STB College Football Rankings - Week 5

I feel like the AP pollsters could use my help since my rankings seem to consistently prove to be more accurate than theirs. So I'm posting this before theirs comes out, that way if they wanna peak at mine to know who to vote for, they can.

For instance, last week in the AP Poll Mississippi was ranked #4, in STB they were #6. Penn State was #5, what a joke, in STB they were #10. Both those teams lost and will drop in the polls this week. Here's another, Miami was #9 and Virginia Tech #11 in the AP, STB had those teams rankings reversed--guess who won that matchup--yep, Virginia Tech. Not only that, but I had South Florida at #25 and only put Florida State at #23 while the AP bumped the Seminoles all the way to #18 after beating up on BYU and left the Bulls unranked--South Florida won that game and you'll certainly see them in this week's AP Poll. The only blunder I had in last week's rankings was placing Cal at #4--they got absolutely lit up by unranked Oregon.

Without further delay, here are the Week 5 STB College Football Rankings:

1. Florida - defending champs, undefeated, outscored opponents 182-29 so far in '09
   
2. Texas - steamrolling opponents, first big test comes in 3 weeks vs. OU
   
3. Alabama - looking poised to meet the Gators in yet another bigtime SEC Championship
   
4. LSU - not blowing teams out, but not losing
   
5. Virginia Tech - jumped Boise State due to much tougher schedule
   
6. Boise State - quality team in a weak conference, Oregon win looks even better though
   
7. TCU - has beaten two ACC teams on the road
   
8. Oklahoma - stays #8 after a bye week, Bradford should be back for big game next week vs. #19 Miami
   
9. Cincinnati - 4-0 and continuing to steadily climb the rankings
   
10. USC - Barkley back, beat Washington State 27-6
    
11. Ohio State - pitched two straight shutouts after losing to USC
    
12. Oklahoma State - benefited more from having teams ahead of them lose than anything else
    
13. Iowa - beat #10 Penn State on the road, spoiling the Nittany Lions hopes of an undefeated season yet again
    
14. Georgia - next week's matchup with #4 LSU will tell us a lot more about the Bulldogs
    
15. BYU - five teams ahead of them losing helped and they did beat undefeated Colorado State by 19 even when playing below their ability
    
16. Mississippi - proved to be overrated, but then again, so has just about everyone else
    
17. Penn State - allowed Iowa to spoil undefeated season and National Championship hopes two years in a row
    
18. Michigan - already surpassed last year's win total
    
19. Miami - only blemish to Virginia Tech
    
20. Kansas - 4-0 but played no one anywhere near college football's top 50
    
21. California - umm, lost 42-3 to an unranked team
    
22. South Florida - beat #23 Florida State in Tallahassee, outscored opponents 151-27 in '09
    
23. Oregon - destroyed #4 Cal 42-3, only loss was on the road to now #6 Boise State
    
24. South Carolina - beat #6 Mississippi, only loss was on the road to now #14 Georgia by just 4 points
    
25. Auburn - I hate to drop an undefeated team 3 spots after a 24-point win
    

* Dropped from rankings: North Carolina, Florida State, Washington