Taking a look around the nation, in the Top 25, In the game of the week, #2 Oklahoma edged out #6 TCU 35-33, thanks to three straight touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take the lead with 1:10 left. Despite a returned kickoff for a touchdown by TCU after the last Sooners score, a failed two-point conversion gave OU the two point win. #3 South Carolina handled Kentucky 42-17. #4 Florida fought off Arkansas 22-15. #5 Florida State remained perfect, beating Maryland 21-7.

#7 Alabama thrashed Georgia State 45-7. #8 Notre Dame beat down #22 Arizona State 38-10. #9 Oregon rolled over Colorado 37-7. #11 Kansas State edged out #19 Oklahoma State 14-13. Tennessee shocked #12 Georgia 41-34. Auburn knocked off #14 Ole Miss 24-21. #15 Miami topped #20 Georgia Tech 33-17. #17 Virginia Tech escaped North Carolina 16-15. Syracuse scored an upset over #18 Clemson 28-3. Mississippi State shocked #23 LSU 36-24. And Washington knocked off #25 Stanford 31-18.

For our readers, JeffHCross, #1 Ohio State remains 4-0 (1-0 Big Ten) with a bye week. Morsdraconis, West Virginia improves to 4-2 (1-2 Big 12) with a 16-13 win over Baylor. Souljahbill, Southern Miss drops to 1-4 (0-1 C-USA) with a 42-23 loss to Florida International. Jaymo, #22 Arizona State falls to 2-3 (1-1 Pac-12), losing to #8 Notre Dame 38-10. LeeSO, Auburn improves to 2-3 (2-1 SEC), knocking off #14 Ole Miss 24-21. SCClassof93, #3 South Carolina improves to 4-0 (3-0 SEC) with a 42-17 win against Kentucky. Other teams of interest, Arkansas State remains 4-1 (1-0 Sun Belt) with a bye week. Florida International improves to 4-1 (1-0 C-USA) with a 42-23 win over Southern Miss. Navy falls to 1-3 (1-2 American) with a 24-17 loss to rival Air Force. Tulsa drops to 2-3 (1-1 American) with a 47-44 triple overtime loss at Connecticut.

In Mountain West action, San Diego State beat Nevada 27-17, San Jose State topped Hawaii 27-17, Fresno State beat Idaho 56-14, Air Force knocked off Navy 24-17, New Mexico State beat New Mexico 35-17 and Old Dominion edged out Utah State 24-23.

Taking a look at the new Top 25 Coaches Poll, Oklahoma (40 first place votes) climbs one to #1, Ohio State (21 votes) drops one to #2, South Carolina remains #3, Florida remains #4 and Florida State remains #5. Kansas State jumps five to #6, Boise State climbs three to #7, Alabama drops one to #8, Notre Dame drops one to #9 and Oregon drops one to #10. Miami climbs four to #11, USC jumps four to #12, TCU drops seven to #13, Texas A&M falls one to #14 and Wisconsin leaps six to #15. Virginia Tech climbs one to #16, Georgia falls five to #17, Tennessee enters the poll at #18, Oregon State jumps five to #19 and Oklahoma State falls one to #20. Georgia Tech falls one to #21, Ole Miss plummets eight to #22, Washington enters the poll at #23, Northwestern enters the poll at #24 and Arizona State (149 points) drops three to #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were Clemson (from #18), LSU (from #23) and Stanford (from #25). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Utah (130 points) is #26, followed by Mississippi State (128), Arizona (87), Clemson (84) and Nebraska (22) to round out the Top 30. Other teams getting points this week include UCLA (11), LSU (11) and Michigan (9).

Taking a look at the new Top 25 Media Poll, Oklahoma (39 first place votes) jumps three to #1, South Carolina (21 votes) remains #2, Ohio State (3 votes) falls two to #3, Florida (1 vote) drops one to #4 and Kansas State (1 vote) climbs one to #5. Florida State climbs one to #6, Boise State jumps five to #7, Alabama remains #8, Miami vaults six to #9 and Notre Dame remains #10. Texas A&M falls two to #11, TCU drops seven to #12, Oregon falls two to #13, USC jumps four to #14 and Wisconsin leaps six to #15. Virginia Tech jumps three to #16, Oklahoma State remains #17, Tennessee enters the poll at #18, Georgia drops five to #19 and Georgia Tech remains #20. Ole Miss plummets eight to #21, Oregon State enters the poll at #22, Washington enters the poll at #23, Arizona enters the poll at #24 and Utah (118 points) enters the poll at #25. Dropping out of the poll this week were Clemson (from #16), LSU (from #22), Arizona State (from #23), Stanford (from #24) and UCLA (from #25). Looking at Others Receiving Votes, Mississippi State (108 points) is #26, followed by Clemson (97), Arizona State (94), Northwestern (60) and Nebraska (50) to round out the Top 30. Other teams getting points this week include LSU (29), UCLA (28) and Stanford (19).

A look at the Heisman race, Vanderbilt HB Jason Massey is #1 (LW: #1), Miami QB David Horne is #2 (LW: NR), Florida QB Brandon Dahl is #3 (LW :NR), Ohio State HB Ron Branch is #4 (LW: #3) and Georgia Tech QB Phil Terrell was #5 (LW: NR). Dropping off the Heisman Watch list this week was: Florida State QB Chris Larson (LW: #2), Texas A&M QB Zac Hopkins (LW: #4) and USC HB James Butler (LW: #5).