College Football Rankings: OGS Week 14

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (11-0, 1)
Last week: Def. then-No. 20 Arizona, 48-29
This week: at Oregon State, Saturday
2. Auburn (12-0, 2)
Last week: Def. then-No. 10 Alabama, 28-27
This week: vs. No. 19 South Carolina, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 13

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (10-0, 1)
Last week: Idle
This week: vs. Arizona, Friday
2. Auburn (11-0, 2)
Last week: Idle
This week: at No. 10 Alabama, Friday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 12

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (10-0, 1)
Last week: Def. California, 15-13
This week: Idle
2. Auburn (11-0, 2)
Last week: Def. Georgia, 49-31
This week: Idle

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 11

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (9-0, 1)
Last week: Def. Washington, 53-16
This week: at California, Saturday
2. Auburn (10-0, 2)
Last week: Def. Chattanooga, 62-24
This week: vs. Georgia, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 10

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (8-0, 1)
Last week: Def. then-No. 25 USC, 53-32
This week: vs. Washington, Saturday
2. Auburn (9-0, 2)
Last week: Def. Mississippi, 51-31
This week: vs. Chattanooga, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 9

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (7-0, 1)
Last week: Def. UCLA, 60-13
This week: at USC, Saturday
2. Auburn (8-0, 6)
Last week: Def. then-No. 7 LSU, 24-17
This week: at Mississippi, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 8

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (6-0, 1)
Last week: Idle
This week: vs. UCLA, Thursday
2. Boise State (6-0, 2)
Last week: Def. San Jose State, 48-0
This week: Idle

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 7

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Oregon (6-0, 2)
Last week: Def. Washington State, 43-23
This week: Idle
2. Ohio State (6-0, 3)
Last week: Def. Indiana, 38-10
This week: at No. 16 Wisconsin, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: What's The Point?

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Why do we put out a new college football poll every week? What's the purpose?

Better yet, what do the rankings actually measure? Is each weekly poll a simple snapshot of the best teams in the country? Or is it more of a look at who's got the inside track — at that particular point in the season — to advance to the national championship game?

After Alabama's not-so-surprising loss at South Carolina Saturday, it made sense that Ohio State replaced the Tide at No. 1 in both major polls. But are the Buckeyes really better than everyone else in the country? I don't think so.

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 6

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Alabama (5-0, 1)
Last week: Def. then-No. 7 Florida on Saturday, 31-6
This week: at No. 19 South Carolina, Saturday
2. Oregon (5-0, 4)
Last week: Def. then-No. 12 Stanford on Saturday, 52-31
This week: at Washington State, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 5

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Alabama (4-0, 1)
Last week: Def. No. 10 Arkansas on Saturday, 24-20
This week: vs. No. 7 Florida, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 4

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Alabama (3-0, 1)
Last week: Def. Duke on Saturday, 62-13
Next week: at No. 10 Arkansas, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 3

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

This week's OGS poll is out (record, last week's ranking in parentheses):

1. Alabama (2-0, 1)
Last week: Def. then-No. 15 Penn State on Saturday, 24-3
Next week: at Duke, Saturday

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College Football Rankings: OGS Week 2

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Typically you'll be able to find the weekly OGS college football poll every Monday morning, but considering the holiday and the most anticipated game of the first week was being played Monday night, I present this to you on Tuesday morning (with teams' records and last-week's rankings in parentheses):

1. Alabama (1-0, 1)
Last game: Def. San Jose State on Saturday, 48-3
Next game: vs. No. 12 Penn State, Saturday

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