Sooners Finish 5th In Final Polls

by ccmachine on Jan 10, 2009 3:58 PM CST in Football Comment 5 comments

After a fantastic football season that included a #1 ranking, a record setting offense, a Heisman Trophy winner, another Big 12 Championship and a shot at the national championship the Oklahoma Sooners finish the season ranked #5 in both the AP and Coaches polls.

AP Top 25 Ranking

Rank	Team	Record	Pts	Last Week
1.	Florida (48)	12-1	1606	1
2.	Utah (16)	12-0	1519	7
3.	USC (1)	11-1	1481	5
4.	Texas	11-1	1478	3
5.	Oklahoma	12-1	1391	2
6.	Alabama	12-1	1264	4
7.	TCU	10-2	1193	11
8.	Penn St.	11-1	1153	6
9.	Ohio St.	10-2	1013	10
10.	Oregon	9-3	997	15
11.	Boise St.	12-0	938	9
12.	Texas Tech	11-1	916	8
13.	Georgia	9-3	903	16
14.	Mississippi	8-4	857	20
15.	Virginia Tech	9-4	713	21
16.	Oklahoma St.	9-3	534	13
17.	Cincinnati	11-2	506	12
18.	Oregon St.	8-4	467	24
19.	Missouri	9-4	435	25
20.	Iowa	8-4	317	NR
21.	Florida St.	8-4	246	NR
22.	Georgia Tech	9-3	223	14
23.	West Virginia	8-4	144	NR
24.	Michigan St.	9-3	138	19
25.	BYU	10-2	137	17

Others Receiving Votes:

California 128,
Pittsburgh 106,
LSU 95,
Nebraska 64,
Tulsa 61,
Northwestern 53,
Ball St. 13,
Rutgers 11,
Boston Coll. 11,
Rice 8,
Arizona 4,
Kansas 2

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I'm still surprised

Tulsa didn’t finish in the top 25. 11-3, and a blow out of Ball St I thought would get them higher.

Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.

by Redhawk on Jan 10, 2009 4:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

A little surprised

That surprised me as well. Does their QB come back next year? I wonder how much Malzahn leaving hurts them?

by sooner 23 on Jan 10, 2009 5:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Big Red should be in there

but the others were rated during the year, so wtevr…

"...don't TAZE me, bro..."

by zE bOp on Jan 10, 2009 10:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I think next year will be yours in the North

I watched that Gator Bowl….Clemson, had the better players…Nebraska had the better coach and wanted it more…nice to see for a rebuilding program…

Next is to get the better athletes

"Get better players, make fewer mistakes, and drill the fundamentals into your players' heads. The rest of it is a joke." Barry Switzer on how to have a winning team.

by Redhawk on Jan 10, 2009 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs