Dan's College Football Top 50: Week Five Edition

Dan Boss by Analyst Written on September 23, 2008
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Two games and two bye weeks later, USC has managed to keep the top spot. There are many teams waiting for USC to make a mistake. The SEC and Big 12 have multiple teams trying to avoid the upset bug this year. There are several non-BCS teams trying to crash the party.

After four weeks of fighting for position, here are your top 50 college football teams. There are some changes from last week.

 

        LW

Team

AP

USA

ESPN

SOS

1.     1

USC (2-0)

1

1

1

17

2.     2

Georgia (4-0)

3

3

3

50

3.     3

Missouri (4-0)

6

5

5

26

4.     4

Oklahoma (3-0)

2

2

2

84

5.     6

Florida (3-0)

4

4

4

67

6.     8

LSU (3-0)

5

6

6

45

7.     5

Wisconsin (3-0)

9

8

9

7

8.     10

Alabama (4-0)

8

10

8

20

9.     9

Texas (3-0)

7

7

7

83

10.   12

Brigham Young (4-0)

11

11

11

86

11.   18

Penn State (4-0)

12

12

10

97

12.   21

Utah (4-0)

17

17

17

16

13.   14

Texas Tech (4-0)

10

9

12

118

14.   11

South Florida (4-0)

13

14

14

69

14.   15

Wake Forest (3-0)

16

15

16

39

16.   26

Boise State (3-0)

19

20

19

6

17.   17

Ohio State (3-1)

14

13

15

93

18.   22

Clemson (3-1)

20

19

20

9

19.   7

Auburn (3-1)

15

16

13

87

20.   19

Kansas (3-1)

18

18

18

51

21.   24

Illinois (2-1)

22

21

22

22

22.   30

Vanderbilt (4-0)

21

25

21

59

23.   25

TCU (4-0)

24

23

23

76

24.   23

Fresno State (2-1)

25

24

24

63

25.   13

East Carolina (3-1)

23

NR

25

65

26.   16

Oregon (3-1)

NR

22

NR

57

27.   31

Virginia Tech (3-1)

NR

NR

NR

11

28.   29

Nebraska (3-0)

NR

NR

NR

12

29.   NR

Colorado (3-0)

NR

NR

NR

55

30.   49

Miami(FL) (2-1)

NR

NR

NR

19

31.   33

Connecticut (4-0)

NR

NR

NR

79

32.   32

Oklahoma State (3-0)

NR

NR

NR

120

33.   47

Ball State (4-0)

NR

NR

NR

21

34.   20

West Virginia (1-2)

NR

NR

NR

18

35.   41

Tulsa (3-0)

NR

NR

NR

113

36.   36

Kentucky (3-0)

NR

NR

NR

36

37.   38

California (2-1)

NR

NR

NR

64

38.   NR

Michigan State (3-1)

NR

NR

NR

73

39.   50

Georgia Tech (3-1)

NR

NR

NR

62

40.   28

Arizona State (2-2)

NR

NR

NR

14

41.   27

Florida State (2-1)

NR

NR

NR

2

42.   39

South Carolina (2-2)

NR

NR

NR

8

43.   42

Northwestern (4-0)

NR

NR

NR

112

44.   46

Minnesota (4-0)

NR

NR

NR

72

45.   NR

Louisville (2-1)

NR

NR

NR

5

46.   48

Purdue (2-1)

NR

NR

NR

54

47.   44

Nevada (1-2)

NR

NR

NR

4

48.   NR

Cincinnati (2-1)

NR

NR

NR

104

49.   NR

Mississippi (2-2)

NR

NR

NR

25

50.   40

UCF (1-2)

NR

NR

NR

29

 

Just Outside: Michigan, Tennessee, UCLA, Air Force, Pittsburgh, Arkansas, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Maryland, Iowa.

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