Welcome to October. Here's where college football starts to get real interesting with a huge week of showdowns throughout the country.
1. Alabama 5-0 (1) Trailed for 15 seconds vs Ole Miss before running away with another win
2. Oregon 5-0 (3) Another 50+ performance last week, faces upset-minded Washington this week
3. LSU 5-0 (2) Unimpressive win vs FCS Towson knocks Tigers down a peg
4. Florida State 5-0 (4) Another big 2nd half powers Seminoles to unbeaten September
5. Georgia 5-0 (5) Dawgs give up 44 points to Tennessee but still manages a win
6. South Carolina 5-0 (6) 31 unanswered 2nd half points; now comes huge game vs Georgia
7. Kansas State 4-0 (7) Coming off bye week, K State faces struggling Kansas team
8. Texas 4-0 (9) Longhorns score wild victory at Oklahoma State sets up crucial October stretch
9. Florida 4-0 (10) The Swamp is the place to be this week as Gators host LSU
10. Notre Dame 4-0 (11) Next up: streaky Miami team in Chicago
11. Ohio State 5-0 (12) 1 point win in East Lansing is best showing thus far
12. TCU 4-0 (13) Defense gives up 16 but still cruises
13. West Virginia 4-0 (15) Geno Smith now Heisman front runner; at Texas this week
14. Louisville 5-0 (14) Come-from-behind win closes out perfect non conference slate
15. Clemson 4-1 (17) Tigers have scored more than 40 in four straight games
16. Oklahoma 2-1 (16) Off last week, Sooners resume conference play this week
17. Mississippi State 4-0 (18) Bulldogs head on the road to face one win Kentucky
18. Northwestern 5-0 (19) Leaders of the Legends now has two straight road games
19. Stanford 3-1 (8) Cardinal couldn't capitalize on USC win
20. USC 3-1 (20) Thursday night road test for Trojans
21. Texas Tech 4-0 (22) Statement gave vs Oklahoma this week
22. Oregon State 3-0 (NR) 4th most passing yards in the nation leads to 2nd straight road win
23. Ohio 5-0 (23) Bobcats needed 17 4th quarter points to secure win at UMass
24. Rutgers 4-0 (24) Stout defense faces UConn team ranked 94th in points scored
25. Cincinnati 3-0 (NR) Last second win vs Virginia Tech keeps Cincy unbeaten
Dropped out: Iowa State, Baylor
Previous week's rank in parentheses
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