Dizzy yet? If you watched college football this week, you are. When the dust settled, eight teams nationally ranked in the Associated Press top 25 at the time lost. Among the eight were the first, third, and fourth-ranked teams – USC, Georgia and Florida. Among the top ten other victims was ninth-ranked Wisconsin. The survivors in the top ten included Oklahoma, LSU, Missouri (had a bye) and Texas Tech (had a bye) – ranked second, fifth, sixth and tenth respectively.

USC unfurled the chaos on Thursday with a loss to Oregon State 27-21 in which the Trojans were behind 21-0 at halftime. Meanwhile, Georgia’s loss Saturday night to Alabama was perhaps the most legitimate out of the top ten. The Bulldogs never held a lead in the game, and the youthful Crimson Tide swept them away 41-30. The Florida Gators fell to Ole Miss 31-30 after having an extra point blocked with 40 seconds left in the game. Last year’s Heisman winner Tim Tebow passed for 319 yards but only one touchdown in the loss.

No preseason analyst could have predicted this week’s AP rankings with the Oklahoma Sooners ahead of the Crimson Tide. Oklahoma has yet to face a respectable opponent, but on Oct. 11, they will host the constantly maturing Colt McCoy and the feisty Texas Longhorns.

Ranked second this week is Alabama who has one of the toughest schedules in the NCAA. How good are the Tide? Knowing mastermind head coach Nick Saban, the sky is the limit for this team’s return to glory. Quarterback John Parker Wilson will lead his team into the bayou, where Saban won a national title, to face LSU, currently the third best team in the country, on Nov. 8.

The SEC is the most dangerous conference in college football. On a given day, anyone can fall. Ask Florida who third-ranked LSU will face the Gators in the swamp on Oct. 11. Many people will not recognize the Tigers, but they are as feisty and athletic as ever. LSU already faced a stiff test when they won at 13-ranked Auburn 26-21. However, the Tigers will depend on the continuing development of their 19-year-old quarterback Jarrett Lee.

The next two teams in the top five are out of the Big 12 who could be the best league in the NCAA this season. Fourth-ranked Missouri, behind Heisman finalist and hopeful Chase Daniel, boasts one of the best offenses in the country. Daniel loves passing to the dangerous sophomore wide-out Derrick Washington. This Saturday neither of the two will be taking their trip to Nebraska lightly even if the Cornhuskers are not the program they used to be.

Who will rise to the top in the Big 12? The eyes of Texas hope it’s the Longhorns whose dreams lie in the extremely talented and versatile McCoy at quarterback. Texas’ road is no party and even traveling to Colorado this Saturday cannot be taken lightly. After that, the Longhorns face four opponents currently ranked in the AP – Oklahoma, fourth-ranked Missouri, 21-ranked Oklahoma State and seven-ranked Texas Tech.

Only one Big Ten team found themselves in the top ten this week, but the Penn State Nittany Lions deserve the sixth spot. This team is a juggernaut offensively. JoePa’s crew will roll into the ‘Shoe on Oct. 25 and may well be the favorite in the game. If Penn State does not lapse, they will run away with the Big Ten championship.

Other teams of intrigue include the eighth-ranked BYU Cougars out of the feisty, spoiler-mined Mountain West Conference which also includes 15-ranked Utah. The BCS will probably not be kind enough to the Cougars to put them in the national title game if they go undefeated given the number of talented teams in the Big 12 and SEC, but they might find themselves in a big bowl game if they can go to Utah and win on Nov. 22.

While it looks like the cream will rise to the top in the BCS, college football is only going into week six of play. It’s entirely possible that no team will go undefeated – then the riot will begin. Perhaps the days of undefeated teams are behind us. In the meantime, my national title pick? Penn State over Missouri 38-35 on a game-winning field goal and Paterno finally decides to retire.