the list has been pared down once again. oklahoma has no place on this list after that bad performance in lubbock.
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| 1 | LSU | 10-1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Kansas | 11-0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Arizona St | 9-1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Missouri | 10-1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Va Tech | 9-2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | W. Virginia | 9-1 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Ohio St | 11-1 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Georgia | 9-2 | 11 | ||
| 9 | Oregon | 8-2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | USC | 8-2 | 10 | ||
| 11 | Florida | 8-3 | 12 | ||
| 12 | Boise St | 10-1 | 15 |
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| 1 | LSU | 9-1 | |
| 2 | Oregon | 8-1 | |
| 3 | Kansas | 10-0 | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 9-1 | |
| 5 | Missouri | 9-1 | |
| 6 | Arizona St | 9-1 | |
| 7 | Va Tech | 8-2 | |
| 8 | W. Virginia | 8-1 | |
| 9 | Ohio St | 10-1 | |
| 10 | USC | 8-2 | |
| 11 | Georgia | 8-2 | |
| 12 | Florida | 7-3 | |
| 13 | Texas | 9-2 | |
| 14 | Clemson | 8-2 | |
| 15 | Boise St | 9-1 |
This has become too grueling, so I'm changing it from Top 25 to Top 15. At this point, who really cares about teams 16 through 25 anyway? Am I right? Yes. Anyway, here it is.
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| 1 | LSU | 8-1 | |
| 2 | Ohio St | 10-0 | |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 8-1 | |
| 4 | Oregon | 8-1 | |
| 5 | Missouri | 8-1 | |
| 6 | Kansas | 9-0 | |
| 7 | Arizona St | 8-1 | |
| 8 | VA Tech | 7-2 | |
| 9 | W. Virginia | 7-1 | |
| 10 | USC | 7-2 | |
| 11 | Auburn | 7-3 | |
| 12 | Georgia | 7-2 | |
| 13 | Florida | 6-3 | |
| 14 | Boston Col | 8-1 | |
| 15 | Clemson | 7-2 |
new top 25 (through oct 21)
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| 1 | LSU | 7-1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Ohio St | 8-0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 7-1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Oregon | 6-1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Arizona St | 7-0 | 8 | ||
| 6 | Boston Coll | 7-0 | 10 | ||
| 7 | S. Florida | 6-1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | W. Virginia | 6-1 | 9 | ||
| 9 | Missouri | 6-1 | 13 | ||
| 10 | Florida | 5-2 | 12 | ||
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 6-1 | 14 | ||
| 12 | Kentucky | 6-2 | 7 | ||
| 13 | USC | 6-1 | 15 | ||
| 14 | Kansas | 7-0 | 17 | ||
| 15 | Texas | 6-2 | 16 | ||
| 16 | S. Carolina | 6-2 | 6 | ||
| 17 | Auburn | 5-3 | 18 | ||
| 18 | Oklahoma St | 5-3 | 22 | ||
| 19 | Georgia | 6-2 | 24 | ||
| 20 | Virginia | 7-1 | -- | ||
| 21 | Rutgers | 5-2 | -- | ||
| 22 | California | 5-2 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Michigan | 6-2 | -- | ||
| 24 | Penn St | 6-2 | -- | ||
| 25 | Hawaii | 7-0 | 25 |
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| 1 | S. Florida | 6-0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | LSU | 6-1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Ohio St | 7-0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 6-1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Oregon | 5-1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | S. Carolina | 6-1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Kentucky | 6-1 | 10 | ||
| 8 | Arizona St | 7-0 | 14 | ||
| 9 | W. Virginia | 5-1 | 8 | ||
| 10 | Boston Coll | 7-0 | 12 | ||
| 11 | California | 5-1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Florida | 4-2 | 13 | ||
| 13 | Missouri | 5-1 | 9 | ||
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 6-1 | 16 | ||
| 15 | USC | 5-1 | 15 | ||
| 16 | Texas | 5-2 | 18 | ||
| 17 | Kansas | 6-0 | 19 | ||
| 18 | Auburn | 5-2 | 21 | ||
| 19 | Cincinnati | 6-1 | 11 | ||
| 20 | Tennessee | 4-2 | 22 | ||
| 21 | Kansas St | 4-2 | -- | ||
| 22 | Oklahoma St | 4-3 | -- | ||
| 23 | Texas Tech | 6-1 | -- | ||
| 24 | Georgia | 5-2 | -- | ||
| 25 | Hawaii | 7-0 | 25 |
i have still not fully comprehended this one. how do you lose a game when you're favored by 41 points? i'm not really sure. i don't even know if pete carroll himself knows the answer. (that is, by the way, the biggest upset ever in the history of sports, in terms of point spread. incredibly, the second-biggest happened just a month ago when syracuse beat louisville. and if you're wondering, the appalachian state vs. michigan game officially had no point spread.) i'm a little disappointed that USC fell only to 10th in the AP poll. yes, i get the whole "they would beat Team X in a head-to-head matchup, so let's rank them ahead of them" argument. but when you get beaten by a conference bottom-feeder, on your home turf no less, you deserve punishment. and quite honestly, if you lose to Stanford, i don't know that you can at all say with any certainty who you could and couldn't beat. in terms of talent, they could probably beat anyone. but the poll is not just about talent, it's about execution as well. and frankly, the trojans have just seemed unmotivated and flat out-coached at times. my own personal theory, not that i have any insider knowledge of any kind, is that pete carroll has already half-way mentally checked out on this season, and it's showing on the field. i think he's become bored at the lack of challenge he faces now in the college ranks, and he longs to once again scratch the NFL itch. it also helps that there's more money in the pro game. if he returns to USC in 2008 i'll be really surprised.
here be this week's rankings:
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| 1 | LSU | 6-0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Ohio St | 6-0 | 5 | ||
| 3 | California | 5-0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | S. Florida | 5-0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Oklahoma | 5-1 | 9 | ||
| 6 | Oregon | 4-1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | S. Carolina | 5-1 | 10 | ||
| 8 | W. Virginia | 5-1 | 11 | ||
| 9 | Missouri | 5-0 | 17 | ||
| 10 | Kentucky | 5-1 | 8 | ||
| 11 | Cincinnati | 6-0 | 12 | ||
| 12 | Boston Coll | 6-0 | 15 | ||
| 13 | Florida | 4-2 | 7 | ||
| 14 | Arizona St | 6-0 | 20 | ||
| 15 | USC | 4-1 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 5-1 | 22 | ||
| 17 | Illinois | 5-1 | -- | ||
| 18 | Texas | 4-2 | 14 | ||
| 19 | Kansas | 5-0 | -- | ||
| 20 | Wisconsin | 5-1 | 13 | ||
| 21 | Auburn | 4-2 | -- | ||
| 22 | Tennessee | 3-2 | -- | ||
| 23 | Florida St | 4-1 | -- | ||
| 24 | Colorado | 4-2 | 25 | ||
| 25 | Hawaii | 6-0 | 21 |
here are my latest rankings. even before i knew the AP voters would move LSU to #1, i had already decided to do that myself. but as it's been all year long, the gap between those 2 teams is very small.
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| 1 | LSU | 5-0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | USC | 4-0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | California | 5-0 | 9 | ||
| 4 | S. Florida | 4-0 | 17 | ||
| 5 | Ohio St | 5-0 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Oregon | 4-1 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Florida | 4-1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Kentucky | 5-0 | 11 | ||
| 9 | Oklahoma | 4-1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | S. Carolina | 4-1 | 14 | ||
| 11 | W. Virginia | 4-1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Cincinnati | 5-0 | 16 | ||
| 13 | Wisconsin | 5-0 | 15 | ||
| 14 | Texas | 4-1 | 6 | ||
| 15 | Boston Coll. | 5-0 | 12 | ||
| 16 | Nebrask | 4-1 | 18 | ||
| 17 | Missouri | 4-0 | 19 | ||
| 18 | Georgia | 4-1 | 20 | ||
| 19 | Clemson | 4-1 | 13 | ||
| 20 | Arizona St | 5-0 | 24 | ||
| 21 | Hawaii | 5-0 | 22 | ||
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 4-1 | 21 | ||
| 23 | Rutgers | 3-1 | 8 | ||
| 24 | Kansas St | 3-1 | -- | ||
| 25 | Colorado | 3-2 | -- |
hopefully i have thus far proven that i am willing and able to shuffle teams around based on how strong or weak i perceive them to be. and i'm happily surprised with how the AP pollsters have done this year. i really think that app state upset caused them all to rethink things and take their jobs more seriously, as in, actually think about it critically every week... anyway here are my rankings this week, followed by some observations:
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| 1 | USC | 3-0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | LSU | 4-0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Florida | 4-0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 4-0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | W. Virginia | 4-0 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Texas | 4-0 | 6 | ||
| 7 | Ohio St | 3-0 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Rutgers | 3-0 | 7 | ||
| 9 | California | 4-0 | 8 | ||
| 10 | Oregon | 4-0 | 11 | ||
| 11 | Kentucky | 4-0 | 14 | ||
| 12 | Boston Coll. | 4-0 | 16 | ||
| 13 | Clemson | 4-0 | 23 | ||
| 14 | S. Carolina | 3-1 | 12 | ||
| 15 | Wisconsin | 4-0 | 10 | ||
| 16 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 18 | ||
| 17 | S. Florida | 3-0 | 21 | ||
| 18 | Nebrask | 3-1 | 17 | ||
| 19 | Missouri | 4-0 | -- | ||
| 20 | Georgia | 3-1 | -- | ||
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 3-1 | 22 | ||
| 22 | Hawaii | 4-0 | 25 | ||
| 23 | Penn State | 3-1 | 13 | ||
| 24 | Arizona State | 4-0 | -- | ||
| 25 | Alabama | 3-1 | 19 | ||
| dropouts: louisville (15), ga tech (20) | |||||
