USA Today Rankings

[booomer]

OU @ #10

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

(http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2006&weekNumber=14)

[KingDavid]

OU @ #10

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

(http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankings?pollId=2&seasonYear=2006&weekNumber=14)

Week 14 USA Today Poll
1. Ohio State (63) 12-0 1,575
2. USC 10-1 1,491
3. Michigan 11-1 1,445
4. Florida 11-1 1,405
5. LSU 10-2 1,255
6. Wisconsin 11-1 1,221
7. Louisville 10-1 1,169
8. Arkansas 10-2 1,042
9. Boise State 12-0 1,018
10. Oklahoma 10-2 994
11. Auburn 10-2 985
12. Notre Dame 10-2 928
13. Rutgers 10-1 777
14. Virginia Tech 10-2 744
15. West Virginia 9-2 668
16. Wake Forest 10-2 607
17. Texas 9-3 596
18. Nebraska 9-3 523
19. Tennessee 9-3 434
20. California 8-3 343
21. Brigham Young 10-2 339
22. Georgia Tech 9-3 259
23. Hawaii 10-2 203
24. Texas A&M 9-3 202
25. Boston College 9-3 138

[Scott D]

it has to chap dumbo's *** that we went from being ranked just behind his team to being ranked just in front of his team.

I'm sure Urban Cryer will whine and cry some more about still being 4th.

[tulsaOUfan]

#10 is great. still s/b above BSU though. The voters still can't see the true 11-1 record.

[yermom]

2-4 are awful close, the computers could have a big factor in who is #2 if those numbers stay the same

Florida's SOS is going to get better if they beat Arkansas, USC probably isn't going to get much help by beating UCLA

[TXBOOMER]

Anybody have a link to see how individual coaches voted???

[yermom]

isn't that not public until the last poll?

[Indy Sooner]

It's a shame Wisconsin and Potato State can't meet in the BCS Overrated Bowl.

[JohnnyMack]

I'm sure Urban Cryer will whine and cry some more about still being 4th.

I still like a 1 loss Florida team (at Auburn) over a 1 loss SUC team (at Oregon State) for the title game.

[mrowl]

higher than I thought. may get us to 10 or 11 in the bcs.

[tulsaOUfan]

Anybody have a link to see how individual coaches voted???

they don't release that until the last regular season poll, which will be next week's poll.

[Ash]

I still like a 1 loss Florida team (at Auburn) over a 1 loss SUC team (at Oregon State) for the title game.

I still can't understand how a team that lost to an unranked team is a top 5 team. Oregon State is a decent team, but I can't help but think that any other team that lost to an unranked opponent this late in the year would not be number 2 in any poll right now.

[noobalicious]

I agree...Florida should be #2 or #3 right now (whereever pollsters want to put them compared to Michigan). SUC should be 4...Oregon St < Auburn < tOSU.

And it is a shame we can't have an overrated bowl. I think Boise would get there every year...and face either USC, ND, LSU or Tennessee. This year in particular I think Wisky would deserve the berth though. They only beat 2 teams with winning records!! Their non-conference schedule was San Diego St., Bowling Green, Western Illinois (they have a football team??), and Buffalo. Their combined record is 13-33. And we were giving Boise crap about having a weak non-conference schedule. I cannot believe Wisky is ranked 6. With any luck they'll get a strong SEC opponent in the Capital One Bowl and get creamed.

[fadada1]

[texas fan] sweet. we're the highest ranked 3-loss team!!! [texas fan]

[gnostic19]

Week 14 USA Today Poll
1. Ohio State (63) 12-0 1,575
2. USC 10-1 1,491
3. Michigan 11-1 1,445
4. Florida 11-1 1,405
5. LSU 10-2 1,255
6. Wisconsin 11-1 1,221
7. Louisville 10-1 1,169
8. Arkansas 10-2 1,042
9. Boise State 12-0 1,018
10. Oklahoma 10-2 994
11. Auburn 10-2 985
12. Notre Dame 10-2 928
13. Rutgers 10-1 777
14. Virginia Tech 10-2 744
15. West Virginia 9-2 668
16. Wake Forest 10-2 607
17. Texas 9-3 596
18. Nebraska 9-3 523
19. Tennessee 9-3 434
20. California 8-3 343
21. Brigham Young 10-2 339
22. Georgia Tech 9-3 259
23. Hawaii 10-2 203
24. Texas A&M 9-3 202
25. Boston College 9-3 138

LSU #5 wrong!
Louisville #7 wronger!!
Boisie State #9 wrongest!!!

[tulsaOUfan]

LSU #5 wrong!
Louisville #7 wronger!!
Boisie State #9 wrongest!!!
USC #2 belongs on that list too

[Blues1]

The 3 BIG Surprise's of The Year - (Rugters # 13 - Wake Forrest - #16 - Hawaii #23 ) - for Now ---

But The Biggest Surprise at the end will be - OKLAHOMA 12 and 2 - Texas 9 and 4 ----- :)

Keep Rockin' Boys -Keep Rockin' ----- :)

[Indy Sooner]

The 3 BIG Surprise's of The Year - (Rugters # 13 - Wake Forrest - #16 - Hawaii #23 ) - for Now ---

But The Biggest Surprise at the end will be - OKLAHOMA 13 and 1 - Texas 9 and 4 ----- :)

Keep Rockin' Boys -Keep Rockin' ----- :)

Fixed. ;)

[Sooner_Havok]

Anyone else notice that they dropped Neuter Dame to the minimum ranking to still get a BCS berth? They don't care about merit, or what team is more deserving anymore. They just want what games are going to be the biggest draw.

[tulsaoilerfan]

Notre Dame sucks; they got killed by the only 2 quality teams they have played this year

[TXBOOMER]

they don't release that until the last regular season poll, which will be next week's poll.

Thanks!

[jdsooner]

I am shocked that we are rated above Notre Dame! Not because Notre Dame is good, but because ND is Notre Dame.

[TXBOOMER]

Notre Dame sucks; they got killed by the only 2 quality teams they have played this year

WORD UP! How about Charlie Lard wearing that hoodie trying to look like Brian Billick. I hate noter dane!

[Sooner_Havok]

I just think it is funny that people still want neuter dime in a BCS game. They will get killed by whom ever they play.

[Blues1]

WORD UP! How about Charlie Lard wearing that hoodie trying to look like Brian Billick. I hate noter dane!

Too bad we can meet ND in a Bowl.....How about a Rose Bowl like this....

ND vs Oklahoma --- Let Michigan go to Fiesta....... :)

[StoopTroup]

Where is Oregon now?

What a screw job we got.

Don't get me wrong...I'm glad Texas Choked us into the Big XII Championship.

Somehow it feels like we've been given payback for what occurred.

[Sooner_Havok]

WHY IS LSU SO FREAKING HIGH?

[Widescreen]

WHY IS LSU SO FREAKING HIGH?
Because they're a very good team. And they just beat the #5 team.

[booomer]

OU @ 8 in the AP

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

[tulsaOUfan]

OU @ 8 in the AP

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex
mo bettah, no doubt. OU definately > BSU

[Blues1]

OU @ 8 in the AP

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

1. Ohio State (65) 12-0 1,625
2. USC 10-1 1,540
3. Michigan 11-1 1,504
4. Florida 11-1 1,441
5. LSU 10-2 1,303
6. Louisville 10-1 1,241
7. Wisconsin 11-1 1,212
8. Oklahoma 10-2 1,095 ------ ROCKIN"
8. Arkansas 10-2 1,095
10. Boise State 12-0 1,044

[TripleOption14]

Notre Dame sucks; they got killed by the only 2 quality teams they have played this year


Yep!!! Notre Dame is a 8-4 team period!! The only reason they came back in the games they should have lost was: 1. They were at home and 2. The teams they were playing went with the conservative play calling at the end of the game instead of continuing to do what got them
HUGE leads.

They got wayyyy to much credit because of their name and because they had the media darling Quinn :rolleyes:

[OKC-SLC]

wow, some redemption. I think people are finding that it's hard to ignore the record. hell, if wisc is a top 10 team, why the hell not OU?

[OKC-SLC]

[texas fan] sweet. we're the highest ranked 3-loss team!!! [texas fan]
"Three Loss Highest Ranked Champions"

[Sooner_Havok]

Co-Champions of Choke! Yes


:texan:

[Widescreen]

"Three Loss Highest Ranked Champions"
Heh. I miss the days of the made-up UT championships. It was more funner.

[tulsaOUfan]

wow, some redemption. I think people are finding that it's hard to ignore the record. hell, if wisc is a top 10 team, why the hell not OU?
finally it appears that the media might be showing signs that they realize OU is really 11-1

[Penguin]

WHY IS LSU SO FREAKING HIGH?
Because they played 4 top 5 teams on the road and went 2-2 (should have been 3-1).


Pretty damn good if you ask me.

[OKC-SLC]

Heh. I miss the days of the made-up UT championships. It was more funner.
my favorite was the fark of DKR stadium with all the 'championships'. Good times.

[tulsaOUfan]

actually it's 4 top 10 teams, and that assumes you believe Tennessee qualifies as a top 10 team. but they are a good football team and deserve top 10 as well, IMO.

[All_Day_28]

This is great that we're finally moving up there, but the truth is we should probably be ranked no lower than 5... so it's still not what it should be.. Why should we not be ranked higher than a 1 loss USC team that lost to an unranked OSU, and our only loss is to texas?? The oregon game has really killed us.. but at least the football gods are giving us some reparations....

[tulsaOUfan]

I'd take 5 :)

[Sooner_Havok]

Because they played 4 top 5 teams on the road and went 2-2 (should have been 3-1).


Pretty damn good if you ask me.


See, I know LSU should only have one loss, but are the voters are treating LSU as a one loss team and us as a two loss team? That is why I wonder why LSU is so high.

[FaninAma]

The BCS really works and has shown why we'll never need a playoff....ever! :rolleyes:

It will be so great to watch a bazillion exhibtion games this holiday season in the bowls that, in the big scheme of things, means absolutely zilch as opposed to the boredom that would hav been the result of an 8 team playoff.:cool:

[Frozen Sooner]

Only way to change the system is to not watch it.

Me, I don't mind the current system all that much, but seriously-if you want the BCS to fold, then don't watch any of the bowl games. Low ratings is the only thing that will convince them to change the system. Take the money out of the system and the system changes to something that will make money.

[FaninAma]

Only way to change the system is to not watch it.

Me, I don't mind the current system all that much, but seriously-if you want the BCS to fold, then don't watch any of the bowl games. Low ratings is the only thing that will convince them to change the system. Take the money out of the system and the system changes to something that will make money.

I rarely watch any of the Bowl games. I watch the one with OU and I watch small parts of the other games with other Big 12 teams. And I doubt if I watch the national title game if I have anything better to do that night.

[tulsaOUfan]

it's hard not to watch, because like the BCS or not, it has created some excellent match ups that would otherwise not have happened.

[lexsooner]

Heh. I miss the days of the made-up UT championships. It was more funner.

Me too. On the Austin360 BBS board a few years ago, one UT fan laid claim to nine or ten national titles for Texas, which included mostly some season-ending computer ranking like the Dunkel rating or some other system named after the inventors. OhU1 laid waste to this dude, and the link disappeared the next day, either because the UT fan realized nobody was buying it, not even the other UT fans, or because the moderators were so embarassed by the post.

However, remember this was the BBS board, which is full of more realistic, even cynical UT fans. I recall OhU1 actually became a pretty well-accepted and respected poster on that site. A post like the one above would have generated a lot of support from the sunshine pumpers on hornfans.com, and OhU1 would have been banned.

[gnostic19]

I still like a 1 loss Florida team (at Auburn) over a 1 loss SUC team (at Oregon State) for the title game.

Florida, despite playing the SEC, has no pizazz to help themselves in the eyes of voters...and apparently none with computers either. They look ordinary, even in victory.

[Frozen Sooner]

Plus Florida played a 1-aa team. That's gonna KILL them in the computers.

[JohnnyMack]

I rarely watch any of the Bowl games. I watch the one with OU and I watch small parts of the other games with other Big 12 teams. And I doubt if I watch the national title game if I have anything better to do that night.

I'm the same way with March Madness. If the title game interests me, I'll watch, otherwise I don't care.

I don't miss many bowl games though. I love 'em.

[Vaevictis]

Why should we not be ranked higher than a 1 loss USC team that lost to an unranked OSU, and our only loss is to texas??

Probably because USC beat Arkansas and Notre Dame, who are currently ranked #8 and #12.

The only currently ranked team we've beaten is TAMU at #22.

I guess it's just where you put the weight -- do you want to penalize a team for losing to an unranked team more, or do you want to reward them for beating a ranked team more?

EDIT: Also, Oregon State is 8-4 (6-3 conference) with a marquee win over top five USC. They clearly aren't really all that bad of a team.

[Penguin]

actually it's 4 top 10 teams, and that assumes you believe Tennessee qualifies as a top 10 team. but they are a good football team and deserve top 10 as well, IMO.

My mistake. Tenn was #8 when they played.

[Scott D]

I still like a 1 loss Florida team (at Auburn) over a 1 loss SUC team (at Oregon State) for the title game.

Too bad Florida will be a 2 loss team as of next Saturday.

[tulsaOUfan]

I think Florida wins this one

[JohnnyMack]

Too bad Florida will be a 2 loss team as of next Saturday.

Not if the piggies play like they did against :les:

[All_Day_28]

Probably because USC beat Arkansas and Notre Dame, who are currently ranked #8 and #12.

The only currently ranked team we've beaten is TAMU at #22.

I guess it's just where you put the weight -- do you want to penalize a team for losing to an unranked team more, or do you want to reward them for beating a ranked team more?

EDIT: Also, Oregon State is 8-4 (6-3 conference) with a marquee win over top five USC. They clearly aren't really all that bad of a team.
you're right.. we both make good points so it's obviously something that is debatable.. which is why I said we should be ranked no lower than #5..

[usmc-sooner]

I gotta say I think the BCS gives us the best match-up for 1 vs 2

I still think the playoff system is somewhat flawed because it is a tournament. Sometimes anything happens in these things. A lot of times in playoffs you get the 2 best teams playing before the finals. Injuries have a lot to do with end of the year playoffs, see Hollis Price in our Final Four run. See OU in 88 when we beat KU three times but they beat us once and an 11 loss team wins a tournament and get crowned NC.

JMO but I like things the way they are.

[Scott D]

Not if the piggies play like they did against :les:

yes if the purses and shoes play like they did against free shoes university :D

[Indy Sooner]

Because they played 4 top 5 teams on the road and went 2-2 (should have been 3-1).


No, 2-2 is deserved. They got very lucky on the road against the tough Ole Miss Rebels.

[Indy Sooner]

EDIT: Also, Oregon State is 8-4 (6-3 conference) with a marquee win over top five USC. They clearly aren't really all that bad of a team.

Blown out against Boise State and a loss at home against Washington State. They are not that good of a team either. Check back in a week after they lose against Hawaii as well.