Undefeated teams in the rankings (AP):
- Bama #1
- UGA #2
- Clemson #3
- tOSU #4
- LSU #5
- OU #6
- Stanford #7
- Notre Dame #8
- PSU #9
- WVU #12
- UCF #13
- Kentucky #14
- Dook #22
- Cal #24
- Colorado (first among Others Receiving Votes)
- South Florida (4th ORV)
- NCST (10th ORV)
- Cuse (11th ORV)
- Cincy (13th ORV)
- No. Texas (14th ORV)
- Buffalo (19th ORV)
I'm always interested in the undefeated and unranked teams because those are the teams that are still a threat to do big things but that you don't see with a quick look at the top-25. In a few weeks there will be no more undefeated and unranked teams. Here is a rundown of the seven:
Colorado:
The Buffaloes are already first among ORV so they don't have far to go but beating UCLA this week might not be enough to get them ranked. After that they host ASU then travel to USC so it is safe to say that they will either be ranked or no longer undefeated within a few weeks at most.
South Florida:
The Bulls are close to being ranked but their next three opponents (UMess, Tulsa, UCONN) will not impress anyone so they could potentially remain both undefeated and unranked until they play Houston the last Saturday in October.
North Carolina State:
The Wolfpack will likely fall off of this list this week. They host UVA whose only loss was to Indiana. If that doesn't do it, next they host Boston College whose only loss was to Purdue then travel to undefeated Clemson. It is safe to say that the Wolfpack will be off of this list soon.
Syracuse:
I guarantee that the Orange will be off of this list next week. They travel to Clemson this week and after that game they will obviously either be ranked or no longer undefeated.
Cincinnati:
The problem for the Bearcats is that their season-opening win over UCLA keeps being devalued by the Bruins failures. Nobody will be impressed by Cincinnati's next four opponents (UCONN, Temple, SMU, Navy) so it might be a while for Cincinnati. After that they have USF (also on this list) then #13 UCF. I do not think that Cincinnati could actually get to 9-0 on November 10 without being ranked but they might, they haven't played any respectable opponents and they will not until mid-November.
North Texas:
The Mean Green have played an FCS team and three FBS teams that are a combined 3-8 which is why they are unranked. It doesn't get much better. Their upcoming opponents are LaTech 2-1, UTEP 0-4, USM 2-1, UAB 2-1, Rice 1-3, ODU 1-3, FAU 2-2, and UTSA 1-3. The Mean Green could easily get into November still on this list.
Buffalo:
The Bulls have a schedule similar to North Texas and nothing impressive coming up so, like No Texas, they could stay here for a while.