BP Poll

[osugrad21]

boooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

we're ranking this year, not the last 3.

So where did you get all of the "Mack Brown can't win the big one" theories pre-Texas?

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

So where did you get all of the "Mack Brown can't win the big one" theories pre-Texas?

Those words have never crossed my lips

 

[osugrad21]

Those words have never crossed my lips

Maybe not....but you sure as hell typed them

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Maybe not....but you sure as hell typed them

I need proof of this.

besides, that doesn't have to do with ranking :p

 

[osugrad21]

besides, that doesn't have to do with ranking :p

Sure it does, if you are not willing to look at the past as evidence for judgment, that would make your comments pre-Texas hypocritical eh?

Or maybe its just a boring morning...

Either way, I voted USC #1 and you can't do jack about it.

 

[Dryden]

I'm in already...almost gave Texas that #1, but I still can't do it.

Me neither. USC remains #1 on my ballot based on the strength of three big road wins and the schedule. I think that USC's Pac-10 schedule to date has been more difficult than the Big-XII schedule that Texas drew, particularly catching TTU at home and Oklahoma in a dismal year, whereas USC has already played @ASU and @Oregon.

Texas doesn't have a ranked team left on their schedule, with the most difficult remaining game sure to be a laugher at A&M a month from now followed by a championship game snoozer against (most likely) the winner of the Colorado/Missouri contest, and Texas has already pasted each of them. USC still has three games remaining against ranked teams, @Cal, Fresno St., and UCLA.

USC gets the nod in conference play (4 ranked opponents + a good Wazzu team) versus the Longhorns conference schedule (2 ranked opponents + a Missouri squad with a pulse). And the USC OOC schedule (@Hawaii, Arkansas, @ND, and Fresno St.) trumps the Texas schedule of (La. Lafayette, @OSU, and Rice).

 

[exhawg]

I think the Big 12 and the Pac 10 both suck except for those 2 teams. IMHO there are 4 or 5 Big 10 teams that could win either of those conferences if given Texas or USC's schedule. I'm not saying they would be undefeated, but they would win the conference.

 

[scooter1369]

I'm in for this week. USC remains #1. Northwestern cracks my top 25.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Just e-mailed mine in. I bumped Texas up to #1. The killed a good albeit over-rated Texas Tech team, while USC pounded a hapless Washington team. I put both Northwestern and Minnesota into the top 25 to give us six Big Ten teams in the poll.

1 Texas
2 USC
3 Virginia Tech
4 Georgia
5 Alabama
6 UCLA
7 Miami (FL)
8 LSU
9 Penn St.
10 Florida St.
11 Ohio St.
12 Notre Dame
13 Wisconsin
14 Boston Coll.
15 Oregon
16 California
17 Northwestern
18 West Virginia
19 Florida
20 Auburn
21 Minnesota
22 Fresno St.
23 Michigan
24 Tennessee
25 Louisville

 

[BrutusBobcat]

I'm an alternate, but mine's in also.

First off, I'm squarely in the Texas at #1 camp, and my criteria is that I think that on a neutral field that Texas is the better team. That's primarily due to the strength of the Texas D...I don't see USC's defense as anything special.

1 Texas
2 USC
3 Virginia Tech
4 Alabama
5 Georgia
6 Miami (FL)
7 UCLA
8 LSU
9 Penn St.
10 Florida St.
11 Notre Dame
12 Ohio St.
13 Oregon
14 Boston Coll.
15 Wisconsin
16 TCU
17 West Virginia
18 Northwestern
19 California
20 Florida
21 Georgia Tech
22 Auburn
23 Fresno State
24 Michigan
25 Tennessee

Like most people, my rankings from around 15-25 really got jumbled this week, and I moved up some teams not on their virtues, but because so many above them lost. Really you could throw darts or flip coins to pick those spots -- the quality of play really drops off below OSU and ND.

Speaking of those two teams, I think that I've got both underrated, and that OSU should be above ND, but I'm having trouble justifying it. It's hard to put any two-loss team in the top 10, and it's hard to punish either ND for their loss to USC or OSU for the loss to Texas. Both ND's loss to MSU and OSU's loss to PSU work out close to even -- I'll take a look at those relative rankings again this week after OSU's defense shuts down Minny.

 

[Bucktastic]

My goodness.....is it possible we could actually have this done by the end of the day?? :)

BKB.....how are we looking?

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

I'm looking damn good, so together' we're probably looking average. :p

Last I checked we were at 23. I'm sure we're good to go by now.

 

[Bucktastic]

I'm looking damn good, so together' we're probably looking average. :p

You are one funny guy.

Good Work everyone getting this in on time!!!

 

[BB73]

Like most people, my rankings from around 15-25 really got jumbled this week, and I moved up some teams not on their virtues, but because so many above them lost. Really you could throw darts or flip coins to pick those spots -- the quality of play really drops off below OSU and ND.

Speaking of those two teams, I think that I've got both underrated, and that OSU should be above ND, but I'm having trouble justifying it. It's hard to put any two-loss team in the top 10, and it's hard to punish either ND for their loss to USC or OSU for the loss to Texas. Both ND's loss to MSU and OSU's loss to PSU work out close to even -- I'll take a look at those relative rankings again this week after OSU's defense shuts down Minny.

Here's the justification:

Each team lost a heartbreaker at home to the #1 or #2 team in the country. That's a wash. tOSU's other loss was on the road to a top-10 team, while ND's other loss was at home, to a team that's no longer ranked.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Here's the justification:

Each team lost a heartbreaker at home to the #1 or #2 team in the country. That's a wash. tOSU's other loss was on the road to a top-10 team, while ND's other loss was at home, to a team that's no longer ranked.

Bingo.