The latest edition of the Fansided Top 25 was released this morning on SaturdayBlitz.com and, as always, Matt de Bear and myself (Tim Tolley) played a small role in the process.

Conference play has finally begun on a national scale and we are now getting a little glimpse into who and what these teams really are. For me personally, I thought the biggest challenge was figuring out where to slot USC and Stanford. Both have a road loss, but USCs loss is TO Stanford. On my poll, USC actually dropped from last week during their bye week, entirely due to Stanford’s loss at Washington. I felt that this early in the season, it was only fair to keep USC behind Stanford, until they do something to prove that they’ve moved on. They’ll get that shot this Thursday at Utah.

Until then…

MATT

1. Alabama

2. Florida State

3. Oregon

4.  LSU

5.  South Carolina

6.  Georgia

7.  West Virginia

8.  Kansas State

9.   Notre Dame

10. Texas

11. Florida

12. Ohio State

13. Oregon State

14. Clemson

15. TCU

16. USC

17. Oklahoma

18. Stanford

19. Louisville

20. Mississippi State

21. Northwestern

22. Cincinnati

23. Nebraska

24. Rutgers

25. Ohio

TIM

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Florida State
4. LSU
5. Florida
6. Georgia
7. West Virginia
8. Notre Dame
9. Kansas State
10. South Caroliina
11. Texas
12. TCU
13. Ohio State
14. Stanford
15. USC
16. Oregon State
17. Clemson
18. Oklahoma
19. Rutgers
20. Louisville
21. Northwestern
22. Nebraska
23. Purdue
24. Cincinnati
25. Ohio