top 25 final regular-season vote

1. Ohio State
2. Florida
3. Michigan
4. Oklahoma
5. LSU
6. Louisville
7. USC
8. Arkansas
9. Auburn
10. Notre Dame
11. Virginia Tech
12. West Virginia
13. Rutgers
14. Wisconsin
15. Wake Forest
16. Tennessee
17. Boise State
18. Nebraska
19. Texas
20. California
21. BYU
22. Georgia
23. Boston College
24. Maryland
25. Oregon State

coach of the year: Bob Stoops
player of the year: Troy Smith

 

A ballot that would make Jimmy Olson proud.

Wait, shouldn't Notre Dame be No. 2? :

 

Why not Schiano or Grobe for Coach of the Year?

 

And Boise State is usually behind Miami... nice to seem the smurfturfers jump a couple of notches in recent weeks..

 

I like the love for Oklahoma.
Really, there should be serious talk of them being in the national title game with one loss because their other "loss" to Oregon was a complete fraud.

 

Schiano is a no-brainer as well. At the beginning of the year, if anyone had said Rutgers would have been an overtime away from a BCS bowl,they would have been laughed out of the room.

Either Grobe or Schiano deserve it.

 

I saw a release yesterday that Rutgers had announced Schiano was going to be given the award at the end of the week. Don't know whether it was official or not.

Quick honest question Jason: There was talk of voters either 1: voting Florida 2 because they thought they were the No.2 team in the nation or 2: Voting to avoid setting up a rematch in the Harris/Coaches poll. Do you fall into either category even though you're vote is in the AP?

 

Stopps did a heck of a job, too. Loses his quarterback before the season. Heisman candidate goes down for the season about halfway through. And in most people's minds, the Sooners actually just lost one game.

The Big XII was down? Well so was the ACC.

I voted Schiano first, Grobe second and Houston Nutt third, I believe, on my Eddie Robinson ballot. I guess if I had waited a few days, I might have flipped No. 1 and 2 because Wake's going to a BCS game and Rutgers isn't. Then again, Rutgers had a longer way to come. I saw Wake come into West Lafayette and beat a pretty good Purdue team three or four years ago. Can't imagine Rutgers could have come within 50 points of basketball-on-grass at that juncture.

 

Why is Virginia Tech ahead of Wake Forest?

 

Lifetime achievement award, App.

 

Because Jason thinks they're better, and they probably are in the long run. As great as the Deacons story has been, and although they may deserve to be ahead of the Hokies, they have been fortunate at times.