Blog Poll v6.1 - Week 5
by GopherNation on Sep 29, 2008 2:23 PM CDT
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PrintThe last couple polls were pretty easy to compile, at least 1-20 were pretty easy. Then all hell broke loose on Thursday, which carried over into Saturday.
To start with was going to jab a frequent commenter who had issues with my ranking of Oklahoma at number one last week.
I can’t take any poll seriously when you don’t even have the number one ranked team right. USC is head and shoulders above the field, there is no Vince Young to save the day. Too many athletes, USC will cruise to the National Title.
I was going to ask him what he thinks of my poll now, but Narby was mature enough to recognize that I am a brilliant pollster and he should never have questioned me. :)
Let me apologize for my earlier remark. Wow, was I wrong and I love it.
I'm just kidding around with Narby, as I encourage and welcome comments. This is what makes college football so much fun. There are a myriad of opinions and the games are always just crazy enough to avoid any sort of consensus. I love it too, Narby. Without further gloating, please check out my poll below!
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | -- |
| 2 | Alabama |  7 |
| 3 | Missouri | 1 |
| 4 | LSU | 2 |
| 5 | Penn State | 8 |
| 6 | Texas | 2 |
| 7 | Southern Cal |  5 |
| 8 | South Florida | 1 |
| 9 | Georgia | 6 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 11 | Florida | 6 |
| 12 | Brigham Young | -- |
| 13 | Texas Tech | 1 |
| 14 | Kansas | 3 |
| 15 | Utah | 3 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 6 |
| 17 | Boise State | 4 |
| 18 | Auburn | 2 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 5 |
| 20 | Wake Forest | 5 |
| 21 | Oregon | 4 |
| 22 | California | -- |
| 23 | Connecticut | 3 |
| 24 | Northwestern | 2 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | 1 |
Please give me your thoughts as I have until Tuesday night to amend my poll.
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Wisconsin looks too high for a team that hasn’t beaten anyone and lost to a team that was 1-2.
by LittleBobbyHillis on Sep 29, 2008 4:27 PM CDT reply actions
Fresno is pretty good
went on the road and won. Then lost in a weird game at the Big House. I don’t think that is a terrible loss. It’s bad enough to keep them out of BCS talk, but not a terrible loss.
And really who should be ahead of them? Auburn? They have 1 loss and their best win was Tennessee at home. I’m convinced that they would still beat anybody behind them. And they are probably better than Utah too.
what you say here can, and will, be used against you
Do you use the "beat anybody behind them" criteria for everyone?
If you do, then I’d move South Florida down to #11. I don’t see them beating Georgia, OSU, or Florida.
I think all B10, ACC and Big East teams are too high.
That’s all.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
South Florida
I would probably agree, but I have to use a balance of who would they beat and what have they accomplished. SFlorida beat Kansas and is undefeated. OSU was killed by USC who lost to a below average OSU (Beavers). Georgia could make the case for being higher but they lost a home game, albeit to a very good team. Dizzying logic, I know.
And I don’t get too caught up in Conference rankings. I know the Big 12 and SEC are the best but I that doesn’t mean their best 6 or 7 are better than any B10, BE or ACC team. OK maybe not the ACC, they are all pretty bad.
what you say here can, and will, be used against you
USC at #7?
Um … no. Given what has happened on the field (and not some nebulous “who would win if they played” hypothetical that can never be definitively answered), I don’t think there’s any excuse for putting them ahead of South Florida or Georgia (who at least lost to a really good team, not a team that has lost by 30+ on multiple occasions), and I think there’s a pretty strong case for BYU ahead of them as well.
agreed that Oregon State is bad, but I’m not overreacting to road conference losses. USC maybe lost to a bad team, but they also beat a better team than S Florida or Georgia.
what you say here can, and will, be used against you
Are you sure?
Kansas isn’t exactly a pushover (they haven’t played anyone besides USF, but they’ve also smoked the nobodies they played). Neither is Arizona State (although the loss to UNLV is kind of ugly). Ohio State minus Beanie probably isn’t much better than either of them, and Virginia probably isn’t any better than CMU or NC State (honestly, they might not be any better than Georgia Southern or Tennessee-Martin).
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