Week 7 CFB poll: Who's No. 2?

[PhilipNelsonFan]

1 Florida (50) 5-0 1490 1
2 Alabama (10) 6-0 1430 3
3 Texas 5-0 1395 2
4 Virginia Tech 5-1 1283 5
5 Boise State 5-0 1199 6
6 USC 4-1 1161 7
7 Ohio State 5-1 1048 9
8 Cincinnati 5-0 1038 8
9 Miami (FL) 4-1 970 11
10 LSU 5-1 947 4
11 Iowa 6-0 919 12
12 TCU 5-0 917 10
13 Oregon 5-1 776 13
14 Penn State 5-1 597 14
15 Nebraska 4-1 576 21
16 Oklahoma State 4-1 559 15
17 Kansas 5-0 551 16
18 Brigham Young 5-1 490 18
19 Georgia Tech 5-1 453 22
20 Oklahoma 3-2 432 19
21 South Florida 5-0 330 23
22 South Carolina 5-1 319 25
23 Houston 4-1 192 NR
24 Utah 4-1 76 NR
25 Notre Dame 4-1 75 NR

Dropped from rankings: Auburn 17, Mississippi 20, Missouri 24

Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 58, Auburn 55, West Virginia 46, Mississippi 28, Wisconsin 27, Missouri 25, Arkansas 16, Central Michigan 6, Arizona 5, Michigan 5, Oregon State 2, Navy 1, Idaho 1, Stanford 1, Texas Tech 1



The pollsters corrected what was the most glaring omission to date by removing Texas from the No. 2 spot and adding in Alabama. Much as I want to claim SEC bias, I sat down and really watched some football yesterday and it's pretty obvious who Nos. 1 and 2 should be. And yes, they should both be from the SEC.

Virginia Tech and Boise State get rewarded, although Cincinnati should be ahead of Ohio State and maybe even USC. They are as legitimate as you can get right now.

I believe (bias firmly enforcing this) that Oregon is a better team than Iowa and TCU right now, but that may sort itself out later. The Mountain West is no picnic, and I don't know how far Iowa can go this season.

The quality of football this year seems to be much worse than previous years. There are maybe 20 teams that have separated themselves and a giant mess at the end. If I had a say, I'd vote Idaho in as a top-25 team at this point because, hell, they've differentiated themselves as well as anyone else.

Also, shout-out to Duke for beating NC State 49-28 at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh yesterday. Thaddeus Lewis had over 400 yards passing and five touchdowns; he could be a future pro.

[hermes]

iowa keeps inching up, although i think they are a few spots too high

but if they continue to minimize mistakes, with they way they play defense, they will be in every game

boise back in the top 5, woo

[LAKESHOW]

after we kill the rest of our schedule there is no doubt who should be in the national title game.

[Icness]

No question that Florida and Bama are better than everyone else. But only one of them can go undefeated. That makes the question: what other team (assuming the UF/Bama winner is unbeaten) plays for the national title?

Texas has to beat Oklahoma and probably a decent Nebraska team (or Kansas) in the Big 12 title game to make it. I don't see all that happening for them, not when pathetic Colorado beat them for a half.

USC has to convincingly run the table and simultaneously hope the rest of the PAC 10 doesn't look awful (read: Cal and Washington must make good bowls). That's a tough sell.

TCU has to run the table and dominate in doing so. Easier said than done though that defense is legitimately great. Boise will run the table but their schedule is cupcake city. I think Boise gets into the BCS but not the national title game, not with that schedule.

Virginia Tech is poised to win out, with their lone loss to Bama and some nice wins mixed in there. They need to convincingly wax the Virginias and NC States of the ACC to build momentum.

Ohio State can win out, punking Iowa and having their lone blemish a close loss to USC. I think for the Buckeyes to make it: USC must lose another, TCU needs a loss, both Florida and Bama need a loss before the SEC title game, and VT needs another loss or some squeaker games.

Oregon can make it if they run the table, but again the rest of the Pac !0 has to help them. The Big 10>>Pac 10 beyond the first two teams in each conference.

Cincinnati is the best bet. They've already played their most dangerous games, they've got a Heisman candidate at QB and the national media is adopting them as darlings. And yes, Cincy is definitively the best team in the state of Ohio. I say that as a lifelong Buckeye fan too.

[timd1218]

I think the polls seem fair this week. A couple things jump out to me. 1. I like how Oklahoma went down a spot even though they won. They are a 3-2 team and really shouldn't be in the top 25. 2. I don't like ND being ranked going into USC. Im a big ND fan and I think if they weren't ranked going into the game, they'd have more of a chip on their shoulder. Oh well, hopefully Clausen has a monster game, otherwise, ND will be done.