The AP Poll got it right, Vols #8

#27
#27
Its virtually impossible for an SEC team to sneak in the NC game when you have all these pretenders in their weak conferences playing up their status. Louisville and WV will get in before a UT team with one loss. Even though 3-4 teams from the SEC would be undefeated playing either teams schedule. Without a playoff you continually reward teams for playing in a weak conference and a weak schedule.
 
#28
#28
Volsaholic said:
USATODAY.com

and put us above ND

RANK TEAM RECORD PTS LAST
1 Ohio St. (63) 6-0 1623 1
2 Florida 6-0 1516 5
3 Southern Cal 5-0 1451 3
4 Michigan 6-0 1429 6
5 West Virginia (2) 5-0 1416 4
6 Texas 5-1 1294 7
7 Louisville 5-0 1247 8
8 Tennessee 5-1 1159 13
9 Notre Dame 5-1 1068 12
10 California 5-1 1017 16
11 Auburn 5-1 943 2
12 Clemson 5-1 876 15
13 Georgia Tech 5-1 739 18
14 LSU 4-2 693 9
15 Iowa 5-1 661 19
16 Georgia 5-1 615 10
17 Arkansas 4-1 482 NR
18 Oregon 4-1 474 11
19 Missouri 6-0 469 23
20 Boise St. 6-0 449 20
21 Nebraska 5-1 431 22
22 Virginia Tech 4-1 360 21
23 Oklahoma 3-2 271 14
24 Rutgers 5-0 194 24
25 Wisconsin 5-1 86 NR
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Wow. When was the last time Rutgers was in the top 25:crazy:
 
#30
#30
lawgator1 said:
I was at the LSU game and let me tell you, Florida is good. But, Florida is NOT great. Those two teams were very evenly matched athletically. But combine home field advantage with a ton of errors (forced and unforced) by LSU and Florida comes out ahead.

Look at it this way. Florida outscored LSU 9-3 in the second half. All nine of those points came in the first 2:55 of the third quarter of the muffed kick off reception by them that resulted in a safety.

But after that, Florida could not generate any sustained offense at all. No running game to speak of, really.

What is going to happen to the Gators when things go the other way? When the other team is geting the breaks and the Gators are self-destrucing? Auburn is pissed right now and they cannot lose again and know it.

The game at Auburn this coming weekend will define Gator football for the next few years. Either success and set things up, or failure and join the ranks of the other 20 also-rans.
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I agree with this assessment. All the teams at the top of the SEC have chinks in their armor. That said, UF sits at the top right now. Any of UF/UT/LSU/Auburn could be at the top right now.
 
#32
#32
Being ranked in the top 10 is nice.....but all we need to worry about is....in the words of Al Davis "Just win Baby"

:yahoo: :clapping:
 
#33
#33
lawgator1 said:
The game at Auburn this coming weekend will define Gator football for the next few years. Either success and set things up, or failure and join the ranks of the other 20 also-rans.
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See. The Gators know how to define success. Also, I think LG just called the Vols an also ran.
 
#35
#35
oklavol said:
I dont like Louisville and WV being ranked so high. Half the teams in the SEC would be undefeated right now playing their schedule. Again, with the NCAA system you are continually rewarded by playing a weak schedule because there is no tournament.
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Sad thing is, the Big East is probably no weaker than the Big 12. Or ACC.

Its great being in the widely accepted best conference - until we continually beat up on each other and prevent an SEC National Champ.
 
#36
#36
A few thoughts...

1. the Big East is a joke... West Virginia vs. Louisville, the winner gets the Big East title. For the sake of the game take away their BCS bid and make it an at-large. WVU's win over Georgia was a fluke last year.

2. Notre Dame is over-rated, always has been and always will be. If Notre Dame is so good, put them in the Big 10 (11 or 12a) whatever you want to call it and make them prove themselves in a conference where their record is really going up against another teams, instead of making them the asterick to the BCS system.

3. Pac-10 is the second weakest BCS conference after the Big East. It's USC, Cal, then everyone else. Go Cal.

4. I think it should be mandatory for each conference to have a championship game to be in the BCS. If the SEC, Big 12, and ACC can do it.. suck it up Pac-10, Big East, and Big 10 and quit being afraid of one of your own teams knocking out your championship hopes.

That's all I've got to say about that.
 
#37
#37
Well put posts one and all, but LG, you are def. seeing the Heisman through orange and blue glasses if you are predicting a Heisman for Tebow based on anything other than gut instinct. Because we have yet to see anything on a college football field that would merit otherwise -- a few option plays, a jump ball TD pass, and a some scrambling defensive lineman do not add up to a Heisman contender. I'm not saying he won't ever win it, I'm just saying you have to be predicting based on gut feel (& maybe his high school play) or else you're drinking the "Gator-Aid!"
 
#38
#38
RockyTop18 said:
4. I think it should be mandatory for each conference to have a championship game to be in the BCS. If the SEC, Big 12, and ACC can do it.. suck it up Pac-10, Big East, and Big 10 and quit being afraid of one of your own teams knocking out your championship hopes.

That's all I've got to say about that.
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I am going to get crap for this, but I am against conf. championships for all conferences. Would rather not have them. But if some have them, everyone should.
 
#39
#39
#40
#40
I made this point to a friend of mine who is dumb. Texas should in no poll be even considered to be ranked higher than Tennessee. Here's why:

Cal > Oklahoma
Georgia > Iowa State
Air Force > Rice
Marshall > North Texas
Memphis > Sam Houston State

Period.
 
#42
#42
tvolsfan said:
I am going to get crap for this, but I am against conf. championships for all conferences. Would rather not have them. But if some have them, everyone should.
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I suppose I have known this, but never really thought about it. It seems ridiculously unfair that some conferences choose to play a championship game which will likely match the two best from the conference (perhaps even for the second time). While at the same time other conferences just bypass the process and get to skip what could be the most challenging game up to that point of the season?!?!

I love the SECC race, makes things very exciting. But I don't understand how this can stand when you are using the same methods of ranking teams from different conferences.

Is this not a controversial issue? Has this already been accepted as fact? It's just I don't hear that much about the inherent unfairness with this, and it kinda blows my mind. Someone please tell me what's up with this.
 
#43
#43
BCS conferences in order of superiority this year:

SEC
Pac10
Big10
Big12
BE
ACC

The ACC has been a huge disappointment. The Pac 10 and Big 10 both have 3/4 quality teams at the top and everyone else is pretty bad. Washington would be the third best team in the Big 10 this year.

The Big 12 has no particularly strong teams. Texas hasn't proven a thing and doesn't really look good. I expect them to lose again.
 
#44
#44
sjt18 said:
Washington would be the third best team in the Big 10 this year.
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That has really suprised me this season, Willingham's crew looks like a genuinely good team. I don't know if it's exactly the return of UDub, but Stanback is a damn good QB and the Huskies are a good squad.
 
#47
#47
This is pretty entertaining, esp considering the SEC temas do this 3-4 times a year:

This is from the Dallas press:
7. My Saturday was spent watching college football, a lot of college football, and what a great day.

A couple of observations:

a. Fran saved his job. Again. If he had lost to Kansas, he probably gets a pink slip before landing in College Station.

b. Carroll High's Chase Daniel is the real deal, and he has Mizzou football 6-0 for the first time since before I was born.

c. I was big-time wrong about how good Auburn is.

d. What is happening to the Longhorns is the reason I cannot quite dive headfirst into college football. Their only loss is to the No. 1 team in the country, and yet they won't play for national championship without help from others, and a little luck.

College football needs a playoff so teams like Texas are not punished for scheduling a stout non-conference game early.
 
#48
#48
d. What is happening to the Longhorns is the reason I cannot quite dive headfirst into college football. Their only loss is to the No. 1 team in the country, and yet they won't play for national championship without help from others, and a little luck.
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As they shouldn't.
 
#49
#49
d. What is happening to the Longhorns is the reason I cannot quite dive headfirst into college football. Their only loss is to the No. 1 team in the country, and yet they won't play for national championship without help from others, and a little luck.
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They got spanked by OSU, but who have they beaten? Nobody.
 
#50
#50
I mean why should they play for a NC if they clearly got smashmouthed by the other team likely to be in the NC? So they can get blasted again?
 
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