USC had their annual letdown against Washington this week, a team that won all of ZERO games in 2008. The Huskies are now 2-1 and are tied for the lead in the Pac-10 with perennial power....Stanford?
Nonetheless, the reasoning for me placing USC at No. 10 in the pre-season was shown this weekend for the entire nation to see: Replacing your starting QB, for the first time in a long time there is no go-to receiver for the Trojans, they are replacing all but three starters on defense, and their lost both their coordinators.
Sure, you can pass off USC as a "reloading" team, but some deficits are just too deep.
ITNOT Top 25-Week 3
- Florida
- Texas
- Alabama
- Penn State
- Cal
- LSU
- Boise State
- Oklahoma
- Mississippi
- USC
- Ohio State
- Miami
- TCU
- Cincinnati
- Oklahoma State
- North Carolina
- BYU
- Houston
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Washington
- Florida State
Heisman Favorites
- Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
- Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
- Jahvid Best, RB, Cal
- Jacory Harris, QB, Miami
- Daryl Clark, QB, Penn State
Links
- The Game Day Final recap from ESPN.com takes a look at how underwhelming Florida and Texas have looked so far this season, and list Alabama and Cal as two teams to keep an eye on as the season progresses.
- Pete Thamel of the New York Times has an opposing look at the top two teams and how their QB situations make them better than everyone else in the country.
- Stewart Mandel's Monday gem called College Football Overtime is up once again, and he takes a look at the rise of Miami and Cal after their Emerald Bowl battle last December.
- ESPN.com's Power Rankings for this week have gotten a little cozy at the top, with Alabama just one point behind Texas in the overall poll, but the Crimson Tide did get a first-place vote from Bruce Feldman, who hinted at that on twitter this weekend.
- Dennis Dodd, though I can't stand his writing, makes a good point about how USC may no longer be the USC of four or five years ago after receiving so much praise and publicity from the media.
- With the focus on Arkansas this weekend, here are articles on the Hogs' need to bounce back this week and the display put on by their young receivers with two key guys missing against Georgia.
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