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1 USC
2 Texas
3 Virginia Tech
4 Georgia
5 Alabama
6 UCLA
7 Penn St.
8 Auburn
9 Florida St.
10 Notre Dame
11 Ohio St.
12 LSU
13 Miami (FL)
14 Texas Tech
15 Oregon
16 Boston Coll.
17 Wisconsin
18 West Virginia
19 Michigan St.
20 Florida
21 California
22 Louisville
23 Colorado
24 TCU
25 Minnesota
Why my ballot looks like this ...
I am thoroughly unimpressed by the SEC this year. Georgia and Alabama get the top nods because they've beaten who they were scheduled to play and have pretty stout defenses, but the competition has been very weak.
I'm not rewarding Texas Tech for beating two D1AA opponents, a D1A transitional opponent, the two worst teams in the Big-XII north, and Nebraska. TTU's schedule thus far is laughable even by Glen Mason's standards.
I couldn't pull the trigger on hitting Penn State with a huge penalty for scoring the game winning TD and kicking the ball to Steve Breaston. If that game is played 10 times PSU wins 7 of 10.
UCLA was rewarded for back-to-back come from behind wins over Cal and at Wazzu.
Auburn is underrated, while Miami and LSU are both overrated (I think Ohio State beats either at a neutral site).
Tennessee doesn't even deserve to be ranked, if Les Miles could coach the Vols would be 2-3 with remarkably unimpressive wins over UAB and Ole Miss (two teams which combined have beaten three 1A opponents, Troy, Rice, and Memphis).
Virginia and Fresno are currently 25b & 25c, Colorado and Minnesota are just keeping the seats warm.
2 Texas
3 Virginia Tech
4 Georgia
5 Alabama
6 UCLA
7 Penn St.
8 Auburn
9 Florida St.
10 Notre Dame
11 Ohio St.
12 LSU
13 Miami (FL)
14 Texas Tech
15 Oregon
16 Boston Coll.
17 Wisconsin
18 West Virginia
19 Michigan St.
20 Florida
21 California
22 Louisville
23 Colorado
24 TCU
25 Minnesota
Why my ballot looks like this ...
I am thoroughly unimpressed by the SEC this year. Georgia and Alabama get the top nods because they've beaten who they were scheduled to play and have pretty stout defenses, but the competition has been very weak.
I'm not rewarding Texas Tech for beating two D1AA opponents, a D1A transitional opponent, the two worst teams in the Big-XII north, and Nebraska. TTU's schedule thus far is laughable even by Glen Mason's standards.
I couldn't pull the trigger on hitting Penn State with a huge penalty for scoring the game winning TD and kicking the ball to Steve Breaston. If that game is played 10 times PSU wins 7 of 10.
UCLA was rewarded for back-to-back come from behind wins over Cal and at Wazzu.
Auburn is underrated, while Miami and LSU are both overrated (I think Ohio State beats either at a neutral site).
Tennessee doesn't even deserve to be ranked, if Les Miles could coach the Vols would be 2-3 with remarkably unimpressive wins over UAB and Ole Miss (two teams which combined have beaten three 1A opponents, Troy, Rice, and Memphis).
Virginia and Fresno are currently 25b & 25c, Colorado and Minnesota are just keeping the seats warm.
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exhawg
Mirror Guy
If we play like we did the past 2 weeks Northwestern and scum. Minn. isn't a gimme either being an away game, but I think our defense can play well against them since they are a running team. We scored 28 pts against NU last year and it wasn't enough. Their spread offense is hard for our defense to stop and now they have Sutton to run the ball. Except for a few big plays last week our offense has looked like crap since Iowa.
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Findlay, are you so impressed by Bama that you wanted them at 5 and 7?
Here's mine this week:
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=203 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>
1
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Texas
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>2
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>USC
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>3
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Virginia Tech
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>4
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Georgia
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>5
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Alabama
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>6
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Miami (FL)
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>7
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>LSU
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>8
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>UCLA
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>9
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Texas Tech
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>10
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Florida St.
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>11
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Penn St.
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>12
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Ohio St.
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>13
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Notre Dame
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>14
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Auburn
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>15
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Boston Coll.
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>16
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Oregon
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>17
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Wisconsin
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>18
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Tennessee
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>19
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Florida
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>20
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>West Virginia
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>21
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Michigan St.
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>22
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Fresno St.
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>23
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>TCU
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>24
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Georgia Tech
</TD></TR><TR><TD width="35%" height=16>25
</TD><TD width="65%" height=16>Nebraska
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Bucktastic
Troy Smith for HEISMAN
Here is mine.....
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 139pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=185 border=0 x:str><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 48pt" width=64><COL style="WIDTH: 91pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4425" width=121><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right width=64 height=17 x:num>1</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 91pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=121>USC</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>2</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Texas</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>3</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Virginia Tech</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>4</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Georgia</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>5</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Alabama</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>6</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Miami (FL)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>7</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">LSU</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>8</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">UCLA</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>9</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Florida St.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>10</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Notre Dame</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>11</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Penn St.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>12</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="Ohio St. ">Ohio St. </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>13</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Texas Tech</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>14</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Boston Coll.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>15</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Florida</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>16</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Tennessee</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>17</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Auburn</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>18</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Oregon</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>19</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">West Virginia</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>20</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">TCU</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>21</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Wisconsin</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>22</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Michigan St.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>23</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">West Virginia</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>24</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">California</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>25</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Northwestern</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 139pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=185 border=0 x:str><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 48pt" width=64><COL style="WIDTH: 91pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4425" width=121><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right width=64 height=17 x:num>1</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 91pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=121>USC</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>2</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Texas</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>3</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Virginia Tech</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>4</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Georgia</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>5</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Alabama</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>6</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Miami (FL)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>7</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">LSU</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>8</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">UCLA</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>9</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Florida St.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>10</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Notre Dame</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>11</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Penn St.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>12</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="Ohio St. ">Ohio St. </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>13</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Texas Tech</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>14</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Boston Coll.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>15</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Florida</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>16</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Tennessee</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>17</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Auburn</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>18</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Oregon</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>19</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">West Virginia</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>20</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">TCU</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>21</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Wisconsin</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>22</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Michigan St.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>23</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">West Virginia</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>24</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">California</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17 x:num>25</TD><TD class=xl22 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Northwestern</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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BrutusBobcat
Icon and Entertainer
I think that my alternate ballot may have been used (I got it in early), so without further ado, my first run at this:
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 Texas Tech
14 Oregon
15 Auburn
16 Boston Coll.
17 Tennessee
18 Wisconsin
19 TCU
20 West Virginia
21 Arizona St
22 Georgia Tech
23 Iowa
24 Nebraska
25 Michigan
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 Texas Tech
14 Oregon
15 Auburn
16 Boston Coll.
17 Tennessee
18 Wisconsin
19 TCU
20 West Virginia
21 Arizona St
22 Georgia Tech
23 Iowa
24 Nebraska
25 Michigan
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I voted Texas first this week. I can't remember the rest they're on my other computer and I'll try to post them on Thursday or Friday. This could be a big week also for teams to make a move.
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I was really close to putting Texas #1. If USC struggles again and Texas pounds Texas Tech, the Longhorns move to the top.
1 USC
2 Texas
3 Virginia Tech
4 Georgia
5 Alabama
6 UCLA
7 Miami (FL)
8 LSU
9 Notre Dame
10 Penn St.
11 Florida St.
12 Ohio St.
13 Boston Coll.
14 Wisconsin
15 Texas Tech
16 Auburn
17 Oregon
18 West Virginia
19 Florida
20 Tennessee
21 Michigan
22 California
23 Michigan St.
24 TCU
25 Virginia
1 USC
2 Texas
3 Virginia Tech
4 Georgia
5 Alabama
6 UCLA
7 Miami (FL)
8 LSU
9 Notre Dame
10 Penn St.
11 Florida St.
12 Ohio St.
13 Boston Coll.
14 Wisconsin
15 Texas Tech
16 Auburn
17 Oregon
18 West Virginia
19 Florida
20 Tennessee
21 Michigan
22 California
23 Michigan St.
24 TCU
25 Virginia
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I notice a lot of people dropped USC to #2 behind Texas and have taken USC to task for playing close games. I'm wondering why this is? Texas trailed Ohio State on the road at halftime and came back and won. USC has trailed Arizona State, Oregon, and Notre Dame, all on the road (3 road games in 4 weeks!) and won them all. All three of these teams were ranked at the time, and ND and Oregon are still in the Top-15.
Seems like a double standard to me. If JT took the Bucks to Happy Valley, Madison, and Ann Arbor in three of four weeks and won close, come-from-behind games we'd erect a statue to him. Am I missing why this is not good enough for Petey and USC? Since the 2002 loss to Kansas State not one OOC opponent has been within double digits of USC up until the Notre Dame game. This stretch includes three bowls, two Big-10 co-champs, and a Big-12 champ. I mean, these were all games that were over midway through the third quarter.
How many points does USC have to win by to remain #1?
Seems like a double standard to me. If JT took the Bucks to Happy Valley, Madison, and Ann Arbor in three of four weeks and won close, come-from-behind games we'd erect a statue to him. Am I missing why this is not good enough for Petey and USC? Since the 2002 loss to Kansas State not one OOC opponent has been within double digits of USC up until the Notre Dame game. This stretch includes three bowls, two Big-10 co-champs, and a Big-12 champ. I mean, these were all games that were over midway through the third quarter.
How many points does USC have to win by to remain #1?
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Pheasant
This space for rent.
Findlay, are you so impressed by Bama that you wanted them at 5 and 7?
Oops. I was actually having a little trouble deciding where to rank Georgia, Alabama and UCLA. I moved them around a couple times before I decided on fucking it up
.It isn't the margin of victory that makes me think Texas is better. Watching both teams play makes me think that. Texas has as good/nearly as good of an offense as USC, but has a much better defense. I think Virginia Tech beats them on a neutral field, and Texas could beat them anywhere.Dryden said:
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buckeyeboy
Still fortitudinous
My sentiments exactly. When ND beats a legitimate top 25 team, then maybe the media's love for them can begin to be justified. Their biggest accomplishment this year was hanging close with a USC team, but Arizona, Oregon, and Arizona State each did that as well.
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Dry - it's a matter of philosophy, I think.
Some voters want to "predict the champion"
Some voters want to capture who is best today
Some voters say, "Well, you're #1 til you lose"
I don't have a problem with any of these styles. Actually, when Kbuck and I were setting this up, we kicked around the idea of setting a criteria, and determined that limiting the way people vote to one of the above theories would not be a good plan.
I think Texas is playing better than SC, and head to head, I'd take Texas over USC I think. But, in the same manner which you allude, I can't fault USC for winning albeit in non-conclusive fashion. You make a good point about how if OSU came back and won when they HAD to, we'd build a statue. I guess its a matter of perception - luck versus grit.
This week I fell on the side of "grit" but I must admit, I almost called it "luck" and sent them down a notch.
Some voters want to "predict the champion"
Some voters want to capture who is best today
Some voters say, "Well, you're #1 til you lose"
I don't have a problem with any of these styles. Actually, when Kbuck and I were setting this up, we kicked around the idea of setting a criteria, and determined that limiting the way people vote to one of the above theories would not be a good plan.
I think Texas is playing better than SC, and head to head, I'd take Texas over USC I think. But, in the same manner which you allude, I can't fault USC for winning albeit in non-conclusive fashion. You make a good point about how if OSU came back and won when they HAD to, we'd build a statue. I guess its a matter of perception - luck versus grit.
This week I fell on the side of "grit" but I must admit, I almost called it "luck" and sent them down a notch.
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Subbing as grammar nazi for vrb, who doesn't visit this board much. The single form of the word is criterion, it takes at least 2 items to have criteria.
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