WEEK 3: The New Top 25, Pops and Drops

Week Three of the 2008 College Football season is in the books.

Check out which teams popped in the rankings and which ones dropped.

Pops

Oklahoma crushing Washington jumps over idle Florida from No. 3 to No. 2.

Missouri jumps from No. 7 to No. 4.

Penn State pops from No. 15 to No. 8.

Wisconsin moves up from No. 11 to No. 9 with a tough 13-10 win over Fresno State (a lot of missed opportunities for the Bulldogs).

Alabama pops from No. 14 back to No. 11.

South Florida pops from No. 21 to No. 13 with a dramatic win over Kansas.

Oregon pops up one spot with their second half comeback and OT win over Purdue.

After a controversial win over luckless Washington last week, BYU is back in the top 20 at No. 18 with a 59-0 shutout of UCLA.

Oklahoma State moves into the Top 20 at No. 19 with a big win over Missouri State, followed closely by Big 12 rival Nebraska at No. 20 with a win over New Mexico State.

Iowa popped into the No. 21 slot with a win over rival Iowa State.

Finally, Vanderbilt slides into the Top 25 at No. 24 with a win over Rice.

Drops

Idle Florida is nudged from No. 2 to No. 3 by Oklahoma’s decisive victory over Washington.

Georgia drops from No. 4 to No. 7 (I don’t care if they are 3-0. I haven’t been impressed with any of their wins).

Ohio State drops out of the Top 10 from No. 8 in my Week 2 poll to No. 13.

Kansas drops from No. 10 to Nol. 17 with its loss to USF.

East Carolina won, but drops from No. 12 to No. 14 with a close call against Tulane.

Auburn drops from No. 9 to No. 15 with only a 3-2 win over Mississippi State.

Fresno State drops from No. 19 to No. 23 with a loss to Wisconsin (No. 9).

Illinois falls from No. 23 back to No. 25 with a poor showing against Louisiana Lafayette.

Arizona State, Arizona and Cal all drop from the Top 25 with losses. UCLA falls from 25 into oblivion.

 

WEEK 3 TOP 25

1. USC (1)

2. Oklahoma (3)

3. Florida DNP (2)

4. LSU (4), Missouri (7) (tie)

6. Texas DNP (6)

7. Georgia (4)

8. Penn State (15)

9. Wisconsin (11)

10. Texas Tech (16)

11. Alabama (14)

12. South Florida (21)

13. Ohio State (8)

14. East Carolina (12)

15. Auburn (9)

16. Utah (18), Oregon (17) (tie)

17. Kansas (10)

18. BYU (25)

19. Oklahoma State (UR)

20. Nebraska (UR)

21. Iowa (UR)

22. Wake Forest DNP (22)

23. Fresno State (19)

24. Vanderbilt (UR)

25. Illinois (23)

Offensive Player of the Week: Max Hall (BYU) and Chase Daniel (Missouri)

Defensive Player of the Week: Rey Maualuga (USC)