cartman's FOFC College Football Top 25 poll, Week 8, open for voting

[cartman]

The top teams escaped pretty much unscathed this weekend, but not without a few with some nail-biting moments. Time to open up voting for this week's poll. Submissions are due by 7pm Central on Thursday, Oct. 25. Here's how this week's poll fared:

Team			Rec.	Weekend Result
1. Alabama 		7-0	beat Tennessee 44-13
2. Oregon		7-0	beat Arizona State 43-21
3. Florida 		7-0	beat #8 South Carolina 44-11
4. Kansas State		7-0	beat #17 West Virginia 55-14
5. Notre Dame		7-0	beat BYU 17-14
6. Ohio State		8-0	beat Purdue 29-22 (OT)
7. LSU			7-1	beat #20 Texas A&M 24-19
8. South Carolina	6-2	lost to #3 Florida 44-11
9. Oklahoma		5-1	beat Kansas 52-7
10. Oregon State	6-0	beat Utah 21-7
11. Florida State	7-1	beat Miami(FL) 33-20
12. USC			6-1	beat Colorado 50-6
13. Georgia		6-1	beat Kentucky 29-24
14. Mississippi State	7-0	beat Middle Tennessee 45-3
15. Texas Tech		6-1	beat #24 TCU 56-53 (3OT)
16. Clemson		6-1	beat Virginia Tech 38-17
T17. West Virginia	5-2	lost to #4 Kansas State 55-14
T17. Louisville		7-0	beat South Florida 27-25
19. Rutgers		7-0	beat Temple 35-10
20. Texas A&M		5-2	lost to #7 LSU 24-19
21. Stanford		5-2	beat California 21-3
22. Cincinnati		5-1	lost to Toledo 29-23
23. Iowa State		4-3	lody yo Oklahoma State 31-10
24. TCU			5-2	lost to #15 Texas Tech 56-53 (3OT)
25. Ohio		7-0	Bye

[JonInMiddleGA]

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Kansas State
4. Notre Dame
5. Florida
6. Ohio State
7. USC
8. LSU
9. Oregon State
10. Oklahoma
11. Florida State
12. Clemson
13. Mississippi State
14. Texas Tech
15. Georgia
16. Louisville
17. Rutgers
18. South Carolina
19. Michigan
20. Stanford
21. Boise State
22. Toledo
23. Ohio
24. Texas A&M
25. West Virginia

from Jon's Three Cents | Because two cents worth isn't always enough

[britrock88]

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Oregon
4. Oklahoma
5. Kansas State
6. Notre Dame
7. South Carolina
8. Texas Tech
9. Texas A&M
10. Oregon State
11. Stanford
12. Louisiana State
13. Texas
14. Arizona
15. Mississippi State
16. Georgia
17. Ohio State
18. Southern California
19. Florida State
20. Oklahoma State
21. Clemson
22. Michigan
23. Texas Christian
24. Rutgers
25. Iowa State

[General Mike]

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Florida
4. Kansas State
5. Oregon State
6. Ohio State
7. Mississippi State
8. Notre Dame
9. LSU
10. USC
11. Louisville
12. Rutgers
13. Oklahoma
14. Florida State
15. Texas Tech
16. Georgia
17. Clemson
18. South Carolina
19. Boise State
20. Ohio
21. Tulsa
22. TCU
23. Michigan
24. Stanford
25. Duke

[tarcone]

1) Alabama
2) Kansas St.
3) Oregon
4) Florida
5) Ohio St.
6) Oregon St.
7) LSU
8) Mississippi St.
9) USC
10) Louisville
11) Oklahoma
12) Florida St.
13) Georgia
14) Clemson
15) Texas tech
16) Notre Dame
17) Rutgers
18) Ohio
19) South Carolina
20) Stanford
21) Wisconsin
22) Tulsa
23) Duke
24) Penn St.
25) Boise St.

[mauchow]

It's not like KSU beat OU at their house or anything...

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by mauboy1

It's not like KSU beat OU at their house or anything...

A fair point. Computers don't necessarily think of these things. But here are KSU and OU's FBS schedules in descending order of their opponents' SRS, for comparison's sake:

Kansas State:
24-19 @ (4) Oklahoma
27-21 @ (25) Iowa State
55-14 @ (31) West Virginia
52-13 v. (64) Miami (FL)
35-21 v. (84) North Texas
56-16 v. (88) Kansas

Oklahoma:
19-24 v. (5) Kansas State
41-20 @ (8) Texas Tech
63-21 (n) (13) Texas
52-7 v. (88) Kansas
24-7 @ (100) UTEP

The demolition jobs of two top-13 teams makes up for the close home loss, in the formula's eyes. I'm not terribly inclined to disagree.

[mauchow]

Texas sucks too. Jury's out on tt

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by mauboy1

Texas sucks too. Jury's out on tt

Yeah. Looked at Texas, and it made less sense that they're 13. TT is the (high-scoring) kind of team that is rewarded by this formula.

More interesting is that, even taking MOV into account, Notre Dame lands at #6 (tough schedule). S'pose the human pollsters aren't far off, after all.

[cartman]

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

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Notre Dame
4. Oregon
5. Kansas State
6. Louisiana State
7. Texas Tech
8. Oregon State
9. Oklahoma
10. Stanford
11. Mississippi State
12. Florida State
13. Texas A&M
14. South Carolina
15. Southern California
16. Wisconsin
17. Rutgers
18. Michigan
19. Ohio State
20. Georgia
21. Nebraska
22. Oklahoma State
23. Arizona
24. Texas
25. Iowa State

My Top 25:

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Kansas State
4. Notre Dame
5. Florida
6. Ohio State
7. LSU
8. Clemson
9. Oregon State
10. Georgia
11. Florda State
12. Oklahoma
13. Rutgers
14. Mississippi State
15. South Carolina
16. Stanford
17. USC
18. Louisville
19. Ohio
20. West Virginia
21. TCU
22. Boise State
23. Cincinnati
24. Texas A&M
25. Duke

[Vegas Vic]

Originally Posted by mauboy1

It's not like KSU beat OU at their house or anything...

That's an interesting point, and actually I've actually heard it reiterated many times as a "convincing win."

If we look at the facts, KSU won 24-19. OU had an unforced turnover on the KSU 1 yard line, when Blake Bell fumbled a snap that was right into his hands. KSU had nothing to do with that. That's seven points lost. KSU scored a touchdown when Landry Jones waddled out of the pocket and fumbled the ball into the KSU end zone. Seven points for KU on a boneheaded play by Jones.

Taken in context, I don't see how this is a "convincing" win for KSU.

Perhaps the pollsters are also taking into consideration that OU's first team defense is responsible for giving up 14 points to KSU, 0 points to Texas, and 13 points to Texas Tech.

We'll see what the overhyped, over-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish are able to do against OU this Saturday.

[mauchow]

A win is a win in college football and for OU to be ahead of KSU in any shape or form at this point is a bit silly. KSU is undefeated, OU is not. If you want to put them 5/6 or 9/10, that's fine, just don't put OU ahead of them

[Cuckoo]

1. Alabama (1)
2. Oregon (2)
3. Florida (3)
4. Kansas State (5)
5. Notre Dame (4)
6. Ohio State (6)
7. LSU (7)
8. Florida State (8)
9. Oklahoma (9)
10. USC (11)
11. Clemson (12)
12. Mississippi State (14)
13. Oregon State (15)
14. Louisville (13)
15. Rutgers (17)
16. South Carolina (10)
17. Georgia (16)
18. Texas Tech (19)
19. Stanford (21)
20. Michigan (24)
21. Boise State (NR)
22. TCU (22)
23. Texas A&M (23)
24. West Virginia (20)
25. Texas (25)

With last week's rank. Dropped out: Cincinnati