New AP Poll Out

[SoonerEmpire]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

1. Alabama (46) 9-0 1,600
2. Texas Tech (12) 9-0 1,528
3. Penn State (6) 9-0 1,525
4. Florida (1) 7-1 1,398
5. Texas 8-1 1,353
6. Oklahoma 8-1 1,324
7. USC 7-1 1,250
8. Oklahoma State 8-1 1,198
9. Boise State 8-0 1,030
10. Utah 9-0 1,028
11. TCU 9-1 958
12. Ohio State 7-2 898
13. Missouri 7-2 830
14. Georgia 7-2 808
15. LSU 6-2 746
16. Ball State 8-0 594
17. Brigham Young 8-1 536
18. Michigan State 8-2 456
19. North Carolina 6-2 418
20. West Virginia 6-2 303
21. California 6-2 288
22. Georgia Tech 7-2 286
23. Maryland 6-2 242
24. Florida State 6-2 128
25. Pittsburgh 6-2 96

This poll is BS. Florida shouldn't be ranked higher than us, UTerus OR lOSUr. All three of us have better losses than them. Sure, they thumped Georgia. But Georgia is the the most over hyped, overrated, heaping pile of sh!t of a football team this year. Florida lost AT HOME to an UNRANKED team! Total BS. I'm really glad the AP poll has nothing to do with BCS calculations anymore.

[SbOrOiNaEnR]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankings?pollId=1&seasonYear=2008


AP Top 25
1. Alabama (46) 9-0 1,600
2. Texas Tech (12) 9-0 1,528
3. Penn State (6) 9-0 1,525
4. Florida (1) 7-1 1,398
5. Texas 8-1 1,353
6. Oklahoma 8-1 1,324
7. USC 7-1 1,250
8. Oklahoma State 8-1 1,198
9. Boise State 8-0 1,030
10. Utah 9-0 1,028
11. TCU 9-1 958
12. Ohio State 7-2 898
13. Missouri 7-2 830
14. Georgia 7-2 808
15. LSU 6-2 746
16. Ball State 8-0 594
17. Brigham Young 8-1 536
18. Michigan State 8-2 456
19. North Carolina 6-2 418
20. West Virginia 6-2 303
21. California 6-2 288
22. Georgia Tech 7-2 286
23. Maryland 6-2 242
24. Florida State 6-2 128
25. Pittsburgh 6-2 96

Others Receiving Votes
Northwestern 88, Tulsa 72, Kansas 60, Minnesota 23, Cincinnati 16, Oregon State 16, South Carolina 10, Louisville 8, Air Force 6, Arizona 3, CENTRL MICHIGAN 1, South Florida 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Tulsa 19, Minnesota 20, Oregon 23, South Florida 24.

[CK Sooner]

Florida loses to Ole Miss and we lose to Texas.

This is ****ing pathetic.

[Collier11]

Good thing the AP doesnt matter...if we win out we are sitting pretty cus Bama will lose a game. Florida scares me but we just need to win out...Tech beating osu would help a ton cus then we will have a win against a higher ranked team than ourselves

[SbOrOiNaEnR]

Florida loses to Ole Miss and we lose to Texas.

This is ****ing pathetic.

Don't worry...I cannot emphasize enough how much this poll DOES NOT MATTER!!!!

We're #4 in the poll that counts for 1/3 of the BCS.

[OUHOMER]

Florida loses to Ole Miss and we lose to Texas.

This is ****ing pathetic.

LOL, you think your pissed, them texan's are really pissed :D

[OU-HSV]

Good thing the AP doesnt matter...if we win out we are sitting pretty cus Bama will lose a game. Florida scares me but we just need to win out...Tech beating osu would help a ton cus then we will have a win against a higher ranked team than ourselves

Exactly. Well said.
The BCS will most likely reward us for quality wins more than the AP, that's becoming very obvious.

We take care of business, tech beats stoolwater ag, we will be sitting okay

[OUHOMER]

Don't worry...I cannot emphasize enough how much this poll DOES NOT MATTER!!!!

We're #4 in the poll that counts for 1/3 of the BCS.

EXACTLY

[Jacie]

LOL, you think your pissed, them texan's are really pissed :D

You got that straight. They may get some redemption once the BCS rankings come out but it is all howls and gnashing of teeth at the moment over on hornfans . . .

[bcgvh]

Also, keep in mind that we still have to play Tech and OSU. 2 wins there will be HUGE for us!!! Florida plays no one until the SEC Championship...we'll be fine, but we need Tech to beat OSU next week. If we win the Big 12, we're in the title game...mark it down.

[the_ouskull]

We're #4 in the poll that counts for 1/3 of the BCS.

Guys, really?

We're not USC. We're not going to claim championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005, just 'cause we didn't get to play for all of them. Or 'Bama, who, since they were ranked number #1 at some point this year, will add this to their list of national championship seasons, which now, somehow, is longer than the list of seasons played.

the_ouskull

[XFollower]

this poll sucks.

[oudivesherpa]

The Big X has gotten blown out of the last couple of BCS title games, yet the leader can go thru a weak conference with no title game and get to play in the BCS title game. Penn State plays a bunch of pansy and goes to the BCS
championship game? Come on, Penn State would finish 5th in the Big XII South.

[JLEW1818]

tech has to win out, except to us. We have to go to the big 12 ship, it would help so much

[SbOrOiNaEnR]

Guys, really?

We're not USC. We're not going to claim championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005, just 'cause we didn't get to play for all of them. Or 'Bama, who, since they were ranked number #1 at some point this year, will add this to their list of national championship seasons, which now, somehow, is longer than the list of seasons played.

the_ouskull

You misunderstood. All I meant was that there's no need to get worked up about the AP poll, since it means diddley-poo. The Coaches Poll actually means something in terms of the BCS, which is what really counts when it's all said and done.

[bri]

*sigh*

Somehow I knew those *******s would waste no time dropping Tulsa out of the poll for losing on the road. I give up.

[StoopTroup]

I'm surprised they didn't just put Georgia ahead of us since they played Florida and lived.

[badger]

A trip to yesteryear:


Re: BCS Unlawful Use of the AP Poll

Dear Mr. Weiberg:

The Associated Press ("AP") has become aware of your unauthorized and unlawful use of AP's college football poll results (the "AP Poll") in preparing the Bowl Championship Series ("BCS") rankings of college football teams. Due to the process by which the BCS rankings are determined, your forced association of the AP Poll with BCS has harmed AP's reputation and has interfered with AP's agreements with the AP Poll voters some of whom have indicated that they may no longer participate in the AP Poll due to BCS's use of the AP Poll. Similarly, BCS's incorporation of the AP Poll into its rankings violates AP's copyright in the AP Poll, and misappropriates the effort that AP expended in producing the AP Poll.

As you are no doubt aware, AP and BCS have had several discussions in which BCS has requested that AP assist it in preparing its rankings. AP has denied BCS's requests each time.

BCS's continued use of the AP Poll interferes with AP's ability to produce the AP Poll and undermines the integrity and validity of the AP Poll. BCS has damaged and continues to damage AP's reputation for honesty and integrity in its news accounts through the forced association of the AP Poll with the BCS rankings. By stating that the AP Poll is one of the three components used by BCS to establish its rankings, BCS conveys the impression that AP condones or otherwise participates in the BCS system. Furthermore, to the extent that the public does not fully understand the relationship between BCS and AP, any animosity toward BCS may get transferred to AP. And to the extent that the public has equated or comes to equate the AP Poll with the BCS rankings, the independent reputation of the AP Poll is lost. BCS's actions violate AP's rights under the Lanham Act and state trademark and other laws. Additionally, as briefly noted above, several AP Poll voters, or the news organizations for which they work, have indicated an intention to not participate in the AP Poll for so long as BCS uses the AP Poll in producing the BCS rankings. BCS's continued use of the AP Poll directly threatens the existence of the AP Poll.

BCS's systematic harvesting of the facts gathered at great effort and expense by AP allows BCS to easily produce its rankings without expending such effort. BCS free-rides both on AP's investment in gathering the information contained in the AP Poll, and on the relationships that allow AP to conduct the AP Poll. In addition, the AP Poll is protected under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. 101, et seq. BCS's unauthorized incorporation of the AP Poll into the BCS rankings directly infringes AP's copyrights and is not exempted from infringement by any provision of copyright law.

AP hereby demands that BCS immediately cease and desist from all current and future use of the AP Poll in producing the BCS rankings and that BCS confirm to AP that it has done so by December 31, 2004. AP reserves all rights with regard to BCS's actions.

We look forward to your response. Please direct all future correspondence on this matter to me or to AP's legal department.

Sincerely,

George Galt

:D

[StoopTroup]

The AP Poll is slowly slipping further and further into mediocrity.

[sooneron]

This should be a pole.

:pop:

[SoonerEmpire]

LOL! It's weird that SbOrOiNaEnR and I posted the same thing at the same exact time. I suppose there should be a merge of the threads...

[sooneron]

:pop:

[Sooner98]

I bet if I created one, it would be far superior to anyone else's.

[sooneron]

Give'er a try...


:pop:

[badger]

I humble plea with SF.com poster to once again create ONE official poll thread per weekend so that our civilized discourse can be found in one central location :D

[josh09]

Screw the AP poll.

[PLaw]

Florida loses to Ole Miss and we lose to Texas.

This is ****ing pathetic.

Exactly, a classic example of why sportswriters should never, ever have had a say in the college football champion selection process.

BOOMER

[BrockLanders]

this poll sucks.

and it sucks pole

[Dan Thompson]

I don't understand how USC can suck soooo much they can say as high as they are. Maybe that's it, they suck so much.

[sooneron]

Exactly, a classic example of why sportswriters should never, ever have had a say in the college football champion selection process.

BOOMER
Who should? Coaches? YEah, they have NO axe to grind. :rolleyes: It's all flawed. At least the press can say that they watched some of the games. Coaches can't unless they have a bye. Most of them just vote the way that their AD's want them to vote. Texass being ranked three spots behind us is ludicrous.

Oh, and I guess you don't count our 74 championship.

[MI Sooner]

The AP poll is better than the coaches poll. Plus, you couldn't design a system with a worse conflict of interest if you tried than having the coaches vote on where their teams should be ranked. Texas, having played a harder schedule than us, beaten us on a neutral field, being ranked behind us is a travesty. On the other hand, **** texas.

[meoveryouxinfinity]

I call for a computer to pick the champion teams.

o wait.

[SoonerStormchaser]

YOU SUCK SOONERON! ;)

(Frank needs to make you his pole bitch!)

[rainiersooner]

All the polls are pathetic. Get rid of them all.

[SbOrOiNaEnR]

LOL! It's weird that SbOrOiNaEnR and I posted the same thing at the same exact time. I suppose there should be a merge of the threads...

Hard to get mad about duplicate threads when you post the EXACT SAME THING at the EXACT SAME TIME. How're we supposed to know? ;)


I humble plea with SF.com poster to once again create ONE official poll thread per weekend so that our civilized discourse can be found in one central location :D

I nominate badger!!! :D

[badger]

Seriously, it's really simple. Login at about 11 a.m. on Sunday, create an "OFISHUL POLE TREAD" and everybody can post opinions and the actual polls (in plural form) when they arrive.

It makes so much sense! :confused: Why hasn't it been done before?

[85sooners]

:mad:

[olevetonahill]

Cause everyones tryin to Pizz off Bri ?