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2008 Preseason and Regular season Polls

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LitlBuck;1290481; said:
I guess I just don't understand why you are so down on USC. I will admit that the only USC game that I have watched was the Ohio State game but I think they have a very good offensive and defensive line. Some of their guys have been hurt during the season but when they are at full strength they are very solid team.
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I watched the Oregon State-USC game. They lost to an average team that's been defeated by Stanford and Utah, and blown out by Penn State. In my view, USC should be behind teams that have played a tough schedule and only have 1 loss to a highly ranked team - like Georgia and Oklahoma. I think it can be argued either way right now between USC and Florida, LSU, and Missouri (I've got them behind Florida, but ahead of the other two). But over the rest of the season, USC won't have to beat anybody in the top 15 besides tOSU (if the Buckeyes stay there), and if any of those teams win their conference and only have 1 loss; they'll have a much better resume over the course of the season than USC.

It's not USC's fault, their non-conference schedule of at Virginia, tOSU, and Ntre Ame shows they weren't trying to schedule patsies. But Virginia is pretty bad, and Ntre Ame isn't ranked, although they could be if they beat both BC and Pitt. But the Pac 10 is really down this year. Oregon losing at home to Boise State hurt, and the conference having a record of 1-6 (last time I checked) against the Mountain West is pretty damning.
 
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Dryden;1290572; said:
I think that should be considered part of the equation when sorting the one loss teams at the end. USC was without Shareece Wright, lost Taylor Mays and Maualuga during the course of the game, and were on the road, at night, losing by only six. On top of all that, Sanchez certainly hasn't been 100% this season with the knee, but for that game I thought he was clearly less than whatever percentage he was the game before versus the Bucks.

If those two teams played again, and both are healthy, would anyone take the Beavers? I certainly wouldn't. If you lined up USC versus every other one-loss team in the country, healthy, I think SC would probably be the favorite in every contest.
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OK. Let's just ignore the actual game results, and let Vegas pick the top two teams. :wink2:
 
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Buckeyes are #10 in the Coaches poll.


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Rank..Team (#1 votes) Rec..points..L-wk
1.Texas .......(58) 7-0..1,522..1
2.Alabama ......(1) 7-0..1,436..2
3.Penn State ...(2) 8-0..1,413..3
4.Southern Cal......5-1..1,264..4
5.Oklahoma .........6-1..1,218..6
6.Texas Tech........7-0..1,210..5
7.Florida...........5-1..1,184..7
8.Oklahoma State....7-0..1,083..10
9.Georgia ..........6-1..1,067..9
10.Ohio State.......7-1....995..11
11.LSU..............5-1....903..14
12.Utah.............8-0....891..13
13.Boise State......6-0....786..16
14.South Florida....6-1....643..20
15.TCU..............7-1....582..24
16.Missouri.........5-2....551..12
17.Brigham Young....6-1....464...8
18.Kansas...........5-2....342..15
19.Tulsa............7-0....328..NR
20.Pittsburgh.......5-1....292..NR
21.Georgia Tech.....6-1....282..NR
22.Ball State.......7-0....274..25
23.Florida State....5-1....258..NR
24.Northwestern.....6-1....177..NR
25.Minnesota........6.1....165..NR
Dropped out
Dropped out: No. 17 Michigan State (6-2, lost to then-No. 11 Ohio State 45-7), No. 18 Virginia Tech (5-2, lost to Boston College 28-23), No. 19 Wake Forest (4-2, lost to Maryland 26-0), No. 21 North Carolina (5-2, lost to Virginia 16-13 OT), No. 22 California (4-2, lost to Arizona 45-27), No. 23 Vanderbilt (5-2, lost to No. 9 Georgia 24-14).Others receiving votes

Others receiving votes: Boston College (5-1) 159; Michigan State (6-2) 92; Virginia Tech (5-2) 77; North Carolina (5-2) 28; Oregon (5-2) 27; Cincinnati (5-1) 26; Vanderbilt (5-2) 20; Kentucky (5-2) 15; Wake Forest (4-2) 14; Maryland (5-2) 12; Arizona (5-2) 11; Fresno State (4-2) 4; Illinois (4-3) 4; California (4-2) 2; Notre Dame (4-2) 2; Colorado (4-3) 1; East Carolina (4-3) 1.
 
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We dropped two spots when we struggled with Bye State, but none of that matters. If we can somehow remain undefeated, and Bama can too, then UF beating a #2 Bama in Atlanta is all that we'll need. But I do not see Bama undefeated, and I do not see UF running the table, so all I want in my best scenario dream is to win the SEC and beat a quality team in the Sugar bowl.
 
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The only good poll is the BP poll:). I have problems with Utah and Boise State and that's not all. BYU got rolled by TCU and yet they are only 2 spots behind them:(. Utah is still living on their big victory over sCum and I have no idea what Boise State is living on. I will be more interested in the BCS poll but I know those Mountain West teams along with Boise State will be there.
 
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LitlBuck;1298352; said:
The only good poll is the BP poll:). I have problems with Utah and Boise State and that's not all. BYU got rolled by TCU and yet they are only 2 spots behind them:(. Utah is still living on their big victory over sCum and I have no idea what Boise State is living on. I will be more interested in the BCS poll but I know those Mountain West teams along with Boise State will be there.
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BSU is living on their success against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Kind of funny, this is a different team now.

I still don't like Texas Tech being that high. I agree that BYU should be lower.
 
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3074326;1298354; said:
BSU is living on their success against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Kind of funny, this is a different team now.

I still don't like Texas Tech being that high. I agree that BYU should be lower.
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I forgot about that. I don't even think Texas Tech should be in the top 10. I highly doubt if they could beat the teams ranked 7-11. They belong in the Mountain West or WAC.
 
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EidoloN;1298370; said:
After BYU going down, and Mizzu, I think we may have just moved into the top 10. This makes for a great showdown this weekend at home! Oh man! GO BUCKS!
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We deserve to be in the top 10 after yesterday, not just because two teams ahead of us losing, but because we completely dominated the #20 team in the nation.
 
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#10 in AP Poll as well (not that it matters anymore)...

1. Texas (65) 7-0 1,625
2. Alabama 7-0 1,543
3. Penn State 8-0 1,506
4. Oklahoma 6-1 1,358
5. Florida 5-1 1,307
6. USC 5-1 1,292
7. Oklahoma State 7-0 1,252
8. Texas Tech 7-0 1,194
9. Georgia 6-1 1,117
10. Ohio State 7-1 1,053
11. LSU 5-1 987
12. Utah 8-0 943
13. Boise State 6-0 849
14. South Florida 6-1 674
15. TCU 7-1 643
16. Missouri 5-2 568
17. Pittsburgh 5-1 540
18. Brigham Young 6-1 412
19. Kansas 5-2 364
20. Ball State 7-0 357
21. Georgia Tech 6-1 338
22. Tulsa 7-0 321
23. Boston College 5-1 281
24. Florida State 5-1 190
25. Minnesota 6-1 149
 
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