No changes to the Top Eight. Lots of changes after that. This is what a bunch of solid two and three loss teams on the heels of major upsets will do to what can usually be a rational exercise of ranking the top teams in college football.

But what is rational? If you use recent month as your only guideline then you might wonder where is Rutgers and Houston? If you are like most fans and pundits, it took you a while to get used to the absence of Oklahoma and Georgia. And if you are looking for Notre Dame then quite profound is your denial of reality.

With the help of my trusted advisor, fan of the site and Miami (FL) Hurricane apologist Jeremy Jones, I give you this week’s Top 25. A couple of quick essays after the jump…

A dark shadow falls over the Trojan Empire. (Icon SMI)

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida
2	Alabama
3	Texas
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Boise State
7	Pittsburgh	1
8	Georgia Tech	1
9	Oregon	3
10	LSU	1
11	Oklahoma State	4
12	Ohio State	2
13	Virginia Tech
14	Stanford	11
15	Clemson
16	Wisconsin	6
17	Oregon State	7
18	Iowa	1
19	Utah	9
20	Southern Cal	4
21	Miami (Florida)	10
22	Penn State	3
23	Brigham Young	3
24	Nebraska
25	Central Michigan
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Houston (#13), Arizona (#18), South Florida (#21), West Virginia (#23).

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Show of hands…

One loss GT QB Josh Nesbitt scores in OT (Icon SMI)

Who thought Iowa would go unblemished for the entire season? Who was shocked when Georgia Tech went for 4th and 1 in OT, down 3 points and on the Wake 6? Who was ready to kick Houston out of their top 25 when they trailed Tulsa late in the Fourth quarter?

As in life, events stay quiet for a while then explode one way or the other – and college football mimics that weekly. Also as predicted, the one week aberration of voter fancy favoring the Longhorns is over in the BCS rankings – Alabama outpunched their opponent on national TV while Texas retreated from the spotlight to blow out UCF.

My poll next (Iowa and Penn State fans put on your seatbelts), and insight after the jump.
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There used to be a top tier of six – I have narrowed it down to Three for this week’s CBSSports.com Blogpoll Top 25.

Rank	Team
1	Florida
2	Alabama
3	Texas
4	Iowa
5	Cincinnati
6	TCU
7	Boise State
8	Oregon
9	Georgia Tech
10	LSU
11	Penn State
12	Pittsburgh
13	Utah
14	Southern Cal
15	Houston
16	Miami (Florida)
17	Oklahoma State
18	Ohio State
19	California
20	Arizona
21	South Florida
22	Notre Dame
23	Virginia Tech
24	Oklahoma
25	South Carolina

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your input is appreciated on this first Sunday of BCS algorithmic ranking (4pm-ish) and the final isnt due until Wednesday…my thoughts on each team following a pretty crazy week after the jump . And I admit to a defensible but scandalous (vandal-ous?)#25.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida
2	Alabama
3	Texas	1
4	Miami (Florida)	1
5	LSU	1
6	Boise State	1
7	Cincinnati	1
8	Iowa	3
9	Southern Cal
10	TCU
11	Virginia Tech	8
12	Oklahoma State
13	Georgia Tech	4
14	Penn State	1
15	Oregon
16	Brigham Young
17	Houston	6
18	Utah
19	South Carolina	5
20	Ohio State	6
21	West Virginia
22	Notre Dame	3
23	Kansas	4
24	South Florida	4
25	Idaho
Last week’s ballot

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Hawkeyes fans, I can no longer deny the power of your squad.  Jayhawk Nation, please no fighting over the postulate that Kansas is the worst undefeated team in the nation. And Longhorn Faithful, you better get out of the gates fast this week during your Big 12 exhibition at the Texas State Fair – otherwise it will be Texas State FAIL.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida
2	Alabama	1
3	Virginia Tech	1
4	Texas	2
5	Miami (Florida)
6	LSU
7	Boise State
8	Cincinnati
9	Southern Cal
10	TCU	1
11	Iowa	8
12	Oklahoma State	1
13	Penn State	1
14	Ohio State	4
15	Oregon	1
16	Brigham Young	2
17	Georgia Tech	6
18	Nebraska	2
19	Kansas	5
20	South Florida	1
21	Auburn	6
22	Missouri	5
23	Houston
24	South Carolina
25	Notre Dame
Last week’s ballot

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