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OUMallen
9/26/2008, 10:03 AM
...from this early in the season and won it all?
Big Red Ron
9/26/2008, 10:05 AM
OU wire to wire in 85, I think.
Big Red Ron
9/26/2008, 10:06 AM
FSU or Miami went wire to wire a few years ago.
sooneron
9/26/2008, 10:07 AM
Wasn't sc wire to wire in 04?
Mad Dog Madsen
9/26/2008, 10:07 AM
USC went wire to wire that one year I think.
oumartin
9/26/2008, 10:09 AM
OU fell to #3 before they even lost to miami in 85.
Sooner24
9/26/2008, 10:12 AM
OU wire to wire in 85, I think.

OU was preseason number one, fell to number three before we ever played a game but ended the season number one after beating Penn State. I have looked and looked but can not find another instance where a team was preseason number one, never played a game ranked number one but ended up number one.
OUMallen
9/26/2008, 10:17 AM
http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/pre-final_num1.cfm

Here's a nice page that shows wire-to-wires.
Big Red Ron
9/26/2008, 10:19 AM
OU was preseason number one, fell to number three before we ever played a game but ended the season number one after beating Penn State. I have looked and looked but can not find another instance where a team was preseason number one, never played a game ranked number one but ended up number one.
Yea, I remember that but the pollsters stupidity wasn't our problem.

I'll be pissed if the sec homers jump us.
sooneron
9/26/2008, 10:20 AM
http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/pre-final_num1.cfm

Here's a nice page that shows wire-to-wires.

So, I was right.:texan:
sooneron
9/26/2008, 10:21 AM
Yea, I remember that but the pollsters stupidity wasn't our problem.

I'll be pissed if the sec homers jump us.
well, we did lose pretty soon after dropping.
SbOrOiNaEnR
9/26/2008, 10:40 AM
http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/pre-final_num1.cfm

Here's a nice page that shows wire-to-wires.


That doesn't necessarily show wire-to-wires. That just shows where the Preseason #1s ended up (case in point, '85 Oklahoma). Only FSU in 1999 and SUC in 2004 have gone wire-to-wire, through every poll, as #1 and won the MNC.
The Maestro
9/26/2008, 11:09 AM
OU wire to wire in 85, I think.

I am pretty sure OU was ranked 4th the morning of January 1st, 1986.

#2 or 3 Miami was rolled by Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl

#2 or 3 Iowa lost the Rose Bowl

#1 Penn State lost to us.
Big Red Ron
9/26/2008, 11:16 AM
It's also pretty crazy that we didn't do it in the mid 50's or 74-75.
SoonerStats
9/27/2008, 09:38 AM
OU was preseason number one, fell to number three before we ever played a game but ended the season number one after beating Penn State. I have looked and looked but can not find another instance where a team was preseason number one, never played a game ranked number one but ended up number one.
Sorry if this is a little late, but just to confirm...

Of those that were preseason #1 and finished #1, the fewest regular season weeks at #1:

1985 OU - 1
1978 Alabama - 2
1975 OU - 4
1974 OU - 5
1951 Tennessee - 5