- Texas (Brutalized Kansas to stay atop rankings)
- Southern Cal (No one's noticing, but the defense is coming together)
- Miami (Early loss to FSU looking more like an anomaly)
- Penn State (Win at Michigan State and they're BCS bound)
- Ohio State (Showdown with Michigan looks like fun)
- Louisiana State (Gritty win against stingy D; a high quality road win)
- Notre Dame (A solid, if unspectacular, win over Navy)
- Virginia Tech (Marcus Vick hype finally quieting some)
- Oregon (Ducks making the Pac 10 look good)
- Alabama (It all comes down to that Prothro injury. What if...)
- TCU (They seem to go on these runs every 3-4 years)
- West Virginia (Class of the Big East, for what that's worth)
- Auburn (A team on the rise; win at Georgia is impressive)
- Georgia (It's hard to stay atop the SEC)
- Michigan (Showdown with OSU will be fun)
- Fresno State (Best chance to knock out USC?)
- UCLA (Still lost to AZ. By a lot.)
- Louisville (This is a talented, but weird, team)
- South Carolina (Ball Coach is making big strides quickly)
- Florida (Seems like Urban Meyer's been there forever... already)
- Texas Tech (Oops. Didn't see that one coming)
- Wisconsin (Big 10 is just brutal. Spoiler for Alvarez)
- Florida State (This team doesn't impress)
- Boston College (Meh...)
- Oklahoma (I guess. Sooners still a year or two away.)
UTEP
Colorado
Iowa State
Minnesota