AP Top 25 Official Thread

[Bob_The_Cat]

Yeah, not likely to happen. I think South Carolina should be ahead of Alabama though and I can't justify putting SC any higher than 8th. The pollsters are probably too heavy on Saban's jock to drop him that far. Alabama's a good team, but they just lost by 14 to a team ranked 18 spots below them and got smacked around pretty much the whole game.

 

[DDJ7777]

1 Ohio State
2 Oregon
3 Boise State
4 TCU
5 Nebraska
6 Oklahoma
7 Auburn
8 South Carolina
9 Alabama
10 Utah
11 Arkansas
12 LSU
13 Michigan State
14 Stanford
15 Arizona
16 Iowa
17 Florida State
18 Wisconsin
19 Oklahoma State
20 Nevada
21 Missouri
22 Air Force
23 Florida
24 Oregon St
25 Michigan

let see how many I get

1 Ohio State (34) 6-0 1453 2
2 Oregon (15) 6-0 1427 3
3 Boise State (8) 5-0 1395 4
4 TCU (1) 6-0 1304 5
5 Nebraska 5-0 1236 7
6 Oklahoma (2) 5-0 1225 6
7 Auburn 6-0 1104 8
8 Alabama 5-1 1021 1
9 LSU 6-0 999 12
10 South Carolina 4-1 978 19
11 Utah 5-0 926 10
12 Arkansas 4-1 813 11
13 Michigan State 6-0 806 17
14 Stanford 5-1 732 16
15 Iowa 4-1 648 15
16 Florida State 5-1 547 23
17 Arizona 4-1 472 9
18 Wisconsin 5-1 410 20
19 Nevada 6-0 376 21
20 Oklahoma State 5-0 348 22
21 Missouri 5-0 298 24
22 Florida 4-2 209 14
23 Air Force 5-1 187 25
24 Oregon State 3-2 186 NR
25 West Virginia 4-1 141 NR

 

[Ayatolla of Slamola]

I just saw a projected BCS standings and it has the Buckeyes #5 because the computers have us ranked 10th.

 

[A Squared]

I just saw a projected BCS standings and it has the Buckeyes #5 because the computers have us ranked 10th.

It will change big time after this weekend when we beat Wisconsin.

 

[QuadrupleDouble]

If that is the case, that will probably be the widest disparity I've seen from the BCS against the AP and Coaches polls.

The strength of schedule should play out as we get down the road, but it doesn't do you that good to beat a team because then they go down in the rankings right after you do

 

[Marcus]

Boise State is criminally overrated. That is the ONLY reason they are projected to be #1 in the BCS standings when they come out this week.


Of course, that is subject to change after we beat Wisconsin this weekend. Oh, and we still have to face Iowa and Michigan. But still, I can't believe that the rankings would drop us all the way to #5.

 

[Chris]

Looooots of love for Oregon these days. Kind of annoying how much better people think they are than us. Reminds me of the Rose Bowl 9 months ago. LOL.

 

[Chardon]

Boise St lives off that one huge game a year.

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

Boise St lives off that one huge game a year.

Isn't OSU still living off of one huge game from last year? The same team that Boise beat last year? Oregon State also just beat a highly ranked Arizona team (who beat Iowa by the way). The reason OSU is #5 in those projections is because their SOS is terrible.

Seriously though, they should release no rankings until week 6 of the season. The teams that get high preseason rankings always hold a significant advantage over other teams. Any team that starts outside of the preseason top 15 literally has no shot to make the title game because of how much ground they have to make up.

There appear to be a bunch of really good teams this year, but there really hasn't been any team that has stepped out and looked like the team to beat. If only there was some way we could have about 8-16 teams play each other in order to decide which team was the best. I know there has to be something out there

 

[jonmchugh]

how the fuck does ohio state drop from 1-5 when the first bcs standings come out. doesn't make sense too me.

 

[Chardon]

how the fuck does ohio state drop from 1-5 when the first bcs standings come out. doesn't make sense too me.

What?

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

how the fuck does ohio state drop from 1-5 when the first bcs standings come out. doesn't make sense too me.

It's a number that a guy from ESPN came up with for what the current BCS standings would be when he ran all the current data that the BCS uses in it's formula, which means it's very accurate. The reason OSU is #5 because of their computer rankings and current SOS. Look at who they've played so far: Marshall, Miami, Ohio, EMU, Illinois, and Indiana. That's a bunch of crap right there. If they beat Wisconsin they will obviously jump in the computers, but none of their wins are worth anything yet.

 

[natedagg]

It's too early to care about the rankings. If you want to worry about anything, worry about Wisky and Iowa. These controversies have a way of working themselves out.

 

[Chris]

It's a number that a guy from ESPN came up with for what the current BCS standings would be when he ran all the current data that the BCS uses in it's formula, which means it's very accurate. The reason OSU is #5 because of their computer rankings and current SOS. Look at who they've played so far: Marshall, Miami, Ohio, EMU, Illinois, and Indiana. That's a bunch of crap right there. If they beat Wisconsin they will obviously jump in the computers, but none of their wins are worth anything yet.

talking about it is worthless right now. I hate rankings in Week 6. Stanford could finish the season unranked for all we know, rendering Oregon's only signature win meaningless, just like how Ohio State was thought to be legit after they beat up on Miami and now the Buckeyes are thought of as a joke once again.

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

talking about it is worthless right now. I hate rankings in Week 6. Stanford could finish the season unranked for all we know, rendering Oregon's only signature win meaningless, just like how Ohio State was thought to be legit after they beat up on Miami and now the Buckeyes are thought of as a joke once again.

I don't think the Buckeyes are seen as a joke, they've just yet to really prove themselves and they are a ton of other good teams out there. Their schedule is about to pick up though, so we're about to see what they're made of.

As you said, rankings this early are pointless. Same for preseason rankings. Look at South Carolina for instance. Logically it makes no sense that they are still behind Alabama. SC's only loss is by 7 to undefeated Auburn and they put a beat down on Alabama. The only reason Alabama is still ranked ahead of SC is because SC wasn't ranked in the preseason. Dumb.

Just a random though, but I wonder if doing away with preseason rankings would encourage teams to play tougher pre-conference schedules. With the way the system is now, if a team gets a high preseason ranking, they can pretty much just coast through the pre-conference schedule and maintain their rankings. If teams didn't get ranked till say after the 6th week of the season, it would probably force teams to play a better schedule.