AP Rankings - 11-18

[TyCobb]

AP Top 25

1. LSU (60)
2. Kansas (3)
3. Missouri (1)
4. West Virginia (1)
5. Ohio State
6. Georgia
7. Arizona State
8. Virginia Tech
9. Oregon
10. Oklahoma
11. USC
12. Florida
13. Texas
14. Hawaii
15. Boston College
16. Virginia
17. Boise State
18. Illinois
19. Tennessee
20. Connecticut
21. Clemson
22. Wisconsin
23. Brigham Young
24. Cincinnati
25. Auburn

If USC beats Arizona State next week, do you think they deserve to be ahead of Arizona State in the Week 14 rankings?

[dms269]

I knew UGA was going to move up but then leapfrogging over idle ASU surprised me.

[El Turco]

yes, both teams with 2 loses but USC beating ASU gives them advantage. If Oregon wins they should be in front of both of them though.

[El Turco]

also lol@ WVU getting a first place vote.

[TyCobb]

yes, both teams with 2 loses but USC beating ASU gives them advantage. If Oregon wins they should be in front of both of them though.

Say Oregon loses, Oklahoma wins, and USC wins, does USC deserve to be ahead of Oregon, Oklahoma, and Arizona State?

What about Virginia Tech? Does USC deserve to be ahead of them if they win?

[El Turco]

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Say Oregon loses, Oklahoma wins, and USC wins, does USC deserve to be ahead of Oregon, Oklahoma, and Arizona State?

What about Virginia Tech? Does USC deserve to be ahead of them if they win?

yes, if USC wins and Oregon losses they ll jump ahead of Oregon as they will clinch the pac10. However, if Oklahoma wins their last game along with B12 championship, they ll be ahead of USC. As for V-Tech i would assume they would rank ahead of USC as losing to BC+LSU looks better than losing to Oregon+Stanford.

[randomhero423]

USC's gotta chance. needs LSU to lose and oregon (prob will happen). and wv to lose to uconn. which is a possiblity

[El Turco]

they dont have NC chance since OSU already covered them and their season is over but they have a outside top-5 chance.

[High 5]

Too bad Michigan couldn't beat OSU. I think Georgia would have made the NC otherwise.

[Icness]

Wow, I actually agree with the rankings for about the first time ever. Georgia is the best 2-loss team, getting the edge over VA Tech, who lost both games to the #2 rated team at the time.

IMO USC's loss to Stanford is far worse than any loss ASU could suffer and therefore ASU should stay ahead unless USC just mauls them.

The UVA-Va Tech game next weekend is potentially huge--the winner goes to the ACC title game and could have a chance at winding up in the top 3 if they win out. If only UVA could have back the inexplicable opener where Wyoming absolutely dominated them, they'd be in the national title picture.

[TyCobb]

IMO USC's loss to Stanford is far worse than any loss ASU could suffer and therefore ASU should stay ahead unless USC just mauls them.

That's silly...USC played their worst game ever, and still only lost by one point. USC went into Oregon and lost by just seven. ASU went into Oregon and lost by twelve.

ASU's best win came against a 18th ranked California. USC's best win came against a 14th ranked Nebraska. They also beat a 24th ranked California at California.

If USC beats Arizona State, they should move ahead of them, no matter how big or small the margin of victory was.

[studcrackers]

why is it silly? you were favored by 39.5 points, let that sink in for a moment

and i know nebraska was ranked 14th but that was the voters being stupid, they were never good to begin with as evidenced as the season progressed.

[Icness]

^^
Exactly. You cannot suffer the biggest upset in CFB history and expect any modicum of respect, not when you're team is so freaking talented and has shown it for about 7 quarters all year.

[Wizards2Lottery]

Wow #4. Missouri is not better than us but whatever. I'm begining to feel we will get jobbed out of a NC title spot.

[studcrackers]

im beginning to think you're convinced that WVU is the greatest thing since sliced bread

[mizzoupacers]

According to the BCS rankings, West Virginia is #3 this week and Missouri is #4.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/BCSStandings?week=6

Missouri has already played two teams ranked higher than anyone West Virginia has played/will play before the bowl games start, and is about to play a third, and if they win this weekend, will play a fourth in the Big 12 championship game. Missouri has played Illinois, Oklahoma, and is about to play Kansas, and they would play either Oklahoma again or Texas if they make it to the conference title game. All of those teams are ranked higher than Connecticut, the highest-ranked team on West Virginia's schedule.

I can't see how West Virginia could have much of a case to be ahead of Missouri in the pecking order if both teams finish the season with one loss and Missouri has played four games against teams rated higher than anyone the Mountaineers have played.

[El Turco]

^yep. if missouri wins out, WVU has no case about being above missouri.

[High 5]

im beginning to think you're convinced that WVU is the greatest thing since sliced bread

He has it made being a fan of the two greatest football teams this world has ever seen.

[Wizards2Lottery]

Exactly. How can you leave the greatest thing since sliced bread out of the BCS title game.

Injustice. Its FINE. Next year we will have Jarrett Brown and Noel Devine who will both end up as even better than Pat White and Steve Slaton. We have to make the title game in the next three years.