The elephant dethrones the tiger, and Red Raider fans are on a slippery slope

It’s not easy being a Texas Tech football fan right now, but we lost to a team that pretty much everybody knew we would. Now we’ve got Oklahoma-lite in our own house. Until then let’s see what all changed in the SBNation FanPulse; the most accurate, fan-based top 25 in the nation:

A new leader! After five weeks of football Clemson finally has been dethroned and all it took was North Carolina giving them the scare of their life last weekend. Beyond that the top 10 had minimal changes outside of one bye-week bust in Texas. We’re gonna have some fun this weekend.

Biggest winners:

• Alabama, for moving into the No. 1 spot we all knew they would be in.
• Cal, for jumping to No, 18 from No. 25 after losing to Arizona State last weekend, 24-17

Biggest losers:

• Texas, dropping two spots after not playing anybody.
• Michigan State, for falling from No. 17 to No. 24 after winning against Indiana, 40-31

Texas Tech fans’ Top 25:

1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Clemson
4. Ohio State
5. Oklahoma
6. LSU
7. Auburn
8. Wisconsin
9. Florida
10. Notre Dame
11. Penn State
12. Texas
13. Oregon
14. Iowa
15. Washington
16. Boise State
17. Cal
18. Utah
19. Virginia
20. Michigan
21. UCF
22. USC
23. Texas A&M
24. Michigan State
25. Kansas State

takeaways:

• Oklahoma State is getting no love after that loss to Texas.
• You guys punished Clemson more for their close win to UNC than the average.

Texas Tech fans’ confidence in the program:

It’s still going down. Will a victory against Oklahoma State in Lubbock right the ship? Were Wells, Patterson, and Yost prepared for the Big 12? Too many questions - not enough answers. For now.