1 Ohio State
2 Florida
3 Southern California
4 Michigan
5 West Virginia
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
Others Receiving Votes: Boston College 79, Florida St. 25, Miami 13, UCLA 13, Penn St. 10, Washington 9, Pittsburgh 6, N.C. State 3, Texas Tech 2, BYU 1, Wake Forest 1.



8 ACC teams out of 12 being ranked or mentioned in the AP poll... it's a down year, but it's not that down.

10/9/2006 8:46:50 AM

How long has it been since FSU was out of the top 25?

10/9/2006 8:48:21 AM

or miami. A long time.

10/9/2006 8:55:39 AM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=437545
Football polls come out on Sunday.

10/9/2006 8:57:50 AM

USA Today Poll (for what it's worth...)

Week 7 USA Today Poll
1. Ohio State (62) 6-0 1,574
2. USC 5-0 1,461
3. Florida (1) 6-0 1,412
4. West Virginia 5-0 1,398
5. Michigan 6-0 1,358
6. Texas 5-1 1,240
7. Louisville 5-0 1,207
8. Notre Dame 5-1 1,044
9. Tennessee 5-1 1,031
10. Auburn 5-1 958
11. California 5-1 911
12. Clemson 5-1 899
13. Iowa 5-1 672
14. Georgia 5-1 661
15. Georgia Tech 5-1 592
16. LSU 4-2 565
17. Virginia Tech 4-1 523
18. Oregon 4-1 510
19. Boise State 6-0 472
20. Nebraska 5-1 460
21. Missouri 6-0 387
22. Oklahoma 3-2 268
23. Arkansas 4-1 264
24. Rutgers 5-0 261
25. Boston College 4-1 108
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Florida State 74, Wisconsin 58, Penn State 27, Pittsburgh 21, Washington 13, Texas A&M 11, Miami (FL) 8, Texas Tech 7, UCLA 6, Brigham Young 5, Wake Forest 3, North Carolina State 3, South Carolina 3.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Florida State 16, Texas Tech 24.


BC got back into their Top 25, USC is oddly ranked higher than Florida, and Arkansas is MUCH more appropraitely ranked. #17 for beating an Auburn team that nearly lost to South Carolina is a bit strong IMO.

Kinda odd to see NCSU & Wake getting the same amount of votes...this weekend's game might not be HUGE if we win, but it's a real killer should we lose.

10/9/2006 8:58:22 AM

Im not sure about FSU, but I know that this season is the first time Miami has been out of the top 25 this milennium.[b][i][u]

10/9/2006 8:59:35 AM

^ This is the 1st time since 1982 that both FSU & Miami were out of the top 25. That was the year before Miami won it all.

10/9/2006 9:01:33 AM

I guess Carolina sucks so much that a team must now win by 40+ in order to gain spots in the polls.

10/9/2006 9:41:28 AM

where's the requisite duke vote?

10/9/2006 9:44:06 AM

Any chance that we could be ranked going into the clemson game?

10/9/2006 9:46:24 AM

i think its a possibility if we don't lose again. if we are 7-2 with wins over 3 ranked teams (assuming the GT is still ranked and we beat them), i think that would warrant a top 25 ranking. due to our losses, i dont think we would crack the top 20, but i could see us 20-25.

10/9/2006 9:49:35 AM

we will be ranked if we beat wake


and i guess miamis gonna win it all next year

[Edited on October 9, 2006 at 10:09 AM. Reason : trendy]

10/9/2006 10:08:52 AM

eh, im not so sure about that. the only teams that are ranked right now with 2 losses are ones that were ranked high and have lost since then. despite wakes record, i dont think a victory over them would be enough to bump us up a whole lot.

10/9/2006 10:13:49 AM

one game at a time guys. We have a tough Wake team this week.

10/9/2006 12:05:19 PM

A tough wake team that duke hung with and almost beat.

10/9/2006 12:05:54 PM

it will be hard moving up 8 slots IF we win this week
we better hope for some upsets in the lower half and a win for us if we expect to be a top 25 team

[Edited on October 9, 2006 at 12:08 PM. Reason : did you even check the first page]

10/9/2006 12:08:13 PM

Why is USC ranked so high?

Do people think that the 2004 team is still out there?

10/9/2006 12:11:23 PM

^ Halo effect, of sorts

The coolest thing is that we're saying things like "we might be in the top 25 next week..."

Seriously 3 weeks ago we were like "when's basketball season?"

10/9/2006 12:13:16 PM

^^Yes, they do. Similar to the constant ND overhype.

But we will need to beat Wake & then Maryland to get ranked. If Wake had beaten Clemson it would be different, but voters are going to want to see us win on the road before giving us props.

[Edited on October 9, 2006 at 12:15 PM. Reason : ]

10/9/2006 12:15:41 PM

Wake will be tough to beat. Even in their loss they looked decent--they were executing plays really well. Clemson just had too much firepower. Two of Clemson's RBs were 100 meter champions in Florida.

If we do beat Wake, we might creep into the rankings. It will be tough though. Penn St, BC, FSU, and Miami are all on the fringe, and the teams i see falling out completely incase they lose next week are Boise St, Rutgers, Ok and Wisc (Ok usually bounces back, and Wisc always play tough).

10/9/2006 12:21:38 PM

I don't give a damn about rankings. I just want to see if we can handle a WFU team that has given us fits for years.

And I can only wonder when our honeymoon will come to an end (and you know it's coming).

10/9/2006 12:26:55 PM

Quote :

"I can only wonder when our honeymoon will come to an end "

If it doesn't happen this week, it'll be Nov. 4th.

10/9/2006 2:50:17 PM

Quote :

"Two of Clemson's RBs were 100 meter champions in Florida."

Was I the only one watching the WF/Clempson game that heard the announcer say one of their backs ran a 4.2 100? I was like

10/9/2006 2:56:22 PM

that's impossible... right?

10/9/2006 2:57:12 PM

Not if an announcer said it, we know those guys are always accurate

10/9/2006 2:57:46 PM

That loss to Akron is huge. 4-1, 2-0 looks a helluva lot nicer than 3-2, 2-0.

10/9/2006 2:59:05 PM

Quote :

"I don't give a damn about rankings. I just want to see if we can handle a WFU team that has given us fits for years."

Honestly I'd rather us just be unranked without any expectations. We never live up to expectations. All of this hype over Evans just means he'll probably shit the bed soon.

10/9/2006 3:03:58 PM

It's easy to say that as a State fan but I wanted to say the same thing when FSU drove 99 yrds to take the lead and yet...

10/9/2006 3:15:26 PM

Week 8 AP Poll

1. Ohio State (63) 7-0 1,623
2. Michigan 7-0 1,528
3. USC 6-0 1,465
4. West Virginia (2) 6-0 1,459
5. Texas 6-1 1,355
6. Louisville 6-0 1,223
7. Tennessee 5-1 1,179
8. Auburn 6-1 1,176
9. Florida 6-1 1,143
10. Notre Dame 5-1 1,042
11. California 6-1 1,027
12. Clemson 6-1 885
13. Georgia Tech 5-1 772
14. LSU 5-2 751
15. Arkansas 5-1 734
16. Oregon 5-1 639
17. Nebraska 6-1 555
18. Boise State 6-0 519
19. Rutgers 6-0 400
20. Oklahoma 4-2 394
21. Wisconsin 6-1 366
22. Boston College 5-1 330
23. Texas A&M 6-1 127
24. Missouri 6-1 93
25. Wake Forest 6-1 83

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Pittsburgh 73, Georgia 63, Iowa 61, Florida State 30, Miami (FL) 17, Virginia Tech 6, Alabama 4, Brigham Young 1, Purdue 1, Tulsa 1.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Iowa 15, Georgia 16, Virginia Tech 22

[Edited on October 15, 2006 at 7:10 PM. Reason : asdf]

10/15/2006 7:09:08 PM

Quote :

"1. Ohio State (63) 7-0 1,623 2. Michigan 7-0 1,528"

the stage is set

10/15/2006 7:11:20 PM

WV vs. Michigan for the NC

10/15/2006 7:12:18 PM

Damn, no love for nc state.

10/15/2006 7:24:49 PM

Quote :

"1. Ohio State (63) 7-0 1,623 2. Michigan 7-0 1,528"

FUCKIN SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

OHIO STATE WINS IN A 27-27 BEATDOWN OF THE ANN ARBOR WOLVERINES

AND GEORGIA GOT DROPPED FROM THE RANKINGS AWESOME WEEK

[Edited on October 15, 2006 at 7:26 PM. Reason : g]

10/15/2006 7:26:02 PM

^ what the hell are you talking about?

10/15/2006 7:30:11 PM

I knew Wake would hit the Top 25 after that win

ba hum bug

10/15/2006 7:35:08 PM

^^even i get that and i dont even listen to jim rome

10/15/2006 7:38:30 PM

thank you saps

10/15/2006 7:59:40 PM

I don't listen to Jim Rome either so someone please enlighten me.

10/15/2006 8:06:29 PM

how long since this has happened:

Quote :

"Florida State 30, Miami (FL) 17, Virginia Tech 6"

all 3 of them not being in the polls...



its also interesting that there's a couple possbilities for another #1 vs. #2 game during the regular season. the obvious choice is ohio state vs. michigan but if the top 4 teams slip, it might be possible for west virginia vs. louisville at the end of the year be #1 vs. #2...

10/15/2006 8:07:21 PM

Pttyndal:

Quote :

"Jeff in C-Bus - Early in the show on November 18, 2005, on his way to the Michigan vs. Ohio State football game, Jeff (a former Smack-Off contestant) envisioned that Ohio State would win by a score of 27-27. This was believed to be a slip of the tongue, but Jeff (and Ohio State) became the butt of numerous jokes throughout the rest of that day's show. The Buckeyes got the last laugh, however, winning 25-21. The following Monday, Jeff called back and claimed that he purposely made the strange call to draw attention away from the game itself, luring the Clones to smack him instead of Ohio State. Despite this, Jeff is still ridiculed. "

10/15/2006 8:09:46 PM

haha. ok.

10/15/2006 8:14:54 PM

im just happy UF didnt drop to double digits.

10/15/2006 8:19:00 PM

Half the ACC is dancing on the verge... Not bad... not good but not particularly bad.

10/15/2006 8:42:50 PM

So after Miami shows that they are better fighters than football players, the receive more votes (17 vs. 13)

Seems kinda fucked up to leave someone like them even contending for a top 25 spot

10/15/2006 8:57:49 PM

wv vs louisville will NEVER be 1 vs 2

10/15/2006 10:26:39 PM

Quote :

"OHIO STATE WINS IN A 27-27 BEATDOWN OF THE ANN ARBOR WOLVERINES"

??? what???

10/15/2006 10:54:36 PM

^ keep reading

10/16/2006 12:53:32 AM

I was listening when he said that

it was pretty good

I did a double listen/take

10/16/2006 1:03:44 AM