BP Poll - Week Nine

[LordJeffBuck]

Please submit your ballots by noon tomorrow.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

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

01. Louisiana State 320 (9)
02. Alabama 316 (4)
03. Stanford 292
04. Oklahoma State 290
05. Oregon 258
06. Boise State 254
07. Oklahoma 251
08. Arkansas 233
09. Nebraska 217
10. Clemson 206
11. South Carolina 197
12. Virginia Tech 181
13. Kansas State 138
13. Penn State 138
15. Michigan 134
16. Houston 131
17. Michigan State 122
18. Wisconsin 105
19. Georgia 93
20. Arizona State 73
21. Georgia Tech 72
22. Texas 51
23. Southern Cal 37
24. West Virginia 33
25. Cincinnati 21


Others receiving votes: Auburn 18; Southern Miss 16; Ohio State 9; Texas A+M 8; Washington 6; Texas Christian 5

 

[Bucklion]

1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma State
4. Stanford
5. Boise State
6. Oregon
7. Oklahoma
8. Arkansas
9. Nebraska
10. South Carolina
11. Clemson
12. Virginia Tech
13. Houston
14. Penn State
15. Michigan
16. Arizona State
17. Georgia
18. USC
19. Kansas State
20. Michigan State
21. Wisconsin
22. Cincinnati
23. Georgia Tech
24. West Virginia
25. Southern Miss

Surprised to see Kansas State still that high...I'm not sold on Texas yet, they'll be back in mine if they beat Tech this weekend.

 

[BB73]

No West Va for me. And no USC, based on BCS eligibility.

01. LSU
02. Alabama
03. Oklahoma St
04. Stanford
05. Boise St
06. Oregon
07, Oklahoma
08. Arkansas
09. Nebraska
10. Clemson
11. S. Carolina
12. Va Tech
13. Kansas St
14. Penn St
15. Houston
16. Ga Tech
17. TSUN
18. Georgia
19. Sparty
20. Texas
21. Wisconsin
22. Arizona St
23. Cincinnati
24. Southern Miss
25. Auburn

 

[Jake]

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

The respect being given to Houston baffles me. Sure, they're undefeated and score a lot of points on bad defenses. But when your big OOC win is 38-34, at home, over UCLA I'm not very impressed. Nail biters over Louisiana Tech and UTEP only add to my skepticism.

 

[Muck]

1 Alabama
2 Stanford
3 LSU
4 Oklahoma St
5 Oregon
6 Arkansas
7 Virginia Tech
8 Nebraska
9 Oklahoma
10 Clemson
11 BSU
12 South Carolina
13 Kansas St
14 Penn St.
15 Texas
16 Houston
17 Sparty
18 Wisconsin
19 TSUN
20 West Virginia
21 Georgia
22 Cincinnati
23 Georgia Tech
24 Texas A&M
25 Auburn

 

[buckeyebri]

1. LSU
2. Alabama
3. Stanford
4. Oklahoma St
5. Boise State
6. Oklahoma
7. Oregon
8. Va Tech
9. Arkansas
10. Nebraska
11. South Carolina
12. Clemson
13. Kansas St
14. Georgia Tech
15. PSU
16. Michigan
17. W Va
18. Houston
19. Georgia
20. MSU
21. TCU
22. Southern Miss
23. Wisconsin
24. Cinci
25. ASU

 

[sepia5]

1. LSU (--)
2. Alabama (--)
3. Oklahoma St. (+1)
4. Stanford (-1)
5. Oklahoma (+4)
6. Oregon (--)
7. Boise St. (--)
8. Arkansas (--)
9. Nebraska (+8)
10. Clemson (-5)
11. South Carolina (+4)
12. Virginia Tech (+2)
13. Michigan St. (-3)
14. Wisconsin (-2)
15. Houston (+1)
16. Kansas St. (-5)
17. scUM (+2)
18. Penn St. (+2)
19. Georgia (+6)
20. Arizona St. (+2)
21. Cincinnati (--)
22. Georgia Tech (NR)
23. Southern Miss (+1)
24. Texas (NR)
25. USC (-2)

Dropped out: Texas A&M (13), Texas Tech (18)

 

[sepia5]

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

The respect being given to Houston baffles me. Sure, they're undefeated and score a lot of points on bad defenses. But when your big OOC win is 38-34, at home, over UCLA I'm not very impressed. Nail biters over Louisiana Tech and UTEP only add to my skepticism.

I'm on the fence about Houston, but how did you rank a 2-loss Wisconsin team ahead of a 1-loss Michigan State team that beat Wisconsin in a head-to-head matchup?

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

I'm on the fence about Houston, but how did you rank a 2-loss Wisconsin team ahead of a 1-loss Michigan State team that beat Wisconsin in a head-to-head matchup?

Wisconsin

beat

Nebraska

beat

MSU

beat

Wisconsin


One of those teams (at least) is going to be "out of place" on your ballot no matter what. You have to decide which game was the aberration and vote accordingly.


EDIT:

Having said that; here's my poll:

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

I have Nebraska higher than the other two, even though Wiscy crushed Corn. That wasn't so much an aberration as it is history. I think Nebraska has improved, Wiscy not so much.

My poll is influenced by DSA, and so looks drastically different from a lot of others.

 

[Dryden]

Wisconsin's losses were both on the road on what amounted to desperation heaves at the end of the game versus two teams that have Top 15 talent on their rosters. Don't know that there is much precedent to say where it's appropriate to rank Wisconsin.

I still think they're in the 11-20 range and won't lose a game the rest of the year until they shit the bed in their bowl game. That's not a Top 10 caliber defense though.

 

[sepia5]

Wisconsin

beat

Nebraska

beat

MSU

beat

Wisconsin


One of those teams (at least) is going to be "out of place" on your ballot no matter what. You have to decide which game was the aberration and vote accordingly.

There's also the fact that Michigan State isn't a 1-loss team. In other words, I'm an idiot.