CFTT Top Ten: Week 2
As I said in a previous post, my top ten will be updated once every three weeks. Nevertheless, I will post results of the teams in my top ten so that we can follow their body of work. Therefore, let’s take a look.
1. Ohio State, 2-0
Ohio State defeated Ohio University 26-14 this week after a 43-0 pounding of Youngstown State. The absence of “Beanie” Wells seemed to hurt the Buckeyes. They play USC next week in LA.
2. USC, 1-0
The Trojans throttled Virginia at their place the first weekend, and as a reward, they sat home and got ready for the Buckeyes. Before the season I would have given the nod to Ohio State in the coming game, but after what I have seen in two weeks, I believe that USC should win. Never play Pete Carroll when he has time to prepare. Check out his opening games the last several years. It’s unbelievable.
3. Oklahoma, 2-0
The Sooners finally put away Cincinnati winning 52-26. Next week the Sooners travel to play at Washington who lost a heart-breaker to BYU. The Sooner offense seems to be explosive again this year.
4. Florida, 2-0
The Gators struggled against a tenacious Miami team at the Swamp Saturday night. They took over in the fourth quarter to win 26-3. The Gators get a week off before traveling to Knoxville to play the Tennessee Vols.
5. Georgia, 2-0
The Dawgs have opened the season doing exactly what it should, beating two out-manned football teams (Georgia Southern and Central Michigan). They are at South Carolina next week who was bounced in Nashville to Vanderbilt.
6. Clemson, 1-1
The Tigers bounced back from their opening season loss to Alabama in Atlanta by beating The Citadel. Games coming up against North Carolina State and South Carolina State will continue to be soothing to the soul. They have a showdown at Wake Forest on October 9th.
7. LSU, 1-0
The Tigers would just like to play a game. Damage from Hurricane Gustav at Tiger Stadium postponed their game with Troy until November 15th, and Hurricane Ike is threatening to postpone or relocate their game against North Texas this weekend.
8. Oregon, 2-0
The Ducks are coming along nicely beating Washington (44-10) and Utah State (66-24). They go to Purdue next week before returning home for Boise State.
9. Missouri, 2-0
The Tigers are averaging 52 points a game. They scored 52 when they outscored Illinois in St. Louis, and they scored, yep you guessed it, 52 while pounding Southeast Missouri State (we called them SEMO when I was a kid). Mizzou doesn’t leave the state of Missouri until October 4th when they go to Lincoln to play Nebraska. They only leave the state 3 more times all year (Texas, Baylor and Iowa State). Up next is Nevada (September 13) and Buffalo (September 20).
10. South Florida, 2-0
The Bulls put a beat-down Tennessee-Martin (56-7) the first week and survived at UCF (31-24) in OT on Saturday. Matt Grothe passed for 346 yards as the Bulls won an emotional game in front of the UCF home crowd. USF gets Kansas at home Friday night. It should be a good game between two top 20 teams.
