Sooners Finish 5th In Final Polls

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

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

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

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

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