Ray's Top 25: Stanford returns, edges USC

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Every week, our Senior Decider votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, which of course makes all other opinions both superfluous and valueless (hey, dont say you never get your moneys worth here).

So here, after Week Eight, is the world of college football, whether you like it or not. And if you dont, theres a new one next week you might like better.

RELATED: Ratto's Week Eight rankings

1AlabamaJustsucking the fun out of everything, every week.2OregonAnd then there was one left of the 12, and the Ducks are it.3Kansas StateBill Snyder might be good at this until he's 115.4Notre DameStanford can say it got squeezed at the end. Oklahoma just gotcrushed.5Florida StateWill have a very nice January. Just not the one they dreamed of.6Ohio StateThe Big 10 is down, very down, but the Buckeyes can't beresponsible for everyone else.7Louisiana StateIdle hands are the devil's workshop. See Mathieu, Tyrann.8LouisvilleWhen you never lose, eventually you hang around the thin-airtypes.9GeorgiaA very impressive win over a slightly overrated Florida bunch.10ClemsonYou don't have to like them. You have to beat them. And nobodydoes.11FloridaOverrated at 2. Maybe underrated at 11. But these aretreacherous times.12South CarolinaCut it a bit fine again, but ended up on the right side of theblade.13Oregon StateWashington is a hard out in Seattle. But they're also verymaddening.14MississippiStateNo shame in losing to Alabama. You just lose a few browniepoints.15OklahomaWhen someone figures this team out, please alert theauthorities.16Texas A&MI suppose getting Gene Chizik fired will make someone happy,though I can't see the joy.17ToledoBeating Buffalo is not your standard signature win.18Kent StateRutgers went as far as it could, but these are the freakingGloden Flashes we speak of here.19Texas TechDeserves to drop after performance against Kansas State, butwe're running out of other candidates.20RutgersKent State will hurt for a good long time.21Boise StateYou don't have to like them. They have one loss. They alwayshave one loss.22StanfordWashington State another closer-than-it-should-be shave.23SouthernCaliforniaLane Kiffin is no longer winning friends and influencing alums.24NorthernIllinoisThey may not get much higher than this, but they don't look likethey'll go much lower, either.25Louisiana TechThe next Boise State in training, perhaps?

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