1. Florida - reigning champs and God-bless-him Tebow.
2. USC - the team that everyone seemed to want to play for the championship this year, right after they voted for some BIG XII team.
Interlude - IF Pete Carrol could somehow manage to concentrate for the whole regular season, no further rankings are necessary. I say put Utah, Boise State, etc up at 3-5 to make them feel good and to pretend like they ever had a real chance to play for it all. However, Pete NEVER manages to have that type of season, so....
3. XXXXXXX - fill in the name of whatever of those ridiculous BIG XII teams manages to hold onto its QB.
4. XXXXXXX - Either Ohio State or Penn State. Voters never learn that Ohio State will ALWAYS founder once they leave the cozy warmth of Big 10 competition, nor do they ever learn that talking about how great Penn State is doesn't make them any better.
5. Notre Dame - It will take 4+ losses to get ND out of the top 5 next year. You see, Charlie Weiss is an offensive GENIOUS, and Notre Dame IS BACK.