Thank God the bye week is over.

Well, the new rankings are out and in what should be a surprise to no one, PSU was passed up by Texas Tech, who moved into the number 2 spot, behind number 1 Alabama.

The precedent was set when Texas jumped past a couple teams to get to number 1 after beating then number 1 Oklahoma, so Tech passing PSU after beating number 1 Texas is really no shocker. The good news for PSU is that Tech still has games against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, while Alabama still has to play out their schedule against opponents that belong to the greatest conference ever in the history of college football. We think it's unlikely either of them finishes undefeated, but the most important thing is that PSU continues to take care of their own business.

We can look ahead like that because we don't wear the equipment on Saturdays.

Anyway, here is a link to the rankings on the BCS page: Lower Right Corner

If you don't want to go to the BCS site and just want the info now, here's the top 10:

1. Alabama
2. Texas Tech
3. Penn State
4. Texas
5. Florida
6. Oklahoma
7. USC
8. Utah
9. Oklahoma State
10. Boise State

To be honest, we kind of expected all the Big Ten haters to knock PSU down to number 17 after having a bye week in their extra soft schedule.