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BP Poll - Week Two

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

01. Alabama 426 (4)
02. Louisiana State 425 (7)
03. Oklahoma 408 (7)
04. Stanford 378
05. Florida State 347
06. Wisconsin 346
07. Oklahoma State 322
08. Boise State 314
09. Texas A+M 269
10. South Carolina 259
11. Nebraska 257
12. Arkansas 227
13. Oregon 207
14. Virginia Tech 208
15. Michigan State 207
16. Ohio State 203
17. Florida 193
18. South Florida 121
19. Baylor 116
20. Arizona State 99
21. West Virginia 86
22. Auburn 84
23. Texas 81
24. Michigan 34
25. Northwestern 31

Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 27; Houston 23; Texas Christian 21; Mississippi State 17; Central Florida 15; Tennessee 14; California 14; Maryland 14; Iowa State 12; Iowa 9; Illinois 9; Georgia Tech 5; Penn State 4; Virginia 3; Syracuse 2; Clemson 2


This week, Ohio State dropped from 7th to 16th, despite the fact that the Buckeyes won their game.

Last week, Ohio State was ranked 5 places higher, and received 86 more votes, than Virginia Tech. This week, VPI is one spot and five votes better than OSU. Must have been the Hokies impressive 17-10 win over powerhouse East Carolina.
 
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As a group, we must be all over the place in our rankings. Two teams with more first place votes than the first place team? I guess everyone must have Alabama 1 or 2.

LordJeffBuck;1989408; said:
This week, Ohio State dropped from 7th to 16th, despite the fact that the Buckeyes won their game.
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Ohio State was ranked too high last week. I only dropped us one spot from last week.

Last week, Ohio State was ranked 5 places higher, and received 86 more votes, than Virginia Tech. This week, VPI is one spot and five votes better than OSU. Must have been the Hokies impressive 17-10 win over powerhouse East Carolina.
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I dropped Va Tech two spots from last week, so it sure wasn't me.

How many different ballots do we have between weeks 1 and 2? Some of the changes seem rather drastic.


My Rankings:

1. LSU
2. Alabama
3. Stanford
4. Oklahoma
5. Wisconsin
6. Oregon
7. Nebraska
8. Florida State
9. South Carolina
10. Oklahoma State
11. Virginia Tech
12. Arkansas
13. Texas A&M
14. Ohio State
15. Michigan State
16. Florida
17. Boise State
18. South Florida
19. West Virginia
20. Baylor
21. Texas
22. Northwestern
23. Arizona State
24. Auburn
25. Georgia Tech
 
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LordJeffBuck;1989408; said:
This week, Ohio State dropped from 7th to 16th, despite the fact that the Buckeyes won their game.

Last week, Ohio State was ranked 5 places higher, and received 86 more votes, than Virginia Tech. This week, VPI is one spot and five votes better than OSU. Must have been the Hokies impressive 17-10 win over powerhouse East Carolina.
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I dropped the Buckeyes on my ballot, from #10 to #16. However, I also dropped Virginia Tech two spots, and kept them one spot behind the Buckeyes. I've moved a bunch of teams down or out for lackluster wins already. In Week 1 I dropped Sparty, only to move them back up a tick this week. Texas and Clemson were unimpressive this week, and I removed them from my ballot entirely.

To whoever is putting M*ch*g*n on their ballot - I still don't understand it. I say this every year, but I'm not voting for them until they do something that they didn't do last year.

Penn State is still on my ballot, and only moved down slightly. I already had Alabama ranked much higher and thought they were better than Penn State. More than anything, the loss confirmed my opinion of them heading into the game. I did move them down, but I try not to punish teams too much for losing to higher ranked opponents - especially early in the season.

I didn't want to put Auburn on my ballot, but I got to the last spot an it came down to them or Mississippi State. Auburn got the vote since they won the game.
 
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Here's mine this week.

01. LSU
02. Oklahoma
03. Alabama
04. Oklahoma St
05. Stanford
06. Florida St
07. Wisconsin
08. Boise St
09. Va Tech
10. Nebraska
11. Florida
12. Texas A&M
13. tOSU
14. Arkansas
15. USF
16. Oregon
17. S. Carolina
18. Baylor
19. Mich St
20. West Va
21. Auburn
22. Texas
23. Maryland
24. Ariz St
25. UCF
 
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1. LSU
2. Alabama
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida State
5. Wisconsin
6. Stanford
7. Boise State
8. Oregon
9. Oklahoma State
10. Michigan State
11. Texas A&M
12. South Carolina
13. Nebraska
14. Florida
15. Arkansas
16. Virginia Tech
17. Ohio State
18. South Florida
19. Baylor
20. Auburn
21. West Virginia
22. Arizona State
23. Texas
24. TCU
25. Mississippi State

Putting Boise ahead of us made me sick, but I am hoping Toledo can change that perception Friday night.
 
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1. Alabama
2. Oklahoma
3. LSU
4. Stanford
5. Wisconsin
6. Florida State
7. Oklahoma State
8. Nebraska
9. Boise State
10. Texas A&M
11. Virginia Tech
12. South Carolina
13. Arkansas
14. Oregon
15. Baylor
16. Arizona State
17. Michigan State
18. Ohio State
19. Florida
20. West Virginia
21. South Florida
22. Auburn
23. Texas
24. TCU
25. Houston

I dropped us but I also dropped VPI several spots for their narrow victory...I actually had them ranked much higher. I moved MSU back up a few after allowing only 1 first down this week...that's impressive, no matter who you play. South Carolina jumped, that's about it for mine.
 
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1. Oklahoma
2. LSU
3. Alabama
4. Florida State
5. Stanford
6. Oklahoma State
7. Texas A&M
8. Boise State
9. The Ohio State University
10. South Carolina
11. Oregon
12. Wisconsin
13. Nebraska
14. Arkansas
15. Michigan State
16. Virginia Tech
17. Florida
18. Baylor
19. Arizona State
20. Northwestern
21. South Florida
22. Auburn
23. Maryland
24. Texas
25. West Virginia
 
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1. Oklahoma (--)
2. LSU (--)
3. Alabama (--)
4. Stanford (--)
5. South Carolina (--)
6. Wisconsin (+1)
7. Florida State (+1)
8. Texas A&M (+1)
9. Oklahoma State (+3)
10. Boise State (+1)
11. Arkansas (+2)
12. Oregon (+2)
13. Florida (+3)
14. Michigan State (+5)
15. Nebraska (-5)
16. Virginia Tech (-1)
17. Texas (+1)
18. Baylor (+3)
19. Ohio State (-13)
20. USF (+3)
21. Arizona State (-1)
22. West Virginia (--)
23. Auburn (NR)
24. UCF (NR)
25. Tennessee (NR)

Well, I suppose I am the primary cause of Ohio State's big drop. I obviously had tOSU far too high at 6 last week. I thought going into the year that with Nebraska's offensive woes the second half or so of last season and Martinez's inability to throw the ball with any kind of consistency, and with Wisconsin's losses along the offensive line, that Ohio State, despite all the turmoil, would be the team to beat in the Big Ten. What I saw on Saturday was a team that got beat for most of the game in the trenches (both offensive and defensive), shaky quarterback play, questionable coaching decisions, a field goal kicker that simply cannot be relied on, and, in general, a lack of playmakers. Couple all this with the uncertainty surrounding the program right now, and maybe I'm being too critical, but the team that I saw on Saturday could very easily lose 4 games this season, which puts them right around the #20 mark in the polls. Toledo is a solid club, but we'll play better teams as the year goes on, including in the weeks to come before we get Adams, Posey, and Herron back.

To address LJB's question about VaTech, they also struggled and I therefore dropped them a spot, but they were playing on the road against a pretty decent East Carolina team that, for a half the week before, put a scare in the team I expect to win the SEC East. Not to mention the fact that, despite the score, VaTech's defense held East Carolina to -15 yards on the ground and just 112 yards of total offense. That's a better performance than what I saw out of the Buckeyes at home on Saturday. Really though, my poll will be quite fluid for the first 5 weeks or so and, right now, I don't see a big difference between, say, teams 15-23 in my poll.

To me, the most shocking thing about the week 2 poll was seeing someone still giving votes to Iowa. Huh? Did someone miss them getting beaten by Iowa freaking State?
 
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