🏈 New Polls - still at #3

and I'm OK with that... just keep your sights on the next target

http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings


<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="4">AP Top 25</td></tr><tr class="colhead"><td title="Rank" align="left">
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</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="oddrow team-23-57"><td>1</td><td>Florida (39)</td><td align="center">9-0</td><td align="center">1467</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-251"><td>2</td><td>Texas (10)</td><td align="center">9-0</td><td align="center">1430</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-333"><td>3</td><td>Alabama (11)</td><td align="center">9-0</td><td align="center">1422</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-2628"><td>4</td><td>TCU</td><td align="center">9-0</td><td align="center">1271</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2132"><td>5</td><td>Cincinnati</td><td align="center">9-0</td><td align="center">1263</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-68"><td>6</td><td>Boise State</td><td align="center">9-0</td><td align="center">1228</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-59"><td>7</td><td>Georgia Tech</td><td align="center">9-1</td><td align="center">1127</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-221"><td>8</td><td>Pittsburgh</td><td align="center">8-1</td><td align="center">945</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-99"><td>9</td><td>LSU</td><td align="center">7-2</td><td align="center">904</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-194"><td>10</td><td>Ohio State</td><td align="center">8-2</td><td align="center">898</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-30"><td>11</td><td>USC</td><td align="center">7-2</td><td align="center">834</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-2390"><td>12</td><td>Miami (FL)</td><td align="center">7-2</td><td align="center">805</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-248"><td>13</td><td>Houston</td><td align="center">8-1</td><td align="center">783</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-2483"><td>14</td><td>Oregon</td><td align="center">7-2</td><td align="center">752</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2294"><td>15</td><td>Iowa</td><td align="center">9-1</td><td align="center">741</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-254"><td>16</td><td>Utah</td><td align="center">8-1</td><td align="center">706</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-197"><td>17</td><td>Oklahoma State</td><td align="center">7-2</td><td align="center">492</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-12"><td>18</td><td>Arizona</td><td align="center">6-2</td><td align="center">476</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-213"><td>19</td><td>Penn State</td><td align="center">8-2</td><td align="center">467</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-259"><td>20</td><td>Virginia Tech</td><td align="center">6-3</td><td align="center">275</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-275"><td>21</td><td>Wisconsin</td><td align="center">7-2</td><td align="center">274</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-252"><td>22</td><td>Brigham Young</td><td align="center">7-2</td><td align="center">219</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-58"><td>23</td><td>South Florida</td><td align="center">6-2</td><td align="center">167</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-228"><td>24</td><td>Clemson</td><td align="center">6-3</td><td align="center">149</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-24"><td>25</td><td>Stanford</td><td align="center">6-3</td><td align="center">107</td></tr></tbody></table>
 
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Im not big on the polls myself. I think if you win out, you will be where you need to be. With that said, how can we get jumped on a bye week, play a top 10 team the next week when Texas might has well been on a bye week and were still at #3 ? Texas game was actually close until the 3rd quarter.(14-3) I think it was. And they were playing UCF !
 
I was impressed that the pollsters kept LSU at #9. Sure they lost, but it was to one of the best teams in the country, and they would likely beat all the teams behind them.

I've never thought it made sense to penalize a team for losing to a top team, when the teams behind them would likely lost also.

LSU at #9 is where I think they should be.
 
Also note, LSU lost a game and stayed at #9. LMAO What a jok the polls are. I knwo other top 10 teams lost, but c'mon man.

The polls are complete joke and the media isn't any better.

The polls have us ranked behind a Texas team that jumped us in a bye week and beating a very mediocre Oklahoma State team in the process. We beat a top-10 team and get no recognition for it.

The media, keep in mind, are the same people that have openly said on a number of occasions that they want a Florida/Texas matchup for the championship. That's the premier matchup in their minds. The people in the media are also the same people that said time and again after about 3 or 4 games that Alabama was the best team in the country. Those same people were probably the same ones putting Florida #1 in their polls too.

Interesting how you can be perceived as the best, most complete, team in the country and not be good enough to be #1. This is the college football we live in today, and I've said it before; there's too much money and media influence involved. Nothing happens by chance, and that includes the officiating.
 
I realize we control our own destiny, but the pollsters are just trying to avoid a #1 vs. #2 SECCG because if it was really close a BCSCG would have to be a rematch.

Having said that, it does tend to eat away at credibility when Florida sits at #1 looking quite mediocre at times and having played ONLY ONE Top 25 ranked team at the time they played. Texas sits at #2 having played ONLY TWO Top 25 ranked teams at the time they played. Yet Bama sits at #3 having played FOUR (!!) Top 25 ranked teams at the time they played. What a joke.
 
<TABLE class=shsTable cellSpacing=1><TBODY><TR class=shsTableTtlRow><TD colSpan=3>BCS Rankings</TD></TR><TR class=shsColTtlRow><TD>Rank</TD><TD>School</TD><TD>Prev Rank</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>1</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Florida 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>1</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>2</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Alabama 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>3</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>3</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Texas 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>2</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>4</TD><TD class=shsNamD>TCU 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>6</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>5</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Cincinnati 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>5</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>6</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Boise State 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>7</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>7</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Georgia Tech 9-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>10</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>8</TD><TD class=shsNamD>LSU 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>9</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>9</TD><TD class=shsNamD>USC 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>12</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>10</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Iowa 9-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>4</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>11</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Ohio State 8-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>16</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>12</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Pittsburgh 8-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>13</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>13</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Oregon 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>8</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>14</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Miami (FL) 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>17</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>15</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Houston 8-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>15</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>16</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Utah 8-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>14</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>17</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Arizona 6-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>18</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>18</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Penn State 8-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>11</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>19</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Oklahoma State 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>19</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>20</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Wisconsin 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>21</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>21</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Virginia Tech 6-3</TD><TD class=shsNumD>23</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>22</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Brigham Young 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>NR</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>23</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Oregon State 6-3</TD><TD class=shsNumD>NR</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>24</TD><TD class=shsNamD>South Florida 6-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>25</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>25</TD><TD class=shsNamD>West Virginia</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
<TABLE class=shsTable cellSpacing=1><TBODY><TR class=shsTableTtlRow><TD colSpan=3>BCS Rankings</TD></TR><TR class=shsColTtlRow><TD>Rank</TD><TD>School</TD><TD>Prev Rank</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>1</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Florida 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>1</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>2</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Alabama 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>3</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>3</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Texas 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>2</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>4</TD><TD class=shsNamD>TCU 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>6</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>5</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Cincinnati 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>5</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>6</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Boise State 9-0</TD><TD class=shsNumD>7</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>7</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Georgia Tech 9-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>10</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>8</TD><TD class=shsNamD>LSU 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>9</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>9</TD><TD class=shsNamD>USC 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>12</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>10</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Iowa 9-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>4</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>11</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Ohio State 8-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>16</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>12</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Pittsburgh 8-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>13</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>13</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Oregon 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>8</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>14</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Miami (FL) 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>17</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>15</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Houston 8-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>15</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>16</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Utah 8-1</TD><TD class=shsNumD>14</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>17</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Arizona 6-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>18</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>18</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Penn State 8-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>11</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>19</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Oklahoma State 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>19</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>20</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Wisconsin 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>21</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>21</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Virginia Tech 6-3</TD><TD class=shsNumD>23</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>22</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Brigham Young 7-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>NR</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>23</TD><TD class=shsNamD>Oregon State 6-3</TD><TD class=shsNumD>NR</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow1Row><TD class=shsNumD>24</TD><TD class=shsNamD>South Florida 6-2</TD><TD class=shsNumD>25</TD></TR><TR class=shsRow0Row><TD class=shsNumD>25</TD><TD class=shsNamD>West Virginia</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


USC at #9 wth! :swear::rofl:
 
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