3. Alabama 3-0
Last Week: W, North Texas 53-7
This Week: Arkansas
(1) Why the ranking is too high: It's not. It's hard to make a case that Florida and Texas are playing better than the Tide. There's the résumé win over Virginia Tech, and now there are two blowout wins in tune-ups against FIU and North Texas to prepare the team for the SEC season.
Why the ranking is too low: (2) Greg McElroy is playing as well as any quarterback in the country, while the running game is crushing and killing everything in its path. Throw in the nasty run defense, ranked fifth in the nation, and it's all there for this to be a national title-caliber team.
(1) It helps to have two of the four teams that was ranked ahead of you get beat.
(2) I guess Chris Todd is a Heisman Candidate then.
ATT Comp Yards Pct. TDs Int. QB RatingGreg McElroy 69 46 647 66.7 4 1 161.7
Chris Todd 80 43 725 53.8 6 1 152.1