Every week, our Senior Decider votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, which of course makes all other opinions both superfluous and valueless (hey, dont say you never get your moneys worth here).
So here, after Week Five, is the world of college football, whether you like it or not. And if you dont, theres a new one next week you might like better.
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1AlabamaThe byeonly reminds us what we already knew about what's what and who's who2OregonThe separation between the Ducks and the Pac-11 growsexponentially3Kansas StateLike watching a boa constrictor eat4South CarolinaThere may be a comedown for the Gamecocks, but it's harder tosee where5West VirginiaA great game tells us that Geno Smith could also help thedefense6FloridaProbably scored enough points to beat LSU twice7Notre DameConvincing Miami to stop thinking well of itself was its ownreward8OklahomaStrong work at Texas Tech revivifies the Sooners9Florida StateThis probably represents their national place better than 210TexasHorns onlylose three places for losing so entertainingly11Ohio StateNine scores on Nebraska overwhelms all the anti Big-10 evidence12Louisiana StateTigers score like they're in the English Premier League13GeorgiaReligion has been gotten14RutgersSlipped a couple of spots simply because of the chaos above them15Oregon StateThe Civil War may be the best game left on the Pac-12 schedule16MississippiStateSolid but not wonderful against Kentucky. This is about theiracme.17ClemsonGeorgia Tech isn't exactly a high point of their list of wins18Iowa StateBeating TCU at TCU ought to remove most of the doubters19StanfordA week ago, they couldn't score. This week they couldn't stopthe other guy from scoring.20SouthernCaliforniaUtah was more work than the Trojans thought they should be21LouisvilleHaving a bye left as much of an impression as the rest of theirseason22Louisiana TechThis is a couple of weeks late, but they got here23CincinnatiLouisville in three weeks, but they shouldn't sleep on Toledo24OhioStill unbeaten, though Buffalo was a harder task than it shouldhave been25Texas ChristianHolding on by a very thin reed