Vote for your CGB Top-25 for Week 7!

by royrules22 on Oct 17, 2009 10:53 PM PDT Comment 29 comments

Posting it early this week. But all the games are done so have at it!

You know the drill: Go here and vote for the top 25 teams for week 7.

The directions are listed on the voting page and it should be simple enough. Please let me know if you encounter any troubles. The results will be posted either on Tuesday or Wednesday. Blah blah blah blah

The previous week's results are located:
Preseason
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6

Hopefully with a Cal victory we'll get more people motivated to vote. And maybe Missing Barry will continue voting Cal #1!

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My Top 25 College Football Poll

Alabama
Florida
Texas
Southern California
Cincinnati
Louisiana State
Miami (FL)
Boise State
Iowa
Oregon
Texas Christian
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Oklahoma State
Penn State
Brigham Young
Utah
Houston
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
Texas Tech
Ohio State
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Arizona

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 17, 2009 11:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Upon initial quick glance inspection, it looks like your poll might not create enough controversy this week. I’m going to have to ask you to reconsider and submit a new one that will cause more arguments.

by Missing Barry on Oct 18, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed. My only problems this week are a few nitpicks: I believe in Miami, and Rated-R loves OKST for some odd reason.

All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!

by rollonubears on Oct 18, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it is so hard to come up with teams

I’m actually thinking about putting Cal back in

by racsan on Oct 17, 2009 11:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Teams Ahead of California

Teams I’d probably put in ahead of California are Central Michigan, Michigan, Oregon State, South Carolina, Nebraska, South Florida, Kansas and Idaho.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 17, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kansas and Idaho may have fewer losses than Cal, but their wins are also less impressive, as are the teams they lost to. Also, I don’t think either team is better than the Bears. I didn’t vote for either, but I’d put Cal ahead of those two definitely.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Oct 18, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be franker

Kansas sucks. SUCKS. Colorado was the best team they played this year, and they’re 2-5!

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by Avinash on Oct 18, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

20-25 is so difficult

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

Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!

by Berkelium97 on Oct 17, 2009 11:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

1 Alabama
2 Cincinnati
3 Florida
4 Texas
5 USC
6 Iowa
7 TCU
8 Boise State
9 Oregon
10 Miami
11 LSU
12 GT
13 VT
14 OKST
15 BYU
16 PSU
17 Central Michigan
18 ND
19 Houston
20 TTU
21 USC
22 Cal
23 AZ
24 Utah
25 Idaho

I do mine by putting together a list of potential top 25 teams with their record and previous game and then I sort this into a order list (about 40 teams) based on where I think they should be ranked in relation to eachother, THEN I assign numbers. First draft I surprised myself with Cal coming in at 19, so hopefully I don’t get smitten by the jinx gods. Outside of top 15 there are arguments for just about any team being ahead any other team, so I’m not going to worry too much about it.

I’m also jumping on the Vandal bandwagon.

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by GBB4188 on Oct 18, 2009 12:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Man who would have thought that Idaho would actually be a pretty decent win on Washington’s schedule? I hope they win forever. (Less likely given their closing stretch, though.)

"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.

It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0

by AERose on Oct 18, 2009 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey as the first person to official vote for Idaho last week

Give me some credit for jumping on it first!

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Oct 18, 2009 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You may have credit

I was thinking about it, but was still unsure at 5-1. While I don’t really think they are top 25 now, I’m giving them love for the 6-1.

IDAHO WILL UNSEAT THE BRONCOS!

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by GBB4188 on Oct 18, 2009 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The battle of Idaho? I can dig.

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by Avinash on Oct 18, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i can’t put central michigan ahead of arizona because of the head-to-head

STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS

by Thoroughbred on Oct 19, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’d be true if Arizona didn’t lose to UW.

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by GBB4188 on Oct 19, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually that’s true regardless, as long as Thoroughbred was telling the truth about what he can and can’t do! (Which I guess means it isn’t really true at all, considering that TBred could just write Arizona 25 times if he wanted to, I mean, he could do almost anything with his top 25! but perhaps the implication was that TBred couldn’t do it “in good conscience” in which case he has a point.)

"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.

It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0

by AERose on Oct 19, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I haven’t voted yet, but now that we have a Cal W, I once again plan to submit a ballot. Will Cal be ranked? Will they be ranked #1? Your guess is as good as mine. Stay tuned!

by Missing Barry on Oct 18, 2009 10:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Mumme Poll ballot for the week

Top Five:

    * Alabama
    * Florida
    * Texas
    * Cincinnati
    * Iowa

Next Seven:

    * Georgia Tech
    * Boise State
    * Southern Cal
    * Oregon
    * Miami
    * TCU
    * Virginia Tech

I couldn’t figure out an angle from which to approach my ballot until I decided that at midseason being undefeated is an accomplishment in and of itself, so it just became a problem of figuring out the top five undefeated teams arranged more or less by strength of schedule. That left Georgia Tech, Miami, Oregon, and SC as obvious picks, with the 12th spot coming down to either Virginia Tech and LSU. VT has two losses, but on the other hand motherfuck an LSU and also VT has a victory over one of the other teams on my ballot, so I felt justified passing the Tigers over.

"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.

It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0

by AERose on Oct 18, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Related: BCS rankings are out

Full BCS rankings (PDF)

"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.

It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0

by AERose on Oct 18, 2009 4:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Semi- Rushed Top 25 voting

Because I care…

1 Alabama
2 Texas
3 Florida
4 Iowa
5 U$C
6 Cincinnati
7 Boise State
8 Oregon
9 Miami (Fla.)
10 LSU
11 TCU
12 Georgia Tech
13 Penn State
14 Virginia Tech
15 Ohio State
16 Oklahoma State
17 Brigham Young
18 Kansas
19 Nebraska
20 Oklahoma
21 Houston
22 California
23 Oregon State
24 South Florida
25 Arizona

I hear El Paso is beautiful in December....

by CruzinBears on Oct 19, 2009 9:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

My preliminary poll

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

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Oct 19, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

arizona beat central michigan, remember?

STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS

by Thoroughbred on Oct 19, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good catch thanks

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Oct 19, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was planning on doing a really detailed vote this week looking over every team and tallying up their quality wins, and explaining why I ranked every team where I did. Didn’t have time. So, to everyone’s disappointment, I’ll admit just so I could vote I copied your poll and just made a couple of adjustments (AU over CMU being one). Hopefully next week I’ll get a really comprehensive poll in.

by Missing Barry on Oct 20, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doing a proper Top 25 is actually a lot more time-consuming than you’d think it should be. Heck, a proper Top 10 takes more than a few moments.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Oct 20, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep, that’s why I didn’t even try. Gotta go through every teams schedule, look at their opponents schedule….takes a lot of effort, but very satisfying in the end when you feel confident you can justify every position in the top 25…

by Missing Barry on Oct 21, 2009 6:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs