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

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Week 10 (11/4) Page 76

First, nice breakdown, slappy. The moment I read, "The Nittany Lions finish unbeaten, but as we learned from Auburn in 2004, that doesn’t mean a thing," I was thinking more about Penn State's five unbeaten seasons that didn't end with a national championship. Though the Auburn comparison certainly makes sense with respect to the BCS.

Two things stood out to me. First, that Alabama had six more first-place votes than anyone else but came in second, meaning some people might have had them out of the top three. Second, that USC got a first-place vote with so many other good options floors me.

 

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Six points from first to third, four and five separated by eight...
And if someone had voted when he was on this morning, we could have had a tie for first.

 

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You know, I was so focused on the first-place votes, I didn't notice the total points. Wow.

 

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Who gave USC a No. 1 vote?
And why?

 

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Has there ever been a first-place tie in the SportsJournalists.com poll?

 

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USC is good, I'll give them that. But ranking them ahead of the undefeateds in Penn State, Bama and Texas Tech? Why?

 

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No.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 9 10/27, Pg. 68

Yet Boise State is in your top 10?

The WAC is atrocious every year, but that doesn't stop people from ranking the Broncos high.

 

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I love how close it is

 

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That really is a remarkable top three.

I didn't think it'd be possible for a team to be first when it had six fewer no. 1 votes than no. 2. Awesome.

 

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Previous spot in paranthesis:
1. Penn State (2); 2. Texas Tech (4); 3. Alabama (3); 4. Texas (1); 5. Florida ( 8 )

Penn State creeps up to No. 1 this week by virtue of Texas losing. And even though the Red Raiders beat my former No. 1 team, I just couldn't find it in me to put them at No. 1. Florida is back in the top 5 after dismantling Georgia, and the Gators would have leapfrogged Texas had the Horns not made that a game in the second half.

6. Oklahoma (6); 7. Oklahoma State (7); 8. USC (9); 9. Boise State (11); 10. Utah (10)

Boise State and Utah move in because of losses by other teams. That's pretty much it.

11. Georgia (5); 12. BYU (12); 13. Ohio State (14); 14. Ball State (15);
15. TCU (16)

Biggest movement was Georgia falling six spots.

16. North Carolina (17); 17. Missouri (18); 18. LSU (19); 19. Michigan State (UNR); 20. West Virginia (23)

Michigan State and West By God move up. Somehow I left Sparty out of my poll last week after (I think) having them in the week before. Many apologies to Sparty ...

21. Cincinnati (UNR); 22. Kansas (UNR); 23. Tulsa (13); 24. California (UNR); 25. Georgia Tech (UNR)

Toughest section to fill out. I had Florida State, Virginia, West By God, Minnesota and Oregon in those spots last week. Four of the five lost, and I dropped them accordingly (sorry, Zeke, but your Gophers just don't cut it for me). It seems the last five in changes each week for me.

 

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Someone want to volunteer to host the pdf file of the whole ballot someplace and I'll send it to link to...