This upcoming NCAA season is going to be very interesting. USC Trojans took the pre-season No. 1 ranking while former national champions Alabama took No. 2 and former runner up LSU took No. 3. The SEC is still the dominate conference considering they have LSU, Alabama, pre-season No. 6 Georgia, pre-season No. 9 South Carolina, and preseason No. 10 Arkansas. The USC Trojan's probation has just ended so this year they are able to go to a bowl game. Two teams that are usually powerhouse, Florida and Ohio State, did not have great seasons last year (Florida 7-6, Ohio State 6-7) are both pre-season top 25 this year (Florida-No. 23, Ohio State-No. 18). The Big 12, like the SEC, has 6 pre-season ranked teams: Oklahoma (4), West Virginia (11), Texas (15), Oklahoma State (19), TCU (20), and Kansas State (21).
Week 1 and Week 2 have already occurred. In Week 1 every team in the top 10 stayed in the the top 10 except Michigan, who lost to Alabama 41-14. There were not very close important games in Week 1 except the No. 12 Clemson-Auburn game in which Clemson won 26-19. After Week 1 Alabama jumped USC and claimed the No. 1 spot while USC took No. 2. During Week 2, No. 24 Florida won a tight game against Texas A&M 20-17. Georgia and Missouri played a close game for the first 3 quarters but in the 4th quarter Georgia was dominant and finished the game winning 41-20.
The two biggest upsets of the weekend were No. 13 Wisconsin losing in a shocker against Oregon State 10-7, and Arkansas losing to UL Monroe 34-31 in overtime. Lastly, with the Arkansas loss, they have left the top 25, but replacing them in the SEC is Tennessee who moved up to No. 23. Adding to the new top 25 members are No. 22 UCLA, No. 24 Arizona, and No. 25 BYU.
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