AP Top 25

1. Ohio State (63)

2. Florida (they deserve this over USC)

3. USC (should be Michigan)

4. Michigan

5. West Virginia (2)

6. Texas

7. Louisville

8. Tennessee

9. Notre Dame

10. California

11. Auburn

12. Clemson

13. Georgia Tech

14. LSU

15. Iowa

16. Georgia

17. Arkansas

18. Oregon

19. Missouri

20. Boise State

21. Nebraska

22. Virginia Tech

23. Oklahoma

24. Rutgers

25. Wisconsin

33. NC State

10/8/2006 1:36:04 PM

holy shit #33

10/8/2006 1:37:35 PM

i wonder how long its been since fsu and miami were unranked

10/8/2006 1:38:56 PM

26 - Boston College
27 - Florida State
28 - UCLA
29 - Miami (FL)
30 - Penn State
31 - Washington
32 - Pittsburgh
33 - North Carolina State
34 - Texas Tech
35 - Brigham Young
36 - Wake Forest

[Edited on October 8, 2006 at 1:44 PM. Reason : d]

10/8/2006 1:39:52 PM

Others Receiving Votes: Boston College 79, Florida State 25, Miami (FL) 13

10/8/2006 1:40:43 PM

aha. we got 3 votes in US today poll and AP poll. Wake got 3 in the us today and only 1 in the ap


[Edited on October 8, 2006 at 1:48 PM. Reason : ]

10/8/2006 1:42:32 PM

upsetting top 25 teams tends to do that

maybe we'll get WFs 3 votes if we beat them next week

10/8/2006 1:43:31 PM

wtf west virginia 2 first place votes

they'd get stomped by any of the teams above them and probably a few below

10/8/2006 1:44:22 PM

That's what people said in the Sugar Bowl last year. You have NO way of telling that without them playing those teams..

10/8/2006 1:45:47 PM

more reason why we need a top 8 playoff system

10/8/2006 1:46:21 PM

^^watching them play like shit in the first half of most games usually does it for me

[Edited on October 8, 2006 at 1:46 PM. Reason : .]

10/8/2006 1:46:24 PM

UF has played like shit against some mediocre teams in the first half too. Ohio St. didn't look dominating for a lot of the game yesterday, USC hasn't look great either.

Actually, and you'll probably like this, the best team I've seen this year in every game is Michigan...

10/8/2006 1:47:48 PM

i agree, i didnt want to say it because i am biased

I just think WVU needs to start putting some better schedules together. They play 1 good team and one solid one. The rest are cakewalks

10/8/2006 1:50:10 PM

Louisville and West Virginia will cancel one of them out..


Ohio State and Michigan will do the same


I think Cal will finally beat USC


So if Florida runs the table...

10/8/2006 1:50:59 PM

yea the OSU vs UM game should be to go to the NC

10/8/2006 1:55:27 PM

yup... I have thought about heading up there for that game, just to tailgate, I hate both teams

10/8/2006 1:58:25 PM

aha

it is some of the classiest tailgating th0

you know about the blood drives and charity stuff that goes on around the game for both schools.

10/8/2006 2:00:11 PM

Quote :

"Miami fell out of the rankings three weeks ago for the first time since 1999, and is still trying to work its way back. Florida State joined the Hurricanes among the unranked in the latest poll after losing 24-20 to North Carolina State on Thursday. The Seminoles and Hurricanes, who have combined for seven national titles since 1983, are both 3-2. The last time neither was ranked was the final regular-season AP Top 25 of 1982, the year before Miami won the first of its five national championships."

10/8/2006 2:18:50 PM

ya, itsno need to bitch about michigan. if they beat ohio state they will be in

10/8/2006 2:20:28 PM

Michigan will be your National Champs

10/8/2006 2:34:31 PM

is the game at UM or OSU??

10/8/2006 2:38:36 PM

at OSU

10/8/2006 2:40:02 PM

and michigan will lose again, Tressel has Carr's number

10/8/2006 2:41:46 PM

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10/8/2006 4:09:13 PM

hooray for unwarranted leapfrogging!

10/8/2006 4:12:51 PM

Hahaha, I love CFN's rankings:


1. Ohio State (6-0)
W, Bowling Green 35-7
next game: Michigan State
It might not seem fair, but eventually, style points are going to count. Ohio State doesn’t blow teams out, but it should’ve been able to sleepwalk its way to 50 points against Bowling Green. This is the number one team in the nation, but has it faced anyone who can throw? Has it faced a fully jelled offensive unit? It’s not OSU’s fault, but there’s not going to be a test until Michigan.

2. Florida (6-0)
W, LSU 23-10
next game: at Auburn
If Florida beats Tennessee at Tennessee, LSU, Auburn at Auburn, Georgia, Alabama, Florida State at Florida State and the SEC title, if might be hard to keep it from the top spot. Everyone’s going to assume the Gators are going to roll over a struggling Auburn team: watch out. All the national love could go away in a big hurry.

3. Tennessee (5-1)
W, at Georgia 51-33
next game: Alabama (Oct. 21)
The Vols are playing with frightening precision and explosion on both sides of the ball. Georgia might not be a world-beater at the moment, but cranking out 51 points in Athens is as impressive as it gets. How great does the win over Cal look now?

4. Michigan (6-0)
W, Michigan State 31-13
next game: at Penn State
More and more, this is looking like the nation’s number two team. The defense has been terrific and the trio of Chad Henne, Mike Hart, and Mario Manningham is playing better than any threesome in the nation.

5. Texas (5-1)
W, Oklahoma 28-10
next game: Baylor
This is a different Texas team than the one that lost to Ohio State earlier in the year. Colt McCoy is more poised and the D showed against Oklahoma how good it can be. Now the problem will be big games. Since few will have much of an interest in a rematch with the Buckeyes, only blowouts the rest of the way will get the Longhorns close.

6. California (5-1)
W, Oregon 45-24
next game: at Washington State
Yeeeeeesh. The Bears look as good as their yellow uniforms are ugly. That was a strong Oregon team that just got its doors blown off by DeSean Jackson and the Cal attack. Right now, Jeff Tedford’s bunch is playing better than anyone in the Pac 10.

7. USC (5-0)
W, Washington 26-20
next game: Arizona State
Call this a temporary slide until the offense proves it can be more consistent. Two straight games of needing a late stop to win doesn’t exactly inspire confidence considering the offensive machines ahead on the slate.


Of course they make a point to stress this: "There's one very important distinction in the CFN rankings: these are based on how good the teams are and NOT how they're going to finish"

10/8/2006 7:03:50 PM

Quote :

"I just think WVU needs to start putting some better schedules together. They play 1 good team and one solid one. The rest are cakewalks"

Quote :

"Consider West Virginia, hyped on a Sports Illustrated cover and chosen by CBS Sportsline as favored to play in the BCS title bowl. West Virginia's schedule is among the weakest, if not the weakest, of 119 teams in Division I. The Mountaineers play just three schools that finished 2005 with winning records, and only one that appeared in the top 25. Here is the West Virginia schedule ( http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teamsched?teamId=277 ), which might as well be a cupcake menu at the local bakery. There's Eastern Washington, not even in Division I-A. There's Syracuse, 1-10 last season, and Mississippi State, 2-9. The Mountaineers' home opponents stumbled to a combined 34-47 in 2005; their road opponents were also losers, a combined 21-24. Four of the 10 teams on the schedule of my son's high school team made the state playoffs in 2005; his high-school team plays a significantly tougher schedule than West Virginia! Perhaps someone on West Virginia's schedule will turn out to be a hot opponent: you never know. But based on the schedule, West Virginia plans to take the 2006 season off, then demand a BCS bowl bid."

exactly

10/8/2006 9:28:33 PM

first page

10/9/2006 12:08:37 PM

I agree that WVa needs to schedule tougher. They even had an interesting post over on SFN about the idea that WVa schedules weak all year, pile up a great record, only need to win/focus on two games (Louisville and the bowl game) and then use the pre-season ranking hype as a way to start high and stay high (by not losing) which is a free pass to another great win/loss record and another big bowl.

But....and this is a big one...one poster pointed out schedules are made years in advance, and WVa couldn't have known they would have some tough competition in their conference yanked from them. That said, the poster didn't mention if the a few years out from now does WVa have tougher teams on their schedule.

10/9/2006 12:54:48 PM

don't blame WVU, blame the system

10/9/2006 1:07:55 PM

^^ Va Tech decided against renewing the series with them and UMd has fallen off the face of the earth again.. Those were two premium OOC games that they are left without.

In conference they have three tough games. Pitt (who will be ranked if they win the next 2 and they should), Rutgers -- though i think they are overrated personally --, and Louisville.

10/9/2006 7:12:09 PM

Ohhhhh shit!

Pitt and Rutgers!!!!!!!


Scary!

10/9/2006 7:25:50 PM

THEY BEAT AN ACC TEAM K

10/9/2006 7:41:41 PM

west virginia schedule is weak... case closed

michigan should be 3

10/9/2006 8:03:18 PM

we need a good romping of the deacs. then we could see our team start to soar up in the polls. that said, polls are still meaningless this early in the season

10/10/2006 12:56:38 PM

we don't want them to soar up in the polls . . . our teams never seem to play well when they get ranked.

10/10/2006 2:46:15 PM

Here's the website that shows who each AP poll voter, voted for in the past week.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/onlinenews.ap.org/collegefootball_rankings/voters.php?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME

10/11/2006 3:57:53 PM

has anybody found the one(s) who voted for us?

I've randomly clicked like a dozen of these, after doing all the NC ones

10/11/2006 4:00:29 PM

I can't find it

10/11/2006 4:04:19 PM

Mike Vega from the Boston Globe ranked us #24

10/11/2006 4:04:59 PM

One from the Washington Times also put us at #25.

10/11/2006 4:05:55 PM

Barker Davis from the Washington Times #25

10/11/2006 4:05:57 PM

There it is... we got 3 points on the week

10/11/2006 4:09:17 PM

Quote :

"AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (63) 2. Florida"

wait is this basketball or football????

10/11/2006 4:39:27 PM