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[DrawingDeadInDM]

Edit: Here is the actual, initial BCS rankings..

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Boise State
5. Cincinnati
6. Iowa
7. USC
8. TCU
9. LSU
10. Miami (Fla.)

Some resources:
BCS Guru Website
PollSpeak.Com
Complete BCS Standings.

[DrawingDeadInDM]

..and 'Bama jumps Florida in the AP poll.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings

But doesn't make up much ground in the Coaches'..

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

[DrawingDeadInDM]

Probably the worst of all the AP Voters..

Scott Wolf of the LA Daily News has Nebraska at #12 and Idaho ahead of Penn State..

[vbnautilus]

-I still don't understand why USC gets all the credit they get, with their bad loss and no real exciting wins. Beating Notre Dame hasn't constituted a big win in 10 years.

Well, they also beat OSU who was #8 at the time, but yeah.

[Freddec]

Well, they also beat OSU who was #8 at the time, but yeah.

beating OSU or any other Big 10 team is never too surprising to see

[DrawingDeadInDM]

Well, they also beat OSU who was #8 at the time, but yeah.

Sure.. but if you put the same players with the same results and same stats, same margins of victory and so on in Arizona jerseys, without the reputation, they'd be #15 at best in the polls. It's silly.

[DrawingDeadInDM]

beating OSU or any other Big 10 team is never too surprising to see

There must be a mistake.. I didn't see Georgia in either poll?

[wsox8]

I would rank Mizzou, OSU, PSU, MSU, and Indiana all pretty high in the polls.

[Freddec]

There must be a mistake.. I didn't see Georgia in either poll?

lol who mentioned UGA? Who doesn't know we suck this year?

lol at ruffling Big 10 feathers.

[DrawingDeadInDM]

lol who mentioned UGA? Who doesn't know we suck this year?

lol at ruffling Big 10 feathers.

Heh.. don't really bother me. I think it's pretty clear that the Big Ten is the 3rd best conference and neither the Big 12 or the SEC are as good as they were last year.

UGA is pretty awful though.

[Jadaki]

These are just the projections as the actual rankings don't come out 'til later.. but they're typically pretty accurate. I'll repost when the actual standings with the points come out..

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Boise State
5. USC
6. Iowa
7. LSU
8. Cincinnati
9. TCU
10. Miami (Fla.)
11. Oregon
12. Georgia Tech
13. Virginia Tech
14. Penn State
15. Oklahoma State.

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Boise State
5. Cincinnati

5th not 8th for Cinn, interesting.

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1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Boise State
5. Cincinnati

5th not 8th for Cinn, interesting.

Absolutely floored by that. Still digging around to find the BCS standings with #'s.

[DrawingDeadInDM]

Okay.. here they are.. Gonna need Adobe.

Complete BCS Standings - Week 1

Florida - 0.9886
Alabama - 0.9526
Texas - 0.8911
Boise State - 0.8083
Cincinnati - 0.7870
Iowa - 0.7869
USC - 0.7695
TCU - 0.7139
LSU - 0.7083
Miami - 0.6273

[DrawingDeadInDM]

Really falls off after #9, so it looks like, if nothing absolutely insane happens, you have approximately 9 teams that could play for the BCS NC.

As a fan..

-Iowa will pass Cinci if they both keep winning, which makes me very, very happy.
-Iowa will not be passed by USC if they both keep winning, which makes me very, very happy.
-Iowa will probably pass Boise State if they both keep winning.
-Iowa will probably not leapfrog a 1-loss 'Bama or UF team, unless they get beat rather soundly; 21-0, 28-0 type score.
-Iowa could get to the NC game by winning out, Texas losing in the Big 12 Championship game(or before, maybe..), and UF/'Bama getting beat soundly. I do wonder what would/will happen if the SEC Championship game is 'Bama/UF and it's a very close game.. Rematch in the NC? Booooring.


I know none of you care about that, but I do.

[Freddec]

if bama and florida go undefeated and meet in the SEC champ, well, then thats the real natty champ game........clearly the best two teams in the country right now......but things can change, as we all know

[CaneBrain]

if bama and florida go undefeated and meet in the SEC champ, well, then thats the real natty champ game........clearly the best two teams in the country right now......but things can change, as we all know

I agree a lot more about Bama than about Florida.

[DrawingDeadInDM]

I agree a lot more about Bama than about Florida.

Yup.

[DonkSlayer]

Really falls off after #9, so it looks like, if nothing absolutely insane happens, you have approximately 9 teams that could play for the BCS NC.

As a fan..

-Iowa will pass Cinci if they both keep winning, which makes me very, very happy.
-Iowa will not be passed by USC if they both keep winning, which makes me very, very happy.
-Iowa will probably pass Boise State if they both keep winning.
-Iowa will probably not leapfrog a 1-loss 'Bama or UF team, unless they get beat rather soundly; 21-0, 28-0 type score.
-Iowa could get to the NC game by winning out, Texas losing in the Big 12 Championship game(or before, maybe..), and UF/'Bama getting beat soundly. I do wonder what would/will happen if the SEC Championship game is 'Bama/UF and it's a very close game.. Rematch in the NC? Booooring.


I know none of you care about that, but I do.

I promise the BCS game won't rematch the SEC championship. Promise.

[Freddec]

I agree a lot more about Bama than about Florida.

yup. Florida's offense has not been really impressive at all. I wasn't surprised by Arkansas racking up some points on them either. Arkansas has a pretty damn good offense.

Bama, is pretty damn good all around. I think Ingram may be the best RB in the country, he is just nasty and never goes down at first contact.

[DrawingDeadInDM]

yup. Florida's offense has not been really impressive at all. I wasn't surprised by Arkansas racking up some points on them either. Arkansas has a pretty damn good offense.

Bama, is pretty damn good all around. I think Ingram may be the best RB in the country, he is just nasty and never goes down at first contact.

He is very Shonn Greene-esque.