Rank	Team	Delta
1	LSU	1
2	Oklahoma	8
3	Oregon	1
4	South Florida	3
5	Arizona State	2
6	Ohio State	3
7	Boston College	1
8	Kansas	3
9	Missouri	7
10	Florida	2
11	South Carolina	6
12	Kentucky	6
13	Auburn	--
14	Virginia	11
15	Virginia Tech	--
16	West Virginia	10
17	California	14
18	Georgia	8
19	Southern Cal	--
20	Kansas State	2
21	Texas	5
22	Alabama	4
23	Michigan	1
24	Penn State	1
25	UCLA	1

Dropped Out: Tennessee (#14), Illinois (#17), Texas Tech (#20), Cincinnati (#21), Boise State (#24).

I'm going with LSU in the top spot because their resume is immaculate with victories over Auburn, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia Tech combined with the most forgivable of losses, a triple overtime road loss to a team that might feature the Heisman trophy winner at quarterback.

Looking at the numbers, there's no way to distinguish Ohio State and Boston College from Kansas and Arizona State, let alone some of the beefier one-loss wonders (Oklahoma, Oregon, Missouri, South Florida).  I realize Oklahoma probably should have lost to putrid, abysmal, you-can't-name-enough-negative-adjectives Iowa State on Saturday, but they survived, and for that - along with wins over Missouri, Miami (FL) and Texas - they advance. If you wanted to argue for any top-tier team who colors aren't scarlet and gray here, I'd be more than willing to listen, as I'm not dead-set and actually considered only dropping the Bulls a spot.

Despite the loss, South Florida's resume is still one of the best in the country, while the clog of two and three-loss SEC teams is getting tougher and tougher to separate.  Also, Southern Cal's resume is lacking anything substantial, with wins over Washington, Nebraska, Notre Dame and Arizona.  You could probably leave them off entirely and be able to defend yourself, but that'll be decided following the showdown in Autzen on Saturday.

UCLA's undefeated in the PAC-10, but I can't rank a team that lost to the Irish higher than 25th until they pick up a few more quality wins.  Penn State re-enters after three nice wins in a row with a chance to enter the national fray in primetime against the Buckeyes.  Virginia Tech also teeters on the edge of the top ten, with the Eagles from Chestnut Hill coming to Blacksburg on Thursday night.  Again, win that, and BeamerBall rises.