Ratto's AP Top 25 Poll (1113)

Every week, Senior Insider Ray Ratto votes in the Associated Press College Football Poll. Here is this week's stab at perfection.

RANKTEAMLAST WEEKTHIS WEEKCOMMENT1LSUBEAT WESTERN KENTUCKY, 42-9At MississippiGetting Ole Miss at a goodtime -- game day2OKLAHOMA STATEWON AT TEXAS TECH, 66-6At Iowa StateThe universe has ordereditself properly at last3ALABAMAWON AT MISSISSIPPI STATE,24-7GEORGIA SOUTHERNThis is not so easy, as youwill discover in 22 more places4OREGONWON AT STANFORD, 53-30SOUTHERN CALIF0RNIAAn educational experiencefor all, we think5ARKANSASBEAT TENNESSEE, 49-7MISSISSIPPI STATELSU is next, and ahh, whata monkey wrench that could be6OKLAHOMAEnjoyed the carnage abovethemAt BaylorOklahoma State next week,and ahh, what a monkey wrench that could be7STANFORDLost to Oregon, 53-30CALIFORNIAThe Not Really A Very BigGame At All8BOISE STATELost to Texas Christian,36-35At San Diego StateKilled all their own debatepoints by having no kicker9HOUSTONWON AT TULANE, 73-17SOUTHERN METHODISTLooks like Case Keener'slast 10-score game10CLEMSONBEAT WAKE FOREST, 31-28At North Carolina StateTough slog against adecent but not intimidating Wake team11VIRGINIA TECHWON AT GEORGIA TECH, 37-26NORTH CAROLINADon't they always do this-- lose early, win late?12NEBRASKAWON AT PENN STATE, 17-14At MichiganWeird, they play PennState, then THEY go to the Big House13SOUTH CAROLINABEAT FLORIDA, 17-12THE CITADELFacing the Unknown FifthService Academy14SOUTHERN CALIFORNIABEAT WASHINGTON, 40-17At OregonThis is the gameStanford-Oregon was supposed to be15MICHIGAN STATEWON AT IOWA, 37-21INDIANAA gimme beforeNorthwestern's pop quiz16KANSAS STATEBEAT TEXAS A&M, 53-30,4 OTAt TexasShould be able able topolish off The Network in regulation17WISCONSINWON AT MINNESOTA, 42-13At IllinoisGet the Nittanies on aquieter week18TEXAS CHRISTIANWON AT BOISE STATE, 36-35COLORADO STATETwo points to Baylor,overtime to SMU, or they are this year's Boise19GEORGIABEAT AUBURN, 45-7KENTUCKYI think Mark Richt can comeout of the bunker now20SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPIBEAT CENTRAL FLORIDA, 30-29At Alabama BirminghamHere comes a bad badbeating21MICHIGANWON AT ILLINOIS, 31-14NEBRASKAAn interesting game, butnot one you're likely to watch22PENN STATELost to Nebraska, 17-14At Ohio StateThis is the second game ofthe rest of their lives23BAYLORWON AT KANSAS, 31-30, OTOKLAHOMAThis may be a brief stay24WEST VIRGINIAWON AT CINCINNATI, 24-21Enjoying the first snow asit buries the garageWill struggle against Bye,but will ultimately prevail25GEORGIA SOUTHERNWON AT WOFFORD, 31-10At AlabamaSorry, I cannot typeanother mediocre FBS team. I simply cannot