Bob's Week 3 Top 25

Bob Asmussen talks with Buckeyes beat writer Ken Gordon of the Columbus Dispatch here.

Bob's ballot

SCHOOL PVS.

1. Florida 1

2. Texas 2

3. Alabama 4

4. Mississippi 5

5. Boise State 6

6. Penn State 7

7. LSU 9

8. Cal 10

9. Miami 21

10. TCU 11

11. Ohio State 12

12. Cincinnati –

13. Oklahoma 14

14. Kansas 15

15. Virginia Tech 16

16. North Carolina 18

17. Houston 19

18. Oklahoma State 20

19. Washington –

20. USC 3

21. Georgia 23

22. Michigan 24

23. Iowa –

24. Florida State –

25. BYU 8

What Bob's thinking

Should have seen that one coming. Especially after the close call against Ohio State. We know Southern Cal is going to lose a Pac-10 road game every year. The more outlandish it seems, the more likely it is to happen. Stanford, Oregon and Oregon State have pulled off stunners in recent years. This time, it was Washington, led by former Trojans assistant Steve Sarkisian. Somebody else should have hired him first.

When you lose to an unranked team, home or away, you are going to get hit hard in The N-G poll. For the Trojans that means 17 spots and below the team that just beat you.

BYU, blown out at home by unranked Florida State, had a similar fall. To keep BYU in (thanks to the win against Oklahoma), the Seminoles had to join this week's Top 25, one spot ahead of the Cougars.

A belated welcome to Cincinnati, which goes from unranked (OK, that was a mistake) all the way to No. 12 after Saturday's win at Oregon State. And Miami jumps into the Top 10 with a dominating win against Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech, Utah, Oregon State and Nebraska dropped out after losses. All four are in the "also considered" list, along with UCLA, Missouri, Auburn, Pitt, Notre Dame, South Florida and Southern Miss.

Associated Press
    Record    Pts    Pvs
 1. Florida (55)    3-0    1,488    1
 2. Texas (2)    3-0    1,428    2
 3. Alabama (3)    3-0    1,390    4
 4. Mississippi    2-0    1,213    5
 5. Penn St.    3-0    1,212    5
 6. California    3-0    1,169    8
 7. LSU    3-0    1,120    9
 8. Boise St.    3-0    1,038    10
 9. Miami    2-0    920    20
10. Oklahoma    2-1    862    12
11. Virginia Tech    2-1    852    13
12. Southern Cal    2-1    825    3
13. Ohio St.    2-1    810    11
14. Cincinnati    3-0    739    17
15. TCU    2-0    674    15
16. Oklahoma St.    2-1    478    16
17. Houston    2-0    455    21
18. Florida St.    2-1    363    —
19. BYU    2-1    349    7
20. Kansas    3-0    347    22
21. Georgia    2-1    318    23
22. N. Carolina    3-0    271    24
23. Michigan    3-0    247    25
24. Washington    2-1    194    —
25. Nebraska    2-1    132    19
Others receiving votes: Missouri 115, Georgia Tech 102, Auburn 100, Pittsburgh 91, UCLA 62, Iowa 39, Oregon 30, Texas Tech 19, Notre Dame 16, Utah 12, Clemson 11, Colorado St. 4, Oregon St. 4, South Florida 1.

USA Today/Coaches
    Record    Pts    Pvs
 1. Florida (59)    3-0    1,475    1
 2. Texas    3-0    1,412    2
 3. Alabama    3-0    1,355    4
 4. Penn State    3-0    1,274    5
 5. Mississippi    2-0    1,182    6
 6. California    3-0    1,149    t7
 7. LSU    3-0    1,122    t7
 8. Boise State    3-0    976    10
 9. Oklahoma    2-1    917    12
10. Southern Cal     2-1    905    3
11. Ohio State    2-1    900    11
12. Virginia Tech    2-1    853    14
13. Miami (Fla.)    2-0    724    22
14. TCU    2-0    701    15
15. Cincinnati    3-0    580    21
16. Oklahoma St.    2-1    576    17
17. Georgia    2-1    457    20
18. N. Carolina    3-0    445    19
19. Kansas    3-0    381    23
20. BYU    2-1    279    9
21. Missouri    3-0    214    25
22. Michigan    3-0    205    —
23. Houston    2-0    160    —
24. Nebraska    2-1    158    18
25. Florida State    2-1    154    —
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 148; Pitt 68; Utah 63; Auburn 62; Iowa 58; Washington 42; Notre Dame 38; UCLA 38; Oregon 34; Texas Tech 22; Kentucky 16; South Florida 12; S. Carolina 7; Oregon St. 6; Colorado St. 4; Wisconsin 2; Minnesota 1.

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