October separates the contenders from the pretenders in college football. West Virginia has been proven a pretender, and the Florida Gators have shown they are contenders.

Kansas State, Oregon and Notre Dame might be the biggest threat to the SEC’s national championship streak. Several one-loss teams lurk in the back ground waiting for the undefeated teams to slip up.

Rank /Team/Record/Previous Rank

1 Alabama Crimson Tide 7-0 1

2 Oregon Ducks 7-0 2

3 Florida Gators 7-0 3

4 Kansas State 7-0 4

5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7-0 5

6 LSU Tigers 7-1 6

7 USC Trojans 6-1 7

8 Georgia Bulldogs 6-1 9

9 Louisville Cardinals 7-0 10

10 Mississippi State Bulldogs 7-0 12

11 Oklahoma Sooners 5-1 11

12 Oregon State Beavers 6-0 13

13 Florida State Seminoles 7-1 15

14 Boise State Broncos 6-1 16

15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 7-0 17

16 South Carolina Gamecocks 6-2 8

17 Stanford Cardinal 5-2 18

18 Clemson Tigers 6-1 19

19 Ohio Bobcats 7-0 24

20 West Virginia Mountaineers 5-2 14

21 Wisconsin Badgers 6-2 NR

22 Duke Blue Devils 6-2 NR

23 Texas A&M Aggies 5-2 23

24 TCU Horned Frogs 5-2 20

25 Toledo Rockets 6-1 NR

Dropped out: Northwestern Wildcats, Cincinnati Bearcats and Arizona State Sun Devils