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

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

Always enjoy it when people give last-week's rankings. Makes it more edifying. Thanks.

 

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

I hope so too, but in case you dont....
Houston=suck
USC + Penn State <overrated

 

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

Here's the Top 10 of the 25 I sent to slappy.

1. TCU
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Florida
5. Boise State
6. Cincinnati
7. Georgia Tech
8. Pittsburgh
9. Ohio State
10. Stanford

 

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

And... yeah.

Team Pvs
1. Alabama 1
2. Texas 2
3. Florida 3
4. TCU 4
5. Cincinnati 6
6. Boise State 5
7. Georgia Tech 7
8. Pittsburgh 8
9. Ohio State 11
10. LSU 12
11. Oregon 14
12. Oklahoma State 18
13. Iowa 9
14. Penn State 17
15. Virginia Tech 20
16. Wisconsin 22
17. Clemson 25
18. Miami 16
19. Stanford NR
20. BYU 23
21. Utah 10
22. Oregon State 24
23. USC 15
24. Houston 13
25. Rutgers NR

Fell out: Arizona (pvs 19), USF (21).

 

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

sending me a top 10 puts you ahead of last week...

 

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

You got me there. I sent you 25.

 

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

It's in!
A tired state of mind probably isn't exactly the best for doing this. For a few brief moments I had SMU penciled into the 25th spot. Glad I came to my senses and changed it to Louisiana-Monroe instead!

 

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

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.

 

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

I threw a dart for every spot from No. 15 down. I hit Annapolis instead of Philadelphia on the last throw.

1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. TCU
5. Boise State
6. Cincinnati
7. Georgia Tech
8. Pitt
9. LSU
10. Oklahoma State
11. Ohio State
12. Iowa
13. Utah
14. Wisconsin
15. Oregon
16. Penn State
17. Stanford
18. Houston
19. Virginia Tech
20. Clemson
21. Rutgers
22. Oregon State
22. USC
23. North Carolina
24. Boston College
25. Navy

 

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

I have 20 teams tied for 26th.

 

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

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?

 

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

I guess I just don't expect a team to have two cover-your-eyes bad losses at home. Those play a big factor for me. Getting waxed out of your own building by Florida State seems like a worse loss than barely losing to Northwestern. And even if a victory over a Bradford's-healthy-for-a-half Oklahoma is better than one at Penn State, BYU has absolutely nothing else on it's resume to hang it's hat on, and I'd put victories at Penn State and over Arizona as more impressive than any two wins (Oklahoma and whatever the heck else you want) for BYU.
Just playing devil's advocate for the sake of debate...but that's my general take (using BYU and Iowa. I feel like another case could easily be made for other teams being above BYU, too).