USC Trojans Take Top Spot In AP Poll

by ccmachine on Sep 2, 2008 2:07 PM CDT Comment 5 comments

The AP Poll is out and USC has taken over as the nation’s top ranked team. The Trojans received just one more first place vote than the Georgia Bulldogs placing them in the top spot by just 33 points. Oklahoma holds its spot as the 4^th ranked team and picked up 2 first place votes.

Among teams receiving first place votes the Ohio State Buckeyes came closest to USC and Georgia with 15. Other teams receiving first place votes were Florida (5), Missouri (1) and LSU (1). How anyone could give Missouri a first place vote after their defense surrendered 500-plus yards of offense and 42 points is beyond me. I’m not saying…I’m just saying.

AP Top 25

1. USC (21) 1-0 1,539

2. Georgia (20) 1-0 1,506

3. Ohio State (15) 1-0 1,497

4. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1,432

5. Florida (5) 1-0 1,415

6. Missouri (1) 1-0 1,301

7. LSU (1) 1-0 1,207

8. West Virginia 1-0 1,108

9. Auburn 1-0 1,033

10. Texas 1-0 1,028

11. Wisconsin 1-0 849

12. Texas Tech 1-0 842

13. Alabama 1-0 834

14. Kansas 1-0 748

15. Arizona State 1-0 672

15. Brigham Young 1-0 672

17. South Florida 1-0 588

18. Oregon 1-0 508

19. Penn State 1-0 467

20. Wake Forest 1-0 414

21. Fresno State 1-0 242

22. Utah 1-0 214

23. UCLA 1-0 151

24. Illinois 0-1 147

24. South Carolina 1-0 147

Others Receiving Votes

Clemson 143, East Carolina 108, California 91, Boston College 36, Florida State 36, Cincinnati 35, Tennessee 30, Boise State 19, Bowling Green 17, Virginia Tech 14, Connecticut 9, Rutgers 6, Kentucky 5, Nebraska 4, Oklahoma State 3, Arizona 2, TCU 2, Tulsa 1, North Carolina 1, Notre Dame 1, Miami (FL) 1.

Dropped From Rankings

Clemson 9, Virginia Tech 17, Tennessee 18, Pittsburgh 25.

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I'll agree on the 1st place vote for Mizzou

It was the writer from the San Jose Mercury News, who ranked Mizzou and Alabama at 1-2.

Looks like he just went with a straight resume approach, ranking wins by the quality of the opponent.

I think Mizzou is a Top 5 team, but they looked far from the nation’s No. 1 on Saturday.

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by rptgwb on Sep 2, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree!

I would put the Tigers ahead of Florida but at this point that is about as far up as I could put them.

by ccmachine on Sep 2, 2008 3:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes but

that same pollster, Jon Wilner, also ranked Penn St at number 9.

Missouri 1
Alabama 2
Florida 3
Southern Cal 4
Ohio St. 5
Oklahoma 6
Georgia 7
Texas Tech 8
Penn St. 9
West Virginia 10
BYU 11
South Florida 12
Wisconsin 13
Auburn 14
California 15
LSU 16
Oregon 17
Utah 18
East Carolina 19
UCLA 20
Fresno St. 21
Wake Forest 22
Texas 23
Arizona St. 24
South Carolina 25

That is his entire ballot and to say that Penn St. was so much more impressive than Fresno traveling across the country to win at Rutgers is a little insane. This guy is a notoriously bad pollster.

by Jubanator14 on Sep 2, 2008 8:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Why does he think that

that Missouri is better than USC, Ohio St., OU, etc. He has LSU at 16 (five spots below BYU). This guys polling card should be revoked if he’s not going to take it seriously.

by Sooner71 on Sep 3, 2008 9:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You know I am a big sooner fan. I don’t care what the ranking say i aggree with most people this is one of the most talented Oklahoma teams I have ever seen. Not only do I think we will go undefeated I believe we will win the national championship. I look forward to a great season.
sincerely, a big sooner fan

by sooner10e on Sep 9, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs