BP Poll - Week Six

[LordJeffBuck]

Please send me your ballots by noon tomorrow.

[BB73]

Here's mine:

01. Alabama
02. Florida
03. Texas
04. Va Tech
05. tOSU
05. USC
07. Miami
08. Cincinnati
09. Iowa
10. Boise St
11. USF
12. TCU
13. Oregon
14. Kansas
15. Nebraska
16. LSU
17. Ga Tech
18. Penn St
19. S. Carolina
20. Auburn
21. Oklahoma
22. Missouri
23. Wisconsin
24. BYU
25. Houston

It's now closer to what the regular polls will look like (I fill mine out before looking at what the AP or the Coaches do). The big exception is Oklahoma State, who I have as unranked, since Houston beat them, Oklahoma State's win over Georgia has been devalued, and even though Houston has a bad loss to UTEP, they have wins over 3 decent BCS teams: at Okie State, Texas Tech, and at Miss St.

[Tresselbeliever]

1. UF
2. Bama
3. Texas
4. SC
5. tOSU
6. VaTech
7. Boise
8. Miami
9. Oregon
10. Iowa
11. Cincy
12. TCU
13. Nebraska
14. GaTech
15. South Carolina
16. LSU
17. Kansas
18. Penn St
19. Pitt
20. Oklahoma
21. BYU
22. Oklahoma St.
23. Wisconsin
24. Missouri
25. Arkansas

[Buckeneye]

Boo-yah, I'm alive!


01. Alabama
02. Florida
03. Texas
04. VaTech
05. tOSU
05. USC
07. Miami
08. Cincy
09. Iowa
10. Boise St
11. USF
12. TCU
13. Oregon
14. Nebraska
15. LSU
16. Ga Tech
17. Penn State
18. ArkKansas
19. Oklahoma
20. Kansas
21. Mizzou
22. BYU
23. Oklahoma State
24. Pitt
25. Utah

[Jake]

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

[BuckTwenty]

1) Florida -- Tough win in the Bayou is their signature win thus far
2) Alabama -- Only team to beat Va Tech
3) Virginia Tech -- Only team to beat Nebraska, Miami, and now BC
4) Texas -- Weak schedule drops them to 4th, could get signature win next week
5) USC -- Not sold on, but great wins on the road against OSU & Cal
6) Ohio State -- Has to rely too much on their D & ST to be considered any higher than this
7) Miami (FL) -- Has played arguably the hardest schedule thus far with 1 loss
8) Boise State -- Only team to beat Oregon, but rest of schedule is the definition of weak
9) Iowa -- Only team to beat Penn State, but looks very beatable (plays down to competition)
10) Oregon -- Has looked dangerous since week 1 loss to Boise State
11) Cincinnati -- Still looking for that signature win
12) Nebraska -- the team to beat in the Big 12 North
13) LSU
14) TCU -- Hasn't played anybody (best win is squeaking by Air Force last week)... plays BYU in 2 weeks
15) Oklahoma State
16) Penn State -- Schedule is laughable... probably should be ranked lower, but I think they're better than everyone else behind them right now
17) Georgia Tech
18) Auburn
19) Kansas -- Next week will be the highest they'll be ranked for the rest of the year
20) Oklahoma -- Desperately need to beat Texas
21) South Florida -- Huge matchup next week against Cincy for Big East title implications
22) South Carolina
23) Wisconsin -- Played us tough, gets huge home game against Iowa next week and could surprise
24) Central michigan
25) Utah

Dropped out of rankings: Missouri (20), Stanford (22), Boston College (24)
New to rankings: Georgia Tech (17), Central michigan (24), Utah (25)

Biggest gains: 9+ - Georgia Tech (NR to 17), 5 - Oregon (15 to 10), Boise State (13 to 8), & Nebraska (17 to 12)
Biggest drops: 9 - Auburn (9 to 18), 6 - LSU (7 to 13), 5+ Missouri (20 to NR), 4 - Wisconsin (19 to 23) & TCU (10 to 14)

[THEWOOD]

1. Florida Gators
2. Alabama Crimson Tide
3. Texas Longhorns
4. Virginia Tech Hokies
5. The Ohio State University Buckeyes
6. USC Trojans
7. Miami, FL
8. TCU Horned Frogs
9. LSU Tigers
10. Boise State Broncos
11. Oklahoma State
12. Iowa Hawkeyes
13. Nebraska
14. Penn State Nittany Lions
15. Kansas Jayhawks
16. Cincinnati
17. Brigham Young Cougars
18. Oregon
19. South Florida
20. Georgia Tech
21. South Carolina
22. Houston
23. Oklahoma
24. Notre Dame
25. Wisconsin

[Zander42]

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Virginia Tech
5. USC
6. Ohio State
7. LSU
8. Boise State
9. Cincinnati
10. TCU
11. Miami (FL)
12. Nebraska
13. Oklahoma State
14. Iowa
15. Oklahoma
16. Penn State
17. Oregon
18. Kansas
19. South Florida
20. BYU
21. Georgia Tech
22. Houston
    
23. South Carolina
24. Pittsburgh
    
25. Utah

[osubuckeyes2731]

1. Alabama (I like the VT and Ole Miss wins more than Florida's LSU win)
2. Florida
3. Texas (I don't know how long I can keep them here though when they continue play no one)
4. VT
5. USC
6. Ohio State (Although, I think if OSU and USC played again, OSU would win...)
7. Iowa
8. Boise State
9. Cincinnati
10. Nebraska
11. LSU
12. Miami (Fl.)
13. Kansas
14. Oregon
15.Oklahoma
16. TCU
17. Penn State
18. Notre Dame
19. South Carolina
20. South Florida
21. BYU
22. Georgia Tech
23. Houston
24. Oklahoma St.
25. Ohio University

[MD Buckeye]

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

[CleveBucks]

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

[buckeyesin07]

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

[Gatorubet]

01. Florida
02. Alabama
03. Va Tech
04. Texas
05. USC
05. tOSU
07. Iowa
08. Cincinnati
09. Boise St
10. USF
11. TCU
12. Miami
13. LSU
14. Kansas
15. Nebraska
16. Ga Tech
17. Oregon
18. Penn St
19. S. Carolina
20. Wisconsin
21. Oklahoma
22. Missouri
23. Notre Dame
24. Houston
25. Okie State

[jazzman]

Here's mine....

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Virginia Tech
5. USC
6. Miami (FL)
7. tOSU
8. Iowa
9. Cincy
10. LSU
11. Boise State
12. Oregon
13. Penn State
14. TCU
15. Georgia Tech
16. Kansas
17. Nebraska
18. South Florida
19. Oklahoma State
20. BYU
21. South Carolina
22. Oklahoma
23. Missouri
24. Wisconsin
25. Notre Dame

[jlb1705]

1. Florida
2. Alabama - I've been tempted like many to move them up not just past Texas, but to No. 1 even. I think they've been consistently excellent to the extent that it's reasonable to think that they're every bit as good or better than Florida this year. For now though I'm giving the defending champs the benefit of the doubt.
3. Texas - Texas was in that same conversation with Alabama, until they laid an egg in the first half against Colorado. If they handle Oklahoma impressively people will forget about that.
4. Virginia Tech
5. USC
6. Ohio State
7. Miami (FL)
8. Nebraska - I hinted last week that I might be inclined to move them past Miami if they showed well against Missouri. In the fourth quarter they looked pretty good. In the previous three quarters, not so much. The weather was crap, but they took the crappiness up a notch for about 45 minutes before turning it on like a top-10 team should.
9. Iowa
10. Cincinnati
11. Texas Christian
12. Penn State
13. Oklahoma - I know I said last week that I may not have dropped them far enough for their two losses. They are the only two-loss team that I even have ranked. Their two losses have come to two good teams though, and by a combined two points without their defending Heisman-winning QB. I know there are usually two approaches to these polls that seeming are in opposition to each other - the resume argument vs. the neutral field argument. I think this is where they intersect. I think that as we approach the halfway point in the season for many teams we can start to make the neutral field argument based on what the teams have done on the field so far this year. As I do that with Oklahoma and look at the teams below them on this list, I still find it hard to justify moving them any lower than this.
14. Louisiana State - I have them ranked at about the same place I did last week, even though they lost. First of all, I'm declining to punish them for losing to a top ranked team that they were clearly not favored against. Second of all, I just like to think that I was right all along in seeing how they performed against the likes of Washington, Vanderbilt & Mississippi State.
15. Boise State - still not going anywhere for me.
16. South Carolina
17. Oregon
18. Kansas
19. Oklahoma State
20. Georgia Tech
21. South Florida
22. Wisconsin - I think the Buckeyes can make otherwise good teams look THAT bad.
23. Missouri - controlled a good team for three quarters in conditions that really hamper their brand of offense. Can't punish them too much.
24. Utah - Their only loss so far - at Oregon by a TD - isn't looking as bad as it once did.
25. Notre Dame - I had to hold my nose on this one, but what are the other options here? An Auburn team that just got blown out? The West Virginia team that lost to that Auburn team? A BYU team that got blown out at home by a lousy Florida State team? A Houston team that spit the bit against UTEP? A Cal team with two blowout losses? An Ole Miss team on a two-game losing streak? M*ch*g*n? () My only comfort is that this won't last very long.