2009 BP Poll - week seven

[BB73]

Okay, okay, fair enough. I'm just not seeing it, personally. :cheers:

I don't have Oklahoma ranked, using reasoning that you posted. But I can see that people who fill out their poll using more of a 'which team do I think would win' method still have them ranked.

I think the problem in this thread was that your first post called the coaches retarded, and seemed to imply that folks still ranking Oklahoma have somthing in common with them.

I would have liked to have seen Oklahoma's string of AP poll appearances get broken, just on general principle.

 

[ttk]

I think the problem in this thread was that your first post called the coaches retarded, and seemed to imply that folks still ranking Oklahoma have somthing in common with them

Wow, good call. Looking back at it I can definitely see it being read that way, when all I meant to imply was that I ignore the coaches poll because it's totally irrational, I didn't mean to connect it with posters here in any way.

To anybody offended:

 

[morbitzerker]

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Cincinnati
6. Iowa
7. Boise St.
8. LSU
9. TCU
10. Miami (Fl)
11. Georgia Tech
12. Oregon
13. Penn State
14. Virginia Tech
15. Oklahoma State
16. Houston
17. BYU
18. Utah
19. Ohio State
20. Wisconsin
21. Pittsburgh
22. Arizona
23. South Carolina
24. West Virginia
25. Kansas

 

[buckeyebri]

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. USC
5. Boise St
6. BYU
7. TCU
8. LSU
9. Oklahoma St
10. Iowa
11. Cinci
12. Ga Tech
13. PSU
14. Va. Tech
15. Miami
16. OSU
17. Auburn
18. Oregon
19. Pitt
20. Tulsa
21. Houston
22. Utah
23. Kansas
24. W. Va.
25. Central Michigan

 

[MD Buckeye]

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Cincinnati
6. Iowa
7. Miami (FL)
8. Boise State
9. Georgia Tech
10. LSU
11. Oregon
12. TCU
13. Virginia Tech
14. Penn State
15. Oklahoma State
16. Ohio State
17. BYU
18. Utah
19. West Virginia
20. Houston
21. South Carolina
22. Texas Tech
23. Pittsburgh
23. South Florida
24. Notre Dame
25. Arizona

 

[Bucklion]

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Cincinnati
6. Iowa
7. Boise State
8. TCU
9. Miami (FL)
10. Georgia Tech
11. LSU
12. Penn State
13. Oregon
14. Oklahoma State
15. Virginia Tech
16. BYU
17. Houston
18. Pittsburgh
19. Utah
20. Ohio State
21. West Virginia
22. Texas Tech
23. Central Michigan
24. Nebraska
25. South Florida

Does anyone deserve to be ranked after about spot #20 or so? I think the Big East will shake out without 4 teams in then top 25, but for now, I don't see hoe South Florida drops out just because they lost to a team in the top 5. If Lower tier Big XII schools are ranked, then I think Central Michigan deserves it as much as anyone, as they are playing good football and should run the table.

 

[THEWOOD]

1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Florida Gators
3. Texas Longhorns
4. USC Trojans
5. Miami, FL
6. Iowa Hawkeyes
7. TCU Horned Frogs
8. LSU Tigers
9. Boise State Broncos
10. Oklahoma State
11. Penn State Nittany Lions
12. Cincinnati
13. Georgia Tech
14. Oregon
15. Brigham Young Cougars
16. Virginia Tech Hokies
17. The Ohio State University Buckeyes
18. Houston
19. Texas Tech
20. Pitt
21. Nebraska
22. Kansas Jayhawks
23. South Florida
24. South Carolina
25. West Virginia

 

[buckeyesin07]

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Iowa
6. Cincinnati
7. LSU
8. Oregon
9. Boise State
10. Oklahoma State
11. Miami
12. TCU
13. Georgia Tech
14. BYU
15. Pitt
16. Penn State
17. Ohio State
18. Virginia Tech
19. West Virginia
20. Texas Tech
21. Utah
22. Houston
23. Ole Miss
24. Oklahoma
25. South Carolina

 

[buckeyesin07]

Does anyone deserve to be ranked after about spot #20 or so?

I agree. I had a real tough time deciding who should fill out #20-25.

 

[ttk]

My poll, tear apart at your leisure

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

 

[BB73]

6. BYU

I'm trying to figure out if it's their win over Oklahoma, who's not in this top-25, or their 54-28 home loss to Florida State that's causing a #6 ranking. Or are you actually Steve Young?

 

[jlb1705]

1. Alabama - Over the course of the first half of the season, they have played better than anybody else in the country - Florida included. I love watching Ingram run the football.
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Iowa - They're doing just enough to get by. A Buckeye fan has no room to knock them for that - so far they're getting the job done.
6. Cincinnati - We're about to see if this team's success is more about Tony Pike or his coach, Brian Kelly. I think it's the latter, but I don't think it'll be enough when they get into the meat of their conference schedule. They're going to have to close their second half stronger than their first half if they want to win the conference.
7. Texas Christian
8. Miami (FL) - I'm interested to see how others handled the Miami-GT-VT circle of defeat - I gave Miami benefit of the highest ranking of the three, due to their performance in a tougher schedule outside of that round robin.
9. Penn State
10. Louisiana State - Having been humbled by the Buckeyes' loss to lowly Purdue, I'm here to give LSU credit for winning some tough close games, with the notable exception of their loss to the Gators.
11. Georgia Tech - Love watching this team just because they run the damn football. I get annoyed with this team when they think it's a good idea to pass the football.
12. Virginia Tech - The third team in the ACC round robin is the only one with a loss outside of that group. It was to perhaps the best team in the country, but still it has to count for something - right? Plus, despite having BLASTED the team I consider the top one in the group, they went out and got all they could handle from Duke. Yes, Duke.
13. Oregon
14. Oklahoma State - This team seems very average, but so far they've got the job done outside of that hiccup against Houston. I don't think this'll last, and right now it's as much about what teams that used to be ahead of them just did.
15. Utah
16. Oklahoma - This is going to be controversial I suppose, but I think my argument from last week still stands. I think we can start to tell who might be whom based on what has happened so far this year - call it a hybrid approach somewhere between the resume approach and the neutral field approach. This has been the unluckiest team on the planet this year - not that that should have any bearing - just an observation. They've lost three games by a total of five points, and have lost an A-A TE and the defending Heisman winner at QB twice now. There are a lot of teams out there who wish they could go through that and perform the way Oklahoma has.
17. Nebraska - Didn't get to see this game. Not sure whether it was a letdown after last week's big comeback, or whether the 4Q against Mizzou was just an abberation. I'm thinking it was probably more of the latter.
18. Ohio State - My gut reaction after the game was to leave them out of the rankings altogether. Offensively, they don't belong anywhere near the top 25. They don't have even average special teams right now either. The defense is still a beast though - even though the rest of the team is really making it hard on them with turnovers and huge time of possession deficits. In the end there were just too many teams out there that had also fallen or shown huge warts to punish them any worse than the rest of the group.
19. Wisconsin
20. Boise State - True, they are still undefeated and the other teams I have ranked near them aren't even close to that. True, they did beat Oregon and I have them ranked higher than this. Tulsa?! Cal-Davis?! If they played anybody worth a damn we'd all be saying it's only a matter of time...
21. South Carolina
22. Pittsburgh
23. California
24. Arkansas
25. West Virginia

 

[Jake]

I'm still watching footage and compiling my poll.

I watched the game, and I've watched Oklahoma quite a bit this season. They haven't impressed. Injuries have really hurt the team, yes -- but that's where the team is right now. They don't really have a rushing game to speak of and their backup QB now has to take over for the rest of the season, and he's average at this point (still young, of course).

But based on your implication that I don't "understand" what I'm watching and just run my mouth, why would you want to see my poll at all?

Please, educate me on what you've seen from Oklahoma that has impressed you enough to keep them ranked at 3-3. What are you understanding that my feeble intellect can't grasp?

Sorry, "brah", but I guess I don't take kindly to some kid who starts ripping on other people's polls without posting one of his own.

Oklahoma has been more impressive in their three defeats - largely played with a backup QB - than some "ranked" teams (which obviously impress the hell out of you) beating up on crap teams with their full lineup.

Boise State is a classic example. Oklahoma toyed with Tulsa, beating them 45-0 without Bradford. Boise hangs on 28-21 and I'm supposed to believe there are only 3 teams better than Boise?

Meanwhile, several "ranked" teams have built gaudy records playing garbage while OU has lost 3 games (all away from home) by 5 points - total - against teams that are 17-2. Is it really that outrageous for someone to believe they might be the 25th best team in the country? Is it really that tough for you to consider that possibility? Does it really need to be explained to you?

Apparently, the answer to all three questions is "yes".

 

[Jake]

My poll, tear apart at your leisure

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

Well, for starters I'm trying to figure out how Houston could be 19th and 25th at the same time.

 

[Zander42]

Well, for starters I'm trying to figure out how Houston could be 19th and 25th at the same time.

c'mon man, it's the classic case of the two-headed monster. Just like coach Holtzth thays, "iths a different theam eaths week."

#19 Houston is the is the team that beat Oklahoma State, #25 Houston is the team that lost to UTEP.