National Sports Advisors Wins FBS College Football Power Top 25 Week 6 Rankings: As the season goes on the cream seems to rise to the Top and Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide rebounded from a come from behind win on the road to win big against SEC rival Florida at home on Saturday night holding the Gators without a touchdown in a 31-6 victory. Ohio State was a winner, but not impressively over Illinois 24-13, but the other impressive win was No. 3 Oregon Ducks at home over the then No. 10 Stanford Cardinals 52-31. Rounding out last week’s Top 5 were Boise State winning 59-0 over winless New Mexico State and the TCU Horned Frogs won 27-0 over Colorado State. The only loser in the Top 10 was No. 9 Wisconsin who lost the then No. 25 Michigan State 34-24 at East Lansing, MI. Vegas odds makers have the TCU Horned Frogs +1200 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 6 Rankings:
1- Alabama Crimson Tide
2- Ohio State Buckeyes
3- Oregon Ducks
4- Boise State Broncos
5- TCU Horned Frogs
6- Nebraska Cornhuskers
7- Oklahoma Sooners
8- LSU Tigers
9- Utah Utes
10- Auburn Tigers
11- Michigan Wolverines
12- Michigan State Spartans
13- Arizona Wildcats
14- Nevada Wolf Pack
15- Florida Gators
16- Stanford Cardinals
17- Arkansas Razorbacks
18- Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes
19- Iowa Hawkeyes
20- South Carolina Gamecocks
21- Wisconsin Badgers
22- Oklahoma State Cowboys
23- Missouri Tigers
24- Florida State Seminoles
25- Northwestern Wildcats
Dropping out of this week’s poll were the Texas Longhorns who lost to Big 12 rival Oklahoma Sooners 28-20 to drop their second game in consecutive weeks. Another big name loss was USC Trojans losing to 2-2 Washington 32-31 dropping to 4-1 and free falling from the polls. Some surprised entries are the undefeated Big 12 Oklahoma State Cowboys who defeated 3-1 Texas A&M 39-35 on Thursday night bringing them into the Power 25 at No. 22. Sneaking in at No. 25 are the 5-0 Northwestern Wildcats who defeated Purdue 29-28 to keep their unblemished record. Vegas odds makers have the Northwestern Wildcats +9000 odds to win the 2011 BCS National Championship.
This week’s battle of unbeaten ranked teams will take place in the Big House in Ann Arbor Michigan as the No. 12 Michigan State Spartans take on Rich Rodriguez’s No. 11 Michigan Wolverines on Saturday at 3:30 PM ET. The Spartans will try to slow down sensational Heisman hopeful sophomore quarterback Denard Robinson, something none of their opponents have been able to do. Vegas odds makers have the Michigan Wolverines a -4 point favorite at home against the Michigan State Spartans.