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

Mystery Meat II · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- 11/9/09 Page 19

Oz said:

Here's my thinking -- Oklahoma, while not a great win now, actually meant something months ago with Bradford in the lineup, before mounting injuries took a toll on the Sooners. And to do it on a "neutral" field in Dallas, on the Sooners' turf to open Jerryworld, meant something. That win, to me, still compares favorably to the best Oklahoma State (Georgia), Iowa (Penn State), Penn State (Temple), Virginia Tech (Miami), Clemson (Miami) -- teams I have ranked below BYU -- have faced this season.

And say what you will about the BYU loss, but there are few teams without a baffling one this deep into the season. How did Pitt lose to N.C. State? Oklahoma State at home to Houston? Iowa at home to Northwestern? Clemson to Maryland?

So BYU has one good win (Oklahoma), one bad loss (5-5 Florida State) and another loss we saw coming (TCU). My guess is we can say that about most of the teams we rank between 12 and 25.
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A 31-point home loss to anyone is not a loss we should see coming for a team you believe should be ranked 13th. When highly-ranked teams lose big, they fall big, even if it's at the No. 1 team. The Oklahoma win is good, but not as good as we thought it'd be. Most of their other wins are fine, though only beating sorry-ass New Mexico by 5 would not reflect well on a BCS conference team in the top 15.

I don't see these guys as top 15. Maybe a win over Utah at the end would convince me, but not based on the resume put forth.

slappy4428 · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- 11/9/09 Page 19

Due to circumstances beyond my control, the poll will be running late this week -- like early evening.

Those who are friends of Ms. Slappy on Facebook are encouraged to chide her for forgetting to bring her cell phone at work today.

Any inference between the two events and their relation to each other are yours not mine publicly, anyway

outofplace · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- important announcement, page 21

Songbird said:

Only 4 teams in this week's Top 10 have played (at-the-time) ranked teams in back-to-back weeks:

No. 1 Alabama -- No. 20 Ole Miss (won 22-3) and No. 22 South Carolina (won 20-6). The Tide are easily the No. 1 team in the country. They've also beaten No. 7 Virginia Tech (34-24) and No. 9 LSU (24-15). That's 4-0 against ranked teams, allowing only an average of 12 points.

No. 7 Georgia Tech -- No. 20 Miami (lost 33-17), No. 22 North Carolina (won 24-7).

No. 9 Ohio State -- No. 11 Penn State (won 24-7) and No. 15 Iowa (won 27-24 in overtime)

No. 10 LSU -- No. 18 Georgia (won 20-13), No. 1 Florida (lost 13-3).

No. 11 Oregon played ranked teams back-to-back and won both over No. 18 Utah (31-24) and No. 6 Cal (42-3). The Ducks also smashed No. 4 USC (47-20).

Kentucky has played the No. 1 and No. 3 teams back-to-back (Florida and Alabama) and lost both by a combined 79-27.

Tennessee has played the No. 1 team twice (Alabama, Florida) and lost by a combined 25-13. The Vols also beat No. 21 South Carolina 31-13.

USC has played 5 ranked teams, winning back-to-back against No. 24 Cal (30-3) and No. 25 Notre Dame (34-27). The Trojans opened with a win at No. 8 Ohio State (18-15). But in the last 2 weeks they've been Boots'd by No. 10 Oregon (47-20) and No. 25 Stanford (55-21). USC has been in the top 25 for 128 consecutive polls but not this low (22) since being ranked No. 13 in 2002.

Oklahoma played back-to-back ranked teams, losing to Texas (16-13) and then winning at Kansas (35-13). The Sooners also lost to No. 20 BYU 14-13 in the opener.

No. 2 Florida? The defending champion with its entire starting defense back and a Heisman QB? The Gators have played one ranked team, slogging past LSU 13-3.

No. 3 Texas has played 2 ranked teams, beating the Oklahomas by a combined 57-16.

No. 4 TCU has played one ranked team, whupping BYU.

No. 5 Cincy has played one ranked team, whipping No. 21 South Florida, which is 2-2 against ranked teams this season.

No. 6 Boise opened with a 19-8 win over No. 16 Oregon but hasn't played a ranked team since.

No. 8 Pitt hasn't played a ranked team yet.

All of that said ...

The most impressive feat this season is by a team that remains out of the top 10: No. 14 Stanford, which just completed back-to-back wins against No. 7 Oregon (51-42) and No. 11 USC (55-21).

Where is the love for the Cardinal?
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I'm confused. You mention Cincy's only victory over a ranked team as coming against South Florida, then have Pitt not playing a ranked team yet. Was South Florida not ranked when it lost to Pitt?

Precious Roy · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- important announcement, page 21

Thought it was going to be a nuking of the poll, what a relief that it's just running late.

slappy4428 · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- important announcement, page 21

No... but I wouldn't expect a story tonight... just the poll for the firsttime in 3 years...

Songbird · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- important announcement, page 21

oop, according to yahoo, south florida wasn't ranked at the time. yahoo puts where the teams were ranked when they played; nice littlle feature.

joe_schmoe · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- important announcement, page 21

the poll's no fun without the story. I'll wait for the story.

KYSportsWriter · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- important announcement, page 21

Songbird said:

oop, according to yahoo, south florida wasn't ranked at the time. yahoo puts where the teams were ranked when they played; nice littlle feature.
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South Florida was ranked No. 21 at the time, according to the schedule on ESPN.

slappy4428 · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- important announcement, page 21

joe_schmoe said:

the poll's no fun without the story. I'll wait for the story.
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That might come tomorrow... am tabulating the results after a ballbuster of a day...

slappy4428 · Nov 16, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Nov. 16, 2009 -- Page 21

Dear Pollsters,
I owe you one story cause I got busy today.
Signed
Slappy.

SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
11/16/2009
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS Last
1. Florida (16) 794 1
2. Texas (7) 783 2
3. Alabama (8 ) 780 3
4. TCU (2) 727 4
5. Cincinnati 683 5
6. Boise State 677 6
7. Georgia Tech 619 7
8. Pitt 554 8
9. LSU 545 10
10. Ohio State 543 9
11. Oregon 497 16
12. Oklahoma St. 426 17
13. Stanford 350 NR
14. Penn State 344 19
15. Iowa 328 15
16. Wisconsin 280 22
17. Virginia Tech 274 20
18. Utah 218 11
19. Clemson 207 25
20. Brigham Young 186 21
21. Miami (Fla.) 164 12
22. Oregon St. 156 NR
23. USC 134 14
24. Houston 98 13
T25. Rutgers 65 NR
T25. N. Carolina 65 NR

Also receiving votes: Navy 56, Arizona 37, Mississippi 33, Nebraska 33, Temple 19, Central Michigan 14, Auburn 12, West Virginia 11, Cal 5, S. Florida 4, Boston College 3, Troy 2.

The SportsJournalists.com college football poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), 2muchcoffeeman, Agate Page, Azom, Bubbler BYH, Della9250, 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, Rumpleforeskin, spnited, Starman, Stormsurge, Sxysptswrtr,Trooper Bari, WS, Songbird.

outofplace · Nov 17, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Page 21, 11/16/09

KYSportsWriter said:

Songbird said:

oop, according to yahoo, south florida wasn't ranked at the time. yahoo puts where the teams were ranked when they played; nice littlle feature.
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South Florida was ranked No. 21 at the time, according to the schedule on ESPN.
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I thought they were ranked at the time, too. I don't think they dropped completely out until after the loss to Rutgers.

I Should Coco · Nov 17, 2009

Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- Page 21, 11/16/09

Interesting note about the top 10 in our poll:

LSU struggled to beat a lower-division WAC team at home, and moved up from No. 10 to No. 9.

Ohio State beat the team it was tied with for the Big 10 lead to claim a Rose Bowl berth, and the Buckeyes fall from No. 9 to No. 10.

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