THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

Chris Dufresne’s Top 25 College Rankings and Comments:

1 OKLAHOMA

6-0 Trying to win a national title and manage a quarterback controversy. What is this, Texas?

2 MIAMI

5-0 Rankman thinks dead-eye QB Ken Dorsey could toss ball through tire like Johnny U used to do.

3 OREGON

6-0 What would Elvis have called what Ducks did against California? TCB. Taking care of business

4 TEXAS

5-1 Best one-loss team we’ve seen come down the pike in quite some time.

5 UCLA

5-0 Rankman surprised more AP voters don’t have Texas ahead of UCLA.

6 NEBRASKA

7-0 On track to finish season four weeks ahead of everyone else; what will players do with all that free time?

7 FRESNO STATE

6-0 Players head into studio to record remake of “Living on the Edge.”

8 VIRGINIA TECH

6-0 Players form a weekly bridge club to kill time before first big game of the season: Dec. 1 against Miami.

9 FLORIDA

5-1 The Great Gator in the sky did not smile on Spurrier’s team in final moments against Auburn.

10 COLORADO

5-1 Could be the first team to say it lost national title because it couldn’t beat Fresno State in August.

11 WASHINGTON STATE

6-0 Tonight’s game against Montana State a good trade for canceled Colorado game lost on Sept. 15.

12 WASHINGTON

4-1 After UCLA loss, paperweight on coach’s desk changed to “The Luck Stops Here.”

13 MARYLAND

6-0 Probably would get more poll respect if team played in a major conference. Oh, it does?

14 MICHIGAN

5-1 Wolverines will use bye week to get more pub for marquee receiver Marquise Walker.

15 SOUTH CAROLINA

5-1 Arkansas hasn’t pulled off a win like that since Lou Holtz was the Razorbacks’ coach.

16 TENNESSEE

3-1 This week’s talking points center on general disdain for offensive and defensive coordinators.

17 AUBURN

5-1 Ken Venturi says Duval’s wedge shot to beat Florida was either a seven-or eight-iron.

18 BRIGHAM YOUNG

6-0 School lawyers prepare papers just in case they have to take BCS case to the Supreme Court.

19 CLEMSON

4-1 Second time in three years Tommy Bowden has had fewer losses than his daddy? Remember Tulane in ‘98?

20 TOLEDO

5-0 School sends UCLA Coach Bob a nifty pen holder; Bob sends school a floral bouquet.

21 GEORGIA

4-1 Redshirt freshman QB David Greene has not been yellow in the red zone.

22 STANFORD

3-1 USC band forwards pregame notes to Stanford band regarding big weekend trip to Oregon.

23 GEORGIA TECH

4-2 “Hey, FSU, think anyone will show up when we play on Dec. 1?”

24 FLORIDA STATE

3-2 “Dad gum, didn’t some people say ours was going to be one of the top games of the year?”

25 NORTHWESTERN

4-1 Trying not to look past Penn State toward big game against Purdue on Oct. 27.