2009 sj.com College Football Poll -- FINAL POLL PG 25!!!!!

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Final poll -- Jan. 8, 2010

Changes in attitude? Changes in shmatitude
Aug. 13, 2009

By SLAPPY 4428
Poll Boy

Change.

It’s what keeps college football different and more exciting than the NFL. OK, that and 32 bowls. OK, bands. And there’s more than 32 teams that matter as long as you live outside $EC Country.

Oh. And recruiting. Forgot me some recruiting, where coaches look for that blend of talent, potential and character – unless its Michigan, where it's no business like snow business.

True, the usual suspects highlight this poll and any poll. Yes, Florida is on top, and probably will be after an 0-11 season, because gosh darn it, we just can’t get enough of the greatest player on the greatest team in the greatest conference in college football.

And yeah, Texas and Oklahoma are there – but fret not, they won’t be by Halloween; by then, one will beat the other and the winner will lose another game it shouldn’t.

And there’s USC, hiding out at No. 4 in the poll and waiting for the Reggie Bush/O.J. Mayo lack-of-institutional-control shoe to drop.

But look closer. There’s a lot of unfamiliar faces there.

Mississippi hasn’t mattered since the Reconstruction, yet Houston Nutt – who wasn’t good enough for the Piggies – has the Rabble in 11th.

North Carolina, which recently discovered it was a BCS school, decided it would try hard in a third sport after basketball and lacrosse.

Iowa, feeling a little giddy-up in its step after a 9-4 season, decided to guarantee itself a Homecoming win this season and scheduled Michigan.

Notre Dame, which hasn’t won a neutral site bowl game since Bush, the Elder’s, Administration. It has however beaten Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl twice during the Clinton Administration and just this last year beat Hawaii in Honolulu during Bush, the Stupid’s, Administration.

And that brings us to the unholy faux four of party-crashers – TCU, Boise State, BYU and Utah. You know them. Those are the schools who want to play BCS teams during the regular season and beat them. Then play BCS schools during the postseason and beat them more – only for more money and prestige.

You’d like to think that this is the year the little guy gets respect. After all, a 13th place start is the highest for any non-BCS team in this poll.

But sadly, even going 13-0 and beating BCS teams won’t matter in the end. It’s not going to be about winning with style; it’s going to be about the big guys hogging all the pie. You want revenue sharing? Try the NFL.

That’s not going to change.

SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
8/13/2009
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS Last
1. Florida (32) 917 1
2. Texas (3) 852 4
3. Oklahoma 845 5
4. USC (1) 830 3
5. Alabama 702 7
6. Ohio State 695 11
7. Virginia Tech 693 15
8. Penn State 613 8
9. Oklahoma State (1) 585 16
10. LSU 577 NR
11. Mississippi 553 13
12. Oregon 465 10
13. Boise State 425 9
14. Cal 423 25
15. Georgia 419 14
16. Georgia Tech 380 22
17. Texas Christian 317 6
18. Utah 293 2
19. Florida State 217 24
20. Iowa 171 20
21. North Carolina 136 NR
22. BYU 132 NR
23. Nebraska 129 NR
24. Oregon State 105 18
25. Notre Dame 75 NR
Also receiving votes: Texas Tech 67, Kansas 65, West Virginia 56, Michigan State 52, Cincinnati 49, Pittsburgh 41, South Florida 19, Miami (Fla.) 17, Rutgers 17, Tulsa 16, Central Michigan 14, UCLA 11, Troy 10, Missouri 8, Illinois 7, Southern Miss., 6, East Carolina 5, Wisconsin 4, Clemson 3, Kansas State 3, N.C. State 2, Arkansas 1, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, Rice 1.

The SportsJournalists.com college football poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), 2muchcoffeeman, Agate Page, Azom, Bubbler, BYH, Della9250, Diabeetus, Dparker85, Elliotte Friedman, GB-Hack, Hammer Pants, Hank Scorpio, Huggy, Ishouldcoco, Jesus Muscatel, Joe Schmoe, KYsportswriter, Layman, Madhavok, Matt1735, Orville Redenbacher, Oz, Piotr Rasputin, Popedirkbenedict, Precious Roy, Red Smith Clone, Rockbottom, Rumpleforeskin, Runnin Rebel, Spnited, Starman, Stormsurge, Sxysptswrtr, Trooper Bari, WS, Songbird.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Awesome.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Excellent preseason effort there poll boy.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Great job, Slappy. Not one Big East school in the top 25.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Not a coincidence that the Big East has five schools in the next nine -- no one's really sure who's going to win the conference, and it really shows.

And slappy, as usual, nice work. And thanks for doing this again.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Love the Okie State No. 1 vote. Nice.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

I look forward to reading this again this season. And beers on me for everybody casting votes and especially Slappy.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Thanks.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Wait. You're proud of that?

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

What, no protest votes for Boise State or Utah No. 1?

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Solid poll. I can't say I disagree with any of those picks.

 

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Preseason: Aug. 13, 2009

Just noticed something.

We have 37 voters and 37 first place votes.

I thought Slappy was going to use 35 votes for the poll and two voters were alternates in case someone didn't get their poll in on time (just not revealed so no one knew who's poll wasn't used).


Of course, maybe this was determined in past pages that I hadn't read.