The FP Keepin It Real Top 25 - 10/18/09

1. Iowa (Quality Wins: Iowa State, Arizona, Penn State, Michigan, Wisconsin. Losses: None). Last Week #2
2. Alabama (Quality Wins: South Carolina, Mississippi, Va Tech. Losses: None). Last Week #1
3. Boise St. (Quality Wins: Oregon, Tulsa. Losses: None). Last Week #3
4. Cincinnati (Quality Wins: Rutgers, Oregon St., South Florida. Losses: None). Last Week #4
5. Florida (Quality Wins: Troy, LSU. Losses: None). Last Week #5
6. Texas (Quality Wins: Lousiana Monroe, Texas Tech, Wyoming. Losses: None). Last Week #6
7. TCU (Quality Wins: Air Force. Losses: None). Last Week #7
8. Oregon (Quality Wins: Utah, Cal. Losses: Boise St.). Last Week #9
9. USC (Quality Wins: Ohio St., Cal. Notre Dame. Losses: Washington). Last Week #11
10. Houston (Quality Wins: Oklahoma St., Texas Tech. Losses: UTEP). Last Week #12
11. Pittsburgh (Quality Wins: Rutgers, Navy, Uconn. Losses: NC State). Last Week #14
12. Miami (Quality Wins: Georgia Tech. Losses: Va Tech). Last Week #10
13. Ga. Tech (Quality Wins: UNC, Va. Tech. Losses: Miami). Last Week #19
14. Okla St. (Quality Wins: Georgia, Missouri. Losses: Houston). Last Week #20
15. Va. Tech. (Quality Wins: Miami, Nebraska, Marshall, BC. Losses: Alabama, Georgia Tech). Last Week #8
16. LSU (Quality Wins: Lousiana Lafayette, Georgia. Losses: Florida). Last Week #25
17. Penn State (Quality Wins: Temple, Minnesota. Losses: Iowa). Last Week Unranked
18. West Virginia (Quality Wins: East Carolina, Marshall. Losses: Auburn). Last Week Unranked
19. Kansas (Quality Wins: Iowa State, So. Miss. Losses: Colorado). Last Week #22
20. Ohio St. (Quality Wins: Navy, Toledo, Indiana, Wisconsin. Losses: USC, Purdue). Last Week #13.
21. Arizona (Quality Wins: Central Michigan, Oregon St., Stanford. Losses: Iowa, Washington). Last Week Unranked
22. Central Michigan (Quality Wins: Michigan St. Losses: Arizona). Last Week Unranked.
23. Texas Tech (Quality Wins: Nebraska, Kansas St. Losses: Texas, Houston). Last Week Unranked.
24. Oregon St. (Quality Wins: Arizona St., Stanford. Losses: Cincinnati, Arizona). Last Week Unranked.
25. Michigan (Quality Wins: Notre Dame, Indian. Losses: Mich. St., Iowa). Last Week Unranked.

-Absurd Poll Fact From AP Poll Last Week: Oklahoma St. 4-1 ranked #16 while Houston 4-1 ranked #23. One problem, Houston beat Oklahoma St. at Oklahoma St.???

-Absurd Poll Fact from USA Today Poll Last Week: Oklahoma St. 4-1 ranked #14 while Houston 4-1 ranked #23. One problem, Houston beat Oklahoma St. at Oklahoma St.???

-Absurd Poll Fact from USA Today Poll Last Week: Oklahoma 3-2 ranked #18 while BYU 5-1 ranked #19. One problem, BYU beat Oklahoma head to head and has a better record???

-Absurd Poll Fact from AP Poll Last Week: Oregon 5-1 ranked #13 while USC 4-1 ranked #6. Oregon beat Cal by a wider margin than USC and Oregon's loss was to a far superior Boise St. team than the Washington team that beat USC. If you throw tradition out the window and since there is no playoff the voters should only look at resume and Oregon should be higher than USC.

-Absurd Poll Fact from USA Today Poll Last Week: Oregon 5-1 ranked #16 while USC 4-1 ranked #5. Oregon beat Cal by a wider margin than USC and Oregon's loss was to a far superior Boise St. team than the Washington team that beat USC. If you throw tradition out the window and since there is no playoff the voters should only look at resume and Oregon should be higher than USC.

The FP keepin it real poll rids itself of these absurdities by throwing out tradition and by reevaluating each team every week based on only their resume.

This week we feel that Iowa has the best resume in the Country and should therefore be ranked #1.