STILL HANGIN IN THERE

It is 6:36, everybody's asleep, and it is 54!! degrees in Palm Harbor Florida and 37 degrees in Huntington, Indiana. That's only a difference of 17 degrees.

Oct. 18, 2009
Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1.	Florida (49)	6-0	1,464	1
2.	Alabama (9)	7-0	1,398	3
3.	Texas (1)	6-0	1,386	2
4.	Southern California	5-1	1,237	5
5.	Boise State	6-0	1,153	6
6.	Cincinnati	6-0	1,104	9
7.	TCU	6-0	1,069	8
8.	Iowa	7-0	1,037	12
9.	Miami (Fla.)	5-1	998	11
10.	LSU	5-1	995	10
11.	Penn State	6-1	894	13
12.	Oklahoma State	5-1	795	14
13.	Georgia Tech	6-1	779	20
14.	Oregon	5-1	769	16
15.	Virginia Tech	5-2	672	4
16.	Brigham Young	6-1	577	19
17.	Ohio State	5-2	481	7
18.	Houston	5-1	421	23
19.	Pittsburgh	6-1	328	NR
20.	Utah	5-1	300	NR
21.	Kansas	5-1	222	15
22.	West Virginia	5-1	188	NR
23.	South Carolina	5-2	142	22
24.	Texas Tech	5-2	132	NR
25.	Mississippi	4-2	114	NR
Dropped out
No. 17 Nebraska (4-2, lost to then-unranked Texas Tech 31-10), No. 18 Oklahoma (3-3, lost to then-No. 2 Texas 16-13), No. 21 South Florida (5-1, lost to then-No. 9 Cincinnati 34-17), No. 24 Missouri (4-2, lost to then-No. 14 Oklahoma State 33-17), No. 25 Notre Dame (4-2, lost to then-No. 5 Southern California 34-27).
Others receiving votes
Oklahoma (3-3) 113; South Florida (5-1) 104; Nebraska (4-2) 84; Central Michigan (6-1) 34; Notre Dame (4-2) 31; Boston College (5-2) 26; Wisconsin (5-2) 26; Arkansas (3-3) 19; Michigan (5-2) 13; Georgia (4-3) 12; Missouri (4-2) 11; Oregon State (4-2) 10; Auburn (5-2) 8; Idaho (6-1) 8; Arizona (4-2) 7; California (4-2) 7; Michigan State (4-3) 5; North Carolina (4-2) 1; Rutgers (4-2) 1.

IN THE NEWS:

Only three months ago, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, declared by Barack Obama to be his favorite Republican, maintained a 30 point lead over Marco Rubio.

The Chamber of Commerce this weekend released a new poll this weekend that has lots of people buzzing in Florida. Only days after Crist's top supporters began to buzz that Crist might drop out of the race, the Chamber of Commerce shows, "Among likely Republican voters, 44 percent back Crist for the Senate and 30 percent would vote for Marco Rubio."

GO GATORS!