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7. LSU may well be the third best team in the country.

One thing you could always rely on at Tennessee -- by the end of the year John Chavis would have a young defense much improved.

The same has been true at LSU.

And last weekend LSU's young defense dominated Florida. Now, I know, Florida isn't a very good offense, but LSU strangled them and is getting better and better each week.

The Tigers, who still haven't had a bye yet this week, go on the road at Ole Miss. That's a bit of a tricky game, but I think LSU will take care of Ole Miss to get to 7-1. Then comes Furman so you can pencil in 8-1. Then LSU has a bye week, Alabama, a bye week, and Texas A&M.

If LSU beat both top ten teams, finished 11-1, and won the SEC title game over another top ten caliber opponent, are you really telling me 12-1 LSU -- with a three point road loss at Georgia -- wouldn't deserve to be ranked above 12-0 Baylor or 13-0 Ohio State?

The only two undefeated teams that I could see deserving to be ranked above LSU at that point would be Oregon (or UCLA if the Bruins shocked everyone and beat Stanford and Oregon in back-to-back weeks) and the Florida State or Clemson winner if that team finished 13-0.

Otherwise, LSU, even with one loss, would be the top team in the country.