FINALLY! SJ.com College Football Poll -- FINAL POST-BOWL POLL -- PAGE 48

[Xanadu]

This was a hard week to pick a No. 1.

First off, Mizzou beat my No. 1 handily though the pussycats had to fend off the Blue Birds of Cocksuckery at the end. Still a great win in one of the best games of the year, if not the best game.

Secondly, West Virginny was being called to the dancefloor by the Connecticut boys, and there was a lot to prove in front of the Morgantowners, both by the West By Godders and the Nutmeggers. They start to tango and what happens? Black and gold does the fandango ALL OVER Conn's face; no need to wipe the seed, doggies, you done been red-rocketed back into the pool of pretenders. Thanks for coming, and thanks for giving up 66 points in the biggest game in program history.

Mizzou and West Virginny went out and proved it on the field against the No. 1 team (in my poll) and this year's Rutgers, respectively. Both impressive wins regardless of the final margin of victory.

Mizzou and West VAHHH both could be No. 1. Maybe both are No. 1. But the ol' Slapcoach won't allow a dual top billing. So ...

1, west virginny
2, mizzoulia
3, kansas
4, usc
5, ohio state
6, georgia
7, lsu
8, florida
9, virginny tech
10, illinois
11, oklahoma
12, hawaii
13, tennessee
14, boston college
15, wisconsin
16, cincy
17, byu
18, wake forest
19, arizona state
20, boise state
21, virginia
22, connecticut
23, arkansas
24, auburn
25, texas

[Elliotte Friedman]

Haven't been able to post my ballot for awhile, but wanted to do so this week.

Number one is Hawaii.

This may change after Missouri/Oklahoma, but I feel that, right now, the Rainbows deserve to be recognized for going unbeaten so far this season. In 2007, to go unblemished is very impressive.

2-5: Missouri, WVU, Kansas, OSU. Don't think it's fair to drop the Jayhawks too far. Their only loss is to my number two team, and many others' number one.

6-10: LSU, Georgia, Oklahoma, USC, Florida. Sorry Bulldogs, LSU won its division, you didn't.

11-15: Virginia Tech, ASU, Boston College, Tennessee, Illinois.

16-20: Clemson, Oregon, Virginia, Texas, BYU. Feel bad for the Ducks.

21-25: South Florida, Boise State, Wisconsin, Michigan, Cincinnati.

[IGotQuestions]

Hawaii had to squeak by Louisiana Tech and San Jose State both in overtime, Fresno State and Nevada, and their signature win is Boise State at home, and you rank them No. 1? The question is, how far will you drop Hawaii after they lose to Washington?

[Elliotte Friedman]

Let's see if they lose first.

[IGotQuestions]

And if they don't? Wow. They've beaten a bad Washington team.

[hockeybeat]

And a pretty good Boise State team.

[sportschick]

Elliotte won't be the only one to rank the Warriors No. 1. We're so sorry we don't have your approval.

[Mayfly]

So there are three members who voted Hawaii #1 this week.

[IGotQuestions]

OMG. Composite record of Hawaii opponents (excluding Washington's sterling 4-8): 47-81. Hawaii has beaten 2 - TWO - teams with winning records (Boise 10-2) and Fresno St. (7-4), and neither was convincing: 39-27 over Boise and 37-30 over Fresno.

So by this logic, if, say, Louisiana-Lafayette wins from week-to-week and goes unbeaten, they're No. 1, regardless of strength of schedule. Ugh.

[Sxysprtswrtr]

So there are three members who voted Hawaii #1 this week.

Make that four.
Oh, and I've had Hawaii in my top 12 for majority of the season.

[IGotQuestions]

It must be the pretty rainbows wooing certain types of voters.

[Elliotte Friedman]

I got,

Until the win over Kansas, the combined record of the teams Missouri beat was 55-61. That includes 9-3 Illinois. Should the Tigers beat Oklahoma, I may change my mind.

Until then, opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one.

[Tom Petty]

wow. i'm almost glad i'm a U-Dub fan and could give two shits about rankings.

[hockeybeat]

Or maybe the voters have looked at the season as a whole and recognized that the only unbeaten deserves to be the No. 1 team in poll.

[tjbball54]

I am laughing hysterically at these posts. I am not a voter, but for anyone picking Hawaii number 1 is just down right funny. I think West Virginia and Ohio State 1 and 2, unless Mizzou wins next week...then WV and Mizzou. I also agree that Mizzou didn't have a great list of teams they played, but wins over Kansas and a very solid Illinois- you have to give them credit if they win next week. If not OSU. Either way I don't count.

[slappy4428]

(Editor's note: Today's column will be written by Slappy's Dalmatian/Bull Terrier mix "Dottie."� When last she saw Slappy, he was jumping in his car and muttering "ANOTHER moran took Clemson twice!? Jeebus Fugging Keyrist in a handbasket! That's the seventh person today taking a team twice! Ask one dogdamn favor about getting things in early and this is what you get."� She's been itching to post on the site, but her other owner, Ms. Slappy, doesn't want her to join the "goobers on the nerd board." So she's sneaking this in. Don't tell.)



By DOTTIE
SLAPPY'S ONLY BEST FRIEND

Greetings all. I want to tell you up front that I know nothing about football, which would qualify me for this poll with what Slappy says about the "tickturds who kept putting Oregon in the top 25 after their quarterback got hurt"� and "pom-pon waving fan boys."

I got to watch some of the Alabama-Auburn game on Saturday night when Slappy and mom took me over to a party. I wondered what the commotion was, while locked in the room with some other dog; they did let me go pee at halftime and someone stuck their head in to bring in some colored liquid in a bottle. I think someone was having sex, because I heard someone say "dumbass kid can't handle his lick her."

Anyway, they let me out and told me a neat joke. Slappy held up one hand with all the fingers up and said "This is for the last five years."� And then he held up the middle finger on his other hand and said "and this is just for Nick Saban."� Because momma was ticked off, I guess it was because her team lost. Either that or Slappy wore her underwear on his head again. One of the two.

It was kinda cool watching the other game. Slappy explained that this fat guy in a mustache ate a horse, but he lost me when he said "cocksuckering cocksuckery sucked cock."� He says things like that a lot. I just lick myself.

All I know is momma dresses me up on game day. She makes me wear Green or Brown. Or it could be Blue or Red. I'm a dog, what do I know from colors. I think it's Alabama or Michigan, but when she watches them she yells "Sonuvabitch" and "Dammittohell" so I'm not sure.

But I thought I'd help him out. I mean I'm a dog and Georgia's mascot is a dog. I think that's cool. Who needs to win their conference or even go to the title game? I guess they don't in that league. There's pigs and dogs like Uga, Smokey and those chicks in the houndstooth hats at Dammittohell.

I just thought I'd help him out. I mean what's man's best friend for? I'd get him a beer, but the cap would get caught in my teeth and I'd choke. Of course, Slappy said if I do that, I could play for LSU.

SJ.COM COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
11/26/2007
RK. TEAM (1st)              PTS   Last
1. West Virginia  (15)      733   3
2. Missouri (11)              724   4
3. Ohio State                 660   5
4. Georgia                     637   6
5. Kansas                      583   2
6. LSU                          572   1
7. Virginia Tech              559   8
8. Hawaii  (4)                 557  11
9. Southern Cal              543   12
10. Oklahoma                 537   9
11. Florida                     460   14
12. Boston College          396   15
13. Illinois                      341   18
14. Tennessee                336   19
15. Arizona State            334   7
16. Texas                      247   13
17. Clemson                   242   22
18. Wisconsin                 214   21
19. Oregon                    167   10
20. BYU                        158   24
21. Cincinnati                 153   23
22. Virginia                    118   17
23. Boise St.                  113   16
24. South Florida            106   NR
25. Auburn                      95   NR

Also receiving votes: Arkansas 54; Texas Tech 53; Connecticut 20; Navy 12; Wake Forest 10; Michigan 8; Air Force 7; Oregon State 4; Troy 3; Central Florida 3; Tulsa 1.

SJ.com College Football Poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), Oz, The Good Doctor, Elliotte Friedman, Hockeybeat, Starman, Hank Scorpio, Mystery Meat, Barsuk, Della9250, Mayfly, Xanadu, dparker85, Gutter, Buckweaver, sxysprtswrtr, spnited, Idaho, Joel Hammond, HackWilson191, BYH, AgatePage, Piotr Rasputin, Rufino, Trooper Bari,  Jesus_Muscatel, GB-Hack; Precious Roy. (MIA:  Eagle Boy, Sportschick, Orville Redenbacher ; Withdrawn: Micropolitan Guy, Beanpole, Precious Roy, Amraeder)

[sportschick]

I sent you my vote, dammit! I just really liked Clemson this week.

[Tom Petty]

why in the fuck is hawaii ranked so high?

[Della9250]

I'm shocked Texas is still as high as it is.

[DanOregon]

If you're a "real" pollster, do you give extra points to a team winning  a 13th game for a conference championship and don't knock them as much if they lose?
I don't like Ohio State or Georgia moving up by not playing. People talk about wanting to settle the championship on the field, then talk about ranking the teams they think are best right now. Then why even play any games if you are going to disregard results?

[Tom Petty]

sidebar: danoregon's sidesaddle is more than a little creepy.

[Hank_Scorpio]

why in the fuck is hawaii ranked so high?

I didn't vote Hawaii No. 1, but it's not THAT high if you look at the other polls.

The Rainbows are ranked 10th in two other polls, 11th in another and 12th in the BCS. They even got a first place vote in the Harris poll.

And for the record, I had West Virginny No. 1 with Mizzou second.

[Tom Petty]

why in the fuck is hawaii ranked so high?

I didn't vote Hawaii No. 1, but it's not THAT high if you look at the other polls.

The Rainbows are ranked 10th in two other polls, 11th in another and 12th in the BCS. They even got a first place vote in the Harris poll.

And for the record, I had West Virginny No. 1 with Mizzou second.

i was kidding, hank.

[Hank_Scorpio]

Yea I know, TP, but Igotquestions wasn't.

[Chi City 81]

I've given up trying to convince UH supporters they're wrong. It's a fruitless effort, and they're entitled to their opinions anyway. Everyone knows it won't happen, so keep fighting the good fight, UH supporters.