Coaches' Poll Snubs Utah, PSU Ranked 8th in Both

AP Top 10
1. Florida (48) 13-1 1,606
2. Utah (16) 13-0 1,519
3. USC (1) 12-1 1,481
4. Texas 12-1 1,478
5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,391
6. Alabama 12-2 1,264
7. TCU 11-2 1,193
8. Penn State 11-2 1,153
9. Ohio State 10-3 1,013
10. Oregon 10-3 997

USA Today (Coaches') Poll - Top 10
1. Florida (60) 13-1 1,524
2. USC 12-1 1,393
3. Texas 12-1 1,389
4. Utah (1) 13-0 1,375
5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,333
6. Alabama 12-2 1,157
7. TCU 11-2 1,114
8. Penn State 11-2 1,091
9. Oregon 10-3 1,011
10. Georgia 10-3 904

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Interesting...

…that they apparently counted Whittingham’s vote for Utah in the coaches’ poll, even though the rules say everyone must automatically vote the “national championship game” winner #1.

by JBusinger on Jan 9, 2009 12:59 PM EST reply actions

Yeah

they made Joe and Dirty Pete give up their votes in the poll for the same thing.

JoePa in '09

by JGuiher on Jan 9, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

Looks like somebody won’t be invited to vote next year

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Jan 9, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

I'm confused by this.

Paterno gave up his vote because they said he “was not allowed” to vote for Auburn, yet during the USC-LSU debacle in 2003, several people voted for the Trojans and I don’t remember hearing anything about people being asked to give up their vote.

Went back and found this:

The coaches who vote in the USA Today/ESPN poll are contractually obligated by the American Football Coaches Assn. to rank the winner of the BCS title game No. 1. LSU finished first, with 60 votes, while three unidentified coaches bucked their association and picked USC No. 1. Carroll does not have a vote.

Kevin @ Black Shoe Diaries

by KevinHD on Jan 10, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions

What assholes

voted TCU over PSU?

by InScoresOfOtherGames on Jan 9, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions

Man

I thought the same thing…sicken!!!

" We need MORE cowbell !"

by BlueWhiteLife on Jan 9, 2009 4:25 PM EST up reply actions

No big deal

Same record and TCU won their bowl game (you always get a boost from winning your bowl relative to other teams with the same record who lost their). TCU’s 2 losses were to Oklahoma and undefeated Utah.

I pretty much expected them to finish ahead of PSU. And who cares? #7 versus #8, does it matter?

by Laaaaazzz on Jan 9, 2009 9:56 PM EST up reply actions