New coaches poll, let the rejoicing begin.

[OUmetsfan]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

[Indy Sooner]

I wonder which coach gave OU his #1 vote?

[SoonerInKCMO]

Wow. Who voted OU #1?

[Flagstaffsooner]

Wow. Who voted OU #1?
Mack?;)

[jthomasou78]

My guess....Gary Patterson

[boomersooner2001]

Wow......

Ridiculously unbelievable that SUC is rated higher than saxeT. The #1 team loses on the road by 6 points in the last second, and SUC loses to an unranked team. Ol' Petey must really have some good knee pads.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

So if we beat Tech, any chance we hop to #1?

[The Maestro]

That is great news! Kind of surprised Texas fell that far for losing with a second left, but I will take it!

[josh09]

Well alright. We gotta beat tech.

[josh09]

Oh and i love how far texass dropped haha :D

[CK Sooner]

Texas got screwed.

[The Maestro]

So if we beat Tech, any chance we hop to #1?

No chance...we need Penn State or Bama to lose.

Gonna be strange being a huge Les Miles fan this week!

[S008NER]

No TX is right where they deserve to be! THEY WERE THE LAST TO LOSE.

[The Maestro]

Texas got screwed.

Big time...Blake Gideon dropped a lot more than just an interception on the next to last play.

[Flagstaffsooner]

Mizzu is too high, they suck.

[mustangsooner]

AP Top 25
No. School Record Points Prev
1 Texas (65) 8-1 1625 1
2 Alabama 9-0 1542 2
3 Penn State 9-0 1503 3
4 Oklahoma 8-1 1361 4
5 Florida 7-1 1337 5
6 Texas Tech 9-0 1280 8
7 Southern California 7-1 1234 6
8 Georgia 7-2 1212 9
9 Oklahoma State 8-1 1168 7
10 Utah 9-0 1027 12
11 Boise State 8-0 946 13
12 TCU 9-1 848 15
13 Ohio State 7-2 834 10
14 Missouri 7-2 791 16
15 LSU 6-2 649 11
16 Florida State 6-2 558 24
17 Brigham Young 8-1 553 18
18 Ball State 8-0 542 20
19 Tulsa 8-1 527 22
20 Minnesota 7-2 438 25
21 North Carolina 6-2 228 30
22 Michigan State 8-2 219 29
23 Oregon 6-3 188 34
24 South Florida 6-3 100 14
25 Maryland 6-2 89 31
Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia(6-2) 73; California(6-2) 42; Kansas(6-3) 40; Pittsburgh(6-2) 33; Connecticut(6-3) 30; Virginia(5-4) 25; Georgia Tech(7-2) 19; Louisville(5-3) 15; Oregon State(5-3) 11; Notre Dame(5-3) 11; Virginia Tech(5-3) 6; Northwestern(7-2) 5; Troy(5-3) 5; Boston College(5-3) 4; Air Force(7-2) 4; Navy(6-3) 2; Arizona(5-3) 1
Updated: (11/02/2008) at 12:01 EST

This is from CBSsportsline I don't think this can be right.

[StoopTroup]

I wonder which coach gave OU his #1 vote?

Bo Knows?

[chad]

I'm guessing it was Bo Pelini, maybe as a sign of respect for his friend and for the domination OU showed over Nebraska.

I don't see why anyone else would make that jump given the top 3 teams all have an actual argument to be #1, where OU doesn't at this point.

[OU-HSV]

AP Top 25
No. School Record Points Prev
1 Texas (65) 8-1 1625 1
2 Alabama 9-0 1542 2
3 Penn State 9-0 1503 3
4 Oklahoma 8-1 1361 4
5 Florida 7-1 1337 5
6 Texas Tech 9-0 1280 8
7 Southern California 7-1 1234 6
8 Georgia 7-2 1212 9
9 Oklahoma State 8-1 1168 7
10 Utah 9-0 1027 12
11 Boise State 8-0 946 13
12 TCU 9-1 848 15
13 Ohio State 7-2 834 10
14 Missouri 7-2 791 16
15 LSU 6-2 649 11
16 Florida State 6-2 558 24
17 Brigham Young 8-1 553 18
18 Ball State 8-0 542 20
19 Tulsa 8-1 527 22
20 Minnesota 7-2 438 25
21 North Carolina 6-2 228 30
22 Michigan State 8-2 219 29
23 Oregon 6-3 188 34
24 South Florida 6-3 100 14
25 Maryland 6-2 89 31
Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia(6-2) 73; California(6-2) 42; Kansas(6-3) 40; Pittsburgh(6-2) 33; Connecticut(6-3) 30; Virginia(5-4) 25; Georgia Tech(7-2) 19; Louisville(5-3) 15; Oregon State(5-3) 11; Notre Dame(5-3) 11; Virginia Tech(5-3) 6; Northwestern(7-2) 5; Troy(5-3) 5; Boston College(5-3) 4; Air Force(7-2) 4; Navy(6-3) 2; Arizona(5-3) 1
Updated: (11/02/2008) at 12:01 EST

This is from CBSsportsline I don't think this can be right.
No that's last weeks, they haven't updated it yet apparently

[Half a Hundred]

That TCU win is starting to help out a ton

[OU-HSV]

I wonder which coach gave OU his #1 vote?

Who knows...but I do know I heard Lee say something last night that no one out there is capable of stopping OUr offense, and that we have the best offense in the nation, so why shouldn't we be considered a top 2 or 3 team.
So maybe his words influenced a coach

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Texas got screwed.Serves then right, for having their referees screw the Tx' opponents.

[mustangsooner]

No that's last weeks, they haven't updated it yet apparently

Thats what I was thinking but they have win lose right and it said updated
11/2/08

[OU-HSV]

That TCU win is starting to help out a ton

Yep, if TCU keeps winning, and tech beats sheephumpers, then we beat tech...who knows what kind of boost that could give us in the BCS.

[OU-HSV]

Thats what I was thinking but they have win lose right and it said updated
11/2/08

Yeah that is odd. But there's no way they've got the rankings changed. That would be crazy

[StormySooner-IN]

TCU plays @ #9 Utah this weekend peoples. could really help them out and then OUr SOS.

[tulsaoilerfan]

Utah at 10 is a freakin' joke; they beat New Mexico by 3 points; WOW!!!!!!!

[Indy Sooner]

Wow......

Ridiculously unbelievable that SUC is rated higher than saxeT. The #1 team loses on the road by 6 points in the last second, and SUC loses to an unranked team. Ol' Petey must really have some good knee pads.

Not to mention Florida... losing at HOME to an average Ole Miss squad. Both Texas and Boone State should be ranked higher than those two.

[Turd_Ferguson]

Whorns (http://forums.hornfans.com/php/wwwthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=football&Number=5772179&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=) hav'n a meltdown.:D

[StormySooner-IN]

And no.....the AP rankings on sportsline are NOT updated......we go thru this each and every week people!! :rolleyes:
;)

[SOONER STEAKER]

All's we have to do is focus on beating them Ag's this week, and hoping TT beats the Ag's of Stoolwater so that when we beat TT there will be a 3 way tie for the Big 12 South going into the last week of play. (OU, TT, ut)

There wouldn't be a better gift for T Boone from the Sooners than celebrating the Big 12 South Championship for us at TBPS.

BOOMER SOONER

[Partial Qualifier]

I wonder which coach gave OU his #1 vote?

Pelini.

(Cardinal Mooney Spek) :D

[mustangsooner]

And no.....the AP rankings on sportsline are NOT updated......we go thru this each and every week people!! :rolleyes:
;)

I know who posted that:)

[OU-HSV]

All's we have to do is focus on beating them Ag's this week, and hoping TT beats the Ag's of Stoolwater so that when we beat TT there will be a 3 way tie for the Big 12 South going into the last week of play. (OU, TT, ut)

There wouldn't be a better gift for T Boone from the Sooners than celebrating the Big 12 South Championship for us at TBPS.

BOOMER SOONER

Right on

[SOONER STEAKER]

That week off before TT is really gonna help Austin Box in preperation for the biggest game of his career.

[SbOrOiNaEnR]

This is from CBSsportsline I don't think this can be right.

CBS updates the records immediately upon the conclusion of Saturday's games, but not the poll until it comes out. Stupid, and confusing.

Don't let it happen again. ;)

[mustangsooner]

CBS updates the records immediately upon the conclusion of Saturday's games, but not the poll until it comes out. Stupid, and confusing.

Don't let it happen again. ;)

I think I should post that every sunday morning just to keep everyone informed.:D

[SoonerSoph]

Yep, if TCU keeps winning, and tech beats sheephumpers, then we beat tech...who knows what kind of boost that could give us in the BCS.

Don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but TCU is the highest ranked team with an out of conference loss. So that means we have the best non-conference win in the nation.

[Tear Down This Wall]

My guess....Gary Patterson

That's my guess, too. The Frogs need us to be highly ranked in order to have a shot at getting to be this season's BCS-buster.

Thanks, coach Patterson! Go Frogs! :D

[Iam4OUru]

Whorns (http://forums.hornfans.com/php/wwwthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=football&Number=5772179&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=) hav'n a meltdown.:D


LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! Turd, thanks for sharing.

[the_ouskull]

Reading the thread about this "development" that's over on HornFans just seriously cheered me up for the entire day. Sure, they got hosed. I wouldn't have dropped 'em below five, tops. :D

the_ouskull

[soonerfan28]

That TCU win is starting to help out a ton

Yea and if Cinci had beaten UCONN and not gotten blown out then we'd be looking even better.

[boomersooner2001]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! Turd, thanks for sharing.

Can you copy and paste some of their messages on here? I'm at work and not able to log onto the website. Thanks:)

[OU-HSV]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! Turd, thanks for sharing.

Its funny how that one poster said "we beat OU by double digits on a neutral field". Guess technically beating us by 10 points is double digits, but everyone and their dogs knows we came awfully close to being able to pull off that win.

[mustangsooner]

What a [censored] joke. Why even play the games if nobody pays attention to what the [censored] happens on the field. Three spots behind OU? The same [censored] OU that we just [censored] beat?

[censored] you college football for making me care so much about a such a stupid [censored] system run by stupid [censored] people.


Who gave OU the first place vote? They should not be allowed to vote again.


Some of my favorites:D

[SoonerEmpire]

Its funny how that one poster said "we beat OU by double digits on a neutral field". Guess technically beating us by 10 points is double digits, but everyone and their dogs knows we came awfully close to being able to pull off that win.

Not to mention that through the duration of that game, the scoreboard said we were kicking their a$$, seeing as we were up on them by 11 twice and led for most of the game.

[badger]

Remember when the Associated Press asked that their poll stop being used in the BCS because they were afraid that it was de-legitimizing their poll?

:D Oh, the irony :D

And poor Tulsa - one loss and they are back at No. 27 in both :(

[JLEW1818]

Texas did get screwed.

The Cincinnati beat South Florida helps some too.

[SbOrOiNaEnR]

This was my favorite:


If OU wins out and Tech only loses to OU...that 3-way tie would be broken by BCS Standings. I THINK we would have the advantage there, but we'll know more later today on that.

Ummmm....Fail. NO WAY that happens.

Although I don't think I realized this:


If OU wins out and Tech drops a 2nd game, we go.

That's a little troubling. I hate relying on other teams, and not COMPLETELY being in the driver's seat. But we should've beaten Texas if we wanted to 100% control our own destiny. Time to be a big Tech fan for the next three weeks.

[JLEW1818]

what time BCS come out again?

[badger]

Sorry guys, but I must be dissident, probably because I am forced to cope with that bastard avatar/sig for the rest of November :mad:

Texas deserved to drop and was bound to drop far as soon as the lost for several reasons...

1- You always drop when you lose, it's a fact of poll life.
2- They have played close games recently. Winning by four points over OSU and (cringe) 11 points over OU (end cringe) are not exactly solid victories, especially when UT was trailing most of that game.
3- They looked awful in losing. Style points are not part of the BCS formula, but they are definitely in voter's minds after watching a nationally televised game like last night's.

Texas screwed, hosed, or otherwise effed up the aaaaaaye? Nah. OU, with the exception of one game this year, has looked stellar, perfect and an unquestioned top team in the country. Texas looked downright laughable and ugly last night (admit it, you were laughing at the television screen last night and thinking how ugly burnt orange is. ADMIT IT! haha, you admitted it, tee hee) and nobody is going to vote for them too highly after that travesty.

:rolleyes: Of course, BV should be packing his bags after allowing Nebraska to score 28 points :rolleyes:

[Toronto Sooner]

I think Cincinnati is probably helping us a bit right now, as they received 8 points, and are likely ranked in the top 40. The play West Virginia next weekend. It's going to be tough, but WV is vulnerable this year. The key is Cinci's qb, Pike, staying healthy. Cinci has a lot of talent, and has a legit chance of beating WV. If they beat WV then they move into the top 25, most likely. All other games on Cinci's schedule is winable. If Cinci can get by WV then they have a legit shot of winning the Big East (believe it or not) - Cinci only has one conference loss. If this happens, coupled with if TCU wins out (conference title and top 10 ranking), with us beating other top 25 teams in TT, Okie St and Kansas (or Mizzo), and our only loss being against a top 10 team, it positions us well for good things to happen at end of regular reason and conference games (especially if Bama and/or Penn St falter).

[sooner59]

This was my favorite:



Ummmm....Fail. NO WAY that happens.

Although I don't think I realized this:



That's a little troubling. I hate relying on other teams, and not COMPLETELY being in the driver's seat. But we should've beaten Texas if we wanted to 100% control our own destiny. Time to be a big Tech fan for the next three weeks.

The good thing is we just need Tech to beat OSU next Saturday. Then we can proceed to beat them in Norman. True, we would still need Tech not to lose in their last week, but their last game is Baylor at Lubbock. I don't think Tech is losing that game.

[TMcGee86]

Polls are always going to be flawed and you just can't look at head to head games.

Otherwise Oregon State would be bitching about not being ahead of USC, and Ole Miss would be bitching about not being ahead of Florida.

Hell, we beat the dogsnot out of a Nebbish team that took TTU to OT in Lubbock, I guess under that same reasoning we should be ranked ahead of TTU?

Whorns are just bitter that the refs couldn't pull this one out for them, despite trying as hard as they could.

And it sucks losing a key defensive star, don't it whorns?

[soonerfan28]

As has been already stated many time what we need is to win and hope that OSU keeps it close with Tech and we beat them both. I love the fact that we have 2 weeks to work on Tech. I pray that Bama gets beat by LSU and Iowa somehow pulls out a win against Penn St.

[MojoRisen]

in that scenario we play SUC or Florida/bammer or Texas in the BCS championship..

[BigRedJed]

Hey, I'm not complaining, but Texas DID get totally boned in the coaches poll.

[JLEW1818]

The real poll should be

1) Alabama
2) Texas Tech
3) Penn State
4) Texas
5) Oklahoma
6) Florida
7) Oklahoma State
8) USC


Any objections ?

[BigRedJed]

That looks about right.

[badger]

The real poll should be

1) Alabama
2) Texas Tech
3) Penn State
4) Texas
5) Oklahoma
6) Florida
7) Oklahoma State
8) USC


Any objections ?

http://topboost.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/pw-objection01.jpg
Texas shouldn't be ranked, unless "suck" is a number, in which case Texas is suck.

:D

[oupride]

That TCU win is starting to help out a ton
I think your right

[oupride]

Thanks for the post

[AzianSooner]

It must be Mike Gundy who voted OU #1