Blogalicious College Football Top 10 FINAL

1. Boise State (def. Oklahoma 43-42 in OT) - Yup, me and Greg Archuleta are locked and loaded and heading to BCS HQ. When you win with a modified Statue of Liberty and the guy who scores it then gets the girl, I have to throw you my vote.

Next opponent: Weber State (9/1)

2. Florida (def. Ohio State 41-14) - While I'm not a fan of the Fake Bowl, I'm happy they didn't have the "plus one" bowl once talked about. Had someone decided to let Florida play Boise State, TVs across the land would have imploded from all the blue and orange. Though I suppose that would hasten the HDTV conversion in a lot of homes.

Next opponent: Western Kentucky (9/1)

3. Ohio State (lost to Florida 14-41) - I prefer to think that the opening kickoff return caused such a tsunami of momentum that it injured Ted Ginn's ankle and put the rest of the team in some sort of shock. It'd explain why they played like ass for the other 59+ minutes, at least.

Next opponent: Youngstown State (9/1)

4. LSU (def. Notre Dame 41-14) - I was thinking of putting LSU in front of Ohio State based on their bowl results, but between playing what was basically a home game and getting to play the Irish - who haven't won a bowl since they took out Illinois-Normal in the 1923 Sorghum Bowl - this wasn't their most taxing challenge of the season.

Next opponent: Middle Tennessee (9/1)

5. Wisconsin (def. Arkansas 17-14) - I was also thinking of putting the Badgers in front of LSU given that they've only got one loss and took out the SEC runner-up in their bowl game. But then I reminded myself of their non-conference schedule - fat with teams like Bowling Green and Buffalo - and wonder if I shouldn't drop them lower.

Next opponent: Washington State (9/1)

6. Louisville (def. Wake Forest 24-13) - Perhaps too high, but this could be their swan song given Petrino's flight to Atlanta and the possiblity of Brian Brohm turning pro. So let's throw them a bone.

Next opponent: Good question. Louisville doesn't have their 2007 schedule up, and the two schools that seem like candidates - NC State and Vandy - don't have anything, either.

7. USC (def. Michigan 32-18) - Similar reasoning here for what I did with LSU, given that they also played a home bowl game and got to play the Wolverines - who last won the Rose Bowl in 1904, when they bested a plucky squad from the Los Angeles College of Art and Design.

Next opponent: Idaho (9/1)

8. Auburn (def. Nebraska 17-14) - I miss the days when the Cotton Bowl was a major game. That's all I've got.

Next opponent: Mississippi State. I think? Schedule information here is sketchy.

9. West Virginia (def. Georgia Tech 38-35) - Sadly, there are no more Georgia schools for the Mountaineers to play in bowl games. They'll have to start on a new state next year.

Next opponent: Ball State (9/1)

10. Appalachian State (def. Massachusetts 28-17) - It was not as close as the score makes it appear. Back-to-back titles for the Mountaineers, who are the best college football team in North Carolina at this point.

Next opponent: OK, I'm too impatient to wait for their athletics site to load to keep looking for this. Sorry

Out of top 10:

Michigan - probably too harsh on the Wolverines, but it was a very ugly loss.

Oklahoma - a completely different kind of ugly loss.

Massachusetts - not an ugly loss per se, but there were very few times that you thought that the Minutemen were going to make a game of things.