Seriously, I’m beginning to wish that it was only a top-10 poll. It’s just a jumbled mess of teams that all seem ridiculously overrated but nothing else is in front of them.
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Cal | — |
| 2 | LSU | — |
| 3 | Oklahoma | — |
| 4 | Florida | — |
| 5 | West Virginia | — |
| 6 | California | — |
| 7 | Texas | — |
| 8 | Rutgers |  1 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 10 | Boston College | 2 |
| 11 | Wisconsin |  3 |
| 12 | Georgia | 1 |
| 13 | South Florida | 1 |
| 14 | Oregon | 3 |
| 15 | Clemson | 1 |
| 16 | Hawaii | 4 |
| 17 | Missouri | 4 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 8 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 4 |
| 20 | Penn State | 9 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 4 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 4 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 3 |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 2 |
| 25 | Miami (Florida) | 1 |
Dropped Out: Texas A&M (#15), Louisville (#19), Georgia Tech (#22), Alabama (#24).
Under Consideration/Wait Listed: Purdue, Michigan State, Kansas, Michigan and (god help me) UConn.
V Tech? For that big win over William AND Mary? They sucked in their first cupcake game, and lost their only real game. Put Purdue or MSU in there instead. Michigan? 2-2 Michigan? That lost to App State and only beat the worst team ever and another team who hasn’t played anybody at all? Not enough 3-1 or 2-2 teams out there?
Comment by Stuart 09.24.07 @ 11:27 pm
Well, this is all working nicely for Hawaii fans… even with their horrendous SOS, they will have to go into a BCS bowl at this rate just to fill out the games.
Drop Wisconsin. While undefeated, they are not a top ten caliber team. MSU will likely beat them this weekend anyway.
Comment by Greg in Columbia 09.24.07 @ 11:51 pm
I agree with you statement that “it’s just a jumbled mess of teams that all seem ridiculously overrated but nothing else is in front of them.” I think Nebraska is a great example of this. They almost (should have?) lost at home to Ball State and still moved up 4 spots.
Even though they lost big to Utah, I kind of feel like UCLA should get some consideration after defeating Washington.
I concur with the above statements on Wisc and Nebraska – i see you moved WI down, but maybe they deserve a little further downgrade. And that Ball State crap was terrible.
Then again, 10-25 is just a mess. Any of these teams could beat any of these other teams at any time.
Comment by Stuart 09.25.07 @ 9:34 am
Teams that lose to unranked teams shouldn’t be ranked. Plus, Penn State sucks.
Comment by Lee in State College 09.25.07 @ 10:10 am
Anyone want to come up with a list of replacement coaches? How about trying to steal that guy from Cincinnati or anyone on Rutger’s staff? Couldn’t be worse than what we have….and no we don’t need another PITT guy, I want a coach who can win! I’m sick of losing….so does anyone want to chime in a start throwing some names around?
Comment by Marco 09.25.07 @ 12:47 pm
Walt Harris. He won games he wasn’t supposed to, took us to bowl games, and was better than his predecessor. He’s your man.
Comment by Stuart 09.25.07 @ 3:48 pm
Walt Harris would be a good Offensive Coordinator. He’s pass crazy and Wanny is run crazy so they would balance each other out. I still want to give Cav another year though but our DC must go after the season is over.
Comment by Panthoor 09.25.07 @ 6:11 pm
Hey I wouldn’t mind Walt coming back, to bad we can’t have Dave recruit and Walt coaching the Offense….all we would need is a Defensive coach who knows how to stop the run.
Comment by Marco 09.25.07 @ 6:12 pm
Don’t like VT in there after only beating W&M. Maybe Miami to 24 and bump Purdue into 25.
do any of dick lebeau’s kids coach? you’d have to think they would make a heck of a dc.
Comment by Kurt 09.25.07 @ 7:24 pm
Let Wanny run the defense (he excelled at it at the U and in Dallas), let Harris run the offense, and bring in a REAL head coach to make sure neither of them get out of line.
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