Welcome to the land of quality 8-3 teams. LSU, Wisconsin, Stanford and Rutgers were the four LTP Top 25 teams to fall this past weekend. Unlike most, I have three of the four (sorry Rutgers) survive. The 20-25 slots are a toss-up as you could make a great cases for Ole Miss (who upset LSU 25-23)and therefore is one of three exceptions of ranked teams losing head to head to a should be ranked team, but that is the way the cookie crumbled (UNC is one of the others as they beat Miami just a week ago and of course yours truly who beat Wisconsin AND Iowa, but our other losses merit us being on the outside looking in). Also sitting on the outside looking in are a resurgent 8-3 Nebraska, 8-3 North Carolina and of course, our beloved 8-4 'Cats who have beat two top 16 teams in the past three weeks. Stanford gets the love as the only 4-loss top 25 team thanks to the power of the Pac-10 this season. WHEN Northwestern wins the Champs Sports Bowl, they will be getting the LTP Top 25 vote. It is tough to keep 2-loss Houston in over NU, but I simply couldn't do it knowing I kept UNC and Ole Miss out -both 3-loss squads. Let the rip session begin...
Dropped Out: Rutgers (#23).
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I don't agree with your statement regarding the strength of the Pac-10 this year. Too many teams are just inconsistent with their play. I'd yank Stanford off the list, shift everyone up a spot and drop in Ole Miss or Nebraska at #25.
Also, even though it's a travesty because Cincy is undefeated, consider putting Oregon over Cincy. They just beat a very good Arizona team, on the road.
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