One-loss USC still looks good

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Tide rolls into No. 1 spot

College football writer J.P.Giglio is one of 60 voters in the AP Top 25 poll.

Florida's clearly not the same team without receivers Percy Harvin and Louis Murphy. When you make that point in August, you're a fool, but if you make it after the Gators' 23-20 home escape against Arkansas, you're Captain Obvious.

Either way, matey, Alabama's my new No. 1.

Heels upset win cost the ACC

BCS bowl projections:

National championship: Florida vs. Texas Rose: Iowa vs. Oregon Orange: Georgia Tech vs. Penn State Sugar: Alabama vs. Cincinnati Fiesta: USC vs. TCU

North Carolina's win, and USC's loss, cost the ACC a real shot at $4.5 million.

Florida rides defense to No. 1

College football writer J.P. Giglio is one of 60 voters in the AP Top 25 poll.

It doesn't seem fair that Florida has Tim Tebow and the best defense in college football, but it's what everyone else in college football is up against.

The Gators' 13-3 win at LSU moves them to No. 1 this week, jumping Texas (3), which continues its fall-behind-at-half-make-the-final-score-look-better-than-it-was routine with a 38-14 win over a sad-sack Colorado team.

Opinions vary on football's top 25

College football writer J.P. Giglio is one of 60 voters in the AP Top 25 poll.

Only eight major Division I teams, out of 120, have either one loss or none. There are 33 teams with two or three losses.

Thirty-three teams for 17 spots? That helps explain the disparity between my top 25 and the AP top 25, where we have only three teams in common spots (Florida, Alabama and Georgia Tech).

J.P. Top 25: Tough calls

College football writer J.P. Giglio is one of 60 voters in the AP Top 25 poll.

I'm not punishing Boise State (5) for a relatively close call (45-35) against Louisiana Tech, rather Texas Christian (4) jumped a spot because of Oregon's loss and Clemson's climb in the ACC standings.

In the voting world of comparing apples to armchairs, Oregon's 51-42 loss hurts Boise State because the Ducks had won seven straight since losing to Boise.