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#1. Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-0, 0-0)
The Cowboys bye week couldn't have come at a better time. The Sports Illustrated article posted its final installment on Monday (a day early) and gave OSU a almost two weeks to absorb any fallout. Now it's back to football and the SI article will fade like the first three Cowboy opponents did. The 'Pokes Take on the Mountaineers in Morgantown Saturday. Look for OSU to wake up next Sunday with a 4-0 record.
#2. Baylor Bears (3-0, 0-0)
Baylor beat Louisiana-Monroe 70-7 in Waco Saturday to become the first team since LSU in 1930 to score at least 60 points in 3 consecutive games. Baylor has only surrendered 23 points in its first three games, albeit against lesser competition and all in Waco. The trend should continue though, after a bye week the Bears host a West Virginia team that will likely be licking its wounds from the contest with OSU.
#3. Oklahoma Sooners (3-0, 1-0)
With the Mountaineers stunning shutout loss to Maryland and Louisiana-Monroe getting bombed at Baylor, the Sooners victories against the two do not look as impressive. However, no one knows what the outcome of either would have been had Blake Bell been the starting QB. At any rate, the Sooner defense played well in both. OU takes on Notre Dame in South Bend this week and the Fighting Irish have not looked good in a loss to Michigan two weeks ago and a weak home victories against Purdue and Michigan State the last two weeks. If the Sooners can put it all together next Saturday, a victory on the road looks very possible.
#4. Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-0, 1-0)
The Red Raiders were not nearly as impressive in a 33-7 victory over Texas State this week only leading 13-0 at the half. Tech did pull away in the second half after Texas State pulled close at 13-7 to start the second half. The Red Raiders are 4-0 to start the season and they finally get a bye week. The face Kansas in Lawrence in week 5 and should pick up where they left off. The Red Raiders could easily be 7-0 when they roll in to Norman to face OU in week 7.
#5. TCU Horned Frogs (1-2, 0-1)
TCU enjoyed a much needed bye week and hopefully made some adjustments. Gary Patterson may be rethinking the decision to join the Big 12. But, they are here and must play the schedule. The Horned Frogs are not used to being a sub .500 team and despite playing a weak SMU team next Saturday, they roll in to back to back road games at OU and OSU. The odds don't favor a winning record for TCU anytime soon. TCU will likely be 2-4 when Texas comes to visit in late October.
#6. Texas Longhorns (2-2, 1-0)
Texas moves up two spots this week based on their win over KSU and, despite my earlier prediction, I don't think West Virginia can beat them. The real question is are the Longhorns good or are the Wildcats really bad. I'm going with the latter at this point. I am not sold on Texas or new (old) defensive coordinator Greg Robinson. The "Mildcats" looked horrible in this game and Texas did not look much better. Texas gets a bye week this week and then travel to Iowa State next week. They have lost in Ames but should win this one.
#7. Kansas State Wildcats (2-2, 0-1)
The loss to Texas was bad enough, how they lost was worse. The Wildcats could not tackle to save their lives. They looked as bad as they did during the Ron Prince years. KSU could not stop the Texas offense whether it was led by Ash or Case McCoy. Not the kind of defense the Wildcats are used to. KSU gets a bye week breather this week but they probably wish it was longer than a week. They face OSU in Stillwater in two weeks followed by a home date with Baylor.
#8. Kansas Jayhawks (2-1, 0-0)
The Jayhawks are only #8 because they won last week and West Virginia lost. They won ugly though beating Louisiana Tech 13-10, in Lawrence, on a last second field goal. The game winning drive only happened because La Tech, who led most of the game, fumbled deep in Kansas territory late in the game. Kansas looks like Kansas. Bad. However, It's fall in Lawrence and that can only mean one thing. Bill Self is dusting off his whistle.
#9. West Virginia Mountaineers (2-2, 0-1)
The Mountaineers loss Saturday to Maryland is no shock. The game was played in Baltimore and the Terp's came in to the game 3-0. The shocker was that West Virginia could only muster 175 yards on offense and were shutout for the first time since 2001. It gets worse, the Mountaineers have to travel to Stillwater and Waco in the next two weeks. I said last week that it could be a long winter for Dana Holgerson, if this keeps up it could be his last winter in Morgantown.
#10. Iowa State Cyclones (0-2, 0-0)
Despite the poor performances of the rest of the bottom four, Iowa State will remain #10 until they win. the Cyclones have enjoyed two bye weeks in the first four weeks of the season which is good for them otherwise, they might be 0-4. The Cyclones face Tulsa on the road next week and then host Texas the following week. They will likely be 0-4 anyway.
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