The Polls: Week 4

[Da Schwab]

AP

1. USC (62) 2-0 1,621
2. Oklahoma 3-0 1,484
3. Georgia (2) 4-0 1,475
4. Florida (1) 3-0 1,442
5. LSU 3-0 1,363
6. Missouri 4-0 1,360
7. Texas 3-0 1,174
8. Alabama 4-0 1,132
9. Wisconsin 3-0 1,091
10. Texas Tech 4-0 962
11. Brigham Young 4-0 919
12. Penn State 4-0 891
13. South Florida 4-0 798
14. Ohio State 3-1 790
15. Auburn 3-1 785
16. Wake Forest 3-0 711
17. Utah 4-0 574
18. Kansas 3-1 555
19. Boise State 3-0 363
20. Clemson 3-1 300
21. Vanderbilt 4-0 242
22. Illinois 2-1 224
23. East Carolina 3-1 201
24. TCU 4-0 117
25. Fresno State 2-1 105

Others Receiving Votes
Oregon 100, Oklahoma State 98, VIRGINIATECH 63, Colorado 39, Nebraska 32, Connecticut 26, Tulsa 19, Miami (FL) 17, Michigan State 14, Georgia Tech 8, Kentucky 7, Northwestern 7, Ball State 6, South Carolina 3, West Virginia 2, Florida State 2, North Carolina 2, Minnesota 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Oregon 17, West Virginia 21, Florida State 24.

Not sure why VaTech is in all caps. Boise State and TCU make their annual appearances in the Top 25, and Vandy gets some love from the voters. How long has it been since the Commodores have seen a ranking?

USA Today

1. USC (56) 2-0 1,517
2. Oklahoma (2) 3-0 1,424
3. Georgia (2) 4-0 1,388
4. Florida (1) 3-0 1,345
5. Missouri 4-0 1,284
6. LSU 3-0 1,247
7. Texas 3-0 1,143
8. Wisconsin 3-0 1,041
9. Texas Tech 4-0 944
10. Alabama 4-0 939
11. Brigham Young 4-0 931
12. Penn State 4-0 818
13. Ohio State 3-1 744
14. South Florida 4-0 721
15. Wake Forest 3-0 678
16. Auburn 3-1 650
17. Utah 4-0 528
18. Kansas 3-1 506
19. Clemson 3-1 378
20. Boise State 3-0 265
21. Illinois 2-1 233
22. Oregon 3-1 174
23. TCU 4-0 151
24. Fresno State 2-1 117
25. Vanderbilt 4-0 103

Others Receiving Votes
East Carolina 88, Nebraska 83, Oklahoma State 55, Connecticut 54, Virginia Tech 47, Michigan State 37, Kentucky 36, Colorado 30, Northwestern 21, Tulsa 17, Ball State 16, Arizona State 11, California 9, Minnesota 8, Purdue 8, West Virginia 7, Miami (FL) 7, Georgia Tech 7, Cincinnati 6, Maryland 6, Louisville 3.

Dropped From Rankings
East Carolina 17, West Virginia 22, Florida State 25.

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[AgEnT50]

ROLLL TIDE! ! ! ! !!!! ! !

Bring on the Dawgs ! ! ! ! ! !! !

[studcrackers]

so should i leave after work next week to see the alabama/georgia game or stay and get into the oklahoma st./troy game? decisions decisions, hopefully the okie state will be a blowout early (doubtful) so my mind will be made up for me

[El Turco]

4th most impressive team in SEC is ranked 3rd in the nation. boggles my mind.

[High 5]

so should i leave after work next week to see the alabama/georgia game or stay and get into the oklahoma st./troy game? decisions decisions, hopefully the okie state will be a blowout early (doubtful) so my mind will be made up for me

How is this even a question?

[LAKESHOW]

why anyone is #2 is beyond me. some even have first place votes, what a load.

as of today, no one should even be invited to a national championship game vs. USC. we are on our own level. so it should read . . .

1. USC
2. will be notified when a worthy opponent is found
3. etc . . .

[Da Schwab]

why anyone is #2 is beyond me. some even have first place votes, what a load.

as of today, no one should even be invited to a national championship game vs. USC. we are on our own level. so it should read . . .

1. USC
2. will be notified when a worthy opponent is found
3. etc . . .

Must be nice to be that naive.

[High 5]

According to lakeshow, Reggie Bush calmed Hurricane Katrina, repaired the Superdome and carried the Saints to the NFCCG. He also believes OJ is innocent and Leinart is going to the Pro Bowl this year.

[LAKESHOW]

He also believes OJ is innocent

uhh, he was set free and released wasnt he?

if the glove dont fit, you must acquit.

[High 5]

The fact that the OJ comment is the only one you object to says enough.

And let's see if OJ has the magic this time.

[HMFFL]

Vanderbilt cracks the top 25 making it another ranked team Georgia faces!

How brutal!

Sat, Sep 27 (9) Alabama 7:45 pm --
Sat, Oct 11 Tennessee TBA --
Sat, Oct 18 (25) Vanderbilt TBA --
Sat, Oct 25 at (6) LSU TBA --
Sat, Nov 1 (4) Florida TBA --
Sat, Nov 8 at Kentucky TBA --
Sat, Nov 15 at (10) Auburn TBA --
Sat, Nov 29 Georgia Tech TBA

[KingInExile]

why anyone is #2 is beyond me. some even have first place votes, what a load.

as of today, no one should even be invited to a national championship game vs. USC. we are on our own level. so it should read . . .

1. USC
2. will be notified when a worthy opponent is found
3. etc . . .

Must be nice to be that naive.

I wonder how he will feel when USC loses to Oregon State again next week.

[A.J.]

ECU is still ranked after that loss? If it was NCAA 09 they would be unranked. lol

[craig01]

It was a nice start for ECU, but they were very over rated.

They'll finish 8-4.

[hermes]

dang it iowa

anyway GO BOISE ST!!

[Icness]

How does Philip Fulmer keep his job at Tennessee? Not even John Cooper could get owned by a rival so badly for so long

I'll agree with Lakeshow if USC covers the spread in every Pac-10 game. Which they won't.

Real bad break for Ball State, which had a shot at making the Top 25 in another couple of weeks. They lost star WR Devin Love, one of the most exciting deep threat WR in CFB, to a nasty neck injury that has ended his career. I still like them to win the MAC, and that should sneak them into the 25 spot in the manner that TCU is ranked.

I'm starting my campaigning now: the winner of the Utah/BYU game deserves a shot at the national title IF there is only one other undefeated team. The MWC is better than the Pac 10 and maybe the Big 10 this year.

My personal SEC ratings:
1. LSU, because of their defense
2. Georgia
3. Florida
4. Alabama, very quietly blowing teams away
5. Auburn, but they'd still win every other BCS conference except the Big 12 or USC
6. Miss State, started too slow to do much but IMO they are better than they've shown
7. Vanderbilt
8. Kentucky. Play an actual team already
9. South Carolina, which would finish no worse than 3rd in the ACC or Pac 10
10. Tennessee, but Arian Foster is a stud

Anxiously awaiting the Wake/Clemson game; the winner belongs in the top 10 and no other ACC school deserves to be ranked above 20 at any point the rest of the season

Mizzou and Oklahoma could very realistically be #2 and #3 if/when they meet in the Big 12 Title game

[studcrackers]

so though OU will be ranked higher then every SEC the whole season if they run the table will they get the shaft outta the title game or will the SEC be the one on the outside looking in? given there recent struggle in bowl games id have to think if there are 3 bcs teams they'll get the shaft. and though i like OU im hoping for 4 undefeated teams, though it will likely not change anything, it's fun to see f*ckups and bring up the problems with the system for the 100 straight year.

btw icness, ive always wondered how competitive a conference it could be if u combined the best of the WAC, MWC and maybe C-USA (though that may spread out the conference to far) but how legit a bcs conference could that be?

[craig01]

My version based on complete ability, not current record, and where they'll be at the end

1- UGA
2- LSU
3- UF
4- Alabama
5- Auburn
6- Tennessee
7- South Carolina
8- Kentucky
9- Arkansas
10- Ole Miss
11- Vanderbilt
12- Miss St

[El Turco]

1. UF
2. LSU
3. Alabama
4. UGA
5. Auburn

rest doesnt really matter.

[PhilipNelsonFan]

9. South Carolina, which would finish no worse than 3rd in the ACC or Pac 10

This implies the existence of an offense, which is not present. South Carolina, in the Pac-10, would finish no higher than 7th. I don't see any way they beat Cal, Oregon State, even Arizona. UCLA is a crapshoot, but we saw what they did to a Tennessee team that most SEC fans still believe is top-25 caliber.