Final AP Poll- OU 6th

[soonercastor]

1 Auburn (56)
2 TCU (3)
3 Oregon
4 Stanford
5 Ohio State
6 Oklahoma
7 Wisconsin
8 LSU
9 Boise State
10 Alabama
11 Nevada
12 Arkansas
13 Oklahoma State
14 Michigan State
15 Mississippi State
16 Virginia Tech
17 Florida State
18 Missouri
19 Texas A&M
20 Nebraska
21 UCF
22 South Carolina
23 Maryland
24 Tulsa
25 North Carolina State

[cleller]

Where's Texas?

[KantoSooner]

Just North of Mexico.

[kevpks]

Poke fans are going to be made. They were dreaming of the top 10.

[OUmillenium]

1 Auburn (56)
2 TCU (3) - wow
3 Oregon
4 Stanford - best season ever?
5 Ohio State - best irrevelant team in College Football this side of Boise St
6 Oklahoma - 2011 National Champs
7 Wisconsin
8 LSU
9 Boise State
10 Alabama
11 Nevada
12 Arkansas - rated higher than lOSUr = heh
13 Oklahoma State
14 Michigan State - still ranked about 15 spots too high
15 Mississippi State
16 Virginia Tech
17 Florida State
with a great recruiting class coming in

18 Missouri - lost their playmaker to NFL - Gabbert
19 Texas A&M - the real team on the rise, if they would have switched qbs earlier, probably would have beaten lOSUr
20 Nebraska = fail. Miles to Michigan, Pellini to LSU
21 UCF
22 South Carolina
23 Maryland
24 Tulsa - Graham gone, Blankenship next?
25 North Carolina State

[lexsooner]

Not bad, considering we played five teams in the Top 25. I wonder what was our final strength of schedule rating? We have been in the top five consistently in recent years. Stoops doesn't believe in playing teams like North Texas, Rice, Wyoming, like, well, you know who. . . .

[texaspokieokie]

Not bad, considering we played five teams in the Top 25. I wonder what was our final strength of schedule rating? We have been in the top five consistently in recent years. Stoops doesn't believe in playing teams like North Texas, Rice, Wyoming, like, well, you know who. . . .

Stoops has played North tejas & rice. what about usu ?

[lexsooner]

Stoops has played North tejas & rice. what about usu ?

We play some patsies, but not as the entire non-conference schedule like some teams we know south of Oklahoma. OU mixes in FSU, Cincy, BYU, Miami, Oregon, TCU, and other strong teams. Our SOS is consistently near the top from year to year.

[SpankyNek]

Not bad, considering we played five teams in the Top 25. I wonder what was our final strength of schedule rating? We have been in the top five consistently in recent years. Stoops doesn't believe in playing teams like North Texas, Rice, Wyoming, like, well, you know who. . . .

We ended up as 12th in the NCAA tabulation, which only takes into account Opponents W-L record.
Official NCAA SOS (As of Jan 2.) (http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/2010/Internet/toughest%20schedule/fbs_9games_cumm.pdf)

I believe that Colley Matrix and the others also figure in the W-L record of Opponent's opponents.

Colley Matrix has us with the #2 SOS.
Final Colley Matrix Rankings (http://www.colleyrankings.com/currank.html)

Incidentally, here are his post bowl final OVERALL rankings:
1. Auburn
2. TCU
3. Oklahoma
4. Stanford
5. Oregon
6. LSU
7. Ohio St
8. Boise St.
9. osu
10. Michigan St

[MyT Oklahoma]

All in all we had a good season. Could have been better at times but also it could have been worse too.

Give our kids credit for what they accomplished (12 and 2, Big 12 Champs, Fiesta Bowl Champs) and let's all look forward to next fall.

P.S. We're better than 6th.

[Danielyork]

The 3 state schools in the top 25. That is impressive.

[OUthunder]

That's about right. Congrats to Stoops & Co. on another fantastic season.

Next year looks like it could be VERY exciting.

[CowboyMRW]

1 Auburn (56)
2 TCU (3)
3 Oregon
4 Stanford
5 Ohio State
6 Oklahoma
7 Wisconsin
8 LSU
9 Boise State
10 Alabama
11 Nevada
12 Arkansas
13 Oklahoma State
14 Michigan State
15 Mississippi State
16 Virginia Tech
17 Florida State
18 Missouri
19 Texas A&M
20 Nebraska
21 UCF
22 South Carolina
23 Maryland
24 Tulsa
25 North Carolina State

Meh, Boise is overrated

[Sooner_Tuf]

Poke fans are going to be made. They were dreaming of the top 10.

Yes they are dying about that here. There was no way they were going to be in the top ten. I figured about 12 so 13 is a belated Christmas present for me.

[stoopified]

I'll take it.

[Bourbon St Sooner]

The 3 state schools in the top 25. That is impressive.

And only 1 Florida school in the top 25. A team that we beat by 40, by the way.

Whoops 2. Damn UCF!

[Kilmer]

We are the highest ranked 2 loss team. A top 5 finish would've been nice, but hard to justify placing us ahead of any of the others. Excellent season overall though. Beat all our rivals, won the Big 12, and won a BCS game. Outside of a national championship, it doesn't get much better.

[soonerchk]

Tulsa finished ahead of Iowa and Florida in the polls. That's a big deal!

[badger]

Poke can't be too mad - they only beat two teams (A&M, Tulsa) that finished ranked, right? There is absolutely no component in anyone's computer or mind yet for a "quality loss," so don't go sayin "Our only losses were to ranked opponents!" :P

[yermom]

We are the highest ranked 2 loss team. A top 5 finish would've been nice, but hard to justify placing us ahead of any of the others. Excellent season overall though. Beat all our rivals, won the Big 12, and won a BCS game. Outside of a national championship, it doesn't get much better.

exactly what i was thinking

[Widescreen]

They had us #7 in the preseason so pretty good prediction.

[sendbaht]

better the 7 but I was hopping for 5..top 5 just sounds good and is in print more too.