out, but as of now West Virginia and Ohio State are the only BCS conference champions. Before you make a case for anyone else, they have to win their conference.
#3 Missouri-Again congratulations for beating one quality team. The only difference between you and Ohio State right now is that at least you beat Illinois. The only problem is when you beat Illinois. It isn't as impressive knowing the game happened on September 1st. You also beat Mississippi...so did everyone else in the SEC.
#4 Georgia-This is a sad day for the SEC. It's top team didn't even make the championship game.
#5 LSU-Way to stop McFadden. Aparently this defense was highly overrated. It was obvious that LSU was going down when Peyton Hillis ran it for a 65-yard score...LSU had 8 men in the box on that play.
#6 Kansas-This is the only one-loss team that is out of the mix now. The good news is that Kansas may finish with a better record than our eventual National Champion. The bad news is they may have to play LSU or Georgia in a bowl game.
#7 Hawaii-This is the only undefeated team in college football and they deserve to be mentioned among the teams for the national title game. For the reconrd, I would much rather see Hawaii in the title game than Missouri
#8 Virginia Tech
#9 Oklahoma
#10 Florida
#11 USC
#12 Boston College
#13 BYU
#14 Tennessee
#15 Illinois
#16 Arizona State
#17 Clemson
#18 Virginia
#19 Texas
#20 Michigan
#21 Connecticut
#22 Air Force
#23 Troy
#24 Navy
#25 UCF
Robbie Munroe
I see the numbers, but how can Darren Mc Fadden be a Heisman winner if his coaches don't even have him in the game for the crucial 2-point try in the 3rd overtime...let alone not call on him to carry the ball. Not even in the game? As a decoy at least? Not my Heisman candidate.
Missouri loses to Oklahoma, leaving Ohio State and West Virginia in the title game. Remember what happened to an untested OSU team in last year's championship. Expect a similar result from an inferior and even-less-tested Buckeye team this year.
It's unfortunate that the two strongest conferences, SEC and Pac-10, couldn't get a team in. Playoff proponents will be hollering as loud as ever.
Frank Swanagan
#1 - USC
#2 - Missouri
#3 - West Virginia
#4 - Ohio State
#5 - Kansas
#6 - LSU
#7 - Oklahoma
#8 - Georgia
#9 - Florida
#10 - Hawaii
#11 - Virginia Tech
#12 - Tennessee
#13 - Boston College
#14 - Arizona State
#15 - Illinois
#16 - Arkansas
#17 - Auburn
#18 - Clemson
#19 - Michigan
#20 - South Florida
#21 - Texas
#22 - Virginia
#23 - Wisconsin
#24 - UCF
#25 – Troy
Trey Bradley
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