CGB Top-25 Week 3 Results
by royrules22 on Sep 23, 2009 8:02 PM PDT
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Print| 1 | Florida (11) | -- | |
| 2 | Alabama (6) |  1 |
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| 3 | Texas | 1 |
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| 4 | California (3) | 1 |
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| 5 | Penn State | 1 |
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| 6 | Miami (Fla.) (1) | 17 |
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| 7 | LSU | 6 |
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| 8 | Mississippi | -- | |
| 9 | Boise State | 2 |
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| 10 | Oklahoma |  1 |
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| 11 | Virginia Tech | 1 |
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| 12 | Cincinnati | 6 |
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| 13 | Southern California | 11 |
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| 14 | Ohio State | 4 |
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| 15 | TCU | -- | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 1 |
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| 17 | Houston | 7 |
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| 18 | Georgia | 1 |
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| 19 | Michigan | 6 |
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| 20 | North Carolina | 2 |
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| 21 | Florida State | 7 |
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| 22 | Brigham Young | 15 |
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| 23 | Georgia Tech | 9 |
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| 24 | Nebraska | 4 |
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| 25 | UCLA | 1 |
Others receiving votes:
Washington, Oregon, Kansas, Oregon State, Iowa, Missouri, Utah, Pittsburgh, Texas Tech, Clemson, Notre Dame, Auburn
Dropped out this week:
Oregon State, Utah
Biggest Difference from AP Poll:
UCLA +5, Georiga Tech +4, Michigan +4, Mississippi -4
USC falls, Miami flys. BYU and GT drops, Houston and Michigan soars. Interestingly enough it looks like Ohio St is hurting by proxy at UW's win because it seems to me that voters (including yours truly) thought "If OSU isn't good enough to beat USC at home, they can't beat the Huskies seeing as how UW beat USC". Cal continues it's climb on the ranking elevator but perhaps not as fast as previous weeks. UCLA enters the poll for the first time and Washington and Oregon are close to entering. Florida's grip on the top spot relaxes. Houston is still ranked below Oklahoma State. What the hell people? Just another week of college football folks.
The Biggest Homer Award goes to...
... rocksanddirt, CruzinBears, and Missing Barry, all of whom 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
CruzinBears and Missing Barry make the award their b****. It would be more of a surprise if they didn't win it. rocksanddirt is the newcomer here. He (or she) was apparently impressed with Cal's win over University of Decker.
The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...
... goldenbeers who voted for Cal as #10!
This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal
Hey Rated-R Superstar didn't win. Apparently goldenbeers thinks Cal is good but not *that* good.
The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...
- Brigham Young
- Georgia Tech
- Nebraska
- Houston
- North Carolina
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.
The top three confusing teams were all ones that lost. I'm sensing a trend here: people are not sure how much to punish a team for losing. Houston appears because people aren't sure how highly to rank them. I'll give you a clue: rank them higher than Oklahoma St!
The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...
- UCLA
- Alabama
- Texas
- Florida
- Virginia 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.
Almost all voters decided that UCLA deserved to be #25 and hence the lack of confusion. The rest of the teams (sans VT) are Top-5 teams.
The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...
- ragnarok
- GBB4188
- BeastMode
- Missing Barry
- California Pete
This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.
I'm not going to discuss ragnarok's or Missing Barry's ballot because we expect nothing less from either. GBB's ballot is more interesting: Miami at #1, Oregon at #24. I'll just let him explain himself:
I’ve got Miami/Alabama at top because they have taken care of business and played someone. Cal is behind them for doing the same but not playing a marquee game. LSU’s trip to UW looks a lot better now. Of everyone left Cincy has shown as much as anyone. Penn St. is there as default having played and stuggled and against nobody, Texas and Florida did not look like top 5 teams Saturday. After Ohio State it’s pretty much a muddled jumble of confusing teams going off of only 3 data points (or less). Closing out with 3 Pac-10 teams, the story of that is that I really couldn’t find anyone who has impressed me and they look as solid as anyone with some tough games.
Actually this week is not as crazy as usual. Perhaps with more games being played everything is equaling out.
The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...
- rocksanddirt
- coolingfan
- Davis Bear
- goldenbeers
- Thoroughbred
This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.
A lot of newcomers (or at least ones who don't post all the inanity in the DBDs) think like most others.
NOTE: I've decided that starting next year (yea just a little far off), I'm going to be saving everyone's ballot for every week (I made the horrible decision to clear them this year) so that we can get some good end of the year statistics.
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Most Divergent, eh? And here I thought my ballots were usually pretty reasonable.
Also, did you notice I voted for Florida State twice? You can do that, apparently. If you select a team from outside the Top 25, the don’t disappear from your list, so you can vote for them again. Not so with teams initially in the Top 25. I deleted Utah, but then tried to add them back in, and they weren’t put back in the list.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
2 awards. I’m the best. I still feel confident in my ballot, I think it’s my best one yet (given what we knew at the time of the poll), I explained my positions in the other Top 25 post so no need to repeat. I only have one thing to say (repeat):
Houston appears because people aren’t sure how highly to rank them. I’ll give you a clue: rank them higher than Oklahoma St!
This! Feel free to jump Oklahoma St later if their resume improves as the season goes on, but as of now, the two teams have faced off with Oklahoma St at home and no major injuries. Houston won. Houston has not lost any other games. They are deserving of a higher ranking, simple as that. Otherwise you’re ignoring the results on the field for your own opinion. If what happens on the field doesn’t matter. what’s the point of the polls at all? Why even bother playing the games?
If what happens on the field doesn’t matter. what’s the point of the polls at all? Why even bother playing the games?
I think this is pretty true for the Houston/Ok. St. situation because Houston won not only on the scoreboard, but on the stat sheet as well. It could be argued that USC should have beaten Washington and dominated the game in most ways, but not the scoreboard. Such an argument can’t be made with the Oklahoma St. – Houston game.
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Plus Houston won on the road, UW won at home. UW lost to LSU. USC was missing a number of key players (their best player Mays, their QB)…so, yeah…
Just think of it this way, if you’re ballot is resume based, you’d have to argue that Georgia, who lost to Oklahoma St (in Ok St), is a better win for Ok St than Houston, who beat Ok St on the road(the team that beat Georgia), has. That’s impossible logic. Ok St would need multiple good wins to have a stronger resume than Houston, and as of now, they do not have that (though they certainly may in the future). If you’re doing a Power Ranking, where the concept is “who would win on a neutral field”….well, Houston not only won on a neutral field, it won on on the road at Oklahoma St. How can you conclude anything other than “Houston would win on a neutral field”? Again, maybe later in the season this changes, but as of now, this is the only possible conclusion. Not to mention Houston and Georgia played in the same conditions (@Ok St) and Houston won and Georgia did not. How can you conclude anything other than Houston > Georgia right now?
I feel strongly about this issue. :)
by Missing Barry on Sep 24, 2009 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you should still save the ballots for this year and give us some statistics going forward anyway. We’re on week 3 of 15, right?
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
3rd Most Divergent Ballot
1 Alabama
2 Florida
3 Texas
4 California
5 Miami (Fla.)
6 Boise State
7 Houston
8 LSU
9 Cincinnati
10 Penn State
11 Mississippi
12 TCU
13 Virginia Tech
14 Florida State
15 Oregon
16 Oklahoma State
17 Washington
18 Southern California
19 Georgia
20 Ohio State
21 Oklahoma
22 Michigan
23 UCLA
24 North Carolina
25 Iowa
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Seems pretty reasonable….I’m beginning to think the most divergent voters were the good voters and everyone else sucks!
by Missing Barry on Sep 24, 2009 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Nobody should rank Georgia Tech, period. They’ve scored 30 offensive points over the past two games and are plain getting beat up in the trenches. I would love dearly for them to roll through the ACC like an option running freight train of death fueled by the sheer malignancy of Paul Johnson, but they don’t have the horses.
"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
Crap....
Down one award this week… Admittedly I rushed my vote this week, so my divergence might have been off a bit. or maybe things are just clearing up a bit now…
Bears remain on top until proven otherwise… I get it why folks are putting UF and Texas above Cal based on last year, but we are three games in and in my opinion are playing better than both of those teams (save for the special teams of course)… Bama and Miami I could see giving the nod to, but UF and Texas after last week just don’t make that much sense to me…
Maybe someone can queue me in…. But I like the Bears at #1 until proven otherwise
Things to remember: Girls don't appreciate it when you yell "Beast Mode!" when switching to doggy style
Hey Rated-R Superstar didn’t win.
Darn.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 24, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions
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Oregon Ducks
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8 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
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Stanford Cardinal
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8 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
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Washington Huskies
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5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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California Golden Bears
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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| W | L | W | L | |
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USC Trojans
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7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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UCLA Bruins
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5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Utah Utes
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4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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