The Polls: Week 5

[Da Schwab]

Simply atrocious:

AP

1. Oklahoma (43) 4-0 1,599
2. Alabama (21) 5-0 1,565
3. LSU 4-0 1,466
4. Missouri (1) 4-0 1,453
5. Texas 4-0 1,362
6. Penn State 5-0 1,252
7. Texas Tech 4-0 1,105
8. Brigham Young 4-0 1,098
9. USC 2-1 1,087
10. South Florida 5-0 1,035
11. Georgia 4-1 1,018
12. Florida 3-1 914
13. Auburn 4-1 860
14. Ohio State 4-1 829
15. Utah 5-0 713
16. Kansas 3-1 650
17. Boise State 3-0 549
18. Wisconsin 3-1 520
19. Vanderbilt 4-0 459
20. Virginia Tech 4-1 290
21. Oklahoma State 4-0 277
22. Fresno State 3-1 232
23. Oregon 4-1 199
24. Connecticut 5-0 126
25. Wake Forest 3-1 107

Others Receiving Votes
Maryland 46, Michigan State 42, Kentucky 40, Ball State 38, Northwestern 32, Tulsa 32, TCU 30, Illinois 24, North Carolina 21, Florida State 14, OLE MISS 13, Georgia Tech 10, California 5, Nebraska 5, Oregon State 3, Boston College 3, Colorado 2.

Dropped From Rankings
Clemson 20, Illinois 22, East Carolina 23, TCU 24.

USA Today

1. Oklahoma (57) 4-0 1,520
2. LSU (1) 4-0 1,399
3. Missouri 4-0 1,398
4. Alabama (2) 5-0 1,350
5. Texas (1) 4-0 1,310
6. Penn State 5-0 1,146
7. Brigham Young 4-0 1,054
8. Texas Tech 4-0 1,047
9. USC 2-1 990
10. Georgia 4-1 888
10. South Florida 5-0 888
12. Ohio State 4-1 854
13. Florida 3-1 832
14. Auburn 4-1 776
15. Utah 5-0 684
16. Kansas 3-1 555
17. Wisconsin 3-1 521
18. Boise State 3-0 446
19. Vanderbilt 4-0 351
20. Oregon 4-1 286
21. Fresno State 3-1 280
22. Oklahoma State 4-0 229
23. Connecticut 5-0 180
24. Virginia Tech 4-1 161
25. Wake Forest 3-1 148

Others Receiving Votes
Northwestern 98, Michigan State 88, Kentucky 86, Ball State 43, Maryland 40, Tulsa 38, Florida State 31, TCU 25, California 20, Georgia Tech 18, Illinois 14, Nebraska 8, Oregon State 6, North Carolina 5, Clemson 5, Notre Dame 3, Cincinnati 2, Duke 1, OLE MISS 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Clemson 19, Illinois 21, TCU 23.

I don't even know where to begin with my complaints. Some of this is just absurd.

T? C? C?

[El Turco]

it isnt that bad, alabama should be over missouri in USA today, fresno state shouldnt even sniff top 25. you can pretty much interchange the teams between 9-14.

[LAKESHOW]

ahahaha, PERFECT!

texas, okie, texas tech, mizzou will work it self out.

alabama, lsu will work itself out, again, in our favor.

penn state will get knocked off, OSU will win that conference.

AND I DARE . . . SIMPLY DARE . . . anyone to stick byu ahead of us at the end of the season. aint gonna happen.

[Da Schwab]

It could be argued that the Mountain West is as good, if not better, than the Pac-10 this season.

[High 5]

I find it funny that USC is still ahead of Georgia, but otherwise I'm content. Still in prime position to be where we want to be at the end of the year. I'd love a rematch with Bama in the Dome. I doubt they'd be quite as fortunate twice.

[LAKESHOW]

I find it funny that USC is still ahead of Georgia, but otherwise I'm content. Still in prime position to be where we want to be at the end of the year. I'd love a rematch with Bama in the Dome. I doubt they'd be quite as fortunate twice.

the scenario is bama loses to LSU on their side of the conference. then LSU meets up with georgia in the sec championship game, and then georgia kills the tigers. thats a good scenario.

georgia will get the regular ranking behind USC. either #2 in the title game. or #3 and the sugar bowl. thats a nice set up.

[LAKESHOW]

HARRIS POLL

Rank Team Record Points
Previous Game
(weekend of Sept. 27)
Next Game
(weekend of Oct. 4)
Previous Week's
Rank
1 Oklahoma (102) 4-0 2,835 Beat TCU 35-10 at Baylor n/a
2 LSU (3) 4-0 2,637 Beat Mississippi State 34-24 Idle n/a
3 Alabama (7) 5-0 2,601 Beat Georgia 41-30 Kentucky n/a
4 Missouri (1) 4-0 2,524 Idle at Nebraska n/a
5 Texas (1) 4-0 2,455 Beat Arkansas 52-10 at Colorado n/a
6 Penn State 5-0 2,102 Beat Illinois 38-24 at Purdue n/a
7 USC 2-1 1,997 Lost to Oregon State 27-21 No. 21 Oregon n/a
8 Texas Tech 4-0 1,933 Idle at Kansas State n/a
9 BYU 4-0 1,904 Idle at Utah State n/a
10 Georgia 4-1 1,831 Lost to Alabama 41-30 Idle n/a
11 Florida 3-1 1,744 Lost to Mississippi 31-30 at Arkansas n/a
12 South Florida 5-0 1,657 Beat North Carolina State 41-10 Pittsburgh n/a
13 Auburn 4-1 1,506 Beat Tennessee 14-12 at No. 19 Vanderbilt n/a
14 Ohio State 4-1 1,482 Beat Minnesota 34-21 at No. 16 Wisconsin n/a
15 Utah 5-0 1,195 Beat Weber State 37-21 Oregon State n/a
16 Wisconsin 3-1 973 Lost to Michigan 27-25 No. 14 Ohio State n/a
17 Kansas 3-1 966 Idle at Iowa State n/a
18 Boise State 3-0 808 Idle Louisiana Tech n/a
19 Vanderbilt 4-0 704 Idle No. 13 Auburn n/a
20 Fresno State 3-1 493 Beat UCLA 36-31 Hawaii n/a
21 Oregon 4-1 476 Beat Washington State 63-14 at No. 7 USC n/a
22 Virginia Tech 4-1 350 Beat Nebraska 35-30 Western Kentucky n/a
23 Oklahoma State 4-0 299 Beat Troy 55-24 Texas A&M n/a
24 Connecticut 5-0 286 Beat Louisville 26-21 at North Carolina n/a
25 Wake Forest 3-1 223 Lost to Navy 24-17 Idle n/a

Number of first place votes shown in parentheses.

Other teams receiving votes: Michigan State 187; Northwestern 165; Maryland 98; TCU 77; Kentucky 73; Florida State 66; Tulsa 59;
Illinois 55; Georgia Tech 43; North Carolina 41; Ball State 36; California (Cal) 31; Boston College 25; Notre Dame 18; Nebraska 16;
Clemson 15; Colorado 15; East Carolina 10; Michigan 10; Mississippi 9; Oregon State 7; Arizona 6; Duke 3; West Virginia 3; Tennessee 1.

[Icness]

I prefer the USA Today poll on this one.

Penn State is a pretty weak #6 but I can buy they've accomplished more than BYU, TTU, and USF.

Interesting that Georgia loses to the new #2 (or #4) yet they fall below USC, which loses to a sub .500 team in an awful conference. Also interesting that Ohio State is still apparently penalized for missing their best player and not playing Pryor more in their loss to USC. Maybe Florida should be ranked higher because of all their injuries under that rationale...

Michigan State is no worse than the 20th best team in the country and they've got the front-runner for the Heisman in Javon Ringer. That should count for something.

[LAKESHOW]

I TOTALLY AGREE with the disrespect to OSU. that is a boatload of crap. they are, and should be ranked much higher. however, i believe that if they take care of their business one game at time. they will and should be the big10 champion. they could go to the rosebowl and roll up oregon state or someone. if we dont make it to the title game, give me an SEC team, and i guarandamntee, we will roll them up once again.

[El Turco]

the fact that Wisconsin choked their game against Michigan didnt help us a bit, it dropped the SOS and instead of beating a top 7 team next week we ll be beating a top 20 team. i hope PSU holds up so that we could get some brownie points from that game.

still when its all said and done we ll be in 5-10 range, at worst.

[El Turco]

Michigan State is no worse than the 20th best team in the country and they've got the front-runner for the Heisman in Javon Ringer. That should count for something.

hey, ic, do you know why OSU didnt recruit Javon Ringer? was it the lack of size? or because they already got Beanie?

[Icness]

Michigan State is no worse than the 20th best team in the country and they've got the front-runner for the Heisman in Javon Ringer. That should count for something.

hey, ic, do you know why OSU didnt recruit Javon Ringer? was it the lack of size? or because they already got Beanie?

Sorry I don't know. I really pay very little attention to recruiting.

[GYBE]

hey, ic, do you know why OSU didnt recruit Javon Ringer? was it the lack of size? or because they already got Beanie?

Ringer's a senior.

[NO-KG-AI]

I TOTALLY AGREE with the disrespect to OSU. that is a boatload of crap. they are, and should be ranked much higher. however, i believe that if they take care of their business one game at time. they will and should be the big10 champion. they could go to the rosebowl and roll up oregon state or someone. if we dont make it to the title game, give me an SEC team, and i guarandamntee, we will roll them up once again.

You just want to give OSU props to prop up USC.

You lost to Oregon State, you shouldn't be in the title game unless everyone drops a game to a non-factor.

[LAKESHOW]

I TOTALLY AGREE with the disrespect to OSU. that is a boatload of crap. they are, and should be ranked much higher. however, i believe that if they take care of their business one game at time. they will and should be the big10 champion. they could go to the rosebowl and roll up oregon state or someone. if we dont make it to the title game, give me an SEC team, and i guarandamntee, we will roll them up once again.

You just want to give OSU props to prop up USC.

You lost to Oregon State, you shouldn't be in the title game unless everyone drops a game to a non-factor.

you need to read the posts after the SC/OSU game. no gloating. no bad mouthing. no trash talking. not even before the game was i talkin trash about OSU. so despite the attempt to speculate, there is no proof of me bad mouthing osu before the matchup or even after the matchup. you see, THE SHOW truly has a heart full of LOVE and JOY. not one of hatred and animosity. giving the LOVE and PROPS to other programs outside of the SEC is all good, because LAKESHOW is LOVE. the SEC however, is a conference overrated and full of itself and its ability. which we all know, when compared to USC, they are considered stepchildren. and even when we backhand and smack around the stepchildren, (arkansas/auburn come to mind), it is only a with LOVE.

now everyone knows this. our history. our record. our dealings with the likes from the SEC and their so-called speed(AHAHAHAHAHA), is one of dominance, and of course, THEY KNOW WHO WE BE. 70 pt blowouts has that bunch intimidated.

[hermes]

i'll just say this right now

Bosie St. and BYU national title game

[KingInExile]

i'll just say this right now

Bosie St. and BYU national title game

You may be on to something...too bad the BCS entitlement program would never let this happen since neither school fits the mold of what their corporate sponsors deem to be "worthy".

[craig01]

i'll just say this right now

Bosie St. and BYU national title game

LOL

[NO-KG-AI]

I TOTALLY AGREE with the disrespect to OSU. that is a boatload of crap. they are, and should be ranked much higher. however, i believe that if they take care of their business one game at time. they will and should be the big10 champion. they could go to the rosebowl and roll up oregon state or someone. if we dont make it to the title game, give me an SEC team, and i guarandamntee, we will roll them up once again.

You just want to give OSU props to prop up USC.

You lost to Oregon State, you shouldn't be in the title game unless everyone drops a game to a non-factor.

you need to read the posts after the SC/OSU game. no gloating. no bad mouthing. no trash talking. not even before the game was i talkin trash about OSU. so despite the attempt to speculate, there is no proof of me bad mouthing osu before the matchup or even after the matchup. you see, THE SHOW truly has a heart full of LOVE and JOY. not one of hatred and animosity. giving the LOVE and PROPS to other programs outside of the SEC is all good, because LAKESHOW is LOVE. the SEC however, is a conference overrated and full of itself and its ability. which we all know, when compared to USC, they are considered stepchildren. and even when we backhand and smack around the stepchildren, (arkansas/auburn come to mind), it is only a with LOVE.

now everyone knows this. our history. our record. our dealings with the likes from the SEC and their so-called speed(AHAHAHAHAHA), is one of dominance, and of course, THEY KNOW WHO WE BE. 70 pt blowouts has that bunch intimidated.

No one fears a team that plays in a conference full of weak teams... beat up on the princesses of the west, and then get spanked by the beavers, or the Stanford whatever the hell the mascot is.

Oh and it's not SEC speed that would be the issue, it's the defense. Why do you think Joe McKnight chose USC over his favorite college that was heavily recruiting him? He knew he could run wild in the Pac-0,

In all honesty though, I think the best thing that could ever happen to USC would be to play in the SEC. Beating up on all those sorry teams gets them full of themselves, and it keeps biting them in the ass.

[LAKESHOW]

and in the meanwhile . . . we keep slappin 70 and 50 pts on those teams. wheres the proof of their toughness vs. USC? remember, auburn was ranked #1 in the country at the time, and after waxing them on their own home turf, we whooped up on carlos rodgers, ronnie brown, cadillac williams . . . another weak SEC team at the time.