Quick and dirty version of the JP Top 25 this week:

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls
• Pollspeak (how everyone else voted)

Philosophical voting question: Should Southern California, with one loss, be ranked ahead of unbeaten teams such as Boise State, Cincinnati, TCU and Iowa?

You can see my answer below.

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls
• Pollspeak (how everyone else voted)

1. Alabama
Record: 7-0
Last week: 2 (beat South Carolina, 20-6)
This week: Tennessee

Alabama the four years before Nick Saban got there: 4-9, 6-6, 10-2, 6-7.
Since: 7-6, 12-2, 7-0.

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls
• Pollspeak (how everyone else voted)

1. Florida
Record: 5-0
Last week: 2 (won @ LSU, 13-3)
This week: Arkansas

Wake me up for the SEC title game.

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls
• Pollspeak (how everyone else voted)

1. Texas
Record: 4-0
Last week: 1 (bye)
This week: Colorado

The Horns make a slight upgrade from the bye week to 1-3 Colorado.

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls

Here you go, Tar Heel fans:

Before the season started, I thought East Carolina and N.C. State were both better than North Carolina, which had issues at receiver and on the offensive line.

After three games, clearly, UNC is the best team in the state and ranked at No. 24 in this week's JP Top 25.

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls

Sorry, Ole Miss but somebody has to be No. 6.

The team in my No. 6 slot is 0-2 with Oklahoma State's loss to Houston, which followed Georgia's loss to Oklahoma State. The Rebels face Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday, which will really tell us if No. 6 is unlucky or if it's coincidence.

Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters.

• JP Top 25 archive
• AP, USA Today polls

So much for that predicted repeat of the 2008 season.

The Mountain West is once again keeping the college football powers honest. Brigham Young, the new "it" MWC darling, makes the biggest jump, 14 places, to No. 3 after its 14-13 upset of Oklahoma.

A couple of points of clarity on the Texas vote:

• I think Texas is the best team in the country, based on the talent they have returning and the motivation they have after watching a team they beat (Oklahoma) play for the national title.

Note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 voters in the AP Top 25. 

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• JP Top 25 archive

The last time the defending national champion was the overwhelming preseason No. 1 was 2005.

That's also the last season the national title game was played at the Rose Bowl.