CGB Top 25 - Week 8
by ragnarok on Oct 27, 2009 4:15 AM PDT
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Alabama | |
| 2 | Florida | |
| 3 | Cincinnati | |
| 4 | Texas | |
| 5 | Southern Cal | |
| 6 | Boise State | |
| 7 | Iowa | |
A couple of near-upsets at the top ('Bama nearly gagged at home vs. Tennessee on the 3rd 4th Saturday in October, Florida let Mississippi State hang around far too long, USC got into a surprising shootout with Oregon State, and Iowa pulled another rabbit out of its hat to top Michigan State and stay perfect), but the CGB voters are unmoved. In a pure power poll, you might see Texas or Cincinnati climb to the top, but despite a couple blowout wins, neither did enough to overcome relatively weaker overall résumés.
| 8 | Oregon |  2 |
| 9 | LSU | 3 |
| 10 | TCU | 3 |
| 11 | Georgia Tech |  2 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 1 |
| 13 | Miami (Florida) | 5 |
Miami loses in overtime to Clemson -- not an unpardonable sin, especially given their overall record this year, but not someone a Top 10 team should be losing to -- and they drag fellow ACCers Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech down with them. Unless some craziness happens, I have a feeling all three of those teams will be rather tied at the hip this season. Oregon, LSU and TCU are the beneficiaries; TCU, in particular, finally put up a good win in clobbering BYU on the road (although Florida State already did that this year, and look where they are now...)
| 14 | Oklahoma State | |
| 15 | Penn State | 2 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 4 |
| 17 | Arizona | 1 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | 1 |
| 19 | Houston | 2 |
Texas Tech and BYU lose -- and badly -- to tumble out of our poll. Everyone else gets to move up! Nothing really interesting to say here. None of these teams have really impressive résumés at this point, which is the main reason Miami didn't fall further.
| 20 | Utah | |
| 21 | Central Michigan | 2 |
| 22 | Ohio State | |
| 23 | Mississippi | |
| 24 | Navy | |
| 25 | Notre Dame | |
| Last week's ballot | ||
|---|---|---|
Utah, Ole Miss, and Navy are welcomed back to our poll. I really tried hard not to vote for Ohio State, only a week removed from losing to Purdue(!), but there really wasn't anyone else. I really wanted to stop at 20 teams, but the ballot calls for 25, so here are some teams. Enjoy.
Dropped Out: Texas Tech (#15), Brigham Young (#16), Arkansas (#24).
Texas Tech and BYU both lost, and lost hard. Tech was especially embarrassing, getting blown out by a previously hapless Texas A&M squad. Meanwhile, Ole Miss beat Arkansas to claim the Razorbacks' position near the bottom of our poll. Whoo.
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Speaking of Flo Rida letting Mississippi State hanging around, how about that fumble on the Florida player that was reviewed and still not overturned, despire overwhelming evidence?
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by Rishi on Oct 27, 2009 6:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Notre Dame again?
Surely there is another team out there that can end up at 25. How about Oregon State? Or, maybe Wisky? Sheesh, I’d rather see Furd up there than them.
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by SoCal Oski on Oct 27, 2009 8:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That's a bold statement...
I’d agree with OSU or Wisc, but Leland Jr.? really? I’m hoping for a 4 game slide out of these clowns…
Nothing would be sweeter than having them go all gung ho to start and then go all 2007 Cal in Oct/Nov, to finish at 5-7…
As long as ND doesn’t get to 9 wins and get to an undeserved BCS game, I’m ok with them being ranked… (Though I agree they shouldn’t be up there right now)
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by CruzinBears on Oct 27, 2009 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d like to see Furd crash and burn and not get their magical 6 wins too — but I am so freaking sick and tired of ND getting noticed for nothing other than their damned name that at this point I’d rather see that windbag Harbaugh get some props.
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by SoCal Oski on Oct 27, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t ranked Notre Dame once this year.
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by Avinash on Oct 27, 2009 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Notre Dame vote was mine. The bottom of my ballot actually went Notre Dame / Oregon State / Wisconsin, so I don’t really disagree with you. You’ve got a bunch of teams without a good win, but pretty decent losses — you really could have picked any of them. Of the three, I like Notre Dame the least, but I try not to let who I “like” influence my vote.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Oct 27, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no faith in Wisconsin, they are an average Big-10 team whose best win all season is a last-second win against Fresno State at home.
by chowder on Oct 27, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For issues of transparency, here's the top 25.
1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. USC
4. Texas
5. Cincinnati
6. Iowa
7. Boise State
8. Oregon
9. TCU
10. LSU
11. Georgia Tech
12. Oklahoma State
13. Virginia Tech
14. Penn St.
15. Miami (FL)
16. Pitt
17. Utah
18. South Carolina
19. Ohio State
20. Arizona
21. Ole Miss
22. Navy
23. Oklahoma
24. Central Michigan
25. BYU
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by Avinash on Oct 27, 2009 8:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
*my top 25
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by Avinash on Oct 27, 2009 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Top 25
1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Cincinnati
4. Texas
5. Boise State
6. Oregon
7. Iowa
8. USC
9. LSU
10. Houston
11. TCU
12. Georgia Tech
13. Virginia Tech
14. Miami
15. Arizona
16. Central Michigan
17. South Carolina
18. Oklahoma State
19. Pitt
20. Utah
21. Penn State
22. Notre Dame
23. Oregon State
24. Ohio State
25. Wisconsin
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Oct 27, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
does anyone feel that Oklahoma is getting the easiest ride for a 3-loss team evair? I know, I know…but still.
Not that this relates to my previous sentences, but Cal football has done one thing right so far: they haven’t lost games to crappy teams. They’re slowly climbing back into this. In 2008, Michigan St finished in the top 25 and they beat NO ONE of importance. I could see that happening for this years Cal team…of course, I can also see the opposite if Cal keeps playing with a diarrhea defense.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Oct 27, 2009 9:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lost to BYU by 1, to Miami by 1, Texas by 3…although they do look worse after the way Miami and BYU tanked this weekend.
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by Avinash on Oct 27, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cal only lost to USC and Oregon by 66. Should have gone for two.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Oct 28, 2009 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A thought:
A little attention/respect should be paid to Pitt, who look downright scary. I mean, they’re still coached by Wannstache so they probably won’t break through to the BCS level any time soon (evidenced by the fact that their defense got torched by NC State, which itself pretty much sucks), but they’ve got a shockingly efficient quarterback, a future draft pick at wideout in Jonathon Baldwin, good depth in the trenches, and Jacquizz Rodgers mark.II at running back.
The most difficult part of their schedule is still ahead of them (Notre Dame, West Virginia, and Cincy over 4 weeks to end the season), but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they beat Notre Dame and at least one of their conference rivals.
(The caveat is that I’ve only seen them beating up South Florida, but South Florida looked like a pretty good defensive team against Cincinnati and Pitt took ’em to the woodshed.)
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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Oct 27, 2009 11:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I honestly haven’t seen very much Pitt football at all this year, and their résumé isn’t fantastic (wins over Navy and South Florida, both at home, are OK, but not fantastic, and losing to North Carolina State isn’t a bad loss, per se, but it’s not good). I’ll take another look, though, and their upcoming schedule does give them some potential juice to move up in the rankings.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Oct 27, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah my intention with that post maybe wasn’t to object to their ranking so much as to go “damn this team has talent.”
"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 27, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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