THE ALPHABETICAL, WEEK EIGHT
Up and operational at the Sporting Blog. Z is for Zaire.
Also, please see our extremely rough sketch of the top 25 for this week, and tell us how grievously wrong we are for not putting [YOUR BELOVED TEAM] in here. Just like Cal fans did last week before they went and coughed one up to Arizona, coached by Mike Stoops, who loses football games.
At number one:
And the rest:
2 Penn State
3 Alabama
4 Florida
5 Oklahoma
6 Oklahoma State
7 Georgia
8 Southern Cal
9 Ohio State
10 Utah
11 Texas Tech
12 LSU
13 South Florida
14 Boise State
15 TCU
16 Northwestern
17 Boston College
18 Brigham Young
19 Pittsburgh
20 Missouri
21 Georgia Tech
22 Minnesota
23 Kansas
24 Tulsa
25 Ball State
Leave comments below, as the first weekend of even semi-chilly weather here in Atlanta is giving us the urge to go out and devour an entire pumpkin pie. We will deal with this by going and devouring an entire pumpkin pie.
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After careful deliberation, I’ve determined Florida’s 30 point win over LSU mitigates 87% of the loss to Ole Miss.
Carry on.
Comment by DHC — October 20, 2025 @ 9:38 am
49
Your meaningless rankings have enraged me!
Comment by Biggus Rickus — October 20, 2025 @ 8:16 am
48
Homerism aside, how can you put Ball State at only 25? They’re undefeated, undefeated against the spread, and were one of the first two teams to be bowl-eligible. They’re 17th in scoring offense, 16th in scoring defense, and 15th in total offense.
Though no marquee wins, they’ve beaten Navy (who beat Wake). And to rank Tulsa ahead of them is ridiculous. Tulsa’s schedule is just as weak if not weaker.
Penalizing a team for being mediocre and playing a weak schedule is one thing. Ball State is a fantastic team, and certainly better than 25th.
Comment by AlanInDC — October 20, 2025 @ 8:02 am
47
Yo, brah, why’s the ref tackling me?
What the fuck, brah?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcdWdBgUBqw
Comment by That 5.0 Guy — October 20, 2025 @ 7:57 am
46
I could be wrong but every Big Twelve game I see has about 90 points scored combined. Is it possible that the defense in that conference is a little suspect? Or did the best offensive players in the country all show up in the same conference at the same time…..doubtful.
Just some food for thought.
OkSU 35 UT 31……….Bevo gets snipped
UA 31 UT 7 Fat Phil gets burnt at the stake for the crimes he has committed against the Orange Nation.
PennSt 17 OSU 24 Joe Pa jumps from the Press box in the Third qt. because the refs are cheating.
Comment by REGGIE HAMMOND — October 20, 2025 @ 6:35 am
45
South Florida and Pitt both have one loss - but Pitt beat USF at USF - how can you think USF is half a dozen spots better than a team that beat them at USF? Defies logic. Not sure Pitt should be higher or not - but definitely Pitt should be ahead of USF considering they proved they were better head to head on USF’s home turf.
Comment by David — October 20, 2025 @ 6:20 am
44
> the Trojans will prove it to them this time.
By the power of Vince Young, those are some sweet, sweet words to read.
Comment by CrimsonHorn — October 20, 2025 @ 2:46 am
43
That’s got to be the ugliest goddamn cow I ever did see….
:::that should get some UT panties in a bunch:::
Comment by TheMightyErik — October 20, 2025 @ 1:34 am
42
Orson -
BC 4 spots ahead of GT? When GT beat BC in Boston? Not really a big fan of head to head ranking, but when each team has similar resumes and one beat the other head to head, it’s hard to explain ranking it the other way.
Comment by Nathan — October 20, 2025 @ 12:14 am
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Arizona beats USC. You heard it here first.
Comment by Whetstonebuck — October 20, 2025 @ 12:14 am