Navy should be #1

Looks good. I think TCU is playing better than Florida right now, so I'd have them third.

I think UNC is the most logical #25, certainly better than Texas Tech. They have 2 signature victories (Miami & Va Tech) and there's no shame in losing to Ga Tech and FSU (still a talented team), though the UVa loss is ugly. Navy is a decent option too but there really aren't any signature victories on their schedule. I also think at this point that TCU is the best of the "other 3" undefeated teams. They have a great Off & Def, while Cincy is suspect on D and Boise has played no one outside of Oregon (TCU has beaten Clemson & BYU on the road and Utah at home, all 3 are resume posters).

Penn State is at the point where they don't belong in the top 15. They haven't proven themselves at all... in some ways, I don't even know if they belong in the top 20. Same with Wisconsin, but I can at least agree with 19th for them. You seem to be ignoring the Oregon-Stanford H2H too much. #14 dropped 55 points on #9 in a great win a couple weekends ago. Give Oregon a little bump down (10 or 11) or Stanford a bump up (12 or 13). Losing to bad teams doesn't really matter as much if you take good teams to town. In no way is Stanford worse than PSU. Alabama's still got a better resume than Texas.

Penn State should be lower on the list. A wussy schedule and then they lose to every strong team they have played including OSU with a suspect O. Iowa may also be ranked too high. I look at their success as being somewhat based on luck as much as anything else, along with very bad officiating in the case of Indiana.

Are also logical choices for #25, also Clemson has been pretty hot as of late (W over Miami) and could make a legitimate case for inclusion in the poll, although I dont think there are any great options there at this point; everyone has major blemishes. And the top 6, well, you can make a case for any of those teams at whatever spot you want them. Overall, however, Tim seems to rank Big Ten teams way too high. Ohio State at #10 is ridiculous. They lost to USC and Purdue of all teams. LSU was starting a backup QB who couldn't hit the broadside of a barn and you want to penalize them for a close win after a crushing defeat the week before? Give me a break. Penn State at #13 is similarly outlandish considering the best team Penn State has beaten is probably Michigan (read: Big Ten cellar dweller unlikely to make a bowl: the 1-6 big ten record doesn't lie). The only one I agree with is Wisconsin at #19, that makes sense given their overall meh record but domination of weaker opponents (see Purdue, UM). Either way, not alot of great options so I understand choosing teams you've seen a great deal over those you haven't, but Penn State at #13 is particularly egregious.

Their defense looks almost as clueless as ours.

Who have they beaten? Mighty Wyoming? A broken down Sooner team? TCU plays a tougher schedule than they do.

Honestly, this shouldn't be debatable. PSU has no good wins. At all. (When there's a reasonable argument to be made that Temple is your best win, the part of your schedule that isn't a bunch of Ls blows.) And that's with both opportunities for good wins being at home. Iowa, on the other hand, has three top 25 wins and a fourth (Iowa State) which is arguably as good as PSU's best win, shocking as it is to see Iowa State regarded with something other than derision. Does one moderately bad loss (keep in mind, Northwestern is tied for 4th in the conference right now, so it's not like they lost to North Texas or something) as opposed to a decent one outweigh all of that? Not even close, IMO.