2008 sj.com college football poll -- (1/9) Final Poll, Page 118

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

I did, too

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

1. OU 3
2. Missouri 4
3. Texas 6
4. LSU 7
5. Texas Tech 8
6. BYU 10
7. Alabama 16
8. USF 11
9. Penn State 13
10. USC 1
11. Ohio State 14
12. Auburn 15
13. Utah 18
14. Oregon 20
15. Florida 2
16. Georgia 5
17. Wisconsin 9
18. Kansas 21
19. Vandy 23
20. Boise State 25
21. Virginia Tech NR
22. Oklahoma State NR
23. Fresno State NR
24. Wake Forest 12
25. Tulsa NR

Out: TCU, ECU, Nebraska, Clemson

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

I apologize, budcrew. Been a long weekend.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

My poll:

1. Oklahoma 2
2. Bammy 9
3. Mizzou 5
4. LSU 6
5. Texas 7
6. South Florida 12
7. Penn State 13
8. BYU 11
9. Texas Tech
10. USC 1
11. Georgia 3
12. Florida 4
13. Kansas 16
14. Utah 17
15. Auburn 15
16. Ohio State 14
17. Boise State 19
18. Wisconsin 8
19. Vandy 21
20. UCONN NR
21. Virginia Tech NR
22. Oklahoma State NR
23. Fresno State NR
24. Ball State NR
25. Maryland NR

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

My top five:

LSU
Mizzou
Oklahoma
Texas
Tennessee

Okay, I mean Texas Tech at 5.
So yes, I do have 4 Big 12 schools in my top 5. I know that won't stay that way long, but right now I think they are all pretty decent and am not sure who is going to beat who. Honestly, I hope OU, Texas and Tech all lose their next games, just from a personal standpoint as I'm not a big fan of any of them. Sam with Penn State.
Thought about leapfrogging Bama to 2-3 or so, but really I never have thought Georgia was a legit Top 10 team. So I just moved up the teams naturally instead.
Slots 8-25 were not easy. Who gets in, who drops out? Ultimately, I'll admit to being the one person here having given TCU a vote since preseason, and the hammering the Frogs took by OU dropped them down to 25 for me. But since I really believe OU is that good, it was hard for me to justify dropping them completely out.
Tulsa, Ball State and even Northwestern all got serious considerations from me, although none of them got in.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

Apology accepted, Mr. KYSW.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

No not Duke. Something that ends up in my toilet after a bad night of mexican food doesn't belong in the Top 25.

...


Dookie?

Get it?

Whatever.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

Week 5
Team Pvs.
1. LSU 2
2. Oklahoma 3
3. Missouri 4
4. Texas 6
5. Alabama 12
6. USC 1
7. Penn St. 9
8. Texas Tech 10
9. BYU 11
10. Georgia 7
11. South Florida 13
12. Utah 15
13. Ohio State 17
14. Kansas 21
15. Auburn 22
16. California 20
17. Oregon 25
18. Oklahoma State 19
19. Florida 5
20. Wisconsin 8
21. Uconn NR
22. Northwestern NR
23. Arizona 24
24. TCU 23
25. Vanderbilt NR

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

Mine...
Team Pvs
1. Oklahoma 3
2. Alabama 12
3. LSU 6
4. Missouri 5
5. Penn St. 10
6. Texas 7
7. Auburn 11
8. USC 1
9. BYU 9
10. Florida 2
11. USF 14
12. Georgia 4
13. Texas Tech 13
14. Kansas 15
15. Ohio State 17
16. Utah 18
17. Vanderbilt 20
18. Virginia Tech 24
19. Boise State 22
20. Wisconsin 8
21. Fresno State 21
22. Tulsa NR
23. Oklahoma State NR
24. Oregon NR
25. UConn 25
Fell out: Clemson, Illinois, Wake Forest

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

Here's what Slappy got this week from me ...

1. Oklahoma
2. LSU
3. Missouri
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. South Florida
7. USC
8. Auburn
9. Penn State
10. Florida
11. Georgia
12. Utah
13. BYU
14. Kansas
15. Ohio State
16. Vanderbilt
17. Wisconsin
18. Texas Tech
19. Virginia Tech
20. Boise State
21. Fresno State
22. Oregon
23. Illinois
24. Maryland
25. Wake Forest

Welcome: No. 19 Virginia Tech, No. 24 Maryland
Gone Like The Mets On The Last Day Of The Baseball Season: ex-No. 21 East Carolina, ex-No. 23 Nebraska
Last team out: Northwestern (really!)

Simmering: (no particular order) Tulsa, Oklahoma State, TCU, Air Force, Cincinnati, Ball State, Connecticut, Northwestern, Arizona State, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina, East Carolina, Ole Miss.

"Leapfrogged": (winning teams that leapfrogged other winning teams from the previous week's poll)

-- Penn State leapfrogged Utah and BYU (Utah struggled somewhat to beat Weber State, BYU was idle, and neither has yet proven worthy of the top 10. Good win for PSU over Illinois and its mauling of Oregon State looks better in hindsight)

-- Ohio State leapfrogged Vandy and Texas Tech (FRAUDS!).

-- Virginia Tech leapfrogged all winning schools below them. (Gutty win at Nebraska cancels out early last-minute loss to ECU)

-- Boise State and Fresno State leapfrogged Oregon (market correction, should never have had Oregon over Boise to begin with. Fresno made the jump for an impressive schedule and road win at UCLA)

BYH Memorial Fraud Alert: Texas Tech remains in this hotseat. I am patient. As ever, they don't play anyone worth even half-a-shit until Oct. 11 when Nebraska visits beautiful Lubbock. They'll probably win at home and everyone will go ga-ga for no good reason. Then when they got punked at Kansas two weeks later, everyone will wonder what happened.

In the non-Texas Tech division, having South Florida at No. 6 doesn't sit well for me at all. They've earned it by attrition and that usually spells trouble.

Random Former Football-Playing School: Xavier

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

1. LSU +1
2. Oklahoma +2
3. Texas +3
4. Alabama +15
5. Missouri +2
6. Texas Tech +3
7. USC -6
8. Penn State +2
9. Georgia -6
10. BYU +2
11. Florida -6
12. Auburn -1
13. Ohio State -
14. South Florida -
15. Kansas -
16. Boise State +4
17. Oregon +4
18. Utah +5
19. Virginia Tech +3
20. Wisconsin -12
21. Fresno State +3
22. Vanderbilt +3
23. Wake Forest -7
24. Oklahoma State NR
25. Northwestern NR



Biggest leap: Bama's two road wins were huge
Biggest drop: Wiscy's collapse was ... less than huge
Entering: Okla State, Northwestern
Leaving: East Carolina, Clemson

Dropped Auburn -1 despite a victory, because two of Aubie's wins (vs. Tenn, at MSU) have been very unconvincing.
LSU back at No. 1 for the fourth time in six weeks. (USC had been in top spot for last two weeks.)

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 4 (9/22), Page 44

If I were a pollster, I wouldn't rank Maryland. Need a couple more wins to make up for losing to Middle Tennessee.