the Ducks may not have played anyone significant other than Cal and Stanford yet, but the rest of their schedule is killer. The PAC-10 never gets any fucking respect but Oregon still has to face USC, ASU, Arizona, and UCLA. Fucking tough schedule, regardless of the upsets those teams have been involved in.
USF without a doubt in my mind the best team in the nation. The Big East is INCREDIBLY competitive this year, and the only reason they're going to be a #3 rank after this weekend is because they're not a prestige school like BC and OSU. Like was mentioned before, WVU is an amazing team with a bunch of guys that are going to do really well in the pros, Ray Rice from Rutgers is easily a #1 running back his rookie year in the NFL, so if USF can stop him that's mad props. As for anyone thinking the Big East is shit, UConn beat Akron 44-10, OSU beat them 20-2. That's fucking silly.
No way in hell OSU deserves to be #1 this year. However, I do like that we're not in the spotlight, when teams fly under the radar it can mean good things in a bowl game.