Week 13 Polls

[JRTPlaya21]

USA Today Coaches' Poll

Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Last week

1. Florida (47) 11-0 1,459 1
2. Texas (4) 11-0 1,398 2
3. Alabama (8) 11-0 1,388 3
4. TCU 11-0 1,279 4
5. Cincinnati 10-0 1,224 5
6. Boise State 11-0 1,181 6
7. Georgia Tech 10-1 1,125 7
8. Ohio State 10-2 1,031 8
9. Pittsburgh 9-1 1,021 9
10. Oregon 9-2 941 11
11. Penn State 10-2 843 12
12. Oklahoma State 9-2 815 13
13. Iowa 10-2 714 15
14. Virginia Tech 8-3 656 16
15. Brigham Young 9-2 510 18
16. Clemson 8-3 467 19
17. LSU 8-3 463 10
18. Oregon State 8-3 450 20
19. Utah 9-2 318 23
20. Houston 9-2 305 22
21. Miami (Fla.) 8-3 266 24
22. Southern California 7-3 261 21
23. Nebraska 8-3 191 25t
24. North Carolina 8-3 167 25t
25. Mississippi 8-3 165 NR

Dropped out
No. 14 Wisconsin (8-3, lost to Northwestern 33-31), No. 17 Stanford (7-4, lost to California 34-28).


Others receiving votes
California (8-3) 149; Wisconsin (8-3) 123; Stanford (7-4) 58; Navy (8-3) 50; West Virginia (7-3) 30; Central Michigan (9-2) 27; Arkansas (7-4) 17; Temple (9-2) 17; Arizona (6-4) 15; Northwestern (8-4) 13; Nevada (8-3) 12; Texas Tech (7-4) 12; Auburn (7-4) 9; Troy (8-3) 2; Kentucky (7-4) 1; Missouri (7-4) 1; South Florida (7-3) 1.

[JRTPlaya21]

AP Top 25

RK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS

1 Florida (36) 11-0 1463 1
2 Alabama (13) 11-0 1428 2
3 Texas (11) 11-0 1425 3
4 TCU 11-0 1309 4
5 Cincinnati 10-0 1245 5
6 Boise State 11-0 1218 6
7 Georgia Tech 10-1 1138 7
8 Pittsburgh 9-1 1041 8
9 Ohio State 10-2 1016 9
10 Oregon 9-2 983 11
11 Oklahoma State 9-2 793 12
12 Penn State 10-2 773 13
13 Iowa 10-2 766 15
14 Virginia Tech 8-3 675 16
15 Clemson 8-3 609 18
16 Oregon State 8-3 541 20
17 LSU 8-3 409 10
18 Brigham Young 9-2 399 19
19 Miami (FL) 8-3 347 21
20 Mississippi 8-3 333 NR
21 California 8-3 263 NR
22 Utah 9-2 249 23
23 North Carolina 8-3 237 NR
24 USC 7-3 225 22
25 Houston 9-2 199 24

Dropped from rankings: Stanford 14, Wisconsin 17, Rutgers 25

Others receiving votes: Stanford 169, Nebraska 126, Wisconsin 40, Temple 32, Navy 24, Texas Tech 11, West Virginia 3, Northwestern 3, Nevada 2, Auburn 2, Kentucky 2, Arizona 1, CENTRL MICHIGAN 1,

[jballa838]

Here's to Auburn! Good luck against the #2.5 team in the nation!

[JFLO]

I love seeing Southern Cal at 22-24...

They are going to be a pre-season Top 5 team next year though...

[LizardState]

Ole Miss sneaks back into the top 25 but LSU (who should fire Miles ASAP) will receive the New Yrs Day bowl considerations at 8 places higher.

[bearsfan_51]

The non-BCS teams outside of TCU and Boise State are really overrated this year.

Houston at 20? Seriously? The same Houston team that lost to UTEP and Central Florida?

BYU and Utah are too high as well, but that really sticks out to me.

[critesy]

Here's to Auburn! Good luck against the #2.5 team in the nation!


they will win :)

[diabsoule]

Ole Miss sneaks back into the top 25 but LSU (who should fire Miles ASAP) will receive the New Yrs Day bowl considerations at 8 places higher.

Ole Miss should be ranked above LSU and I don't disagree that Miles shouldn't be fired but it won't be this year. He has an $18 million buyout this year.

[iowatreat54]

BCS Standings
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bcs.htm

1st Florida
2nd Alabama
3rd Texas
4th TCU
5th Cincy
6th Boise State
7th GT
8th Oregon
9th Pitt
10th Ohio State
11th Iowa
12th OK State
13th PSU
14th VT
15th LSU
16th Oregon State
17th Miami

[JRTPlaya21]

That was fast

18 Clemson 17 0.3126 16 0.3166 22 0.160 0.263080583

19 BYU 15 0.3411 15 0.3458 23 0.100 0.262271781

20 USC 22 0.2098 22 0.1769 16 0.390 0.258924571

21 Utah 19 0.2702 19 0.2156 21 0.220 0.235256220

22 California 23 0.1389 26 0.1010 17 0.370 0.203321439

23 Houston 20 0.2214 20 0.2068 27 0.010 0.146061057

24 North Carolina 26 0.0698 24 0.1132 20 0.250 0.144348300

25 Mississippi 25 0.1000 25 0.1119 24 0.040 0.083954802

[iowatreat54]

I tried copying and pasting the standings with points and what not but it was all out of order, so I just copied a post I saw on another site, my apologies guys.

I like that PSU is 13th. It means there's a chance, albeit a small one, that if a few things happen, a team or two may bump them out of the top 14. I doubt it happens, but you never know.

[Bob Sanders Dreadlock]

Houston at 20? Seriously? The same Houston team that lost to UTEP and Central Florida?

The same school that beat Oklahoma State at Oklahoma state.

[bearsfan_51]

The same school that beat Oklahoma State at Oklahoma state.
I figured someone would post this.

Congrats on beating a pretty good team which likewise hasn't really beaten anyone special.

Unfortunately, beating two good teams doesn't erase losing to two awful ones, or mitigate the fact that Conference USA is a giant pile of ****.

[crisco0710]

I figured someone would post this.

Congrats on beating a pretty good team which likewise hasn't really beaten anyone special.

Unfortunately, beating two good teams doesn't erase losing to two awful ones, or mitigate the fact that Conference USA is a giant pile of ****.

I don't get the "they haven't beat anyone" logic. If we take all the teams in the top 25 I bet only 5-8 have beat "someone"

[iowatreat54]

I don't get the "they haven't beat anyone" logic. If we take all the teams in the top 25 I bet only 5-8 have beat "someone"

Iowa's one of them!! Woooooo!!!

[bearsfan_51]

I don't get the "they haven't beat anyone" logic. If we take all the teams in the top 25 I bet only 5-8 have beat "someone"
Let's take a look. If you look at Sagarin's rankings, there are 4 teams in the top 25 that haven't beaten a top 30 team (Pittsburgh, Penn State, LSU, Utah). An additional 6 have only beaten one (Cincy, Boise State, OK State, BYU, Nebraska, Clemson).

If you're looking for top 10 wins, obviously it gets much more selected because if you lose, you probably aren't in the top 10 anymore.

But like I said, lack of quality wins isn't the problem for Houston, it's the awful losses to UTEP and Central Florida, combined with a very weak schedule overall. A team like USC should not be ranked below Houston. They've beaten better teams (Ohio State, Cal, Oregon State) and have had less losses to non-quality teams (Washington)

[Iamcanadian]

Since the BCS is a bit sloppy, I'll post it again along with the Coaches Poll.

BCS Rankings(Only the Harris Poll and the Coaches Poll plus the Computer Poll are used for BCS purposes, the other Polls have no standing for the BCS. Currently there are 6 undefeated teams, a total nightmare for the BCS.

1 Florida
2 Alabama
3 Texas
4 TCU
5 Cincinnati
6 Boise State
7 Georgia Tech
8 Oregon
9 Pittsburgh
10 Ohio State
11 Iowa
12 Oklahoma State
13 Penn State
14 Virginia Tech
15 LSU
16 Oregon State
17 Miami (Fla.)
18 Clemson
19 Brigham Young
20 Southern California
21 Utah
22 California
23 Houston
24 North Carolina
25 Mississippi

Coaches Poll

1 Florida
2 Texas
3 Alabama
4 TCU
5 Cincinnati
6 Boise State
7 Georgia Tech
8 Ohio State
9 Pittsburgh
10 Oregon
11 Penn State
12 Oklahoma State
13 Iowa
14 Virginia Tech
15 Brigham Young
16 Clemson
17 LSU
18 Oregon State
19 Utah
20 Houston
21 Miami (Fla.)
22 Southern California
23 Nebraska
24 North Carolina
25 Mississippi


Interesting scenario, if either Florida or Alabama lose in the conference championship and Texas loses to Texas A&M or Nebraska, TCU could make in to the NC Game.

Top 25 per conference
ACC - 5 teams
SEC -4 teams with Mississippi hanging on by its finger nails.
Pac 10 - 3 teams, 4 teams according to the BCS Poll
Big 10 - 3 team
Big 12 - 3 teams, 2 teams according to the BCS Poll
Mountain Weat - 3 teams
Big East 2 teams
WAC - 1 team
C-USA - 1 team

Looks to me that the SEC has come back to the pack even with 2 out of the top 3 teams. The ACC is on the move upward.

[Don Vito]

Can't see how LSU is ranked above us.