IIHAV, Week 9

Not quite as many upsets materialized as I was thinking might, but whatev.

Really not even all that much movement other than Miami’s loss to Clemson.

In fact, so little movement I’m going the dreaded slotboard route for most of the rankings tonight.

Basically the rest of the regular season more or less boils down to Texas’ trip to Oklahoma State this week and LSU’s trip to Alabama next.

Here are last week’s rankings:

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Cincinnati
5. USC
6. Iowa
7. Miami
8. TCU
9. Boise State
10. Georgia Tech
11. Oregon
12. LSU
13. Penn State
14. Virginia Tech
15. BYU
16. Oklahoma State
17. Utah
18. Houston
19. West Virginia
20. Pittsburgh
21. Ohio State
22. Oklahoma
23. Oregon State
24. South Florida
25. Texas Tech

And now, without further ado, this week’s If I Had A Vote Rankings.

1. Florida
They weren’t exactly spell-binding at Mississippi State, but at this point they have more going for them than Bama does by virtue of having the capability of an explosive offense.

2. Alabama
Offense is going to get them against either LSU or Florida if they don’t at least get to mediocre levels.

3. Texas
Finally seem to be hitting their stride. This week at Oklahoma State will be scary, and not just because it’ll be Halloween and the Cowboys already wear orange and black.

4. Cincinnati
They keep on winning.

5. Iowa
Maybe a team of destiny.

6. USC
They’re going to lose at Oregon in a few weeks. Book it.

7. Georgia Tech
Liking this team more and more, even if the Miami loss doesn’t look as good.

8. TCU
Nice, nice win at BYU.

9. Boise State
No style points to be found.

10. Oregon
Turnaround city.

11. LSU
Even if they did finally look good, I’m still not a believer.

12. Penn State
Seem to be finding themselves just in time.

13. Virginia Tech
ACC race will be interesting to watch.

14. Miami
I hate when Clemson plays anyone. You just never know.

15. Oklahoma State
Can they beat Texas? Maybe.

16. West Virginia
An epic fourth-quarter meltdown away from being on the cusp of the title picture.

17. Utah
I’m not sure why I have the Utes this high.

18. Houston
Ditto.

19. Pittsburgh
I don’t care if they’re 7-1. It’s still the Stache and they still lost to N.C. State.

20. Oklahoma
Best 4-3 team ever.

21. Ohio State
Maybe the worst 6-2 team ever.

22. BYU
Keeping them ranked for now. Maybe not much longer.

23. South Carolina
We’ll finally get to find out a little about them down the stretch here.

24. Arizona
Yeah, I’m surprised, too.

25. Mississippi
Didn’t want to rank them, but really didn’t want to rank Notre Dame.

Dropped out: No. 23 Oregon State, No. 24 South Florida, No. 25 Texas Tech

On the radar, Oregon State, South Florida, Notre Dame