Week 5 Football Top 25
October 1, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Alabama | Alabama stays atop The Madness Top 25 with their win over Florida. A whipping of Vanderbilt is up next. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Oklahoma |
The Red River Rivalry is here. Texas is looking much better and should at least hang around with the Sooners. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
LSU |
LSU never has two easy games in a row. Thus, after beating Kentucky handily, Florida is coming to town. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin gets a week off after their very, very impressive win over Nebraska. UW is looking good for a BCS game. |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State has a couple tough road games coming up, but first they will host a struggling Kansas squad. |
6 |
| 6 |  |
Boise State | Boise State will get Fresno State’s best shot in front of a national television audience on Friday night. |
7 |
| 7 |  |
Stanford |
Stanford has not had many major challenges yet and they won’t this week when Colorado comes to Palo Alto. |
8 |
| 8 |  |
Clemson |
Clemson made a huge statement with their road victory at VT. Hosting BC should keep Clemson rolling. |
11 |
| 9 |  |
Oregon |
The Ducks host California on Thursday night. The Bears did a great job stopping OU last season in a loss. |
10 |
| 10 |  |
Nebraska | Nebraska will try and earn their first ever Big Ten win against Ohio State. It should be easier at home. |
5 |
| 11 |  |
Texas | Texas is rolling right now. The Red River Rivalry will let everybody know if UT is capable of winning the Big 12. |
14 |
| 12 |  |
Arkansas |
Arkansas had a nice comeback win against TAMU last week and Auburn will keep it close this week. |
17 |
| 13 |  |
South Carolina |
South Carolina needs to rebound after their tough loss to Auburn and Kentucky is a good way to do that. |
9 |
| 14 |  |
Florida |
Florida is not at the same level as Alabama and it does not get any easier with a trip to LSU coming up this week. |
12 |
| 15 |  |
West Virginia | West Virginia should have little trouble against Connecticut at home and begin their trip towards the BCS. |
18 |
| 16 |  |
Virginia Tech | The Hokies lost at home to Clemson and now they have to host Miami. VT needs to turn things around this week. |
13 |
| 17 |  |
Michigan |
Michigan’s defense will face a much, much tougher test against the Wildcats of Northwestern this week. |
21 |
| 18 |  |
Arizona State |
Arizona State can take another huge step in wrapping up the Pac-12 South with a win at Utah on Saturday. |
19 |
| 19 |  |
Florida State | Florida State has lost to a couple good teams and beat a couple cupcakes. WF will provide a better indication. |
16 |
| 20 |  |
Michigan State |
The Spartans defense shut down Ohio State last week. The offense needs some work during the bye week. |
NR |
| 21 |  |
Georgia Tech |
GT keeps running and are turning into serious ACC contenders. Maryland won’t be able to slow them down. |
24 |
| 22 |  |
Auburn |
Auburn never fails to provide a thrilling game. It should be another fun game this week at Arkansas. |
NR |
| 23 |  |
Illinois | It took a big comeback for Illinois to beat Northwestern. The Illini should be 2-0 after a trip to Indiana. |
25 |
| 24 |  |
Texas A&M |
Texas A&M has now lost two in a row afer falling to Arkansas. A trip to Texas Tech will not be an easy game either. |
15 |
| 25 |  |
Penn State |
Penn State is not winning pretty, but they are winning. This week’s game against Iowa might be ugly. |
22 |
