cartman's FOFC college football Top 25 poll, Week 10 open for voting

[cartman]

Hello all,

Another weekend of games is in the books. Time to open up this week's voting. Polls are due by 8pm Central, Friday, Nov. 12.

Here is how last week's poll members fared:


Team Rec. Weekend Result
1. Oregon 9-0 beat Washington 53-16
2. Auburn 10-0 beat Chattanooga 62-24
3. TCU 10-0 beat #6 Utah 47-7
4. Boise State 8-0 beat Hawaii 42-7
5. Alabama 7-2 lost to #12 LSU 24-21
6. Utah 8-1 lost to #3 TCU 47-7
7. Nebraska 8-1 beat Iowa State 31-30
8. Stanford 8-1 beat #14 Arizona 42-17
9. Wisconsin 8-1 beat Purdue 34-13
T9. Oklahoma 7-2 lost to Texas A&M 33-19
11. Ohio State 8-1 Bye
12. LSU 8-1 beat #5 Alabama 24-21
13. Missouri 7-2 lost to Texas Tech 24-17
14. Arizona 7-2 lost to #8 Stanford 42-17
15. Iowa 7-2 beat Indiana 18-13
16. Michigan State 9-1 beat Minnesota 31-8
17. Oklahoma State 8-1 beat #22 Baylor 55-28
18. Arkansas 7-2 beat #19 South Carolina 41-20
19. South Carolina 6-3 lost to #18 Arkansas 41-20
20. Virginia Tech 7-2 beat Georgia Tech 28-21
21. Mississippi State 7-2 Bye
22. Baylor 7-3 lost to #17 Oklahoma State 55-28
23. North Carolina St. 6-3 lost to Clemson 14-13
24. Florida State 6-3 lost to North Carolina 37-35
25. Illinois 5-4 lost to Michigan 67-65 (3OT)

[Young Drachma]

Omnivore Rankings, Week 10 (http://games.activedialogue.com/2010/11/08/week-10-omnivore-rankings/)
1 Auburn
2 TCU
3 Boise State
4 Oregon
5 Utah
6 LSU
7 Ohio State
8 Nebraska
9 Stanford
10 Alabama
11 Missouri
12 Oklahoma State
13 Wisconsin
14 Iowa
15 Arkansas
16 Michigan State
17 Oklahoma
18 Mississippi State
19 Arizona
20 Texas A&M
21 Virginia Tech
22 South Carolina
23 Florida
24 Kansas State
25 North Carolina

[Tigercat]

DC, you have Alabama 8 spots above a team with one less loss who beat them this week. Must be the satire post representing the BCS. :D

[Young Drachma]

My computer is broken. That's not a metaphor. But it does expose how computers can be designed to make a mockery of the process.

[JonInMiddleGA]

from Jon's Three Cents (http://jonsthreecents.wordpress.com/)

1. Oregon
2. TCU
3. Auburn
4. Boise State
5. Stanford
6. Wisconsin
7. Ohio State
8. LSU
9. Nebraska
10. Alabama
11. Arkansas
12. Michigan State
13. Utah
14. Iowa
15. Virginia Tech
16. Oklahoma
17. Oklahoma State
18. Mississippi State
19. Arizona
20. South Carolina
21. Missouri
22. Nevada
23. USC
24. Texas A&M
25. Navy

[SackAttack]

Am I the only one who finds Jon having TCU and Boise State in the top five despite his protestations that a BCS championship game with either one wouldn't interest him in the slightest?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Am I the only one who finds Jon having TCU and Boise State in the top five despite his protestations that a BCS championship game with either one wouldn't interest him in the slightest?

It's plausible, both because my rankings from week to week are a combination of the body-of-work style as well as the could-x-beat-y style. There's the occasional subtle change in how I rank teams based on the two approaches, none of this "X won while Y1 & Y2 lost, so X must move up two spots" stuff.

Plus, where that hybrid ranking style ranks them has no bearing at all on my level of interest. I'd have exponentially more interest in watching (to pick a couple at random) a 3rd tier bowl game matchup of Navy & USC than I would a Boise-anyone title game. All the latter does is highlight how flawed nearly all CFB teams have become and devalues the notion of being #1, while the latter judged on its own merits could be interesting in & of itself.

Further, the Lakers & Celtics would have almost certainly been high on an NBA power rankings list last year (if I did one) but I had no interest in watching them play each other either.

Not really as inconsistent as it might first appear.

[Cuckoo]

Last week's ranking in parentheses

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

Dropped out: Baylor, North Carolina State, Florida State

[mauchow]

DC, you have Alabama 8 spots above a team with one less loss who beat them this week. Must be the satire post representing the BCS. :D

I love computer polls!

[Young Drachma]

I made an update to mine to reflect the actual formula rather than whatever the hell it was I ran last night. I'll chalk it up to working nights and having to go back for days, coupled with my actual computer being out of commission and having to use a backup.

But anyway, at least it's right now.

[Butter]

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[SnDvls]

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

[duckman]

Oregon
Auburn
Texas Christian
Boise State
Stanford
Nebraska
Louisiana State
Wisconsin
Oklahoma State
Michigan State
Ohio State
Alabama
Arkansas
Utah
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mississippi State
Arizona
Nevada
Virginia Tech
Texas A&M
Temple
Florida
Miami (FL)

[cartman]

Top 25 from Solecismic's Football Frontier:

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

and My Top 25:

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