It’s a whole different world with Clemson out of top 25 for the first time since the invention of organized sports. They even used to win the Greek Olympics and the Aztec Games. Some developments this week:

#3 Oregon lost a golden opportunity to crowd the SEC teams for the top spot. Earlier in the season they defeated THE Ohio State University, but this week they lost to unranked Stanford. You’d think Stanford would get a little respect for that, but they could climb no higher than #32 in the AP Poll and #46 in the computer rankings.

#8 Arkansas had their dream bubble burst when a powerful #2 Georgia skunked them 37-0.

#9 Notre Dame suffered their first defeat. Cincinnati’s victory gave some luster to the American Conference.

5-0 Kentucky finally got some respect from the poll after defeating #10 Florida. They jumped from unrated status to #16.

It has been a good year so far for the Big 10. They now have five teams among the top eleven in the AP Poll. The computer geeks agree with the high rankings for four of those teams, but are not impressed with Michigan State.