Week 1 Football Top 25
September 6, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Alabama | Alabama should have little trouble stopping Penn State’s questionable passing attack. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Oklahoma |
The Sooners get to rest up in week two and prepare for their huge trip to Florida State. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
LSU |
LSU gets a little breather against Northwestern State after the big win over the Ducks of Oregon. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Wisconsin | UNLV did not provide a challenge and Oregon State will not either after losing to Sacramento State. |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Nebraska | Nebraska is slowly building momentum. Fresno State will provide a slightly stiffer challenge than Chattanooga. |
5 |
| 6 |  |
Boise State | Boise State gets a week off after knocking off Georgia. This week we’ll see how bad Georgia really is. |
8 |
| 7 |  |
Florida State |
Charleston Southern will not give Florida State a game…this is a tune-up for Oklahoma in week three. |
7 |
| 8 |  |
Oklahoma State | A Thursday night game against Arizona should provide Oklahoma State with a nice early test. |
9 |
| 9 |  |
Stanford | If Richmond can beat Duke, Stanford should have an easy trip to Tobacco Road to take on the Dukies. |
11 |
| 10 |  |
South Carolina | Stephen Garcia seemed to make all the difference last week. Conference play begins with a reeling UGA. |
10 |
| 11 |  |
Ohio State | The Ohio State defense is still really, really good. The offense will have time against Toledo to work out the kinks. |
13 |
| 12 |  |
Oregon |
Oregon does not have too much time to look back at the LSU game. Nevada is waiting to take advantage. |
6 |
| 13 |  |
Texas A&M |
Texas A&M gets an early week off after beating their old SWC rivals SMU in week one. |
12 |
| 14 |  |
Arkansas |
The Razorbacks should add another W to the standings hosting New Mexico in Little Rock. |
14 |
| 15 |  |
Florida | Like Arkansas, Florida does not have to jump into the SEC schedule in week two and take on UAB. |
15 |
| 16 |  |
Virginia Tech | ECU gave South Carolina a game for a while and now Virginia Tech gets what could be their toughest road game. |
17 |
| 17 |  |
Arizona State |
It is another non-Saturday game for ASU, but a national audience will tune in to see Missouri come to Tempe. |
16 |
| 18 |  |
Penn State |
Penn State looked pretty good in week one, but the offense will not look nearly as effective against Alabama. |
23 |
| 19 |  |
West Virginia | West Virginia’s new offense will get plenty of practice time against lowly Norfolk State in week two. |
19 |
| 20 |  |
Texas |
Beating Rice did not prove Texas is back. Beating BYU would help get the Longhorns up the polls. |
18 |
| 21 |  |
Mississippi State |
The Bulldogs jump right into conference play with a trip to Auburn. Chris Relf will have to be on his game. |
20 |
| 22 |  |
USC |
USC struggled against Minnesota and Utah is a better team with some hope of winning their first Pac-12 game. |
21 |
| 23 |  |
Maryland |
Maryland will take a week off after a win against a depleted Miami team to prepare for West Virginia in week 3. |
NR |
| 24 |  |
Missouri | Missouri heads out West to face a tough Arizona State team in front of a national audience on Friday night. |
24 |
| 25 |  |
Northwestern |
Northwestern beat BC on the road without their superstar quarterback. Persa will get some rest in week 2 too. |
NR |
