AP poll facts

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A few "Einstein"s, that apparently should never be allowed to vote in the AP poll again.....

notice how many times ESPN's Chris Fowler show up :bash:

The following voted Florida (record of 7-4 and loser of the head-to-head matchup with Tennessee 28-30) over Tennessee (record of 9-3, winner over Fla 30-28, winner of SEC EAST, record of 5-0 over SEC East teams).....

:furious3:
Elton Alexander, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
Jim Carty, The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News
Chris Fowler, ESPN
Ted Lewis, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Neal McCready, Mobile (Ala.) Register
John Niyo, Detroit News
Mike Vega, The Boston Globe


The following voters have the Vols behind such 7-4 teams as Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Purdue, Ohio State....

:blink:
Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman [Ohio St]
Bob Condotta, Seattle Times [Purdue]
Chris Fowler, ESPN [Texas Tech]
Paul Gattis, Huntsville (Ala.) Times [Texas A&M]
Brian Hamilton, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press [Texas Tech]



These voters put the Vols behind Big East representative in the BCS, Pittsburgh (8-3). Note that Syracuse actually won the Big East but was only 6-5 overall....

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Joe Biddle, The Tennessean, Nashville
Chris Fowler, ESPN
Brian Hamilton, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press
Fred Lewis, Honolulu Advertiser
John Niyo, Detroit News
Neill Ostrout, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport
Joe Person, The State, Columbia, S.C.
Curt Rallo, The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune
Steve Sipple, Lincoln (Neb.) Star Journal
Edgar Thompson, The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
Tommy Trujillo, Santa Fe New Mexican
Mike Vega, The Boston Globe

Other odd votes...
uke:
Elton Alexander, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland has the Vols behind Toledo (9-3) and
Brian Hamilton, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press has the Vols behind Boston College (8-3).


THE ACTUAL BALLOTS
How Associated Press college football voters cast their final (week 16) ballots.

John Adams, The Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel — 1. Auburn 2. Southern California 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Virginia Tech 10. Georgia 11. Michigan 12. LSU 13. Iowa 14. Tennessee 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Wisconsin 18. Arizona St. 19. Texas A&M 20. Virginia 21. Pittsburgh 22. Boston College 23. West Virginia 24. Florida 25. Fresno St.

Elton Alexander, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Louisville 7. Utah 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. Miami (Fla) 11. Boise St. 12. Iowa 13. LSU 14. Michigan 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Florida 18. Toledo 19. Tennessee 20. Virginia 21. Oklahoma St. 22. Pittsburgh 23. Northern Illinois 24. Boston College 25. Arizona St.

Neil Amato, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Virginia Tech 10. Georgia 11. Iowa 12. Miami (Fla) 13. Michigan 14. LSU 15. Tennessee 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Wisconsin 19. Pittsburgh 20. Arizona St. 21. Boston College 22. Florida 23. Toledo 24. Texas A&M 25. West Virginia

Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal and Constitution — 1. Auburn 2. Oklahoma 3. Southern California 4. Texas 5. California 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Iowa 10. Virginia Tech 11. Tennessee 12. Georgia 13. Michigan 14. Wisconsin 15. LSU 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Florida St. 18. Pittsburgh 19. Toledo 20. Memphis 21. Virginia 22. West Virginia 23. Navy 24. Florida 25. Ohio St.

Steve Batterson, Quad City (Iowa) Times — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. Utah 6. California 7. Louisville 8. Michigan 9. Boise St. 10. Tennessee 11. Georgia 12. LSU 13. Iowa 14. Virginia Tech 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Pittsburgh 18. Virginia 19. Arizona St. 20. Miami (Fla) 21. Texas Tech 22. Boston College 23. West Virginia 24. Texas A&M 25. UTEP

Joe Biddle, The Tennessean, Nashville — 1. Auburn 2. Oklahoma 3. Southern California 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Georgia 10. Virginia Tech 11. Iowa 12. Michigan 13. LSU 14. Wisconsin 15. Pittsburgh 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Virginia 18. Tennessee 19. Florida 20. Florida St. 21. Ohio St. 22. Texas A&M 23. Texas Tech 24. Memphis 25. Toledo

Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. California 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Iowa 9. Georgia 10. Virginia Tech 11. LSU 12. Florida St. 13. Boise St. 14. Michigan 15. Wisconsin 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Virginia 18. Ohio St. 19. Tennessee 20. Florida 21.Texas A&M 22. Pittsburgh 23. Texas Tech 24. Boston College 25. Toledo

Rick Bozich, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. California 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Iowa 9. LSU 10. Tennessee 11. Georgia 12. Boise St. 13. Virginia Tech 14. Michigan 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Texas A&M 18. Virginia 19. Wisconsin 20. Texas Tech 21. Purdue 22. Florida 23. Oklahoma St. 24. Fresno St. 25. Ohio St.

B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News, Denver — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. California 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Georgia 10. Virginia Tech 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Tennessee 17. Florida St. 18. Virginia 19. Pittsburgh 20. Arizona St. 21. Boston College 22. West Virginia 23. Florida 24. Texas Tech 25. Purdue

Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. Texas 6. California 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. Boise St. 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Tennessee 19. Pittsburgh 20. Arizona St. 21. Ohio St. 22. Texas Tech 23. Texas Tech 24. West Virginia 25. Boston College

Jim Carty, The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Virginia Tech 8. Louisville 9. Iowa 10. Georgia 11. Michigan 12. LSU 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Florida St. 15. Boise St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Florida 18. Tennessee 19. Pittsburgh 20. Virginia 21. Toledo 22. Arizona St. 23. Texas Tech 24. Memphis 25. new mexico

Jimmy Cefalo, WPLG-TV, Miami — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. Boise St. 11. LSU 12. Iowa 13. Michigan 14. Tennessee 15. Miami (Fla.) 16. Florida St. 17. Wisconsin 18. Virginia 19. Pittsburgh 20. Florida 21. Texas A&M 22. Boston College 23. West Virginia 24. Arizona St. 25. Ohio St.

Bob Condotta, Seattle Times — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Georgia 8. Louisville 9. Boise St. 10. Virginia Tech 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Florida St. 15. Iowa 16. Wisconsin 17. Virginia 18. Purdue 19. Tennessee 20. Arizona St. 21. Texas Tech 22. Florida 23. Bowling Green 24. Pittsburgh 25. Texas A&M

Chuck Cooperstein, KESN-FM Radio, Arlington, Texas — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Boise St. 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Tennessee 16. Virginia 17. Wisconsin 18. Florida St. 19. Arizona St. 20. Ohio St. 21. Florida 22. Texas Tech 23. Texas Tech 24. Oklahoma St. 25. Pittsburgh

Rob Daniels, News & Record of Greensboro (N.C.) — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. Boise St. 11. Iowa 12. Miami (Fla) 13. LSU 14. Michigan 15. Wisconsin 16. Florida St. 17. Tennessee 18. Pittsburgh 19. Ohio St. 20. Florida 21. Texas Tech 22. Toledo 23. Memphis 24. Arizona St. 25. Boston College

Barker Davis, The Washington Times — 1. Oklahoma 2. Auburn 3. Southern California 4. Utah 5. Texas 6. California 7. Virginia Tech 8. Louisville 9. Boise St. 10. Michigan 11. Georgia 12. Miami (Fla) 13. Iowa 14. Tennessee 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. LSU 18. Virginia 19. Florida 20. Ohio St. 21. Texas Tech 22. Arizona St. 23. Texas Tech 24. Pittsburgh 25. Oklahoma St.

Doug Doughty, Roanoke (Virginia.) Times — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. LSU 10. Iowa 11. Georgia 12. Boise St. 13. Michigan 14. Wisconsin 15. Tennessee 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Florida St. 18. Virginia 19. Pittsburgh 20. Navy 21. Boston College 22. Toledo 23. UTEP 24. Fresno St. 25. Arizona St.

Charles Durrenberger, Arizona Daily Star — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Boise St. 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Tennessee 19. Arizona St. 20. Florida 21. Purdue 22. Texas A&M 23. Ohio St. 24. Pittsburgh 25. Texas Tech

:bs: Chris Fowler, ESPN — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Virginia Tech 8. Louisville 9. LSU 10. Michigan 11. Iowa 12. Georgia 13. Boise St. 14. Florida St. 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida 17. Virginia 18. Wisconsin 19. Pittsburgh 20. Texas Tech 21. Tennessee 22. Ohio St. 23. Arizona St. 24. Texas A&M 25. Boston College

Paul Gattis, Huntsville (Ala.) Times — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Georgia 8. Louisville 9. Virginia Tech 10. Boise St. 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. Miami (Fla) 14. LSU 15. Virginia 16. Florida St. 17. Wisconsin 18. Texas A&M 19. Tennessee 20. Florida 21. Pittsburgh 22. Boston College 23. Texas Tech 24. Ohio St. 25. Oklahoma St.

Herb Gould, Chicago Sun-Times — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Texas 6. Georgia 7. Virginia Tech 8. Michigan 9. LSU 10. Iowa 11. Tennessee 12. Utah 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Wisconsin 15. Florida St. 16. Louisville 17. Virginia 18. Boise St. 19. Pittsburgh 20. Texas Tech 21. Florida 22. West Virginia 23. Arizona St. 24. Texas Tech 25. Oklahoma St.

Tim Griffin, San Antonio Express-News — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Virginia Tech 10. Georgia 11. Iowa 12. LSU 13. Michigan 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Tennessee 18. Florida 19. Virginia 20. Ohio St. 21. Pittsburgh 22. Texas Tech 23. Toledo 24. Texas Tech 25. Purdue

Brian Hamilton, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Virginia Tech 8. Louisville 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Michigan 12. Boise St. 13. Florida St. 14. Iowa 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Wisconsin 17. Virginia 18. Texas Tech 19. Pittsburgh 20. Boston College 21. Tennessee 22. Texas Tech 23. West Virginia 24. Florida 25. Toledo

Todd Harmonson, The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, Calif. — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Virginia Tech 8. Louisville 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Iowa 12. Miami (Fla) 13. Boise St. 14. Michigan 15. Virginia 16. Tennessee 17. Wisconsin 18. Florida 19. Florida St. 20. Toledo 21. Ohio St. 22. Pittsburgh 23. Texas Tech 24. Memphis 25. Texas A&M

Doug Harris, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. California 6. Iowa 7. LSU 8. Utah 9. Virginia Tech 10. Louisville 11. Boise St. 12. Georgia 13. Michigan 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Tennessee 17. Florida St. 18. Arizona St. 19. Pittsburgh 20. Ohio St. 21. Boston College 22. Virginia 23. West Virginia 24. Purdue 25. Toledo

Shawn Harrison, Logan (Utah) Herald Tribune — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. California 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Boise St. 10. Iowa 11. LSU 12. Virginia Tech 13. Michigan 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Tennessee 17. Virginia 18. Florida 19. Arizona St. 20. Pittsburgh 21. Florida St. 22. Boston College 23. Texas A&M 24. Texas Tech 25. Toledo

Joseph Hawk, Las Vegas Review-Journal — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Georgia 8. Louisville 9. Iowa 10. Virginia Tech 11. Boise St. 12. Michigan 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Wisconsin 15. Florida St. 16. Tennessee 17. LSU 18. Ohio St. 19. Virginia 20. Pittsburgh 21. Boston College 22. Florida 23. West Virginia 24. Texas A&M 25. Texas Tech

Matt Hayes, The Sporting News — 1. Auburn 2. Southern California 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Louisville 7. Texas 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. Michigan 11. Iowa 12. Boise St. 13. LSU 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Wisconsin 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Tennessee 19. Texas A&M 20. Texas Tech 21. Arizona St. 22. Ohio St. 23. Pittsburgh 24. Florida 25. Boston College

Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Virginia Tech 8. Louisville 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. Tennessee 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Boise St. 18. Virginia 19. Florida 20. Ohio St. 21. Pittsburgh 22. Texas Tech 23. Texas A&M 24. Arizona St. 25. West Virginia

Craig James, ABC — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. California 6. Georgia 7. Iowa 8. Utah 9. Louisville 10. Michigan 11. Virginia Tech 12. Tennessee 13. Wisconsin 14. LSU 15. Texas A&M 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Florida St. 18. Pittsburgh 19. Virginia 20. Texas Tech 21. Florida 22. Purdue 23. Ohio St. 24. Arizona St. 25. Boise St.

Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Virginia Tech 8. Georgia 9. Louisville 10. Boise St. 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. Tennessee 14. LSU 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Arizona St. 18. Pittsburgh 19. Wisconsin 20. Florida 21. Texas A&M 22. Boston College 23. West Virginia 24. Ohio St. 25. Toledo

Steve Kiggins, Casper (Wyo.) Star Tribune — 1. Auburn 2. Southern California 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Virginia Tech 8. Boise St. 9. Louisville 10. Georgia 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. LSU 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Tennessee 18. Pittsburgh 19. Virginia 20. Fresno St. 21. Arizona St. 22. Toledo 23. Texas Tech 24. Texas A&M 25. Memphis

George Lehner, WTVN-AM, Columbus, Ohio — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. Texas 6. California 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. Iowa 11. Michigan 12. Wisconsin 13. Boise St. 14. LSU 15. Pittsburgh 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Florida St. 18. Tennessee 19. Ohio St. 20. Florida 21. Purdue 22. Boston College 23. Virginia 24. Texas Tech 25. West Virginia

Fred Lewis, Honolulu Advertiser — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. Boise St. 11. Iowa 12. LSU 13. Michigan 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Virginia 18. Pittsburgh 19. Tennessee 20. Florida 21. Arizona St. 22. Texas Tech 23. Boston College 24. Fresno St. 25. Navy

Ted Lewis, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Virginia Tech 8. Georgia 9. Iowa 10. Louisville 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Florida 15. Tennessee 16. Florida St. 17. Boise St. 18. Virginia 19. Pittsburgh 20. Wisconsin 21. Boston College 22. Ohio St. 23. Texas Tech 24. Purdue 25. Toledo

Tom Luicci, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Georgia 8. Virginia Tech 9. Louisville 10. LSU 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. Tennessee 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Boise St. 17. Wisconsin 18. Arizona St. 19. Florida 20. Texas A&M 21. Texas Tech 22. Pittsburgh 23. Ohio St. 24. Virginia 25. Purdue

Neal McCready, Mobile (Ala.) Register — 1. Auburn 2. Southern California 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. LSU 11. Boise St. 12. Iowa 13. Michigan 14. Wisconsin 15. Florida 16. Florida St. 17. Tennessee 18. Texas A&M 19. Texas Tech 20. Miami (Fla) 21. Virginia 22. Boston College 23. West Virginia 24. Toledo 25. Navy

Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Georgia 8. Boise St. 9. Louisville 10. Virginia Tech 11. Michigan 12. LSU 13. Iowa 14. Tennessee 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Wisconsin 18. Arizona St. 19. Pittsburgh 20. Virginia 21. Florida 22. Ohio St. 23. Texas A&M 24. Boston College 25. Toledo

John Niyo, Detroit News — 1. Auburn 2. Oklahoma 3. Southern California 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Virginia Tech 8. Georgia 9. Miami (Fla) 10. Louisville 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. LSU 14. Florida St. 15. Boise St. 16. Florida 17. Pittsburgh 18. Tennessee 19. Virginia 20. Wisconsin 21. Ohio St. 22. Texas A&M 23. Purdue 24. Texas Tech 25. Toledo

Neill Ostrout, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Utah 5. California 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Virginia Tech 10. Georgia 11. Michigan 12. LSU 13. Iowa 14. Pittsburgh 15. Tennessee 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Florida St. 18. Wisconsin 19. Florida 20. Virginia 21. Boston College 22. Texas Tech 23. Toledo 24. Arizona St. 25. Memphis

Joe Person, The State, Columbia, S.C. — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. California 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. Boise St. 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Virginia 18. Pittsburgh 19. Tennessee 20. Florida 21. Ohio St. 22. Texas A&M 23. Toledo 24. West Virginia 25. Arizona St.

Mike Prater, The Idaho Statesman, Boise — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Georgia 8. Virginia Tech 9. Boise St. 10. Louisville 11. Miami (Fla) 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. LSU 15. Tennessee 16. Wisconsin 17. Florida St. 18. Fresno St. 19. Arizona St. 20. Virginia 21. Boston College 22. West Virginia 23. Florida 24. UTEP 25. Ohio St.

Scott Rabalais, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Texas 5. California 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. Michigan 11. LSU 12. Iowa 13. Boise St. 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Wisconsin 16. Tennessee 17. Florida St. 18. Pittsburgh 19. Virginia 20. Boston College 21. Arizona St. 22. West Virginia 23. Ohio St. 24. Florida 25. Texas Tech

Dave Rahme, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y. — 1. Oklahoma 2. Auburn 3. Southern California 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Boise St. 8. Louisville 9. Georgia 10. Iowa 11. Virginia Tech 12. Michigan 13. LSU 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Tennessee 17. Florida St. 18. Virginia 19. Florida 20. Ohio St. 21. Pittsburgh 22. West Virginia 23. Purdue 24. Texas A&M 25. Northern Illinois

Curt Rallo, The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech. 10. Boise St. 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Wisconsin 16. Pittsburgh 17. Florida St. 18. Tennessee 19. Virginia 20. Florida 21. Arizona St. 22. Purdue 23. Texas A&M 24. Texas Tech 25. Boston College

Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. California 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Georgia 10. Virginia Tech 11. Iowa 12. Michigan 13. Tennessee 14. LSU 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Wisconsin 17. Virginia 18. West Virginia 19. Navy 20. Memphis 21. Toledo 22. Florida St. 23. Texas A&M 24. Texas Tech 25. Pittsburgh

Kyle Ringo, Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. California 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. LSU 10. Boise St. 11. Michigan 12. Virginia Tech 13. Iowa 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Tennessee 19. Pittsburgh 20. Arizona St. 21. Florida 22. Boston College 23. West Virginia 24. Toledo 25. Texas A&M

John Rohde, The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. California 6. Utah 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. Miami (Fla) 11. Iowa 12. LSU 13. Michigan 14. Florida St. 15. Wisconsin 16. Tennessee 17. Virginia 18. Pittsburgh 19. West Virginia 20. Boston College 21. Boise St. 22. Texas A&M 23. Texas Tech 24. Oklahoma St. 25. Arizona St.

Steve Sipple, Lincoln (Neb.) Star Journal — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. Boise St. 11. Iowa 12. Michigan 13. LSU 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Pittsburgh 19. Tennessee 20. Florida 21. Boston College 22. West Virginia 23. Memphis 24. Toledo 25. Arizona St.

Bob Smizik, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Georgia 8. Virginia Tech 9. Iowa 10. Louisville 11. Miami (Fla) 12. LSU 13. Michigan 14. Tennessee 15. Florida St. 16. Boise St. 17. Virginia 18. Wisconsin 19. Texas A&M 20. Florida 21. Pittsburgh 22. Arizona St. 23. Ohio St. 24. Purdue 25. Texas Tech

Bob Thomas, Florida Times Union — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Iowa 12. Tennessee 13. Michigan 14. Boise St. 15. Wisconsin 16. Miami (Fla) 17. Florida St. 18. Pittsburgh 19. Florida 20. Virginia 21. Arizona St. 22. Ohio St. 23. Texas A&M 24. Texas Tech 25. Navy

Edgar Thompson, The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. California 6. Louisville 7. Texas 8. Virginia Tech 9. Boise St. 10. Georgia 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Virginia 16. Pittsburgh 17. Tennessee 18. Wisconsin 19. Florida St. 20. Texas A&M 21. Florida 22. Texas Tech 23. Purdue 24. Ohio St. 25. Fresno St.

Tommy Trujillo, Santa Fe New Mexican — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Utah 5. California 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Georgia 10. Virginia Tech 11. Iowa 12. LSU 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Michigan 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Virginia 18. Pittsburgh 19. Tennessee 20. Arizona St. 21. Florida 22. Texas Tech 23. Boston College 24. New Mexico 25. Toledo

Mark Tupper, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review Bee — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Virginia Tech 8. Georgia 9. Louisville 10. Boise St. 11. LSU 12. Michigan 13. Iowa 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Wisconsin 17. Tennessee 18. Virginia 19. Pittsburgh 20. Florida 21. Boston College 22. Ohio St. 23. West Virginia 24. Texas Tech 25. Arizona St.

Ken Tysiac, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Louisville 7. Texas 8. Boise St. 9. Georgia 10. Virginia Tech 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Florida St. 15. LSU 16. Wisconsin 17. Tennessee 18. Virginia 19. Arizona St. 20. Pittsburgh 21. Boston College 22. Florida 23. West Virginia 24. Texas A&M 25. Texas Tech

Mike Vega, The Boston Globe — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Utah 5. Texas 6. California 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Virginia Tech 12. Iowa 13. Michigan 14. Wisconsin 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Florida 18. Pittsburgh 19. Tennessee 20. Texas Tech 21. Virginia 22. Arizona St. 23. Boston College 24. Navy 25. Ohio St.

Mitch Vingle, Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Texas 5. Utah 6. California 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Boise St. 10. Georgia 11. LSU 12. Iowa 13. Michigan 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Wisconsin 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Pittsburgh 19. Florida 20. Tennessee 21. Texas A&M 22. Texas Tech 23. Toledo 24. Arizona St. 25. West Virginia

Michael Wallace, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss. — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Virginia Tech 8. Georgia 9. Boise St. 10. Louisville 11. Iowa 12. LSU 13. Michigan 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Florida St. 16. Tennessee 17. Wisconsin 18. Pittsburgh 19. Toledo 20. Ohio St. 21. Virginia 22. Texas A&M 23. West Virginia 24. Boston College 25. Florida

Joe Walljasper, Columbia (Mo.) Tribune — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Virginia Tech 9. Iowa 10. Georgia 11. Boise St. 12. Michigan 13. Wisconsin 14. LSU 15. Miami (Fla) 16. Florida St. 17. Tennessee 18. Pittsburgh 19. Arizona St. 20. Boston College 21. Virginia 22. West Virginia 23. Texas A&M 24. Texas Tech 25. Florida

Ryan White, The Oregonian, Portland — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Virginia Tech 10. Michigan 11. Iowa 12. Georgia 13. LSU 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Tennessee 16. Florida St. 17. Virginia 18. Arizona St. 19. Navy 20. Pittsburgh 21. Texas A&M 22. Wisconsin 23. Texas Tech 24. Ohio St. 25. Toledo

Keith Whitmire, Dallas Morning News — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Utah 5. Texas 6. California 7. Georgia 8. Louisville 9. LSU 10. Michigan 11. Tennessee 12. Virginia Tech 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Iowa 15. Florida St. 16. Virginia 17. Arizona St. 18. Wisconsin 19. Pittsburgh 20. Boise St. 21. Texas A&M 22. West Virginia 23. Texas Tech 24. Boston College 25. Ohio St.

Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Georgia 8. Louisville 9. LSU 10. Boise St. 11. Virginia Tech 12. Michigan 13. Miami (Fla) 14. Iowa 15. Tennessee 16. Pittsburgh 17. Texas Tech 18. Florida 19. Florida St. 20. Texas A&M 21. Boston College 22. Virginia 23. Toledo 24. Wisconsin 25. Arizona St.

Doug Wilson, Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times — 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Utah 6. Texas 7. Louisville 8. Boise St. 9. Georgia 10. Virginia Tech 11. LSU 12. Miami (Fla) 13. Iowa 14. Michigan 15. Florida St. 16. Tennessee 17. Texas A&M 18. Texas Tech 19. Virginia 20. Wisconsin 21. Pittsburgh 22. Florida 23. Arizona St. 24. Fresno St. 25. Oklahoma St.

Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News — 1. Southern California 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Virginia Tech 8. Georgia 9. LSU 10. Michigan 11. Iowa 12. Louisville 13. Tennessee 14. Miami (Fla) 15. Wisconsin 16. Florida St. 17. Boise St. 18. Virginia 19. Pittsburgh 20. Florida 21. Syracuse 22. Ohio St. 23. Boston College 24. West Virginia 25. Toledo

Chuck Woodling, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World — 1. Oklahoma 2. Southern California 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. Utah 6. California 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Virginia Tech 10. Boise St. 11. Miami (Fla) 12. Iowa 13. LSU 14. Michigan 15. Wisconsin 16. Tennessee 17. Florida St. 18. Virginia 19. Pittsburgh 20. Florida 21. Arizona St. 22. Texas A&M 23. Boston College 24. Texas Tech 25. Ohio St.

 

[OWB]

Just think, the coaches poll is even worse than that. What is wrong with these people? I know we didn't have the best team in the world this year, but some of those are ridiculous. Behind Toledo, Pitt, UF and Texas Tech. Please.....what a bunch of blowhards! :bad:

 

[FLVOL]

I agree with you Orangewhiteblood .....what a joke the polls are!! :bad:

 

[Neo41]

My Question is, do these effect our placement next year?

 

[donsargegolf]

Fowler is a "jagoff", has been since his "trailer trash" comments and this will not change. Where is his origin, school etc.? :finger: :shakeit: :moon2: :bad: :flush: thanks for this post, quite informative!

 

[OWB]

All that I know about him is he used to be a stat boy for the Colorado Buffs in the 80's and he hates Tennessee.

 

[TigersTalons]

thats just crazy!!! :banghead: :bs: :beer:

 

[donsargegolf]

Well :finger: him, he makes me uke: . I have tried to give him the benefit of the doubt countless times but :finger: him! :flush: enough said! :espn:

 

[JohnsonCityVol]

Very informative post. Easy to see now why we're so far behind Georgia despite winning head to head and an better conference record.

You ask if this effects next year, and I answer it absolutely does. Look at Auburn from last year to this year.

But if we went out and played every game to the best of our ability and followed the Maxims, no one could stop us.

I'm afraid it will take winning 20 in a row to change this national perception.

Another question is what the hell did we ever do to piss off Chris Fouler? (intentionally misspelled)
Was the girl of his dreams a UT grad, or he lost her to a UT grad? What gives?

 

[GAVol]

Since we're blasting Fowler, I want to give props to the guy that I respect the most out of that bunch - Tony Barnhart. His analysis is about the most fair that you'll read or see, and his top 25 indicates that some thought actually went into his votes.

 

[21VOL]

Fowler is a moron :bash:
He is 1/3 of the game day 3 stooges

 

[rwemyss]

It's interesting to see that some of the Pollsters actually took into account that we were beaten twice by an undefeated SEC team... we should be placed ahead of UGA based on head to head, and above Michigan. The two teams we lost to... Auburn and ND, the two they lost to OHIO FREAKIN' STATE (not in top 25) and ND!!!

All this is worth NOTHING if we don't beat the Ags in the Cotton Bowl.

 

[Volmania]

I find it amazing that Florida State is ranked so high.

They were beaten handily by Florida at home, and their only win all season over a top 20ish team was against Virginia.

I think most of the voting involves only very superficial research at best, and mostly goes on W-L record without taking much consideration of who was beaten.

Our win over Georgia doesn't count any higher in most voters memories than beating La Tech, the only reason we didn't dropped further after our second loss to Auburn was because many voters probably actually watched this game, and we were already at the bottom of the heap of two loss teams.

 

[milohimself]

At the time, that game was looking a lot more evenly matched.

 

[OWB]

Target practice anyone?

 

[allvol]

What do I win?

 

[volinbham]

If you all get tired of the view from Bammerville, please let me know. This is my place to vent.

That being said, I was talking with two Bama fans the other day (both hold Ph.Ds by the way) and they were going on about how UT is not a good team. When I pointed out that at least 7 teams in the SEC (the ones we beat of course) had to be considered worse, they went into the old "if we hadn't fumbled on that play, we'd have beat UT" and on and on how we struggled against a team with a 3rd string back field that had been unjustly weekened by the NCAA, blah blah blah. These normally intelligent people fully believe that the 9 out of 10 is a "fluke" resulting from the NCAA, the SEC, the FBI, the Federation, the Empire and various as yet unamed universal forces being out to get them.

Evidently, many of the AP voters share their views. :bs:

 

[OWB]

Originally posted by allvol@Dec 13, 2004 11:45 AM
What do I win?

Yes allvol, you have won a fabulous trip to the ESPN studios where you will enjoy a wonderful tour of the studios and get to meet all of the anchors. As a Tennessee fan, you will enjoy a wonderful 1 night and 2 day stay at the Roadway Motel. On your day in the studio, wear your orange and white and enjoy a day of ESPN anchors kicking you in the gut and spitting on your orange. When you are done with that, you will be invited to ESPN bash Tennessee club. There, they will make fun of you and your team. You will also be provided with gear from real football teams like Pitt, Texas Tech, Florida and Florida State. Enjoy!!

 

[allvol]

:lolup:

 

[orangetd88]

None of that surprises me. Joe Biddle, Chris Fowler, anyone who gets a paycheck from the Mobile Register...you get the picture.

 

[AllVol98]

Not Suprising. Fowler never has anything good to say on the air.
:bad:

 

[milohimself]

I just made this little jem on paint. I like the subtlty about it.