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Preseason and Regular Season Polls (2015)

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After 6 weeks, down to 32 schools vying for the top 4 spots in the CFP

Unbeatens (listed by AP ranking):
Ohio State
Baylor
TCU
Utah
Clemson
LSU
Michigan State
Florida
Texas A&M
Florida State
Oklahoma State
Iowa
Toledo
Houston
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Temple
Memphis


1-Loss Teams (listed by AP ranking):
Alabama
m*ch*g*n
Ole Miss
Notre Dame
Stanford
UCLA
Oklahoma
Northwestern
Boise State
Cal
Duke
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Kentucky
Penn State
Navy
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
(other 1-loss teams but are basically "Out" with their only loss: Western Kentucky, Ohio, Marshall, Georgia Southern, Appalachian State)

Games this week that could pair this list down (LOTS of great games this week!):
Penn State @ #1 Ohio State
West Virginia @ #2 Baylor
Arizona State @ #4 Utah
Boston College @ #5 Clemson
#8 Florida @ #6 LSU
#7 Michigan State @ #12 m*ch*g*n
#10 Alabama @ #9 Texas A&M
Louisville @ #11 Florida State
#13 Ole Miss @ Memphis
USC @ #14 Notre Dame
#17 Iowa @ #20 Northwestern
#18 UCLA @ #15 Stanford
#19 Oklahoma @ Kansas State
#21 Boise State @ Utah State
 
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ShowMeBuck said:
Lots of pretty good teams this year. Nobody looking dominant. Just seems really weird like the playoff impact is already affecting teams attitudes. No longer is it an attitude of 'we have to look dominant' or 'lose once and your done.' etc. In that respect I guess it's kind of nice - if you are a Power 5 school, just win your conference. But the side effect almost seems like teams are biding their time or something.

I can't think of a year in recent memory with such a minor overall change in the top 10-12 teams. Sure there are 3-4 who look a little better than the rest but the change from 1 to 12 just doesn't seem as dramatic as usual. Maybe it's just me but it just seems like a playoff with 12 teams could see just about any of them win it at this point. Lot's of games left to play though.
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I think the only schools with an attitude of fearing the selection committee are those in the Big 12. They know they have to remain perfect to get a bid into the playoffs over a team that has won a conference championship game.
 
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SEREbuckeye said:
I think the only schools with an attitude of fearing the selection committee are those in the Big 12. They know they have to remain perfect to get a bid into the playoffs over a team that has won a conference championship game.
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The SEC champion gets a free pass (since they are the SEC...:shake:); and the ACC, Big XII, and B1G still could have undefeated champions. Somebody beats Utah (which is likely) and/or the PAC12 conference champion has 2 losses (or more); and the PAC12 might be the "odd conference out" this year.

Regardless there is still a lot of football to be played this year. About this time last year Ohio State was still "dead in the water" for a CFP spot so anything can still happen.
 
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If there is carnage like 2007 with 1 zero or 1 loss team Power 5 and a bunch of 2 loss power 5's I could see them taking an undefeated C5 like Houston or Toledo instead of one of the 2 loss champions
 
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dragurd said:
If there is carnage like 2007 with 1 zero or 1 loss team Power 5 and a bunch of 2 loss power 5's I could see them taking an undefeated C5 like Houston or Toledo instead of one of the 2 loss champions
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Ever see photos of the Dr. Mudd and associates execution... yeah the selection committee that would try and pull that off would end up looking like this:
 

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Got a 1st place vote back (up to 28 from 27 last week), but the gap with Baylor narrowed even further (from 21 to 12).

Also noteworthy that Memphis, which had previously been unranked, vaulted to 18 ahead of Toledo and Houston, which had both been previously ranked, and newcomer Temple for the G5/NY6 bowl pick.

Biggest disparity in the AP/Coaches polls would appear to be Utah, which has 16 of 61 possible first place votes (26%) by sportswriters, but only 1 of 63 possible first place votes (1.5%) by the coaches.
 
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Dryden said:
Got a 1st place vote back (up to 28 from 27 last week), but the gap with Baylor narrowed even further (from 21 to 12).

Also noteworthy that Memphis, which had previously been unranked, vaulted to 18 ahead of Toledo and Houston, which had both been previously ranked, and newcomer Temple for the G5/NY6 bowl pick.

Biggest disparity in the AP/Coaches polls would appear to be Utah, which has 16 of 61 possible first place votes (26%) by sportswriters, but only 1 of 63 possible first place votes (1.5%) by the coaches.
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I think it's fair re: Memphis. Beating Ole Miss looks like a better win right now than beating Arkansas or Louisville. Memphis and Houston will play each other, so at least they'll settle it on the field. I think Toledo will always be on the outside looking in as long as there is at least one undefeated AAC team.
 
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7 weeks in, 26 schools fighting for the 4 CFP spots

Unbeatens (listed by AP ranking):
Ohio State
Baylor
Utah
TCU
LSU
Clemson
Michigan State
Florida State
Iowa
Oklahoma State
Memphis
Toledo
Houston
Temple


1-Loss Teams (listed by AP ranking):
Alabama
Stanford
Notre Dame
Florida
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Cal
Duke
Pittsburgh
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North Carolina
Navy
(other 1-loss teams but are basically "Out" with their only loss: Western Kentucky, Marshall, Georgia Southern, Appalachian State)


2-Loss Teams (still in play, due to "forgivable loss" 8D):
m*ch*g*n

Teams dropped this week -- Ole Miss, UCLA, Northwestern, Boise State, Kentucky, Penn State



Games this week that could pare this list down (Vegas predicted "upsets" in parenthesis):
#3 Utah @ USC (Upset alert: USC favored by 3.5!)
#6 Clemson @ Miami FL
Indiana @ #7 Michigan State
Tennessee @ #8 Alabama
#9 Florida State @ Georgia Tech (FSU favored, but only by 5)
Washington @ #10 Stanford
#15 Texas A&M @ #24 Ole Miss (Miss favored by 5.5)
Texas Tech @ #17 Oklahoma
#20 Cal @ UCLA (UCLA favored by 3.5)
#22 Temple @ East Carolina (ECU favored by 3)
#23 Duke @ Virginia Tech (VaTech favored by 2.5)
#25 Pittsburgh @ Syracuse
 
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