Week 16 Top 25

Oklahoma gets the top spot after the regular season and conference championship games largely in part to beating five teams that finished in the BCS Top 25. Texas beat three such teams, and no other program had more than two. I would have put Texas in the Big XII Championship Game, but since Oklahoma made it instead, they were able to pick up another quality win. That win narrowly gave them the edge over Texas in my final poll.

Florida deserves a lot of credit too. While the Gators only had two wins over BCS Top 25 wins, both were at neutral sites and they also beat seven other bowl teams. Their one loss hurt them, especially since it was at home, but at least Mississippi made strides at the end of the season and finished in the BCS Top 25 (albeit at 25.) No other team can say that they beat nine bowl teams this season.

I had Texas ranked higher than Oklahoma for most of the season, but when the dust settled I too came up with a Oklahoma vs. Florida championship game. I have to leave Texas out of the game because they didn't win their conference (although again I think they should have had that opportunity.)


1 - Oklahoma (2)
2 - Texas (1)
3 - Florida (3)
4 - Alabama (4)
5 - Utah (5)
6 - USC (6)
7 - Boise St (7)
8 - Penn St (8)
9 - Texas Tech (9)
10 - Ohio St (10)
11 - Oklahoma St (12)
12 - TCU (13)
13 - Cincinnati (14)
14 - Michigan St (15)
15 - BYU (16)
16 - Georgia Tech (17)
17 - Ball St (11)
18 - Georgia (19)
19 - Oregon (21)
20 - Northwestern (22)
21 - Pittsburgh (23)
22 - Virginia Tech (UR)
23 - Boston College (18)
24 - Missouri (20)
25 - Western Michigan (25)

Previous week's rank in parentheses

Others Receiving Votes: Florida St, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oregon St, Tulsa
Added: 22 Virginia Tech
Dropped: 24 Tulsa