BP Poll - Week Four

[LordJeffBuck]

Please submit your ballots by noon tomorrow.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

Here are the results of the 2011 week four BP poll:

01. Louisiana State 414 (10); beat Kentucky, 35-7
02. Oklahoma 402 (4); beat Ball State, 62-6
03. Alabama 401 (3); beat #9 Florida, 38-10
04. Stanford 360; beat UCLA, 45-19
05. Oklahoma State 338; bye week
06. Wisconsin 336; beat #10 Nebraska, 48-17
07. Boise State 313; beat Nevada, 30-10
08. Oregon 264; bye week
09. Florida 262; lost to #3 Alabama, 10-38
10. Nebraska 259; lost to #6 Wisconsin, 17-48
11. Clemson 243; beat #12 Virginia Tech, 23-3
12. Virginia Tech 241; lost to #11 Clemson, 3-23
13. South Carolina 233; lost to Auburn, 16-13
14. South Florida 189; lost to Pitt, 17-44
15. Texas A+M 177; lost to #18 Arkansas, 38-42
16. Baylor 157; lost to Kansas State, 35-36
17. Texas 155; beat Iowa State, 37-14
18. Arkansas 141; beat #15 Texas A+M, 42-38
19. Georgia Tech 122; beat North Carolina State, 45-35
20. Illinois 94; beat Northwestern, 38-35
21. West Virginia 81; beat Bowling Green, 55-10
22. Florida State 72; bye week
23. Michigan 63; beat Minnesota, 58-0
24. Arizona State 39; beat Oregon State, 35-20
25. Texas Christian 35; lost to Southern Methodist, 33-40

Others receiving votes: Houston 33; Ohio State 30; Michigan State 22; Iowa State 20; Kansas State 16; Southern Cal 4; Auburn 2; Tennessee 1; Texas Tech 1

 

[sepia5]

1. LSU (+1)
2. Oklahoma (-1)
3. Alabama (--)
4. Stanford (--)
5. Wisconsin (--)
6. Oklahoma St. (+1)
7. Boise St. (+1)
8. Florida (+3)
9. South Carolina (+1)
10. Nebraska (+2)
11. Texas A&M (-5)
12. Oregon (+2)
13. Clemson (+7)
14. Virginia Tech (+1)
15. Texas (+1)
16. Baylor (+1)
17. USF (+1)
18. Georgia Tech (+4)
19. Illinois (+2)
20. Arkansas (-11)
21. Kansas St. (NR)
22. scUM (NR)
23. West Virginia (-4)
24. Michigan St. (NR)
25. Ohio State (NR)

Dropped out: Florida State (13), FIU (23), North Carolina (24), Vandy (25)

 

[Bucklion]

1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Oklahoma State
5. Wisconsin
6. Stanford
7. Boise State
8. Nebraska
9. Virginia Tech
10. South Carolina
11. Oregon
12. Clemson
13. Baylor
14. Florida
15. South Florida
16. Texas
17. Texas A&M
18. Arkansas
19. TCU
20. Georgia Tech
21. Michigan
22. Illinois
23. West Virginia
24. Arizona State
25. Houston

I thought long and hard about moving LSU to #1, but nothing I have seen from Alabama has indicated they are not the best team to me. I jumped Clemson 10 to reward them for the last 2 weeks, and I can't see Florida State in the poll at 2-2 right now. I still think Houston is rank-worthy with Keenum at the helm, and have had them at #25 the last 3 weeks.

 

[MD Buckeye]

1. LSU (+1)
2. Oklahoma (-1)
3. Alabama
4. Stanford
5. Oklahoma State
6. Boise State (+1)
7. South Carolina (+1)
8. Oregon (+2)
9. Wisconsin (+2)
10. Nebraska (+2)
11. Florida (+4)
12. Virginia Tech (+2)
13. Texas A&M (-7)
14. Baylor (+2)
15. Clemson (+5)
16. South Florida (+1)
17. Texas (+1)
18. Arkansas (-5)
19. West Virginia
20. Michigan State (+2)
21. Ohio State (+3)
22. Georgia Tech (+3)
23. Illinois (-2)
24. Arizona State (NR)
25. Florida State (-17)

Dropped from Rankings: USC

 

[BB73]

01. LSU
02. Oklahoma
03. Alabama
04. Stanford
05. Oklahoma St
06. Wisconsin
07. Florida
08. Boise St
09. Va Tech
10. Clemson
11. Nebraska
12. USF
13. Oregon
14. S. Carolina
15. Texas
16. Baylor
17. Ga Tech
18. Illinois
19. Texas A&M
20. Florida St
21. Arkansas
22. TSUN
23. West Va
24. Arizona St
25. Iowa St

 

[buckeyebri]

1. [FONT=&quot]LSU[/FONT]
2. [FONT=&quot]Oklahoma[/FONT]
3. [FONT=&quot]Alabama[/FONT]
4. [FONT=&quot]Stanford[/FONT]
5. [FONT=&quot]Oklahoma St[/FONT]
6. [FONT=&quot]Boise State[/FONT]
7. [FONT=&quot]Nebraska[/FONT]
8. [FONT=&quot]Va Tech[/FONT]
9. [FONT=&quot]Wisconsin[/FONT]
10. [FONT=&quot]South Carolina[/FONT]
11. [FONT=&quot]Clemson[/FONT]
12. [FONT=&quot]Oregon[/FONT]
13. [FONT=&quot]Florida[/FONT]
14. [FONT=&quot]South Florida[/FONT]
15. [FONT=&quot]Texas A&M[/FONT]
16. [FONT=&quot]W Va[/FONT]
17. [FONT=&quot]Texas[/FONT]
18. [FONT=&quot]Iowa State[/FONT]
19. [FONT=&quot]Georgia Tech[/FONT]
20. [FONT=&quot]Michigan[/FONT]
21. [FONT=&quot]Illinois [/FONT]
22. [FONT=&quot]MSU[/FONT]
23. [FONT=&quot]OSU[/FONT]
24. [FONT=&quot]Baylor[/FONT]
25. [FONT=&quot]Arkansas[/FONT]

I am still moving teams around as the season progresses. Now that we are four weeks in things and most teams have played their preseason teams (at least in the B10), we'll see how things start to shake out. Our game and the Nebraska\Wisconsin game will provide some interesting movement in the polls. I had to drop FSU after 2 losses even though they were against good teams. I still can't see why Oregon is such a poll favorite to be in the top 10 in the national polls. I am still waiting for them to actually beat someone of prominence in a major game.

 

[Jake]

Nice to see some folks catching up on LSU, who I have had #1 since they dominated Oregon.

1. LSU
2. Alabama
3. Oklahoma
4. Oregon
5. Stanford
6. Wisconsin
7. Oklahoma State
8. Clemson
9. Boise State
10. Florida
11. Nebraska
12. Texas A&M
13. Virginia Tech
14. South Carolina
15. Texas
16. Arkansas
17. South Florida
18. Georgia Tech
19. Florida State
20. West Virginia
21. Ohio State
22. Baylor
23. Michigan
24. Arizona State
25. TCU

 

[BB73]

Nice to see some folks catching up on LSU, who I have had #1 since they dominated Oregon.

There were 6 of us that had LSU #1, among the 17 voters, after the Oregon game.

I don't know who the other 4 were, they didn't post their polls like we did.

Week1

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

I had LSU 1

 

[Jake]

I still can't see why Oregon is such a poll favorite to be in the top 10 in the national polls. I am still waiting for them to actually beat someone of prominence in a major game.

Who did Boise beat of prominence in a major game? Georgia?

Not meaning to pick on you individually, you just happened to state something I hear often about teams and yet rarely about Boise. They seem to be held to a different standard, as though they are a proven commodity. Put Oregon against Georgia and Boise against LSU and the results/polls would look much different, and yet they are still the same teams.

This is my problem with the polls in general - who, when and where you play can matter even more than the actual strength of one's team.

 

[jlb1705]

I still can't see why Oregon is such a poll favorite to be in the top 10 in the national polls. I am still waiting for them to actually beat someone of prominence in a major game.

Oregon whooped Stanford like a rented mule last year. I know that was last year, but you brought past seasons into the discussion when you made the bolded statement above.

The thing is, it's still early in the season. Oregon has only one loss, and it's to the team that is #1 on most ballots in this poll. If one believes that LSU is #1, it's quite possible that Oregon is actually the real #2 and better than any number of teams that are still undefeated.

 

[Mike80]

1. Oklahoma
2. LSU
3. Wisconsin
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma State
6. Stanford
7. Nebraska
8. Virginia Tech
9. Boise State
10. Clemson
11. Oregon
12. South Florida
13. Texas A&M
14. Florida State
15. Florida
16. Arkansas
17. Ohio State
18. scUM
19. Baylor
20. TCU
21. Illinois
22. Arizona State
23. Michigan State
24. West Virginia
25. Houston

 

[buckeyegrad]

There were 6 of us that had LSU #1, among the 17 voters, after the Oregon game.

I don't know who the other 4 were, they didn't post their polls like we did.

Week1

I also made LSU #1 after the Oregon game.

 

[buckeyebri]

Oregon whooped Stanford like a rented mule last year. I know that was last year, but you brought past seasons into the discussion when you made the bolded statement above.

Who did Boise beat of prominence in a major game? Georgia?

The comment is more related to my opinion that Oregon has not shown well in their previous two bowls or now against LSU. I feel they are more of a media darling than Boise (unless your KH). Boise beat VT last year as well.