The Polls: Week 2

[Da Schwab]

AP

1. USC (33) 1-0 1,577
2. Georgia (23) 2-0 1,525
3. Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1,458
4. Florida (4) 2-0 1,438
5. Ohio State (1) 2-0 1,347
6. Missouri (1) 2-0 1,336
7. LSU (1) 1-0 1,231
8. Texas 2-0 1,100
9. Auburn 2-0 1,067
10. Wisconsin 2-0 910
11. Alabama 2-0 865
12. Texas Tech 2-0 845
13. Kansas 2-0 825
14. East Carolina 2-0 762
15. Arizona State 2-0 744
16. Oregon 2-0 616
17. Penn State 2-0 607
18. Brigham Young 2-0 537
19. South Florida 2-0 493
20. Wake Forest 2-0 404
21. Fresno State 1-0 290
22. Utah 2-0 258
23. California 2-0 195
24. Illinois 1-1 164
25. West Virginia 1-1 163

Others Receiving Votes
UCLA 150, Clemson 73, Florida State 50, Boise State 22, Tennessee 15, Georgia Tech 14, Oklahoma State 11, Vanderbilt 7, TCU 6, Kentucky 6, Virginia Tech 4, Tulsa 3, South Carolina 2, Arizona 2, Connecticut 1, North Carolina 1, Rice 1.

Dropped From Rankings
UCLA 23, South Carolina 24.

USA Today

1. USC (34) 1-0 1,481
2. Georgia (18) 2-0 1,454
3. Oklahoma (3) 2-0 1,370
4. Florida (3) 2-0 1,306
5. Ohio State (1) 2-0 1,289
6. Missouri 2-0 1,212
7. LSU (2) 1-0 1,198
8. Texas 2-0 1,069
9. Auburn 2-0 1,017
10. Wisconsin 2-0 946
11. Kansas 2-0 854
12. Texas Tech 2-0 755
13. Arizona State 2-0 737
14. Oregon 2-0 665
15. Brigham Young 2-0 628
16. Alabama 2-0 611
17. Penn State 2-0 547
18. South Florida 2-0 475
19. Wake Forest 2-0 419
20. East Carolina 2-0 375
21. Fresno State 1-0 300
22. Utah 2-0 235
23. Clemson 1-1 175
24. West Virginia 1-1 145
25. California 2-0 128

Others Receiving Votes
Illinois 124, UCLA 86, Florida State 50, Kentucky 28, Boise State 22, Tennessee 21, TCU 18, Nebraska 16, Georgia Tech 15, Arizona 11, Virginia Tech 11, Vanderbilt 8, Oklahoma State 7, Iowa 4, Colorado 3, Notre Dame 3, Tulsa 2, Connecticut 2, Bowling Green 1, South Carolina 1, Northwestern 1.

Dropped From Rankings
South Carolina 24, Illinois 25.

Let me get this straight... USC extends their lead in both polls after not setting foot on the field this weekend? Really? Why not just give them an automatic berth into the BCS Championship while you're at it.

Good to see ECU in the Top 25, but I think 14 may be a bit too high, from the AP. I think a spot between 17-19 would've been better. Looks as if they may have a walk in the park for the rest of the year; UCF could be their biggest challenge left.

Also nice to see the Badgers in the Top 10, even after stumbling out of the gate in both of their games, thus far.

T? C? C?

[A.J.]

Congrats to ECU on getting ranked and representing the CUSA well.

[CJ_18]

Miami doesn't get any votes for keeping it close with #4 Florida?

[studcrackers]

when the hell did covering the spread mean keeping it close?

[CJ_18]

It was a 9-3 heading into the 4th, and the spread was barely covered with a field goal with 20 seconds left.

[GSWbandwagon]

when the hell did covering the spread mean keeping it close?

miami didn't cover the spread. spread was 21.5, they lost by 23.

i don't understand complaints about ecu's ranking being too high. they beat the defending acc champs, then #17 va tech. then they blew out the defending big east champs, then #8 wvu. who has a better resume than that so far? why is ohio state ranked ahead of ecu?

[studcrackers]

oh, i thought i read it was 25 or 26, something like that

[Icness]

I want to know what ignoramus voted for Notre Dame in the USA Today poll. They barely beat a real lousy SDSU team. Watch them beat the worst Michigan team in the last 40 years and sneak into the top 25...

I would vote Oklahoma #1 right now if I had to.

Cal wins a conference road game 66-3 and they only get 25th? I thought they looked decent against a pretty good Michigan State team in the opener, once they figured out the QB problem. MSU might wind up 3rd or 4th in the Big Ten, not a bad win at all.

[PhilipNelsonFan]

This poll blows. I'm making my own.

1. USC
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Missouri
5. Florida
6. Ohio State
7. LSU
8. Auburn
9. East Carolina (Hey, why not?)
10. Wisconsin
11. Texas
12. Arizona State
13. Oregon
14. Texas Tech
15. Penn State
16. Kansas
17. Alabama (20 points on Tulane is weak.)
18. BYU
19. Wake Forest
20. Fresno State
21. Cal
22. USF
23. Utah
24. Illinois
25. Boise State

[El Turco]

pnf fails once again.

people are putting too much emphasis on ohio game, just about every national contender in just about every year struggles in a game they should win easily.not to mention that OSU didnt have their future heisman winner. no big deal though, a week isnt much to wait for #1 spot.

i dont have any complaints regarding ECU, their resume is the most impressive in the nation so far.

[Da Schwab]

pnf fails once again.

people are putting too much emphasis on ohio game, just about every national contender in just about every year struggles in a game they should win easily.not to mention that OSU didnt have their future heisman winner. no big deal though, a week isnt much to wait for #1 spot.

i dont have any complaints regarding ECU, their resume is the most impressive in the nation so far.

Didn't Terrelle Pryor play on Saturday?

[High 5]

Pryor is the only possible future Heisman winner on that team. Beanie has nothing on Knowshon.

[Da Schwab]

That was my point.

[High 5]

That I was agreeing with.

[PhilipNelsonFan]

Turco, unlike you I'm not afraid to call a spade a spade. You know what the OSU-OU game was to me? A freaking embarrassment. Even the players acknowledged this fact. As such, OSU deserves to drop (not plummet, since they did take control of the game in the 4th) and while I'm not high on Florida right now they handled a much better team much easier.

High 5, stud or anyone who's seen them, can you give me a brief rundown on Auburn? Not sure what to thing of Tuberville's Tigers.

[studcrackers]

couldnt really tell you a thing other then its been to damn long since we've beaten them

i wont get to see many games this year since i'll be working the parking lots at oklahoma st. football games. but at least i get into the games for free. though i may leave after working next week to see the hubub about this supposed matchup between sc and ohio state

[El Turco]

philip,i ll give you USC,Georgia, Oklahoma maybe even Florida among teams that can be considered better than OSU but if you think Missouri is a better team at this point you are out of yer mind. if you are ranking just by 2 week performance, why not cut through all the BS and put ECU at #1 ?

[studcrackers]

why cant mizzou be ranked higher then OSU?

[High 5]

I honestly haven't seen any of Auburn so far this year, but some of my Auburn friends were complaining about the new spread offense. I don't know any stats or anything, but I imagine it's the same as it has been for a few years. Really good defense, solid running backs, no real passing threat unless your defense sucks. They'll hang tough with anyone but I don't see them winning the west.

[PhilipNelsonFan]

philip,i ll give you USC,Georgia, Oklahoma maybe even Florida among teams that can be considered better than OSU but if you think Missouri is a better team at this point you are out of yer mind. if you are ranking just by 2 week performance, why not cut through all the BS and put ECU at #1 ?

Missouri did just lay the wood to a pretty good Illini squad and Daniel looks just as good as last year, if not better. Put it this way: I'd have no problem with OSU leapfrogging the Tigers if they go out and trounce Illinois in Big Ten competition. Goodness knows they'll probably vault over them before that game even happens.

It's not that I don't believe Ohio State is worthy of a top-5 billing, but they sure as hell haven't played like it and I will dock them for it. I tried to be consistent with that too (see Alabama).