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10/12/08
#1 Oklahoma, #3 Missouri, #4 LSU All Lose. What Happens To The Top 5?
Just Another Game Of Musical Ranks
It is college football at its finest.  For three weeks in a row, the Top 10 has been flip flopped again.  # 1 Oklahoma losing to # 5 Texas.  # 3 Missouri losing at home to # 17 Oklahoma State.  # 4 LSU losing to # 11 Florida in the Swamp.  If you didn't know by now, the last three weeks should have taught you that anything can happen in college football.  The question right now is, who moves into the top 5 spots?  Let's take a look.


# 1.  Alabama - Probably the luckiest of the Top 5 teams, Alabama was idle on Saturday and watched as #'s 1, 3, and 4 lost.  Although Texas beat Oklahoma 45-35, they were 170 points behind Alabama for # 2 in the AP Poll, 150 points behind them in the Coaches Poll, and 40 points behind them in the Harris Poll (The last two polls are factored in for the BCS Standings).  The difference between the two puts Alabama in the # 1 spot for the time being, but only slightly.


# 2.  Texas
- With an exceptional win against # 1 Oklahoma, the Longhorns move up to # 2 in the nation.  Colt McCoy had a magnificent game and brought Texas back multiple times to finally overtake the Sooners in the fourth quarter and hold on for the win.  Next up, it doesn't get any easier.  The Longhorns have to take on a vicious Missouri team who is coming off a loss to Oklahoma State and is looking for vengeance.


# 3.  Penn State - One of the most dominating wins from the weekend was by the Nittany Lions.  Joe Pa's boys went into Camp Randall Stadium and proceeded to blow Wisconsin out of the water on their home field 41-7.  They await Ohio State in two weeks in a matchup that will virtually decide the Big Ten Championship.


# 4.  USC
- The first one-loss team to sneak back into the title picture is USC.  They blanked Arizona State this weekend 28-0 and, with help from a Texas Tech team who very nearly coughed up a win at home against Nebraska, jump up to the # 4 spot this week.  If all goes well and USC can walk through what is left of the Pac 10, which is very possible thanks to a fairly favorable schedule and the unfavorable schedules of the teams in front of them, they very well could be in the National Championship game at the end of all this.


# 5.  Texas Tech - Although they almost lost at home to Bo Pelini's Cornhuskers on Saturday, Texas Tech's defense stood up when it counted, and their offense was dominant as usual putting up 37 points in a 37-31 win in overtime.  However, the Red Raiders start a streak of four games against Top 25 teams in just two weeks against Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma.  Rough road for the Raiders.

There you have it.  My Top 5 for week 7.  Feel free to leave any comments and give your arguements as to why your team should be ranked higher or another team should be ranked lower.
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10/12/08
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Oklahoma lost to a very good football team (#2 in these rankings), so I'm not going to push them out of the top 5 yet.

Florida and USC lost to two unranked teams, and I think they are still unranked.  For a battle of one loss teams, the Sooners are still the better team out of that trio, IMO.  I just don't see why Oklahoma should get punished for losing to a better team than the others did.  But if everyone else follows suit with ESPN, the Gators will jump to #4.  Apparently putting 51 points on the board against the #3 team in the nation will impress some people.

10/12/08
2
I got Oklahoma at #4 and then probably USC at #5.  Oklahoma shouldn't fall much for that loss.  They were almost as good as Texas.

10/12/08
1
I just want to disagree about USC after the OSU loss and the heavily heavily heavily overrated TTU at 4 and 5 over and over again, but I honestly can't find any better candidates...I'll get back to you in like a week or two...hopefully

10/12/08
1
kantwistaye wrote:
I got Oklahoma at #4 and then probably USC at #5.  Oklahoma shouldn't fall much for that loss.  They were almost as good as Texas.

i had oklahoma going to 6.  you cannot stay in the top 5 after losing a game.  that just cant happen.  give em another week or two to climb back up.


10/12/08
0
i completely agree that there are no other candidates for 4 and 5.  i was thinking florida after theyre big win but i cant have them jump from 11 to 4 or 5.  so as no one else is better qualified, usc and tex tech take those spots.

10/12/08
2
(Edited by kantwistaye)
Joshua E wrote:

i had oklahoma going to 6.  you cannot stay in the top 5 after losing a game.  that just cant happen.  give em another week or two to climb back up.

Normally I'd agree with that but its hard for me to this year.  Oklahoma has a "better" loss than USC and has just been overall more impressive.  The fact that 2 other top 5 teams lost shouldn't punish Oklahoma.  But that's just my opinion.  It'll be interesting to see where the voters put them.  Sadly, they matter more than the play on the field.

10/12/08
4
Oklahoma lost to a very good football team (#2 in these rankings), so I'm not going to push them out of the top 5 yet.

Florida and USC lost to two unranked teams, and I think they are still unranked.  For a battle of one loss teams, the Sooners are still the better team out of that trio, IMO.  I just don't see why Oklahoma should get punished for losing to a better team than the others did.  But if everyone else follows suit with ESPN, the Gators will jump to #4.  Apparently putting 51 points on the board against the #3 team in the nation will impress some people.

10/12/08
1
tpowell25 wrote:
Oklahoma lost to a very good football team (#2 in these rankings), so I'm not going to push them out of the top 5 yet.

Florida and USC lost to two unranked teams, and I think they are still unranked.  For a battle of one loss teams, the Sooners are still the better team out of that trio, IMO.  I just don't see why Oklahoma should get punished for losing to a better team than the others did.  But if everyone else follows suit with ESPN, the Gators will jump to #4.  Apparently putting 51 points on the board against the #3 team in the nation will impress some people.
i stand by my decision to knock OU out of the top 5 due to the fact that they lost regardless of who is was to. georgia was # 3, lost to # 8 alabama by 11 and went all the way out of the top 10!  i think putting OU at 6 and giving them a chance to win and earn their way back up is the right call.  as for usc, again i dont see anyone else to put there.  i dont think florida deserved it, uga doesnt, OU as per my reasoning doesnt, and byu doesnt due to their lack of schedule strength.  they havent played anybody.

10/12/08
0
(Edited by 100%InjuryRate)
Joshua E wrote:
i stand by my decision to knock OU out of the top 5 due to the fact that they lost regardless of who is was to. georgia was # 3, lost to # 8 alabama by 11 and went all the way out of the top 10!  i think putting OU at 6 and giving them a chance to win and earn their way back up is the right call.  as for usc, again i dont see anyone else to put there.  i dont think florida deserved it, uga doesnt, OU as per my reasoning doesnt, and byu doesnt due to their lack of schedule strength.  they havent played anybody.
I don't think there's anything wrong with your logic at all. the simple fact is that you should get punished for losing, period, which Oklahoma did. The fact is that with college football, everything is about timing. USC picked a good time to lose, Oklahoma didn't. Is that fair? Maybe it isn't, but Oklahoma's also gotten the benefit of the doubt in the past, so what goes around comes around. Plus, the rankings are about who the best teams in the country are RIGHT NOW. After what USC's done the past few weeks, it's hard to say they don't deserve to be back up in the mix again.

And anyway, if Oklahoma beats Missouri next week, then hell yeah they should jump USC, so they'll get their chance. We'll see if they take advantage of it.

10/12/08
1
I would either go with the Tide or the Nits. Alabama's defense is extremely quick. I have extremely happy with Daryl Clark. He makes perfect reads and has an above-average arm. Can also throw a touch pass. Having said all that, the competition has been lame thus far. Not his fault, just the facts.

10/12/08
0
Joshua E wrote:
i stand by my decision to knock OU out of the top 5 due to the fact that they lost regardless of who is was to. georgia was # 3, lost to # 8 alabama by 11 and went all the way out of the top 10!  i think putting OU at 6 and giving them a chance to win and earn their way back up is the right call.  as for usc, again i dont see anyone else to put there.  i dont think florida deserved it, uga doesnt, OU as per my reasoning doesnt, and byu doesnt due to their lack of schedule strength.  they havent played anybody.

But Georgia got manhandled.  That's why they dropped so far.  Oklahoma played a helluva game against (now #1 in AP poll) Texas.

There's still a ton of football left to play.  So it's really a moot point to argue who should be ranked where.  Everything will decipher itself within the next month.

Not that the AP poll is always the best judge of ranked teams, but they do have the same opinion as I do about Oklahoma today.


10/12/08
0
100%InjuryRate wrote:
I don't think there's anything wrong with your logic at all. the simple fact is that you should get punished for losing, period, which Oklahoma did. The fact is that with college football, everything is about timing. USC picked a good time to lose, Oklahoma didn't. Is that fair? Maybe it isn't, but Oklahoma's also gotten the benefit of the doubt in the past, so what goes around comes around. Plus, the rankings are about who the best teams in the country are RIGHT NOW. After what USC's done the past few weeks, it's hard to say they don't deserve to be back up in the mix again.

And anyway, if Oklahoma beats Missouri next week, then hell yeah they should jump USC, so they'll get their chance. We'll see if they take advantage of it.
I disagree with you, but you're right.  Once we get into the second half of the season, timing matters as much as anything else.

Regardless, I'll rank the Sooners over USC until the Sooners either have a bad game or lose again.  I can't punish them for losing to the new #1 team in a very good game.

But you know what, 3 of the top 5 teams could lose again next weekend.  Like last year, this is a crazy season.  And I love it.

10/12/08
2
I disagree. I think Texas should go to number 1 and Alabama should stay at 2. Tech should definately not enter the top 5, I dont believe they are worthy of the top 10 becase they barely beat Nebraska at Tech in overtime, and with the extra point blocked I believe the only reason they won is because Nebraska had a crucial mistake. Tech did not deserve to win that game,

10/12/08
3
100%InjuryRate wrote:
I don't think there's anything wrong with your logic at all. the simple fact is that you should get punished for losing, period, which Oklahoma did. The fact is that with college football, everything is about timing. USC picked a good time to lose, Oklahoma didn't. Is that fair? Maybe it isn't, but Oklahoma's also gotten the benefit of the doubt in the past, so what goes around comes around. Plus, the rankings are about who the best teams in the country are RIGHT NOW. After what USC's done the past few weeks, it's hard to say they don't deserve to be back up in the mix again.

And anyway, if Oklahoma beats Missouri next week, then hell yeah they should jump USC, so they'll get their chance. We'll see if they take advantage of it.
If Oklahoma beats Missouri next week they will be doing it in their minds.  That's because OU plays Kansas and Texas plays Missouri.

 
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