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

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: NEW!! Week 10 poll on PAGE 13!

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

OUT: Texas Tech [24], Notre Dame [25]

 

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Sigh, I know my 24 is dumb. Whatever.

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

In: Texas, USC
Out: Texas Tech (24), Notre Dame (25)
Biggest Rise: TIE: Michigan State, Fresno State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State (all +4)
Biggest Fall: Miami, FL (12-25, -13)
Hypothetical 26: Duke

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: WEEK 11 VOTES ARE NEEDED!!!



Bowl season: Frosting on the beater

By I SHOULD COCO
Pocket full of Poises

While most college football fans have their eyes on only one postseason game — the final BCS Big Enchilada Bowl, Jan. 6 in Pasadena — it’s important to remember the other 34 bowl games are coming up, too.

Now, why would anyone get excited about qualifying for, say, the New Mexico Bowl or Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl? With apologies to “the Answer,” here’s the answer: Money and practice.

Practice? We’re talking about practice, man! As in, roughly 15 extra practices between the end of the season and the bowl game.

For many of these teams qualifying for lesser bowl games (I’m looking at you, Iowa Hawkeyes) these practices are more valuable than the bowl payout money, which will be burned through quickly by trips to the game for band members, cheerleaders and administrators’ families.

With that in mind, here’s a BCS conference look at bowl teams and tie-ins. A couple of these leagues look to be a little short of mediocre teams to fill their bowl slots.

“Don’t Call Us the Big East” American Athletic Conference: Six tie-ins (includes 1 berth in BCS bowl game) — Talk about a top-heavy league. Central Florida (4-0), Louisville (4-1), Cincinnati (4-1) and Houston (4-1) will battle it out for the conference title and — maybe — a berth in whatever unlucky BCS bowl gets the league champion. (Fresno State or Northern Illinois could steal the BCS slot). These four teams also could be the only ones to reach the magic number of six wins, although Rutgers (5-3) still has winless UConn on its schedule.

Atlantic Coast Conference: Eight tie-ins (1) — Shouldn’t be any trouble finding eight teams here, especially with Pittsburgh beating Notre Dame on Saturday night for its fifth win. The real question is who among a quartet of two-loss Coastal Division teams will end up facing Florida State in the ACC championship game. That division winner will become very popular in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 7. Speaking of the Buckeyes ...

Big 10 Conference: Eight tie-ins (1) — Unless Northwestern or Indiana has a big upset in them, the Big 10 will come up short on bowl qualifiers yet again. Especially if Wisconsin sneaks into an at-large BCS bowl berth. Minnesota fans, you will not be stuck traveling to Detroit for a bowl game. (But just a friendly reminder ... despite the Gophers’ resurgence this year, WE’VE GOT FLOYD!)

Big 12 Conference: Seven tie-ins (1) — With only 10 teams, it’s pretty ambitious to think you can get seven of them bowl-eligible ... especially when that group includes Kansas and Iowa State. But since those two teams are left on West Virginia’s schedule, it’s possible the Mountaineers (4-6) can qualify for a postseason game. Kansas State (5-4) gets three cracks at a sixth win, including a Nov. 30 game in Lawrence.

Pac-12 Conference: Seven tie-ins (1) — There are already eight bowl-eligible teams here, and two 4-5 squads (Utah and Washington State) with a puncher’s chance. Maybe Coug fans will get to “wave the flag” in Detroit this year if their team can recover from its recent drubbings and scratch out two wins against Arizona, Utah and/or Washington.

Southeastern Conference: Ten tie-ins (1) — First of all, we know that there will be two SEC teams in BCS bowl games ... it’s just a matter of whether or not they’re facing each other in the Big Enchilada Bowl. While highly unlikely this season, you can never rule it out as long as Mike Slive is at the controls of the BCS supercomputers. Anyway, only Arkansas and Kentucky are assured of staying home at this point, although Tennessee could be joining them soon after its matchup with Auburn this weekend. And thanks to Vanderbilt’s first win at Florida since 1945, the Gators are in danger of missing the bowl season. Have fun watching the Seminoles play for a national title, Florida fans!

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And now for the Week 11 poll. The interesting part is Nos. 15-20, where Fresno State sits ahead of Central Florida, and Louisville keeps on winning and keeps on losing ground. The Cardinals are now No. 20.

LSU remains high in the poll, tied at No. 17, while a fellow three-loss SEC team that beat them, Georgia, is at No. 25.

I just count 'em, folks. Here's this week's poll:

SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
WEEK ELEVEN POLL — 11/11/13
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS PREVIOUS
1. Alabama (20) 548 1
2. Florida St. (1) 527 3
3. Ohio St. (1) 494 4
4. Baylor 483 5
5. Stanford 470 6
6. Oregon 428 2
7. Auburn 404 8
8. Clemson 398 7
9. Missouri 371 9
10. Texas A&M 324 13
11. South Carolina 288 14
12. Oklahoma St. 284 15
13. Michigan St. 279 16
14. UCLA 254 17
15. Fresno St. 219 18
16. Central Florida 191 20
17. Louisiana St. 182 11
(tie) Northern Illinois 182 21
19. Wisconsin 176 22
20. Louisville 169 19
21. Oklahoma 144 10
22. Arizona St. 117 24
23. Texas 88 —
24. Miami 48 12
25. Georgia 29 —

Also receiving votes: Minnesota 24, Ole Miss 11, Nebraska 8, Southern Cal 4, Ball St. 3, Buffalo 1, Duke 1, Houston 1.

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

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: COMPUTER WOES ... see Page 13

NOTE FROM THE TABULATOR:

My home computer has apparently given up the ghost (the hard drive isn't "there" anymore, so there's nowhere to re-install the OS).

In other words, the poll might not be tabulated/posted on time this week.

But voters, STILL SEND IN YOUR WEEK 12 BALLOTS and I'll find a way to count them at some point Monday (might be really late, like after my desk shift).

Thanks for understanding.

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: COMPUTER WOES ... see Page 13

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

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: COMPUTER WOES ... see Page 13

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

OUT: Texas [22], Miami FL [24]

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: COMPUTER WOES ... see Page 13

albert77's vote

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

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: COMPUTER WOES ... see Page 13

Update: Just got to work and was grateful to see most of the votes are in. Got about half counted last night, will do the rest after deadline and post a Week 12 poll.

Nobody likes reading those rambling poll stories, anyway ...

Hopefully next week we'll be back to normal; looks like the home computer will be repaired by Wednesday or Thursday.

See y'all later.

 

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No worries, Coco. Keep up the excellent work.

 

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Human calculator

By I SHOULD COCO
Star Crunch fan

It's too late to say anything profound ... 11:59 p.m. PST as I type this. I'll be happy to have my own rig back for next week and not this crappy NeoOffice spreadsheet on my newsroom computer.

Anyway, not much changed this week, other than Stanford slipping down to No. 10. Wisconsin moved up a couple spots, but the Badgers could be tested this weekend at No. 24 Minnesota. Never thought I'd be typing that!

And a shout out to Duke, the basketball school we love to hate. The Blue Devils basically ran over Miami on Saturday to earn a place in our poll for (I'm pretty sure, slappy) the first time ever.

Maybe they'll have a shot to knock off Florida State in the ACC championship game. Lord knows the hapless Idaho Vandals don't this weekend.

OK, enough rambling. Here's this week's poll. Thanks for voting, keep on rockin' in the free world ...

SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
WEEK TWELVE POLL — 11/18/13
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS PREVIOUS
1. Alabama (19) 571 1
2. Florida St. (3) 551 2
3. Ohio St. (1) 519 3
4. Baylor 517 4
5. Oregon 465 6
6. Auburn 450 7
7. Clemson 432 8
8. Missouri 407 9
9. Texas A&M 342 10
10. Stanford 336 5
11. Oklahoma St. 335 12
12. South Carolina 321 11
13. Michigan St. 311 13
14. UCLA 265 14
15. Fresno St. 226 15
16. Wisconsin 199 19
17. Northern Illinois 196 17t
18. Louisville 191 20
19. Central Florida 188 16
20. Louisiana St. 181 17t
21. Oklahoma 151 21
22. Arizona St. 145 22
23. Southern Cal 55 —
24. Minnesota 44 —
25. Duke 39 —

Also receiving votes: Ole Miss 31, Notre Dame 2, Texas 2, Ball St. 1, East Carolina 1, Georgia 1.

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

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: UPDATED ... Week 12 posted!!! (Page 13)

Rk Team (Rec) Last
1. Alabama (11-0) 1
2. FSU (11-0) 2
3. Ohio State (11-0) 4
4. Missouri (10-1) 8
5. Auburn (10-1) 5
6. Clemson (10-1) 7
7. Michigan State (10-1) 12
8. Oklahoma State (10-1) 18
9. South Carolina (8-2) 10
10. Baylor (9-1) 3
11. Stanford (9-2) 11
12. Oregon (9-2) 6
13. Arizona State (9-2) 19
14. Wisconsin (9-2) 20
15. UCF (9-1) 14
16. Louisville (10-1) 15
17. Fresno State (10-0) 16
18. Northern Illinois (11-0) 17
19. LSU (8-3) 22
20. Texas A&M (8-3) 9
21. Oklahoma (9-2) 24
22. UCLA (8-3) 13
23. USC (8-3) 23
24. Duke (9-2) 25
25. Notre Dame (8-3) NR

 

Re: 2013 SJ College Football Poll: STILL NEED WEEK 13 VOTES!!!

Nice to be back on my own rig this week (complete with new hard drive. Back up your photos and important documents, folks).

Anyway, still quite a few missing ballots. If that's you, please PM me within the next hour or two.

We'll try to get back on schedule and have everything posted by 12-12:30 PST this week.