CGB Top-25 Week 7 Results

by royrules22 on Oct 21, 2009 8:23 PM PDT Comment 15 comments

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

Others receiving votes:
Notre Dame, South Carolina, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon State, West Virginia, South Florida, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Idaho, Auburn, Arkansas

Dropped out this week:
South Carolina, Wisconsin, Auburn, South Florida, Kansas, Nebraska

Biggest Difference from AP Poll:
California +12, Arizona +9, West Virginia -9, Central Michigan +7, South Carolina -4, Kansas -4

Biggest Difference from BCS Poll:
California +5, Texas Tech +4, USC +3, Boise State -3, TCU -3, West Virginia -3

So the general trend here seems to be that the top-15 doesn't change that much (unless there's a big loss there - see Virginia Tech and Ohio State) but the bottom 10 is in constant flux. From the change it looks like the bottom part literally switched with teams that weren't on the poll last week. As everyone who voted can attest to, the bottom half of this season's top-25 is a cluster-f**k.

In other news, Cal returns to the top-25 and receives its weekely first place vote. I wonder who that might be...? Other surprising fact (because the bottom 5-10 teams really don't deserve consideration) is that Cincinnati is the third best team. I wonder if they'll stay there now with Tony Pike out to injury. The only other thing I note is that West Virginia was almost glossed over by more than half of the voters (including yours truly). Maybe that is a mistake.

The Biggest Homer Award goes to...

... Missing Barry, who voted for Cal as #1!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week

Missing Barry is no longer missing as he returns triumphantly to vote Cal as the best team evar!

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... Rated-R Superstar, Takimoto, and ragnarok, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

Clearly Rated-R Superstar, Takimoto (aren't you a Duck fan?), and ragnarok don't see Cal's win at UCLA as all that impressive. At least not impressive enough for a paltry vote.

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

Oklahoma
Pittsburgh
Ohio State
Arizona
Penn State

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Oklahoma is confusing because no one is sure whether to vote for Oklahoma seeing as how they are a 3 loss team or to ditch them. And even if they did vote for Oklahoma, no one knows where to place them. I'm guessing that the confusion for Pitt arises from the fact that most of the voters didn't watch them play.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

Houston
Utah
Central Michigan
California
Texas Tech

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Houston and Utah as least confusing!? This whole list is useless because all teams are mighty confusing and these five just happens to be the least of them all. That's like saying Twist's lawyer skills is worse than his sanity; there's not much of a difference.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

Missing Barry
royrules22
Rated-R Superstar
CaliforniaCMB
CruzinBears

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Ah Missing Barry. Your vote for Cal as #1 clearly propels you to the top of the list. But the most surprising this is seeing me at number 2 on this list! I guess my vote for Idaho at #24 and Cincinnati at #2 clearly wasn't normal. I will stand by Idaho until they defeat Boise State.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

Ohio Bear
Takimoto
ragnarok
GBB4188
racsan

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

I'm stunned to see ragnarok on this list. You're becoming normal! Ohio Bear takes the prize with his ballot looking almost depressing a lot like the final result. The only big change is that he voted for South Carolina and West Virginia.

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how the hell was my ballot the 3rd-least divergent?!?! i’m stunned!

also, your polling thing is still broken, and i voted for arkansas twice.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Oct 21, 2009 10:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah! I forgot about that!

This is just the first season anyway. Growing pains.

Chances are it won’t grow any more though ’cause 10-11 voters per week sucks.

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Oct 21, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I for one take quite a bit time to make my poll, when I submit one. It is getting a bit easier for me to figure out who is 1-20 or so, but the bottom 5 are a total mystery every week.

It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.

by BeastMode on Oct 21, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed I take some time each Saturday night and go through all the results looking further into things if I think it’s necessary and then I make a big ordered list of “top 25 worthy teams,” which right now seems to be an ambiguous 40 or so. Hopefully some teams step it up and make it more clear by the end of the season.

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by GBB4188 on Oct 22, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Idaho couldn’t have made that much difference for you, I had them at #25.

It's spelled "T-A-K-O-T-U-E-S-D-A-Y-S-!-!-!."

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by Takimoto on Oct 22, 2009 12:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Royrules! You lead me astray! I copied your ballot, and it put me at #1 most divergent! The only changes I made were switching AU/CMU, dropping Texas out entirely (*%#$ Mack Brown), and moving Cal up to #1.

Makes sense that Oklahoma was the most confusing team – they should be. How do you handle Bradford’s injury? I have no idea how to factor injuries into the rankings, especially if it’s unclear whether said player is returning or not.

by Missing Barry on Oct 22, 2009 7:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well it seems like Bradford is going to be out for much or all of the season, so treat him the same as Gresham—not part of the team.

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by GBB4188 on Oct 22, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he's back in the game!!!!!

The most divergent streak starts again today… Thanks roy… No need for a reminder, I’ll keep up the good work…

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by CruzinBears on Oct 22, 2009 8:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

California

I probably wouldn’t have put us in the top 35.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 22, 2009 9:32 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

That’s because you’re a big-time downer. You’ll grow out of it.

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by Thoroughbred on Oct 22, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why not? 3-2 against BCS competition, with a couple of those wins on the road. There are a lot of teams that can’t say that much. Oklahoma is 1-2 against BCS opponents, with another loss to BYU, for instance. Arizona is 2-2. Texas Tech is 3-1 (and has a loss to Houston). Notre Dame is 3-2. South Carolina is 3-2. Kansas is 2-1. Nebraska is 1-2. I was going to do all the other teams that got a vote…but I decided at this point it’s not worth the effort, you get the point.

Obviously this is a very simple look at things, and Cal did lose big to both USC and Oregon, but it just amazes me how much people let W-L’s without regard for strength of opponents dicate how good they think a team is. Everyone was high on Stanford for opening Pac-10 play 3-0 (nevermind they beat the 3 worst teams in the Pac-10), and down on Cal for losing to the two best teams in the Pac-10. Hey, it happens, overall Cal has still accomplished more than most other teams have. Cal just hasn’t played a crap schedule like most of those other teams that make them look better.

If the same Cal team was 6-0 right now with wins over Minnesota, Maryland, Eastern Wash, WSU, WU, and UCLA, we’d be ranked top 5….

by Missing Barry on Oct 22, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs