National Sports Advisors Wins FBS College Football Power Top 25 Week 5 Rankings: Quite a weekend in the FBS College football universe as the Alabama Crimson Tide trailed most of the game at the Arkansas Razorbacks but will hold on to No. 1 with great defense and an unstoppable running game to win. Ohio State won big, the Boise State Broncos were impressive in a prime time televised win over the Oregon State Beavers, and the Oregon Ducks continued their winning ways defeating Arizona State 42-31. Two top 10 teams didn’t fare so well and found themselves on the losing end as UCLA upset then No. 4 Texas 34-12 and the afore mentioned No. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks faded down the stretch to lose 24-20 giving up 10 4th quarter points while not scoring at all. This week sports another Top 10 match up as Urban Meyer’s No. 6 Florida Gators head to SEC foe Nick Saban’s No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide. Vegas odds makers have the Florida Gators +1050 odds to win the 2011 BCS National Championship.
After reviewing this week’s games, the team’s performances, strength of opponent and outcomes here is this week FBS College Football Power Top 25 Week 5 Rankings:
1- Alabama Crimson Tide
2- Ohio State Buckeyes
3- Oregon Ducks
4- Boise State Broncos
5- TCU Horned Frogs
6- Florida Gators
7- Nebraska Cornhuskers
8- Oklahoma Sooners
9- Wisconsin Badgers
10- Stanford Cardinal
11- LSU Tigers
12- Utah Utes
13- USC Trojans
14- Auburn Tigers
15- Michigan Wolverines
16- Arkansas Razorbacks
17- Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes
18- Arizona Wildcats
19- South Carolina Gamecocks
20- Texas Longhorns
21- West Virginia Mountaineers
22- Iowa Hawkeyes
23- Florida State Seminoles
24- Nevada Wolf Pack
25- Michigan State Spartans
Another team deserving consideration is North Carolina State who leads the ACC at 4-0 and defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 45-28 this weekend. TCU played well on national television on Friday night finishing strong against SMU to win 41-24 while the Michigan Wolverines continued to 4-0 for the second consecutive year building some job security for head football coach Rich Rodriguez heading into the touch Big Ten schedule winning 65-21 against the Bowling Green Falcons. Leading Heisman Candidate Denard Robinson tweaked his knee in the first quarter and sat out the rest of the game but will be back to start against the Indiana Hoosiers this Saturday.
Climbing to No. 10 this week after going into South Bend for a rare win are the Stanford Cardinal who defeated Notre Dame 37-14 on Saturday. Climbing into the Top 25 is Michigan State who improved to 4-0 by defeating Northern Colorado 45-7 this weekend. The stay won’t be long unless they can win this week where Vegas odds makers have the Wisconsin Badgers a -2 point favorite on the road against the Michigan State Spartans.