COACHES' POLL! COACHES' POLL! COME AND GET IT!
Posted: Fri Aug 1, 2008 10:39 pm
USA Today Coaches Poll
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Georgia (22) 0-0 1438 3
2. USC (14) 0-0 1430 2
3. Ohio State (14) 0-0 1392 4
4. Oklahoma (3) 0-0 1329 8
5. Florida (5) 0-0 1293 16
6. LSU (3) 0-0 1163 1
7. Missouri 0-0 1143 5
8. West Virginia 0-0 1008 6
9. Clemson 0-0 999 22
10. Texas 0-0 979 10
11. Auburn 0-0 888 14
12. Wisconsin 0-0 747 21
13. Kansas 0-0 714 7
14. Texas Tech 0-0 644 23
15. Virginia Tech 0-0 568 9
16. Arizona State 0-0 560 13
17. Brigham Young 0-0 547 14
18. Tennessee 0-0 506 12
19. Illinois 0-0 422 18
20. Oregon 0-0 399 24
21. South Florida 0-0 350 NR
22. Penn State 0-0 313 25
23. Wake Forest 0-0 203 NR
24. Michigan 0-0 112 19
25. Fresno State 0-0 91 NR
Others Receiving Votes
Alabama 83, South Carolina 64, Utah 60, Rutgers 53, Florida State 53, Boston College 47, California 41, Pittsburgh 34, Boise State 25, Oregon State 23, Nebraska 17, Cincinnati 13, Virginia 12, Connecticut 9, Michigan State 9, Mississippi State 6, Kentucky 5, Notre Dame 5, TCU 5, Maryland 4, Texas A&M 3, UCLA 3, North Carolina 3, Louisville 2, Georgia Tech 2, UCF 2, Tulsa 1, Oklahoma State 1, Arizona 1, Colorado 1. Duke 0. Seriously, WTF!!! WHERE'S THE TOKEN PRESEASON VOTE FOR DUKE!!! COME ON!!!!!
Coaches should never, ever, ever be trusted (see: Arizona, 1 vote), but I hope the pollsters pay attention because this looks really accurate. The only major fallacy within this poll is the slotting of Texas, who by no means should be a preseason top-10. Kansas should also be a little lower, and I honest-to-Moroni would slot BYU 10th in this poll. I also think Oklahoma's a little high, but the coaches corrected that mistake through first-place votes.
The biggest positive sign is pretty simple: No Alabama in the top 25. Or South Carolina, or Rutgers, or Florida State, or Notre Dame. Michigan is 24th, but I think that's a forgivable offense because they finished 19th last year and it's not like Rodriguez fired a bunch of people. The coaches basically gave every team that ESPN crushes on for no apparent reason a well-deserved middle finger. Penn State 22nd? I can live with that, even though I might have dropped them out and added Utah after they lost Sean Lee. I'm not enthralled seeing only three Pac-10 teams in the top 25, but the conference is so disorganized that it's hard to blame the coaches. It's obviously not perfect, but compared to where polls like these usually are I'd have to say this is pretty accurate.
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Georgia (22) 0-0 1438 3
2. USC (14) 0-0 1430 2
3. Ohio State (14) 0-0 1392 4
4. Oklahoma (3) 0-0 1329 8
5. Florida (5) 0-0 1293 16
6. LSU (3) 0-0 1163 1
7. Missouri 0-0 1143 5
8. West Virginia 0-0 1008 6
9. Clemson 0-0 999 22
10. Texas 0-0 979 10
11. Auburn 0-0 888 14
12. Wisconsin 0-0 747 21
13. Kansas 0-0 714 7
14. Texas Tech 0-0 644 23
15. Virginia Tech 0-0 568 9
16. Arizona State 0-0 560 13
17. Brigham Young 0-0 547 14
18. Tennessee 0-0 506 12
19. Illinois 0-0 422 18
20. Oregon 0-0 399 24
21. South Florida 0-0 350 NR
22. Penn State 0-0 313 25
23. Wake Forest 0-0 203 NR
24. Michigan 0-0 112 19
25. Fresno State 0-0 91 NR
Others Receiving Votes
Alabama 83, South Carolina 64, Utah 60, Rutgers 53, Florida State 53, Boston College 47, California 41, Pittsburgh 34, Boise State 25, Oregon State 23, Nebraska 17, Cincinnati 13, Virginia 12, Connecticut 9, Michigan State 9, Mississippi State 6, Kentucky 5, Notre Dame 5, TCU 5, Maryland 4, Texas A&M 3, UCLA 3, North Carolina 3, Louisville 2, Georgia Tech 2, UCF 2, Tulsa 1, Oklahoma State 1, Arizona 1, Colorado 1. Duke 0. Seriously, WTF!!! WHERE'S THE TOKEN PRESEASON VOTE FOR DUKE!!! COME ON!!!!!
Coaches should never, ever, ever be trusted (see: Arizona, 1 vote), but I hope the pollsters pay attention because this looks really accurate. The only major fallacy within this poll is the slotting of Texas, who by no means should be a preseason top-10. Kansas should also be a little lower, and I honest-to-Moroni would slot BYU 10th in this poll. I also think Oklahoma's a little high, but the coaches corrected that mistake through first-place votes.
The biggest positive sign is pretty simple: No Alabama in the top 25. Or South Carolina, or Rutgers, or Florida State, or Notre Dame. Michigan is 24th, but I think that's a forgivable offense because they finished 19th last year and it's not like Rodriguez fired a bunch of people. The coaches basically gave every team that ESPN crushes on for no apparent reason a well-deserved middle finger. Penn State 22nd? I can live with that, even though I might have dropped them out and added Utah after they lost Sean Lee. I'm not enthralled seeing only three Pac-10 teams in the top 25, but the conference is so disorganized that it's hard to blame the coaches. It's obviously not perfect, but compared to where polls like these usually are I'd have to say this is pretty accurate.