The Ofishul Poles Thread

[tommieharris91]

Post the polls as they come out here. Will the Pokes really jump us? Will anyone jump us? Who will jump us? Anyone? Buehler?

[85sooners]

:pop:

[badger]

Should be out in the next 10-15 minutes.

[Indy Sooner]

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls/coaches

Not a premature epollulation this time... :-)

[Indy Sooner]

And the AP: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ap/

[badger]

1 Texas (58) 8-0 1522 1
2 Alabama 8-0 1439 2
3 Penn State (3) 9-0 1414 3
4 Oklahoma 7-1 1265 5
5 Texas Tech 8-0 1246 6
6 Southern California 6-1 1228 4
7 Florida 6-1 1199 7
8 Georgia 7-1 1137 9
9 Utah 8-0 987 12
10 Oklahoma State 7-1 972 8
11 Boise State 7-0 894 13
12 TCU 8-1 813 15
13 Ohio State 7-2 752 10
14 Missouri 6-2 740 16
15 LSU 5-2 573 11
16 Florida State 6-1 546 23
17 Brigham Young 7-1 545 17
18 Tulsa 7-0 524 19
19 Ball State 8-0 445 22
20 Minnesota 7-1 403 25
21 Michigan State 7-2 292 27
22 North Carolina 6-2 232 29
23 South Florida 6-2 153 14
24 Oregon 6-2 150 30
25 Maryland 6-2 71 35
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[Indy Sooner]

Wow...the Cowgirls were unjustly punished in the Coaches' version.

[soonersweetie]

weird, how did missouri drop 5 spots in the AP poll when they shutout Colorado? By that drop in the poll, you would have thought they lost. Weird

[badger]

Wow...the Cowgirls were unjustly punished in the Coaches' version.

OP meltdown in 5...

[okiewaker]

Top 10 looks about right except UGA should be ahead of USC and Fla. IMO

[RedstickSooner]

Wow...the Cowgirls were unjustly punished in the Coaches' version.

Yeah, I can tell you EXACTLY what happened there. All across the nation, coaches (who don't even watch games, we're lucky if they check scores rather than just checking who won or lost) all said, simultaneously, "Oh, thank God, those arseclowns finally lost so we can drop 'em. How the heck did it take this long?"

When perennial loser teams overperform and then finally lose, they usually get spanked for it. Nobody wanted the pokes to be as high as they were, and I'm a bit surprised the AP didn't spank them the same way (guess too many sportswriters actually had to watch the game and knew they played Tejas close).

[oumartin]

that AP poll current?

[badger]

that AP poll current?

No, because Tulsa was ranked in both last week. It still hasn't come out yet.

[Indy Sooner]

Yeah, I can tell you EXACTLY what happened there. All across the nation, coaches (who don't even watch games, we're lucky if they check scores rather than just checking who won or lost) all said, simultaneously, "Oh, thank God, those arseclowns finally lost so we can drop 'em. How the heck did it take this long?"

When perennial loser teams overperform and then finally lose, they usually get spanked for it. Nobody wanted the pokes to be as high as they were, and I'm a bit surprised the AP didn't spank them the same way (guess too many sportswriters actually had to watch the game and knew they played Tejas close).

Good logic. It's a shame the AP poll isn't utilized as it seems to more accurately reflect reality- for many of the reasons you have surmised.

[oumartin]

thats what I was thinking and why I wondered if it was current. In this day and age ya just never know.

[Indy Sooner]

No, because Tulsa was ranked in both last week. It still hasn't come out yet.

Damn, that's right... I wish the "updated" notation (as cited on that presentation) reflected a true poll update!

[badger]

Good logic. It's a shame the AP poll isn't utilized as it seems to more accurately reflect reality- for many of the reasons you have surmised.

The same thing would have happened to OU in 2000 if we had lost to anyone at any time. The polls only put OU at No. 1 after awhile because they had to, much like they "had to" put Ohio State in the championship game because everyone else lost twice or more (or was a mid-major).

If there was less "had to's" and more "deserve to's" in polls, it might not seem as fair to the up-and-coming teams. However, look at who's at the top of the polls - Texas, Alabama, Penn State, Oklahoma, USC and Florida - traditional winning teams. Oklahoma State, with apologies to our little sister school, has to see that they do not belong in that list of schools when it comes to football, much like they would argue that nobody comes close to them when it comes to wrestling.

[Collier11]

we moved up, thats good to see

[Indy Sooner]

Love to see the mighty Condoms drop a couple of spots after winning on the road! They are a fraud... losing to the Beavers who had been throttled by JoePa's boys...

[badger]

Wait a sec... do you think they're waiting until Monday because of the Sunday night game?

[Collier11]

doubt it

[badger]

doubt it

but it's usually out by now!

[Collier11]

Were #4 in all polls and USC dropped in all it looks like

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls

[badger]

Were #4 in all polls and USC dropped in all it looks like

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls

:mad: I don't think that's current. It's an imposter poll posing as a new one but is actually from last week! Kind of Okie State pretending they're us as shown below!
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4462/osuhornsap5.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/osuhornsap5.png/1/w283.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img205/osuhornsap5.png/1/)

No poll yet :(

[Collier11]

They all say they were updated today?

[okiewaker]

USC and UGA should be flip flopped. Other than that the top 10 looks good to me. If that poll is current!

[badger]

They all say they were updated today?

They lie!

(compare it with last week's)

[badger]

Ok, ok, it's updated for real this time:


1 Texas
2 Alabama
3 Penn State
4 Oklahoma
5 Florida
6 Texas Tech
7 Southern California
8 Georgia
9 Oklahoma State
10 Utah
11 Boise State
12 TCU
13 Ohio State
14 Missouri
15 LSU
16 Florida State
17 Brigham Young
18 Ball State
19 Tulsa
20 Minnesota
21 North Carolina
22 Michigan State
23 Oregon
24 South Florida
25 Maryland

[Collier11]

Thats exactly what I had goofy

[badger]

Thats exactly what I had goofy

:O that same link wasn't updated until two minutes ago - goofy ;)

[josh09]

Penn States gonna win out. It looks like we just need Bama and Tejas to choke. And we're running out of time

[ousooners182]

im still prayin they lose to mich state

[adoniijahsooner]

Penn States gonna win out. It looks like we just need Bama and Tejas to choke. And we're running out of time

we need to worry about beating tech and osu, because those teams will dominate us if we dont get our stuff together. the worst that can happen if we do that is play in a bcs game.

[Indy Sooner]

im still prayin they lose to mich state

If it were in East Lansing, maybe... their next game at Iowa is the only chance of them losing until the BCS title game.

[85sooners]

:pop:

[Rock Hard Corn Frog]

we need to worry about beating tech and osu, because those teams will dominate us if we dont get our stuff together. the worst that can happen if we do that is play in a bcs game.

You do that. I'm going to have Favre call Sparty and give him the scouting report on Penn St.;)

[85sooners]

:D

[Indy Sooner]

If it were in East Lansing, maybe... their next game at Iowa is the only chance of them losing until the BCS title game.

:D

[Remembering Tom Stidham]

I thought Penn State lost, today, to Iowa.

[Indy Sooner]

I thought Penn State lost, today, to Iowa.

Your point?