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

[dooley_womack1]

Central Michigan had its chance to show itself worthy of the top 25 but was soundly beaten by a mediocre Boston College team, and it didn't put away Ohio in the MAC final very soundly. No way should it be ranked.

[slappy4428]

While it pains me to do so... Never in three years have I posted this -- and never in a lifetime did I think I would post THIS

1. Alabama
2. TCU
3. Texas
4. Cinci
5. Boise
6. Florida

[KYSportsWriter]

My top 15:
1. Alabama (LW: 3)
2. Texas (1)
3. TCU (4)
4. Boise State (5)
5. Cincinnati (6)
6. Florida (2)
7. Ohio State (7)
8. Virginia Tech ( 8 )
9. Oregon (9)
10. Georgia Tech (10)
11. BYU (12)
12. LSU (13)
13. Pittsburgh (11)
14. Miami (14)
15. Iowa (15)

[Oz]

Alabama remains No. 1, where it's been the past two months. TCU leapfrogs Texas to No. 2 -- I would take the Horned Frogs head-to-head, they're the best team in the state.

Finally, after today, Boise State isn't the only undefeated team to have beaten a current top-10 team.

1. Alabama
2. Texas Christian
3. Texas
4. Boise State
5. Cincinnati
6. Florida
7. Oregon
8. Ohio State
9. Iowa
10. Virginia Tech
11. Miami, Fla.
12. Brigham Young
13. Louisiana State
14. Georgia Tech
15. Arizona
16. Penn State
17. Pittsburgh
18. Nebraska
19. Oregon State
20. Stanford
21. Utah
22. Oklahoma State
23. West Virginia
24. Central Michigan
25. East Carolina

[Della9250]

The Pac-10 is a clusterfuck.

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

OUT: Sothern Cal, Cal

[three_bags_full]

Dixie and I run neck-and-neck as the two biggest Bama apologists fans on the board, but I just don't see Alabama beating Florida.

Granted, Florida isn't as good as they were last year, but Alabama can't come from behind against a decent defense. Auburn pissed that game away, and Alabama was lucky to win it.

Color me shocked if Alabama wins Saturday.

You are colored shocked tbf, you are welcome.

I'm a little upset Texas is winning, cause my TCU No. 1 could have been put to the test then.

Indeed, I am eating a Nike sandwich for lunch, today. Glad they won it, and if they play that way in a few weeks, I don't think anyone else can beat 'em.

[azom]

Finally flip-flopped TCU and Texas. Had been thinking about it for awhile.
Team   Pvs
1. Alabama   1
2. TCU   4
3. Texas   2
4. Cincinnati   5
5. Boise State   6
6. Florida   3
7. Ohio State   7
8. Georgia Tech   8
9. Oregon   9
10. Iowa   10
11. Penn State   11
12. Virginia Tech   13
13. LSU   14
14. Pittsburgh   12
15. Miami   15
16. Oklahoma State   16
17. BYU   17
18. Oregon State   18
19. Utah   22
20. Clemson   20
21. Wisconsin   23
22. West Virginia   25
23. Nebraska   24
24. Arizona   NR
25. Stanford   NR
Fell out: USC (pvs 19), Houston (21).

[Rumpleforeskin]

Alabama is my new No. 1, followed by TCU. Not too sure after that.

[Bubbler]

Had to pull the trigger on Texas after having them No. 1 all season. Saturday's game was unforgivably crappy and lucky.

I initially had LSU omitted for some reason and had to reconnoiter.

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

[Sxysprtswrtr]

First time this season Florida hasn't been No. 1 in my poll.

Team (PR)
1. Alabama (2)
2. Texas (3)
3. TCU (4)
4. Cincinnati (5)
5. Boise State (6)
6. Florida (1)
7. Ohio State (8 )
8. Oregon (9)
9. Iowa (7)
10. Georgia Tech (12)
11. Virginia Tech (15)
12. Penn State (14)
13. Pittsburgh (10)
14. BYU (16)
15. LSU (11)
16. Oregon State (13)
17. Miami (18)
18. Oklahoma State (23)
19. Utah (NR)
20. West Virginia (19)
21. Nebraska (20)
22. Wisconsin (NR)
23. Stanford (21)
24. Central Michigan (NR)
25. Arizona (NR)

OUT: Houston, Clemson, California and USC

[Xanadu]

slap, i'm 90 minutes from sending you the poll.

1 and 2 are bama and tcu.

[slappy4428]

slap, i'm 90 minutes from sending you the poll.

1 and 2 are bama and tcu.

Still waiting on GB HAck, Hammer Pants and Rumpleforeskin... oh, and BYDH....

[Xanadu]

1, Alabama
2, TCU
3, Texas
4, Boise
5, Cincy
6, Florida
7, Oregon
8, Ohio State
9, Iowa
10, Georgia Tech
11, Penn State
12, Virginia Tech
13, Oregon State
14, West Virginia
15, Miami
16, Nebraska
17, LSU
18, Stanford
19, Wisconsin
20, East Carolina
21, Houston
22, Central Michigan
23, USC
24, BYU
25, Clemson

[joe_schmoe]

I just thought I'd post my preseason Top 10 which looks absolutely nothing like what the one I sent to Slappy l this weekend does (TCU, my No. 1 now, was ranked 21):

1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
3. USC
4. Texas
5. Bama
6. Georgia
7. Oklahoma State
8. Ohio State
9. V-Tech
10. Ole Miss

[slappy4428]

Dec. 7, 2009

Are we not men? We are Tebow!

By SLAPPY 4428
Paranoid? Too Much Paranoia

We’ve all seen this scene before. It’s a holiday meal with the family; relatives come from all over to sup at table.

There are too many people to comfortable sit at one table, so the youngest group gets relegated to the kiddie table. It doesn’t matter how old the oldest of the youngest is, they’re still part of the kiddie table.

And that, boys and girls, is the holiday dinner with the BCS as far as Boise State and TCU are concerned – good enough to come to the meal, but when it comes to sharing, they’re sitting with the rest of the group that still use sippie cups and has Mommy cut their meat.

On one hand, it’s nice to see that the BCS invited both schools to partake in their special party – of course, it was helped by the dearth of talented teams and the potential for a national backlash not seen since New Coke.

On the other, the BCS showed it’s still a closed shop by not having them play one of the big teams, instead of each other. Again.

For this, we can blame Utah which slapped around the Moping Tide last season, thereby putting the fear of David into Goliath.

This year, Moping has become dominating and the Tide deserve their place in the BCS title game. Texas, maybe not so much. If the Shorthorns can get pushed around by Nebraska – which is to football in the last five years what Michigan will be in the next five – why did they deserve a spot in the title game?

Answer: They didn’t. Not with three other undefeated teams still in the hunt.

I shook my head in amazement this week, when reading some snapshots from the latest in college football on line this morning.

The pom-pon waving writer crowed about how an Alabama-Texas final reminds us again that the BCS can work. A few grafs later, the writer mentioned that Boise State has had four perfect seasons in six years with two different head coaches.

So if that’s the case, how did the BCS work other than to put the big conferences in the big seats at the big table? An undefeated team that has a proven record of success is left out  of the title game, while undefeated Texas – which staggered around the field like the Mack Brown teams of old – goes in?

Cincinnati plays in a BCS conference, went undefeated and had a far more thrilling end to its season than Texas did. Now playing Florida and another chance to see Tim Tebow partake in the Crying Game once again is the second-best gig they could get. But it ain’t right.

So come Jan. 8 (a date closer to seeing pitchers and catchers report than the end of football’s regular season), we could see as many as three undefeated teams – all of whom can rightfully claim the No. 1 spot.

Only one of them will get the crown, but all of them deserve an equal shot.

SJ.COM COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
12/07/2009
RK. TEAM (1st)              PTS   Last
1.   Alabama (27)          795   3
2.   TCU (5)                 753   4
3.   Texas                    741   2
4.   Boise State            687   5
5.   Cincinnati               681   6
6.   Florida                   644   1
7.   Oregon                  602   7
8.   Ohio State             585   8
9.   Georgia Tech          500   10
10.   Iowa                    469   9
11.   Virginia Tech         452   11
12.   Penn State           431   12
13.   LSU                     384   14
14.   Miami (Fla.)          365   16
15.   Brigham Young      333   17
16.   Pitt                     326   13
17.   Oregon St.           262   15
18.   Oklahoma St.        215   22
19.   West Virginia        203   24
20.   Stanford              190   20
21   Nebraska              153   20
22.   Utah                   139   25
23.   Arizona                129   NR
24.   Wisconsin             109   NR
25.   Central Michigan      82   NR

Also receiving votes: Houston 35, Clemson 32, East Carolina 27, USC 20, Mississippi 19, Northwestern 13, Cal 7, Texas Tech 7, Navy 4, Troy 3, Ohio 2.

The sj.com college football poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), 2muchcoffeeman, Agate Page, Azom, Bubbler BYH, Della9250, Dparker85, Elliotte Friedman, Hank Scorpio, Huggy, Ishouldcoco, Jesus Muscatel, Joe Schmoe, KYsportswriter, Layman, Madhavok, Matt1735, Orville Redenbacher, Oz, Piotr Rasputin, Popedirkbenedict, Precious Roy, Red Smith Clone, Rumpleforeskin, spnited, Starman, Stormsurge, Sxysptswrtr,Trooper Bari, WS, Xanadu. Not voting: GB-Hack, Hammer Pants.

[dooley_womack1]

Which two names in the voting list are sportschick sock puppets? That would be the only way to explain the two votes for Ohio. Or...shudder...the one 24th-place vote.

[slappy4428]

Which two names in the voting list are sportschick sock puppets? That would be the only way to explain the two votes for Ohio. Or...shudder...the one 24th-place vote.

One 24th place vote.

[Bubbler]

Wisconsin in the final poll ... I love it!

[slappy4428]

Wisconsin in the final poll ... I love it!

Final regular season poll... they'll have plenty of time to disappear after the bowls...

[KYSportsWriter]

Glad to see everybody jumped ship with Texas. Didn't the Horns have seven top votes a week ago?

[sportschick]

Which two names in the voting list are sportschick sock puppets? That would be the only way to explain the two votes for Ohio. Or...shudder...the one 24th-place vote.

I had nothing to do with the Ohio votes!!!!!!!!!!! Stan might have though. You should ask him.

[slappy4428]

Which two names in the voting list are sportschick sock puppets? That would be the only way to explain the two votes for Ohio. Or...shudder...the one 24th-place vote.

I had nothing to do with the Ohio votes!!!!!!!!!!! Stan might have though. You should ask him.

Yeah. The one year she isn't in -- by her own name. Go figure...

[2muchcoffeeman]

So when's my final ballot due again?

[slappy4428]

So when's my final ballot due again?

Final poll is due Noon CT on Friday, Jan. 8.
If you do not vote, you will not be back next year.
Every year, we lose 10 voters who A) didn't know we were doing a final poll (HELLO!!!) and/or B) didn't know what the deadline was....


Noon CT Friday Jan 8. No exceptions.

[Bubbler]

OK Dad.