Ten Top 10s After Week 15 in College Football

Top Ten Teams

1) Utah: Undefeated, undisputed.

2) Boise: Proves it doesn't matter what happens on the field—only matters how much your fanbase spends on road trips.

3) Texas: May be the best team in the country right now.

4) Oklahoma: When they win, they do it with style.

5) Penn State: Another fine job on and off the field by Joe Paterno.

6) USC: A defense that's just fun to watch

7) Texas Tech: The odd man out.

8) Florida: A nice year, with one of the worst losses.

9) Alabama: Overachieved all year—just a great effort to get this far.

10) Cincinnati: It really came together for the Bearcats this year.

Worst Ten Teams

1) Washington: Pathetic.

2) Western Kentucky: Thanks for playing—we have some great parting gifts.

3) Notre Dame: How embarrassing does it really have to get?

4) North Texas: The Mean Green weren't too mean.

5) Washington State: Horrible.

6) SMU: Wasn't an instant turnaround for June Jones.

7) San Diego State: No, we didn't forget the loss to Cal Poly.

8) Michigan: The worst season I can remember for this proud program.

9) Miami (OH): Preseason conference favorites finish dead last.

10) Tulane: Holy (Bob) Toledo, this team stinks.

Top Ten Most Improved This Season

1) Alabama: The pride is back in the Tide.

2) Cincinnati: Nice job all the way around.

3) Buffalo: Two words: Turner Gil.

4) Rice: Understated but overperformed.

5) Oklahoma State: If anyone wants to argue that they should be No. 1 on this list, I have no comeback.

6) Nebraska: Not over the hump, but at least to the hump—a big step forward.

7) Florida State: Respectable again.

8) NC State: Tom O'Brien's finest job ever.

9) Miami: Showed signs of youth but a bright future as well.

10) Temple: 5-7 is a great season for these guys, and it could have been 7-5 or better with some luck.

Top Ten Underachievers

1) Notre Dame: "Soft" schedule just showed how soft they are.

2) Clemson: Talk about drinking the Kool-Aid.

3) Miami (OH): Not ready to let these guys off the hook.

4) Illinois: From Rose Bowl to no bowl.

5) West Virginia: They were thinking title game.

6) Michigan: The long bowl streak ends.

7) Wisconsin: Many had them winning the Big Ten.

8) Arizona State: Ouch.

9) Georgia: Not what they had in mind.

10) Auburn: Nothing short of a disaster.

Ten Who Are "In"

1) Manny Pacquiao: The pound for pound king is still the king.

2) Tim Tebow: Heisman hunt and National Title game—not a bad year.

3) Turner Gill: Who doesn't want to be his agent?

4) Julio Jones: It's official—Bama fans are the only ones not waiting for this guy to go pro. Awesome.

5) Oklahoma: Not sure how the math works, but either way they are in.

6) Brian Kelly: In style.

7) Virginia Tech: In another BCS Bowl game.

8) Utah: In the BCS against the big boys this time.

9) Gator Assistant Coaches: In the running for Head Coach jobs.

10) Skip Holtz: Syracuse?

Ten Who Are "Out"

1) O.J. Simpson: Out of favor but "in" prison.

2) Plaxico Burress: Out of the Giants and not in Mensa either.

3) Texas: Out of the title game.

4) Boise State: Out of the BCS.

5) Michigan: Out of a bowl game.

6) Charlie Weis: In a job but out of style.

7) Percy Harvin, DeMarco Murray, and Dominic Goodman: We'll be hearing this names a lot in the next few weeks.

8) Tommy Tuberville: Say what?

9) Jimbo Fisher: Maybe not the next Head Coach of the Noles?

10) Chop Blocking: This needs to be even more out than it already is.

Top Ten Things I'll Do Between Now and the Bowls

1) Holiday Parties: After a while they all blend together.

2) Work on improving my websites: Hopefully The College Football Place has some bothers and sisters shortly.

3) Home Improvement: My prized Orchids aren't looking too good these days.

4) Work on my Book: You all will see this first as a series of articles.

5) Chat it up in the Forums:  How fun has this been?

6) Holiday Shopping: Anyone surprised I'm not done yet?

7) Improve my videos: Long overdue.

8) Start my NFL Draft preview: No rest for the weary.

9) Preview the games: Most on the site, others in the free newsletter.

10) Relax: Time to catch my breath—it's been a fun but exhausting season.

Ten Things We All Can Do This Holiday Season

1) Give: Better than receiving.

2) Help someone: Same as giving.

3) Be thankful: Give thanks.

4) Get in touch with someone you haven't talked to in a while: Tell them thanks for being part of your life.

5) Smile: It can be infectious.

6) Laugh: One of my personal favorites.

7) Don't take life so seriously: See No. 6.

8) Pick a charity: There is always someone less fortunate than you.

9) Enjoy them: If the holidays stress you out, you aren't doing them right.

10) Tell someone you care: They might have started to think you didn't.

Ten Best Teams to Not Make a Bowl Game

1) Auburn: Better than some that are going.

2) Duke: Maybe next year?

3) Illinois: If someone can figure this team out, give Zook a call.

4) Virginia: Had their chances.

5) Stanford: I thought they had a chance.

6) Tennessee: Too much talent to not make it.

7) UCLA: My guess is we don't see them on this list for a very long time.

8) Arizona State: This season was a bust—we'll see if they recover.

9) Arkansas: Having Texas, Alabama, Florida, and others on the schedule isn't always a great thing.

10) Baylor: Going to be fun to watch next year.

Top Ten Bowl Matchups

1) Oklahoma Vs. Florida: Not sure they got the teams right, but love the matchup.

2) Boise Vs. TCU: If you don't think this is a great game, you didn't watch enough College Football this year.

3) Alabama Vs. Utah: Going to be a better game than people think.

4) Penn State Vs. USC: Joe Paterno started the game plan two weeks ago.

5) Georgia Vs. Michigan State: Two teams you wouldn't think of as playing one another.

6) Texas Tech Vs. Ole Miss: Both of these teams beat top three teams this year.

7) Georgia Tech Vs. LSU: The ACC has done a nice job against the SEC so far this season. Does it continue?

8) Western Michigan Vs. Rice: Under the radar choice as most exciting game.

9) Oregon Vs. Oklahoma State: The Holiday Bowl is usually a pretty good one.

10) West Virginia Vs. North Carolina: Toss a coin as to who will win.

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