Top 25

CAPSULES AND RANKINGS

Team: 1. Florida (7-0)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Dad-gum, no one to beat the tar out of this week?

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Team: 2. Ohio State (6-0)

Opponent: at Iowa

Comment: Mantra: Don’t look ahead (Michigan), don’t look ahead (Michigan).

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Team: 3. Florida State (5-0)

Opponent: Virginia

Comment: Bowden out to avenge his only ACC loss.

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Team: 4. Arizona State (7-0)

Opponent: at Stanford

Comment: Only second road game for Sun Devils.

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Team: 5. Nebraska (5-1)

Opponent: Kansas

Comment: Who scheduled Arizona State, anyway?

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Team: 6. Colorado (5-1)

Opponent: Texas

Comment: Will phone this one in (on someone else’s card).

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Team: 7. Alabama (7-0)

Opponent: at Tennessee

Comment: Isn’t (yawn) this ‘Bama (yawn) team something (yawn)?

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Team: 8. North Carolina (5-1)

Opponent: at Houston

Comment: If only Dean’s teams could play “D” this well.

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Team: 9. Northwestern (6-1)

Opponent: Illinois

Comment: Something really weird is going on in Evanston.

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Team: 10. Tennessee (4-1)

Opponent: Alabama

Comment: One more loss and it’s back to the hills.

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Team: 11. Michigan (5-1)

Opponent: Minnesota

Comment: Pull the plug on the Little Brown Jug.

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Team: 12. Wyoming (8-0)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Will use week off to rope a few AP voters.

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Team: 13. West Virginia (7-0)

Opponent: Miami

Comment: Well, isn’t this season falling into place.

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Team: 14. BYU (7-1)

Opponent: at TCU

Comment: Washington loss may cost Cougars alliance bowl.

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Team: 15. Iowa (5-1)

Opponent: Ohio State

Comment: Tulsa: “Oh yeah, we knocked off Iowa.”

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Team: 16. Utah (6-1)

Opponent: Tulsa

Comment: Can’t be bad if the quarterback is named Fouts.

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Team: 17. Kansas State (6-1)

Opponent: Oklahoma

Comment: Wildcats favored for first time since 1913.

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Team: 18. California (6-1)

Opponent: UCLA

Comment: Take the bears over the cubs.

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Team: 19. Penn State (6-2)

Opponent: at Indiana

Comment: Joe Pa, how could you lead us astray?

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Team: 20. Army (6-0)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Weekend passes for everyone!

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Team: 21. Notre Dame (4-2)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Dumbfounded Irish flee to Ireland for Navy game.

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Team: 22. LSU (5-1)

Opponent: Miss. State

Comment: A good year if you don’t schedule Florida.

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Team: 23. Virginia (5-1)

Opponent: at Florida State

Comment: Hate to admit it, but the gag order worked.

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Team: 24. Air Force (4-2)

Opponent: Hawaii

Comment: Can high-flying Air Force land in time for kickoff?

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Team: 25. Washington (4-2)

Opponent: at Oregon

Comment: TB Corey Dillon averaging 108 yards per game.

THE POLLS: Associated Press and USA Today/CNN--C12