Playlist song order doesn't list correctly in iPod, only in iTunes

I have a "Most Played" Smart Playlist that always shows in my iPod in the order that they are most played. Recently I bought two CDs that I imported into iTunes and put into my iPod and have been listening to it non stop ever since. Because of this I have a lot of new songs that rank very high in playcount. When my iPod is hooked up to my computer, iTunes shows the Most Played playlist with the new songs in the right order within the playlist, but when I disconnect the iPod and look in that playlist, the new songs with the high play counts appear all together at the end of the list! This drives me crazy, as I'm kind of a nut when it comes to play counts lol, but I don't know how to fix it. I haven't done anything different with regards to my iPod preferences and controls and don't understand why the song order is not as it appears in iTunes. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
MacBook Pro 15" 1.83GHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 3G 20gb iPod

Any suggestions? Anyone?
MacBook Pro 15" 1.83GHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 3G 20gb iPod

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