2009 sj.com College Football Poll -- FINAL POLL PG 25!!!!!

[KYSportsWriter]

Texas jumps two spots up to No. 1 after tonight.

1. Texas (LW: 3)
2. Florida (2)
3. Alabama (1)
4. Boise State (4)
5. Iowa (5)
6. Cincinnati (6)
7. TCU ( 8 )
8. Oregon (14)
9. LSU (9)
10. Georgia Tech (11)
11. Penn State (13)
12. Utah (15)
13. Houston (16)
14. Miami (17)
15. Ohio State (18)
16. Pittsburgh (19)
17. Arizona (23)
18. Southern Cal (7)
19. Virginia Tech (10)
20. BYU (20)
21. Notre Dame (25)
22. Oklahoma State (12)
23. California (UNR)
24. South Florida (UNR)
25. Wisconsin (UNR)

[Oz]

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Iowa
5. Texas Christian
6. Boise State
7. Cincinnati
8. Oregon
9. Louisiana State
10. Penn State
11. Georgia Tech
12. Houston
13. Utah
14. Pittsburgh
15. Miami, Fla.
16. Brigham Young
17. Oklahoma
18. Southern California
19. Ohio State
20. Arizona
21. Notre Dame
22. Oklahoma State
23. California (NR)
24. South Florida (NR)
25. Wisconsin (NR)
Dropped out -- No. 13 Virginia Tech, No. 22 West Virginia, No. 25 South Carolina

[Della9250]

1. Florida (0)
2. Alabama (0)
3. Texas (0)
4. Cincinnati (0)
5. Boise State (0)
6. TCU (0)
7. Iowa (0)
8. Oregon (+1)
9. LSU (-1))
10. Penn State (0)
11. Georgia Tech (+1)
12. Utah (+1)
13. Houston (+2)
14. Pittsburgh (+3)
15. Oklahoma State (+1)
16. Southern Cal (-5)
17. Miami (Fla.) (+3)
18. Notre Dame (+1)
19. Cal (+2)
20. Arizona (+2)
21. BYU (+3)
22. Ohio State (NR)
23. Oklahoma (NR)
24. South Florida (+1)
25. Wisconsin (NR)

[Matt1735]

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Cincinnati
5. Boise State
6. TCU
7. LSU
8. Iowa
9. Oregon
10. Georgia Tech
11. Penn State
12. USC
13. Ohio State
14. Houston
15. Pitt
16. Oklahoma State
17. Miami
18. Utah
19. Arizona
20. BYU
21. Virginia Tech
22. West Virginia
23. Wisconsin
24. Notre Dame
25. Auburn

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

How the hell can you all post polls?
Marshall has not yet played... The Thundering Herd meets UCF tonight.
Haters.

[Xanadu]

I'm not ranking them (yet), but for the first time in my lifetime, Temple has won 6 games in a row. Temple.

1, Alabama
2, Florida
3, Texas
4, Iowa
5, TCU
6, Boise State
7, Cincinnati
8, Oregon
9, LSU
10, Pittsburgh
11, Georgia Tech
12, USC
13, Penn State
14, Utah
15, Ohio State
16, Miami
17, Oklahoma
18, Houston
19, Arizona
20, South Florida
21, West Virginia
22, Cal
23, Notre Dame
24, Oklahoma State

[Matt1735]

Xan, your posted ballot lists only 24 teams... don't want the wrath of Slappy coming upon you!

[amraeder]

Xan, your posted ballot lists only 24 teams... don't want the wrath of Slappy coming upon you!

Obviously he's listening to Evil and not filling out that 25th spot till the Herd play.

[Bubbler]

Everything from the No. 15 spot downward is absolute, unmitigated crap.

1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. Boise State
5. TCU
6. Cincinnati
7. Iowa
8. Oregon
9. LSU
10. Utah
11. Georgia Tech
12. Houston
13. Pitt
14. Penn State
15. Oklahoma State
16. BYU
17. Miami
18. USC
19. Ohio State
20. Notre Dame
21. Wisconsin
22. California
23. Arizona
24. South Florida
25. Rutgers

[azom]

Spots 4-7 are not easy right now. Neither is 1-3 for that matter. Or 8-16. Or 16-25.
Team   Pvs
1. Alabama   1
2. Florida   2
3. Texas   3
4. Boise State   4
5. TCU   7
6. Iowa   5
7. Cincinnati   6
8. LSU   8
9. Oregon   10
10. Penn State   11
11. Georgia Tech   12
12. Utah   14
13. Houston   16
14. Pitt   17
15. USC   9
16. Miami   18
17. Ohio State   21
18. Oklahoma State   13
19. Notre Dame   24
20. Oklahoma   23
21. Cal   NR
22. Wisconsin   NR
23. Arizona   NR
24. Virginia Tech   15
25. South Florida   NR

Fell out: Ole Miss (pvs 19), West Virginia (20), South Carolina (22), Navy (25).

[slappy4428]

Everything from the No. 15 spot downward is absolute, unmitigated crap.

1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. Boise State
5. TCU
6. Cincinnati
7. Iowa
8. Oregon
9. LSU
10. Utah
11. Georgia Tech
12. Houston
13. Pitt
14. Penn State
15. Oklahoma State
16. BYU
17. Miami
18. USC
19. Ohio State
20. Notre Dame
21. Wisconsin
22. California
23. Arizona
24. South Florida
25. Rutgers

I notice absolute, unmitigated crap is ranked 21st this week.

[Diabeetus]

My poll:

1. Florida 1
2. Texas 2
3. Bammy 3
4. Cinci 4
5. TCU 5
6. Iowa 7
7. Boise St. 8
8. Oregon 11
9. LSU 10
10. Penn St. 12
11. Georgia Tech 13
12. Pitt 15
13. Houston 14
14. USC 6
15. Ohio St. 17
16. Utah 20
17. Miami 19
18. Oklahoma St. 11
19. Arizona 24
20. Cal NR
21. South Florida NR
22. Virginia Tech 16
23. BYU 23
24. Oklahoma 25
25. Wisconsin NR

[Xanadu]

slappy had it. i just didn't pick up the whole thing on the cut and paste.

25, byu

[Bubbler]

Everything from the No. 15 spot downward is absolute, unmitigated crap.

1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. Boise State
5. TCU
6. Cincinnati
7. Iowa
8. Oregon
9. LSU
10. Utah
11. Georgia Tech
12. Houston
13. Pitt
14. Penn State
15. Oklahoma State
16. BYU
17. Miami
18. USC
19. Ohio State
20. Notre Dame
21. Wisconsin
22. California
23. Arizona
24. South Florida
25. Rutgers

I notice absolute, unmitigated crap is ranked 21st this week.

HATER!

I also noticed Wisconsin is showing up in everyone's else polls this week too, proving I was way ahead of my time. I am the Velvet Underground of pollsters. 

[Xanadu]

Wiscy's not in my poll.

And Rutgers?

[Bubbler]

I'm not even going to try and defend Rutgers as a team that would be deserving of a vote in a normal year, but someone had to get the No. 25 spot. They have two losses, both to somewhat decent teams. I won't rank Oklahoma or Virginia Tech ahead of them, both are way too inconsistent and haven't done much of squat in games of import, so why not Rutgers?

[Xanadu]

I've become somewhat of a Rutgers fan the last few years; they were a laughingstock when I was growing up, and now the Knights are bona fide. They lost 3 tremendous offensive weapons (QB and 2 WR) who helped them to 3 straight bowl wins. I want to see the Knights continue to build their program. Schiano is getting there.

That said ...

Oklahoma's 3-touchdown win at 1-loss Kansas is better than any Rutgers win. Oklahoma has lost 3 games by 5 points.

Virginia Tech ... eh, they're a bumbling bunch.

Rutgers has played Howard and Texas Southern. So throw away those 2 wins. I'm apt to say throw away the win against Florida International, although FIU is D-I; but, it was only 23-15, in Piscataway.

They lost by 32 to Cincy but played 1-loss Pitt pretty tough in a 24-17 loss. Savage the rookie QB is starting to grow his wings. Rutgers' win at UConn was its best win of the season.

If you go by wins based off the schedule, Temple is more deserving of the 25th slot than is Rutgers. The Owls have won 6 in a row, including a pretty impressive against Navy. I didn't see that happening.

Anyhoo, it's all subjective.

** ** **

Neat story about Jasper Howard and his best friend Tim Brown, the WR who went 81 yards in the final seconds to lift Rutgers over UConn in Saturday's thriller. Sometimes it's crazy how things are all tied together.

http://trentonian.com/articles/2009/11/01/sports/college/doc4aed0a0724901638690017.txt

“When I caught the ball, I felt his angel wings gave me the touchdown,” Brown said of Howard. “I felt like somebody grabbed me.”

[Bubbler]

To me, Oklahoma has had their shot and have failed everytime. At some point, three losses have to matter, even if they were close losses. I think voter's are giving them too much of a benefit of the doubt based partly on past history. As for beating KU, that win is taking on less and less importance as the Jayhawks plummet to Earth.

[Xanadu]

The thing we both agree on is that slots 15 to 25 are a crapshoot; just a bunch of December bowl games.

[Xanadu]

Just noticed the Pac-10 has more AP ranked teams than the SEC.

[Chef]

To me, Oklahoma has had their shot and have failed everytime. At some point, three losses have to matter, even if they were close losses. I think voter's are giving them too much of a benefit of the doubt based partly on past history. As for beating KU, that win is taking on less and less importance as the Jayhawks plummet to Earth.

OU tried its hardest to give away a victory Saturday against KSU.

Up 21-0 in the first 10 minutes, had to fight like hell to survive 42-30.

OU shouldn't be in the Top 25.

[Xanadu]

But they fought like hell to survive.

[Chef]

But they fought like hell to survive.

I think OU loses at home to OKSt. and on the road at Texas Tech.

I'll be at the Tech game.

[Xanadu]

Nah, I think OU wins out. (And finally wins a bowl now that it won't be in a BCS game.)

[Chef]

Nah, I think OU wins out. (And finally wins a bowl now that it won't be in a BCS game.)

Avatars for a week says OU loses at least once from here out.