Dan's College Football Top 50: Week Nine Edition

Dan Boss

Analyst Written on October 20, 2008

Week Eight was highlighted by Texas backing up its No. 1 ranking by putting up 51 points en route to a win over Missouri. Alabama and Penn State each won to remain undefeated and on the Longhorns' heals.

Ohio State won easily at Michigan State, preparing a monster game next week against Penn State.

One BCS buster bit the dust, as TCU crushed BYU. There are still several non-BCS teams in the hunt, though. Utah and Boise State have the inside track to crashing the party.

After yet another exciting week in college football, the top 50 teams have shuffled positions again. Here are the top programs after eight weeks of football. There are some changes from last week. The first BCS poll was released and will be included in this series for the remainder of the season.

	LW	*Team*	*BCS*	AP	*USA*	*ESPN*	*SOS*
1.	1	Texas 7-0	1	1	1	1	12
2.	2	Oklahoma 6-1	4	4	5	4	3
3.	3	Alabama 7-0	2	2	2	2	53
4.	4	USC 5-1	5	6	4	6	28
5.	5	Penn State 8-0	3	3	3	3	82
6.	6	Florida 5-1	10	5	7	5	39
7.	7	Georgia 6-1	7	9	9	9	5
8.	11	Ohio State 7-1	9	10	10	10	8
9.	9	Oklahoma State 7-0	6	7	8	7	67
10.	10	Texas Tech 7-0	8	8	6	8	81
11.	14	LSU 5-1	13	11	11	11	75
12.	15	Utah 8-0	11	12	12	12	77
13.	13	Boise State 6-0	12	13	13	13	59
14.	8	Missouri 5-2	15	16	16	16	2
15.	25	TCU 7-1	14	15	15	14	49
16.	21	South Florida 6-1	16	14	14	15	80
17.	24	Pittsburgh 5-1	17	17	20	17	41
18.	17	Kansas 5-2	23	19	18	18	32
19.	26	Georgia Tech 6-1	18	21	21	20	45
20.	12	Brigham Young 6-1	21	18	17	19	87
21.	30	Tulsa 7-0	19	22	19	21	113
22.	27	Florida State 5-1	25	24	23	24	48
23.	28	Ball State 7-0	20	20	22	22	115
24.	29	Minnesota 6-1	24	25	25	25	50
25.	32	Northwestern 6-1	22	NR	24	NR	74
26.	16	Virginia Tech 5-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	20
27.	45	Boston College 5-1	NR	23	NR	23	99
28.	19	Michigan State 6-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	29
29.	18	North Carolina 5-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	22
30.	23	Vanderbilt 5-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	57
31.	20	Wake Forest 4-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	56
32.	34	Kentucky 5-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	51
33.	35	Oregon 5-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	98
34.	NR	Iowa 5-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	43
35.	NR	Maryland 5-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	86
36.	36	Cincinnati 5-1	NR	NR	NR	NR	85
37.	22	California 4-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	62
38.	43	West Virginia 4-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	111
39.	40	Illinois 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	21
40.	39	Oregon State 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	30
41.	NR	Arizona 5-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	106
42.	33	Notre Dame 4-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	63
43.	47	Colorado 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	6
44.	46	Fresno State 4-2	NR	NR	NR	NR	116
45.	NR	Virginia 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	9
46.	38	Nebraska 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	16
47.	31	South Carolina 5-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	37
48.	NR	East Carolina 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	94
49.	49	Auburn 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	95
50.	41	Miami(FL) 4-3	NR	NR	NR	NR	44

Just Outside: Connecticut, Wisconsin, Air Force, Central Michigan, Tennessee, Western Michigan, Arkansas, Mississippi, Clemson, Stanford, UCLA

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