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1 (1). Oklahoma
2 (3). LSU
3 (4). Missouri
4 (2). Alabama
5 (5). Texas
6 (6). Penn State
7 (7) BYU
8 (8). Texas Tech
9 (9). Georgia
10 (10). Southern California
11 (11). Ohio State
12 (14). Florida
13 (20). Vanderbilt
14 (15). Kansas
15 (17). Utah
16 (18). Boise State
17 (19). Fresno State
17 (21). Oklahoma State
18 (12). South Florida
19 (13). Auburn
20 (23). Wake Forest
21 (25). Virginia Tech
22 (NR). Michigan State
23 (16). Wisconsin
24 (NR). North Carolina
25 (NR). California

Dropped: Fresno State (19), Oregon (22), Connecticut (24)

1 (4). Oklahoma
2 (8). Alabama
3 (5). LSU
4 (6). Missouri
5 (7). Texas
6 (13). Penn State
7 (11) BYU
8 (12). Texas Tech
9 (1). Georgia
10 (2). Southern California
11 (10). Ohio State
12 (16). South Florida
13 (14). Auburn
14 (3). Florida
15 (17). Kansas
16 (9). Wisconsin
17 (19). Utah
18 (20). Boise State
19 (NR). Fresno State
20 (25). Vanderbilt
21 (24). Oklahoma State
22 (NR). Oregon
23 (15). Wake Forest
24 (NR). Connecticut
25 (NR). Virginia Tech

Dropped: Clemson (18), Colorado (21), Illinois (22), East Carolina (23)

Here are my rankings for this week. Last week's ranking in parenthesis.

1 (4). Georgia
2 (1). Southern California
3 (3). Florida
4 (2). Oklahoma
5 (6). LSU
6 (5). Missouri
7 (7). Texas
8 (11). Alabama
9 (8). Wisconsin
10 (9). Ohio State
11 (10). BYU
12 (13). Texas Tech
13 (16). Penn State
14 (12). Auburn
15 (18). Wake Forest
16 (15). South Florida
17 (20). Kansas
18 (21). Clemson
19 (22). Utah
20 (NR). Boise State
21 (NR). Colorado
22 (23). Illinois
23 (14). East Carolina
24 (25). Oklahoma State
25 (NR). Vanderbilt

Dropped: Oregon (17), West Virginia (19), Florida State (24)

Here are my awards for the 2008 MLB season (all awards subject to change). My preseason picks were horrible. They are in parenthesis.

AL MVP (Picked Manny Ramirez preseason):

1. Dustin Pedroia
2. Justin Morneau
3. Kevin Youkilis
4. Joe Mauer
5. Carlos Quentin

AL Cy Young (Picked CC Sabathia preseason):

1. Roy Halladay
2. Cliff Lee
3. Mariano Rivera
4. Francisco Rodriguez
5. Ervin Santana

AL Rookie of the Year (Picked Evan Longoria preseason):

1. Evan Longoria
2. Alexei Ramirez
3. Mike Aviles
4. Brad Ziegler
5. Jacoby Ellsbury

AL Reliever of the Year (Picked Joe Nathan preseason):

1. Mariano Rivera
2. Francisco Rodriguez
3. Jonathan Papelbon
4. Joakim Soria
5. Joe Nathan

AL Comeback Player of the Year (Picked Hank Blalock preseason):

1. Cliff Lee
2. Aubrey Huff
3. Carlos Quentin
4. Milton Bradley
5. Mike Mussina

NL MVP (Picked Ryan Howard preseason):

1. Ryan Howard
2. Albert Pujols
3. CC Sabathia
4. Manny Ramirez
5. David Wright

NL Cy Young (Picked Brandon Webb preseason):

1. Tim Lincecum
2. Johan Santana
3. CC Sabathia
4. Ryan Dempster
5. Brandon Webb

NL Rookie of the Year (Picked Joey Votto preseason):

1. Geovany Soto
2. Joey Votto
3. Jair Jurrjens
4. Jay Bruce
5. Hiroki Kuroda

NL Reliever of the Year (Picked Rafael Soriano preseason):

1. Brad Lidge
2. Kerry Wood
3. Carlos Marmol
4. Jose Valverde
5. Brian Fuentes

NL Comeback Player of the Year (Picked Conor Jackson preseason):

1. Jorge Cantu
2. Brad Lidge
3. Kerry Wood
4. Fernando Tatis
5. Josh Johnson

AL Manager of the Year: Joe Maddon (Rays)
NL Manager of the Year: Fredi Gonzalez (Marlins)

Here is my top 25 for Week 3. Last week's ranking is in parenthesis.

1 (2). Southern California
2 (5). Oklahoma
3 (4). Florida
4 (1). Georgia
5 (6). Missouri
6 (7). LSU
7 (8). Texas
8 (9). Wisconsin
9 (3). Ohio State
10 (11). BYU
11 (14). Alabama
12 (10). Auburn
13 (12). Texas Tech
14 (15). East Carolina
15 (20). South Florida
16 (21). Penn State
17 (17). Oregon
18 (19). Wake Forest
19 (16). West Virginia
20 (18). Kansas
21 (23). Clemson
22 (24). Utah
23 (25). Illinois
24 (NR). Florida State
25 (NR). Oklahoma State

Dropped: Arizona State (13), Fresno State (22)

There is only one game on Sunday (which is being played as I type this), and that game has no effect on my rankings. Here are my rankings for this week:

1 (1). Georgia
2 (3). Southern California
3 (2). Ohio State
4 (4). Florida
5 (5). Oklahoma
6 (6). Missouri
7 (8). LSU
8 (9). Texas
9 (10). Wisconsin
10 (11). Auburn
11 (12). BYU
12 (13). Texas Tech
13 (14). Arizona State
14 (15). Alabama
15 (NR). East Carolina
16 (7). West Virginia
17 (17). Oregon
18 (16). Kansas
19 (18). Wake Forest
20 (19). South Florida
21 (20). Penn State
22 (21). Fresno State
23 (22). Clemson
24 (23). Utah
25 (NR). Illinois

Dropped: South Carolina (24), UCLA (25)

Here is my updated poll, including Monday's games.

Last week's top 25:

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. Southern California
6. Missouri
7. West Virginia
8. LSU
9. Texas
10. Clemson
11. Wisconsin
12. Auburn
13. Arizona State
14. BYU
15. Texas Tech
16. Kansas
17. Oregon
18. Virginia Tech
19. Tennessee
20. Illinois
21. Wake Forest
22. South Florida
23. Pittsburgh
24. Alabama
25. Cincinnati

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This week's top 25:

1 (1). Georgia
2 (2). Ohio State
3 (5). Southern California
4 (3). Florida
5 (4). Oklahoma
6 (6). Missouri
7 (7). West Virginia
8 (8). LSU
9 (9). Texas
10 (11). Wisconsin
11 (12). Auburn
12 (14). BYU
13 (15). Texas Tech
14 (13). Arizona State
15 (24). Alabama
16 (16). Kansas
17 (17). Oregon
18 (21). Wake Forest
19 (22). South Florida
20 (NR). Penn State
21 (NR). Fresno State
22 (10). Clemson
23 (NR). Utah
24 (NR). South Carolina
25 (NR). UCLA

Dropped: Virginia Tech (18), Tennessee (19), Illinois (20), Pittsburgh (23), Cincinnati (25)

I will try to do a weekly analysis and make picks for each college football game. I know games were already played, but I made these picks before the games were played.

Here are my picks for Week 1:

Ball State over Northeastern
UTEP over Buffalo
Central Michigan over Eastern Illinois
Eastern Michigan over Indiana State
Connecticut over Hofstra
Georgia Tech over Jacksonville State
Miami University over Vanderbilt
Cincinnati over Eastern Kentucky
Miami over Charleston Southern
Troy State over Middle Tennessee State
Iowa State over South Dakota State
South Carolina over North Carolina State
Wake Forest over Baylor
Oregon State over Stanford
Temple over Army
Rice over SMU
Ohio State over Youngstown State
Wisconsin over Akron
Virginia Tech over East Carolina
Penn State over Coastal Carolina
Pittsburgh over Bowling Green
Northwestern over Syracuse
Indiana over Western Kentucky
Iowa over Maine
Georgia over Georgia Southern
Florida over Hawaii
Air Force over Southern Utah
Wyoming over Ohio
Southern California over Virginia
West Virginia over Villanova
Utah over Michigan
Oklahoma State over Washington State
Navy over Towson
Delaware over Maryland
Tulsa over UAB
Marshall over Illinois State
LSU over Appalachian State
BYU over Northern Iowa
North Carolina over McNeese State
New Mexico over TCU
Central Florida over South Carolina State
Mississippi State over Louisiana Tech
Oklahoma over Chattanooga
Auburn over Louisiana-Monroe
Texas over Florida Atlantic
Texas Tech over Eastern Washington
Kansas over Florida International
Arkansas over Western Illinois
Northern Illinois over Minnesota
Mississippi over Memphis
James Madison over Duke
Nebraska over Western Michigan
Texas A&M over Arkansas State
Houston over Southern University
Southern Mississippi over Louisiana-Lafayette
Kansas State over North Texas
South Florida over Tennessee-Martin
Boston College over Kent State
Clemson over Alabama
San Jose State over California-Davis
Michigan State over California
Boise State over Idaho State
Missouri over Illinois
Nevada over Grambling State
California Poly over San Diego State
Arizona State over Northern Arizona
Oregon over Washington
Arizona over Idaho
UNLV over Utah State
Louisville over Kentucky
Colorado over Colorado State
Fresno State over Rutgers
Tennessee over UCLA

Top 5 games:

5. Fresno State at Rutgers
4. Appalachian State at LSU
3. Utah at Michigan
2. Alabama vs. Clemson (at Atlanta, GA)
1. Illinois vs. Missouri (at St. Louis, MO)

Would not be surprised if...

SMU and Rice score over 80 points
East Carolina beat Virginia Tech
At least two FCS teams win this weekend
Texas Tech scores 70 points
A BCS title contender gets a scare