College football fans: Here's my Sept. 28 ballot, turned in apparently way too early. A confession: I have Penn State way too low, and people from Nittany Lion community are sending some frustrated, but still very polite, e-mails saying how I've gotten it wrong. I agree to a point. I have them 17th -- I was traveling yesterday, and had to be up at 7 a.m. to catch a flight. Whoops ... somehow Penn State slipped through the cracks on my normally trusty system. Figure I'd put PSU ninth and have everyone below bumped a spot. I'll try my best to not get it wrong like that again. That being said, there sure was a lot of shake-up in the polls over the weekend. Kind of hard to get so upset about any rankings when everything is in such flux.

• Jason Franchuk can be contacted at jfranchuk@heraldextra.com

1. Alabama: Jumped seven spots in my ballot after dominating win at then-No. 3 Georgia

2. Oklahoma

3. Missouri

4. LSU

5. Texas

6. BYU: Interesting 3-spot jump coming off a bye. Top-10 chaos had me confused about how to treat Cougs.

7. Texas Tech

8. Georgia: Still good, but looked so flat in first half vs. Bama.

9. USC: Dropped 8 spots after loss at Oregon State. Horrible first half.

10. Ohio State

11. Utah: Still have to play Oregon State. That game looks appealing/difficult now.

12. South Florida

13. Auburn: Zero offense, terrific D.

14. Kansas

15. Wisconsin

16. Florida: Yikes ... Ole Miss?

17. Penn State: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I love you, Joe Paterno!

18. Boise State

19. Fresno State

20. Oregon

21. Wake Forest

22. TCU: Decided to not budge after expected loss at Oklahoma.

23. Vanderbilt

24. Virginia Tech: Nice win at Nebraska

25. Oklahoma State: I'm a man, I'll give them a vote ... They're 25!