Oregon Jumps Boise State, Moves to No. 3 in Legends Poll Top 25
Oregon made its move in the Legends Poll on Sunday, jumping Boise State to take over the No. 3 spot.
The Ducks’ leap in the poll comes after their 52-31 victory over Stanford.
“Oregon has so much speed,” said former USC head coach John Robinson. “It’s going to be tough to outscore them. We saw it against Stanford. They can score in bunches.”
Alabama kept its spot atop the rankings, followed by No. 2 Ohio State. No. 4 Boise State and No. 5 TCU round out the top five.
Nebraska remained at No. 6.
No. 7 Oklahoma moved up three spots after defeating Texas, 28-20, in the annual Red River Rivalry game. The loss left Texas unranked for the first time in the six-year history of the Legends Poll.
As in the AP and Coaches’ Polls, USC and Penn State also fell out of the Legends Poll top 25.
“It has been an interesting year,” Robinson said. “We’ve seen some new teams playing championship caliber football like Oregon. And some of the more traditional powers have been struggling.”
No. 8 Auburn made its first top-10 appearance of the season, moving up five spots this week. Led by quarterback Cameron Newton, the Tigers have started 5-0 for the second straight season and for the fourth time in seven years.
Auburn was followed by Utah and LSU, rounding out the top 10.
Arizona was No. 11 in the latest poll.
No. 12 Michigan State made the biggest jump in the rankings. The Spartans made their debut at No. 23 a week ago and moved up 11 spots this week after defeating Wisconsin, 34-24. Wisconsin fell 12 spots to No. 20.
One-loss teams filled out the top 15: Florida, Iowa, Arkansas.
Stanford was No. 16 followed by Miami, Michigan and South Carolina.
Oklahoma State made its season debut at No. 21 in the poll and Nevada made its highest showing at No. 22.
West Virginia moved up a spot to No. 23.
The final two spots belonged to teams making 2010 debuts in the poll. No. 24 was undefeated Northwestern followed by Oregon State.
