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

Boom_70 · Sep 24, 2009

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slappy4428 said:

2009 Poll Archive
Week 1 -- Sept. 9, 2009
Week 2 -- Sept. 14, 2009
Week 3 -- Sept. 21, 2009
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.
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Hey Slappy - why no D3 Poll ?

slappy4428 · Sep 24, 2009

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Because polls don't mean much in a class that actually settles its winner on the field through a series of playoff games.

slappy4428 · Sep 25, 2009

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Will Mississippi slide a little or freefall...

Oz · Sep 25, 2009

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My guess, without seeing what happens Saturday, freefall.

Bubbler · Sep 25, 2009

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Freefall.

slappy4428 · Sep 25, 2009

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Snead looked like shit against Memphis... proved it tonight in a game that counts in the greatest conference in the world.

KYSportsWriter · Sep 25, 2009

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Two things:
-- Why has Boom been asking about D3 stuff lately?
-- How far do you drop the Rebs at this point? Ten spots?

Songbird · Sep 25, 2009

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i'll drop the rebs at least 15 spots, maybe a few less.

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Sep 25, 2009

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I have never understood how Ole Miss was getting so much love to warrant a top 5 ranking?
The SportsJournalists.com poll has them 11th this week. What were they preseason?
I imagine they will be unranked in my poll come Monday, depending on what else transpires this weekend.

Boom_70 · Sep 25, 2009

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A lot of it was how they looked against Texas Tech in Cotton Bowl . What was not considered was that they lost a few of their dominate O line which allowed them to control the ball.

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Sep 25, 2009

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Boom_70 said:

A lot of it was how they looked against Texas Tech in Cotton Bowl . What was not considered was that they lost a few of their dominate O line which allowed them to control the ball.
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Watching last night, I thought they had some damn big O-lineman.

Even by SEC standards (do I need blue font here?)

WS · Sep 25, 2009

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Ole Miss beat Florida at their place, waxed LSU and beat Texas Tech pretty handily last year and returned the QB and plenty of top skill players and top DE Greg Hardy

So there's talent. On talent, they probably are a top 10-15 team. But they have Houston Nutt as their coach. What'll happen now is they'll beat either Alabama or LSU (or both) but lose to either Arkansas or Auburn (or both)

I'll probably put them about 18. South Carolina had a lot to do with them looking bad, but put this loss on Nutt. He's never handled the high expectations

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