cartman's FOFC college football Top 25 poll week 1, open for voting
 

What a great weekend of football to kick off the new season!

The submissions for this week's poll are due by 6pm Central, Thursday, Sept. 10th.

Here's how last week's poll fared:

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Oklahoma St.
6. BYU
7. Cal
8. Miami
9. Penn St.
10.Ole Miss
11.Notre Dame
12.Ohio St.
13.Oklahoma
14.Missouri
15.Georgia
16.LSU
17.Cincinnati
18.North Carolina
19.Florida St.
20.Georgia Tech
21.Nebraska
22.Boise St.
23.Virginia Tech
24.Michigan St.
25.Michigan

My ranking will fluctuate a lot next couple weeks, and I've probably overrated the few week 1 teams that beat good teams. (For example putting Alabama #1 over the next 3.)

Games I watched at least a quarter of: South Carolina-NC St/Oregon-Boise St/Notre Dame-Nevada/Georgia-OK St/BYU-OU/LSU-Washington/Florida St-Miami

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. USC
4. Alabama
5. Penn State
6. LSU
7. Ohio State
8. California
9. Mississippi
10. Virginia Tech
11. Georgia Tech
12. Boise State
13. Oklahoma State
14. Brigham Young
15. Oklahoma
16. Utah
17. Texas Christian
18. Oregon
19. North Carolina
20. Miami
21. Georgia
22. Nebraska
23. Texas Tech
24. Michigan State
25. Missouri

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Penn State
5. USC
6. Oklahoma State
7. California
8. Boise State
9. BYU
10. LSU
11. Ohio State
12. Virginia Tech
13. Mississippi
14. Georgia Tech
15. Oklahoma
16. TCU
17. Utah
18. Missouri
19. Miami, FL
20. Oregon State
21. Georgia
22. Cincinnati
23. Nebraska
24. Pittsburgh
25. North Carolina

1. Florida
2. USC
3. Texas
4. Ohio State
5. Alabama
6. Mississipp
7. LSU
8. Boise State
9. Penn State
10. Oklahoma State
11. California
12. BYU
13. Oklahoma
14. Georgia Tech
15. Miami
16. Notre Dame
17. North Carolina
18. Virgina Tech
19. Cincinnati
20. Kansas
21. Georgia
22. Missouri
23. Utah
24. TCU
25. Florida State

Here's the Top 25 from Solecismic's Football Frontier:

1. Texas
2. USC
3. California
4. Florida
5. Alabama
6. Oklahoma State
7. Ohio State
8. Penn State
9. Mississippi
10. Oklahoma
11. TCU
12. Georgia Tech
13. Pittsburgh
14. North Carolina
15. Miami (FL)
16. Boston College
17. LSU
18. Georgia
19. Iowa
20. Clemson
21. Virginia Tech
22. Boise State
23. Michigan State
24. Arizona
25. Utah

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. USC
5. Mississippi
6. Ohio State
7. LSU
8. Penn State
9. Boise State
10. Oklahoma State
11. California
12. Virginia Tech
13. Georgia
14. Utah
15. Brigham Young
16. Oklahoma
17. Georgia Tech
18. Miami
19. TCU
20. Cincinnati
21. North Carolina
22. Iowa
23. Oregon State
24. Nebraska
25. Pittsburgh

Did the guy who had Michigan number 25 mean Miami and mistype? MICHIGAN?

He's got Miami #8. Maybe he meant Missouri?

EDIT: Nope, he's got Missouri #14. Hell if I know.

I was searching around for a 25th team (it probably would have been TCU it they played anyone week 1). Michigan at least looked good 1st half against a supposedly decent MAC team... we were watching football with a diehard Michigan fan so they were being mentioned... and it was around then on Saturday I started drinking heavily, so I probably missed a team or two doing better later (or in a different part of the country). If I wanted to nitpick other lists (and I do, but I was holding off since its week 1), I would ask why someone bumps BYU to #2 for a win over Oklahoma, but doesn't think Oklahoma is a top 25 team while Baylor is (maybe not ranking teams with a loss Butter?), or if anyone actually has a reason they think Utah deserves to be top 25, let alone top 15, other than their record last year.

Like I said though, it's week 1 and my poll is heavily skewed towards teams I saw until I can get more info on other teams. I didn't even think the throwaway 25 slot was the most egregiously different pick I had - Miami at 8, ND at 11 or even Alabama over Florida for #1 probably beat it.

Sorry I'm late

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Southern California
4. Alabama
5. Penn State
6. Ole Miss
7. Ohio State
8. Oklahoma State
9. California
10. Georgia Tech
11. Oklahoma
12. TCU
13. BYU
14. LSU
15. Virginia Tech
16. Utah
17. West Virginia
18. Boise State
19. Oregon State
20. Kansas
21. Nebraska
22. North Carolina
23. Cincinnati
24. Miami (FL)
25. Iowa

Crap i forgot to vote. I meant to do it at work.

Sorry, I didn't send the reminders out this week. I've been in California on vacation, and have had inconsistent internet access at Tahoe and now Yosemite. If you still want to get a vote in, and can disregard the results of tonight's games, I'll post the results tomorrow night.

Here's my Top 25:

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Alabama
4. USC
5. Mississippi
6. Oklahoma State
7. Penn State
8. BYU
9. LSU
10. California
11. LSU
12. Georgia
13. TCU
14. Boise State
15. Georgia Tech
16. Oklahoma
17. North Carolina
18. Nebraska
19. Utah
20. Missouri
21. Michigan State
22. Miami (FL)
23. Kansas
24. Virginia Tech
25. Florida State

Bingo. It's week 1, the list is pretty fluid at this point. BYU had by far the most impressive win of the opening week, but Florida is probably everyone's #1 at this point, let's be honest.

1. Florida
2. USC
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma State
6. Penn State
7. Ohio State
8. California
9. Mississippi
10. BYU
11. LSU
12. Boise State
13. Oklahoma
14. Georgia Tech
15. TCU
16. North Carolina
17. Cincinnati
18. Notre Dame
19. Michigan State
20. Utah
21. Georgia
22. Miami
23. Nebraska
24. Virginia Tech
25. Kansas

If we're actually regarding BYU as a legitimate top 5 team and not giving them bonus points for being the underdog, I'd say Alabama had a more impressive win just because of the vast yardage domination of VT. I do like fluid lists though - Michigan had a more impressive week 1 (and thus season so far) than teams like Iowa and Utah, but a lot of people/pollsters don't drop teams if they win, no matter how poor they look doing it.