2013 SJ College Football Poll: FINAL POLL POSTED!!!

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1. Alabama (1)
2. Oregon (2)
3. Florida State (3)
4. Ohio State (5)
5. Baylor (11)
6. Missouri (13)
7. Miami (10)
8. Texas Tech (12)
9. Auburn (17)
10. Stanford (15)
11. Clemson (3)
12. UCLA (8)
13. Texas A&M (6)
14. UCF (NR)
15. LSU (9)
16. Louisville (7)
17. Fresno State (19)
18. Virginia Tech (18)
19. Northern Illinois (20)
20. Nebraska (21)
21. Oklahoma (22)
22. Michigan State (NR)
23. South Carolina (14)
24. Arizona State (NR)
25. Wisconsin (25)

26. Notre Dame
27. Oklahoma State

 

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WEEK 8
1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Oregon Ducks
3. Florida State Seminoles
4. Ohio State Buckeyes
5. Missouri Tigers
6. Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes
7. Baylor Bears
8. Texas Tech Red Raiders
9. Auburn Tigers
10. Stanford Cardinal
11. Louisiana State Tigers
12. Clemson Tigers
13. Virginia Tech Hokies
14. California-Los Angeles Bruins
15. Oklahoma Sooners
16. Nebraska Cornhuskers
17. Texas A&M Aggies
18. Wisconsin Badgers
19. Oklahoma State Cowboys
20. Michigan Wolverines
21. Fresno State Bulldogs
22. South Carolina Gamecocks
23. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
24. Arizona State Sun Devils
25. Central Florida Knights

 

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Week 8
1. Alabama (7-0)
2. Oregon (7-0)
3. Florida State (6-0)
4. Ohio State (7-0)
5. Baylor (6-0)
6. Stanford (6-1)
7. Miami (6-0)
8. Missouri (7-0)
9. Clemson (6-1)
10. Louisville (6-1)
11. LSU (6-2)
12. Oklahoma State (5-1)
13. Texas A&M (5-2)
14. South Carolina (5-2)
15. Oklahoma (6-1)
16. UCLA (5-1)
17. Texas Tech (7-0)
18. Auburn (6-1)
19. Fresno State (6-0)
20. Northern Illinois (7-0)
21. Wisconsin (5-2)
22. Nebraska (5-1)
23. Virginia Tech (6-1)
24. Michigan (6-1)
25. Oregon State (6-1)

 

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Okay, Florida State, I'm buying in. Don't make me feel like a jackass.

1] Alabama (1)
2] Florida State (4)
3] Oregon (2)
4] Ohio State (5)
5] Missouri (13)
6] Baylor (9)
7] Miami, FL [8]
8] Clemson (3)
9] Stanford (14)
10] Texas Tech (15)
11] UCLA (10)
12] Auburn (22)
13] Texas A&M (6)
14] LSU (7)
15] Fresno State (16)
16] Wisconsin (19)
17] Nebraska (18)
18] Northern Illinois (NR)
19] UCF (NR)
20] Oklahoma (20)
21] Louisville (12)
22] Virginia Tech (23)
23] South Carolina (11)
24] Oklahoma State (25)
25] Michigan State (NR)

In: Northern Illinois, UCF, Michigan State
Out: Washington, Florida, Georgia
Biggest Rise: Auburn (22-12, +10)
Biggest Fall: South Carolina (11-23, -12)
Hypothetical 26: Arizona State

 

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Thru the eyes of ruby

By I SHOULD COCO
D’arcy fan club

Most people reading this remember 1995 pretty well.

NBC dominated the TV ratings, led by “Seinfeld,” “Friends” and the rest of its Thursday night lineup. The Smashing Pumpkins ruled the radio and concert circuit behind Billy Corgan’s ego and his double-CD opus, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.” And deep in the heart of Texas, Kilff Kingsbury was the spittin’ image of the “Dazed and Confused” hero Randall “Pink” Floyd, a prep phenom zinging footballs across the plains.

Kingsbury didn’t know it yet, but two other events of great significance to his current job occurred in 1995: the births of Baker Mayfield and Davis Webb.

In 2013, these two freshman QBs — one a relatively unheralded walk-on — have led Kingsbury’s Texas Tech Red Raiders to an unbeaten record and a statement-making opportunity at Oklahoma this weekend.

But let’s back up a bit and consider what an amazing story the Red Raiders have been in 2013.

It starts with Kingsbury, who set all kinds of passing records himself at Texas Tech under pass-happy coaches Spike Dykes and Mike Leach. After injuries derailed his NFL opportunities, he bounced around in Europe and Canada before beginning his coaching career at age 29 at University of Houston.

After a handful of seasons tutoring gunslingers Case Keenum and Johnny Mazniel, the brass in Lubbock took a chance and named Kingsbury the Red Raiders’ head coach at 33. He’s still unbeaten as a head coach, despite injuries forcing him to install walk-on freshman Mayfield as his opening-game starter.

Since then, Mayfield injured his knee and fellow freshman Webb has stepped in, leading Texas Tech to arguably its best victory of the season, a 37-27 win at West Virginia on Saturday.

There’s no doubt that the “air raid” ways of past Red Raiders teams continue under Kingsbury. Texas Tech’s 416 yards per game is second in the nation, with BOTH freshman quarterbacks throwing for more than 1,400 yards already this season. A quartet of receivers (Jace Amaro, Bradley Marquez, Eric Ward and Jakeem Grant) are the beneficiaries of all these passes; all four have 30 or more catches with an average of 12 yards or better per reception.

As winless teams drop like frost-ravaged sunflowers, the spotlight on the Red Raiders keeps getting bigger. Especially the next two weekends, as Texas Tech faces the Big 12’s preseason favorites, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Win those, and a BCS bowl berth showdown with Baylor looms in Lubbock on Nov. 16.

The Red Raiders fall below fellow “surprise” unbeatens like Missouri, Miami and Baylor in large part because they “haven’t played anybody” yet. They’ll get that chance in upcoming weeks, and we’ll see if young coach Kingsbury and his even younger offensive stars can rise to the occasion.

SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
WEEK EIGHT POLL — 10/21/13
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS PREVIOUS
1. Alabama (21) 643 1
2. Oregon (3) 617 2
3. Florida St. (1) 603 5
4. Ohio St. (1) 577 3
5. Missouri 521 13
6. Baylor 508 11t
7. Miami 501 10
8. Stanford 450 14
9. Clemson 412 4
10. Texas Tech 395 15
11. Auburn 372 25
12. UCLA 351 9
13. Louisiana St. 314 6
14. Oklahoma 276 17
15. Texas A&M 262 7
16. Fresno St. 224 18
17. Virginia Tech 194 20t
18. Louisville 186 8
19. Oklahoma St. 169 20t
20. South Carolina 166 11t
21. Northern Illinois 146 24
22. Central Florida 137 —
23. Nebraska 103 23
24. Wisconsin 102 —
25. Michigan 76 —

Also receiving votes: Michigan St. 59, Oregon St. 27, Notre Dame 19, Arizona St. 18, Georgia 17, Ole Miss 3, Florida 1, Maryland 1.

The SportsJournalists.com college football poll committee: I Should Coco (tabulator), Oz, Versatile, Della9250, Huggy, Mile High, KYSportswriter, dparker85, McNuggets Man, Rumpleforeskin, Songbird, Layman, albert77, Mizzougrad96, Starman, Suicide Squeezer, the_lorax, Inky_Wretch, Tommy Dreamer, slappy4428, Donnie, in his element, Dragon Steamboat, dragonzo3, TheWritingWaffle, ScottWColeman, Madhavok. Not voting: three_bags_full, SportsHack1818.

 

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1. Alabama (1)
2. Florida State (5)
3. Oregon (2)
4. Ohio State (4)
5. Missouri (13)
6. Baylor (12)
7. Miami (10)
8. Stanford (14)
9. Texas Tech (17)
10. Auburn (23)
11. Clemson (3)
12. Fresno State (18)
13. UCLA (9)
14. LSU (8 )
15. Texas A&M (7)
16. Oklahoma (19)
17. Oklahoma State (20)
18. Central Florida (UNR)
19. Louisville (6)
20. South Carolina (11)
21. Northern Illinois (21)
22. Virginia Tech (22)
23. Wisconsin (24)
24. Nebraska (UNR)
25. Michigan (UNR)

Biggest mover: Auburn, up 13 spots.
Biggest loser: Louisville, down 13 spots.

OUT: Georgia (16), Washington (24), Florida (25).

 

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I'm not a voting member, but:

1. Alabama

























Done.

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: NEW POLL (Week 8) posted on PAGE 12!

So Alabama would be playing with itself every week?

 

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Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: NEW POLL (Week 8) posted on PAGE 12!

Everyone plays with themselves at least once a week. Right?


Right?


Guys?

 

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Only on Saturdays in front of 80,000 in houndstooth yelling "Roll Tide!"

 

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It's the kind of fear Nick Saban likes.