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Aggie Schadenfreude
For the first time since early in the 2007 season, Texas A&M is nationally-ranked. The Aggies are #23 in the AP poll -- #25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Oregon, Auburn and TCU are the Top 3 in the AP poll with the Horned Frogs trailing Auburn by only 5 points. Texas' opponent this week, Oklahoma...
Mississippi State moves up to 16 in AP, 17 in USA Today polls
The Bulldogs will head to Auburn this weekend to take on the Tigers as the #16 team in the country (#17 according to USA Today). They were previously #20 in both polls. Meanwhile, the Tigers dropped out of the AP poll completely after their performance against Utah State and are ranked #22 in the...
Analyzing 10 Years of Preseason AP Football Poll Data
The Associated Press released its 2011 preseason football poll this weekend, ranking Virginia Tech No. 13. The concept of the preseason poll is an interesting one because of how much change there is in college football from year to year. The preseason poll is a complete crapshoot, but its effect...
We Can Talk All the Polls We Want, So Long As We Keep Winning
The AP Top 25. The USA Today coaches' poll. The BCS. The Harris poll. The SB Nation BlogPoll. The Power 16. The Bottom 10. The Average 8. It seems all anyone wants to talk about this week are polls. After the dust settled following the Ducks' primetime, nationally televised outburst in a 52-31 win...
Oklahoma At #7 In Initial AP Poll - Who Gave The Sooners A First Place Vote?
As far as polls go, I have so much more respect for the AP Poll than I do the buddy system Coaches Poll. There are a few reasons that attribute to this and here are a couple of them. First, they had the audacity to no longer be associated with the BCS. Second, their votes are published so when you...
Utes finish ranked 18th in both polls
Utah finished the season ranked 18th in both the media and coaches' poll. It marks only the second time in school history Utah has had back-to-back top-25 finishes. Texas, who gave Alabama a scare, finished second and Florida third in both polls. Which means the 14-0 Broncos failed to capture any...
Sooners Back In The Top 10
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Penn State Moves Up To 5th In The AP Poll
They share the spot with Ye Ole Miss. Ohio State drops down to 11th after last night's contest, and Michigan is the only other Big Ten team in the rankings, sneaking in at #25. Iowa and Minnesota both received votes. And your Penn State votes by voter via PollSpeak. Update: No change in the Top 5...
Sooners Drop To #13 In AP
AP Top 25 Ranking Rank Team Record Pts Last Week 1. Florida (56) 1-0 1493 1 2. Texas (2) 1-0 1424 2 3. USC 1-0 1355 4 4. Alabama (2) 1-0 1331 5 5. Oklahoma St. 1-0 1201 9 6. Mississippi 1-0 1095 8 7. Penn St. 1-0 1082 9 8. Ohio...
AP Top 25 Poll Released
Sorry for the sporadic psoting - both of us bloggers have been busy, and news has been slow. But here's some news: the AP have released their top 25 poll. Maryland, unsurprisingly, did not receive any votes. 1. Georgia (22) 0-0 1528 2 2. Ohio State (21) 0-0 1506 5 ...
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