cartman's FOFC College Football Top 25 Poll - Week 2 open for voting

[cartman]

Another weekend of games is in the books. Time to open up this week's poll for voting. Submissions are due by 6pm Central on Thursday, Sept. 17th. Here's how last week's poll fared:

Team			Rec	Weekend Result
1. Ohio State		2-0	beat Hawaii 38-0
2. Baylor		2-0	beat Lamar 66-31
3. Alabama		2-0	beat Middle Tennessee 37-10
4. TCU			2-0	beat Stephen F. Austin 70-7
5. Auburn		2-0	beat Jacksonville State 27-20(OT)
6. Michigan State	2-0	beat #10 Oregon 31-28
7. Georgia		2-0	beat Vanderbilt 31-14
8. UCLA			2-0	beat UNLV 37-3
9. USC			2-0	beat Idaho 59-9
10. Oregon		1-1	lost to #6 Michigan State 31-28
11. Florida State	2-0	beat South Florida 34-14
12. Notre Dame		2-0	beat Virginia 34-27
13. Mississippi		2-0	beat Fresno State 73-21
14. LSU			1-0	beat #23 Mississippi State 21-19
15. Clemson		2-0	beat Appalachian State 41-10
16. Georgia Tech	2-0	beat Tulane 65-10
17. Oklahoma		2-0	beat #25 Tennessee 31-24(2OT)
18. Texas A&M		2-0	beat Ball State 56-23
19. Arkansas		1-1	lost to Toledo 16-12
20. Boise State		1-1	lost to BYU 35-24
21. Arizona		2-0	beat Nevada 44-20
22. Missouri		2-0	beat Arkansas State 27-20
T23. Wisconsin		1-1	beat Miami(OH) 58-0
T23. Mississippi State	1-1	lost to #14 LSU 21-19
25. Tennessee		1-1	lost to #17 Oklahoma 31-24(2OT)

[Umbrella]

1. Ohio St.
2. Alabama
3. Baylor
4. Mississippi
5. UCLA
6. USC
7. Michigan St.
8. Georgia
9. LSU
10. Texas A&M
11. Oklahoma
12. Florida St.
13. Georgia Tech
14. Clemson
15. TCU
16. Notre Dame
17. Oregon
18. Auburn
19. BYU
20. Mississippi St.
21. Missouri
22. Wisconsin
23. Northwestern
24. Illinois
25. Utah

[Easy Mac]

1	Georgia Tech
2	Mississippi
3	USC
4	Illinois
5	Texas Tech
6	West Virginia
7	Baylor
8	Memphis
9	Florida State
10	Clemson
11	Duke
12	Ohio State
13	California
14	North Carolina State
15	Florida
16	Georgia
17	Kansas State
18	Texas A&M
19	UCLA
20	Miami (FL)
21	Alabama
22	Oklahoma
23	Air Force
24	Notre Dame
25	Wisconsin

[bob]

Curious for those that vote in things like this. When a team has a big injury (say, ND at QB / RB the last two weeks), do you drop the team after the injury based on the perceived damage that the injury will cause or do you wait until they actually lose / look bad with the replacements?

The ND game isn't a perfect example b/c they didn't play all that great before the injury this past weekend and the sample size of games is still small, but I was just curious.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by bob

Curious for those that vote in things like this. When a team has a big injury (say, ND at QB / RB the last two weeks), do you drop the team after the injury based on the perceived damage that the injury will cause or do you wait until they actually lose / look bad with the replacements?

The ND game isn't a perfect example b/c they didn't play all that great before the injury this past weekend and the sample size of games is still small, but I was just curious.

Case by case for me.

Generally speaking once the season starts I won't downgrade someone until they take their lumps with the backups.

In preseason? Yeah, then since it's entirely a poll based on expectations with no in-season results to be factored, that's a time I'll downgrade a team due to injury (for example, that's why Arkansas wasn't even an afterthought as I put my preseason poll together)

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Case by case for me.

Generally speaking once the season starts I won't downgrade someone until they take their lumps with the backups.

In preseason? Yeah, then since it's entirely a poll based on expectations with no in-season results to be factored, that's a time I'll downgrade a team due to injury (for example, that's why Arkansas wasn't even an afterthought as I put my preseason poll together)

Ditto.

[Umbrella]

Originally Posted by bob

Curious for those that vote in things like this. When a team has a big injury (say, ND at QB / RB the last two weeks), do you drop the team after the injury based on the perceived damage that the injury will cause or do you wait until they actually lose / look bad with the replacements?

The ND game isn't a perfect example b/c they didn't play all that great before the injury this past weekend and the sample size of games is still small, but I was just curious.

I try to base everything on what has actually happened instead of speculation. Granted, early in the season, there is still a lot of speculation for the first few weeks, but that is my thought process.

[JonInMiddleGA]

1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. TCU
4. Michigan State
5. Baylor
6. USC
7. Florida State
8. Notre Dame
9. LSU
10. Clemson
11. UCLA
12. Ole Miss
13. Oregon
14. Georgia
15. Georgia Tech
16. Oklahoma
17. Texas A&M
18. Auburn
19. Arizona
20. BYU
21. Utah
22. Missouri
23. Wisconsin
24. Arizona St
25. Northwestern

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

[tarcone]

1. Ohio St.
2. TCU
3. Michigan St.
4. Baylor
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. USC
8. Florida St.
9. Clemson
10. UCLA
11. Oklahoma
12. Ole Miss
13. Notre Dame
14. Georgia Tech
15. Auburn
16. Missouri
17. Oregon
18. LSU
19. Arizona
20. Texas A&M
21. Utah
22. BYU
23. Boise St.
24. Wisconsin
25. Iowa

[vex]

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan State
3. Alabama
4. TCU
5. Georgia
6. Mississippi
7. Baylor
8. UCLA
9. Georgia Tech
10. Texas A&M
11. LSU
12. Florida State
13. Oklahoma
14. USC
15. Clemson
16. Oregon
17. West Virginia
18. Northwestern
19. Notre Dame
20. Wisconsin
21. Temple
22. BYU
23. Arizona
24. Miami (FL)
25. Duke

[Zinto]

1. Ohio State (2-0)
2. TCU (2-0)
3. Alabama (2-0)
4. Baylor (2-0)
5. Michigan State (2-0)
6. Auburn (2-0)
7. Florida State (2-0)
8. USC (2-0)
9. Notre Dame (2-0)
10. Georgia (2-0)
11. UCLA (2-0)
12. Clemson (2-0)
13. Ole Miss (2-0)
14. LSU (1-0)
15. Oregon (1-1)
16. Georgia Tech (2-0)
17. Arizona (2-0)
18. Texas A&M (2-0)
19. Kansas State (2-0)
20. Oklahoma (2-0)
21. Missouri (2-0)
22. West Virginia (2-0)
23. BYU (2-0)
24. Temple (2-0)
25. Wisconsin (1-1)

[Umbrella]

Originally Posted by tarcone

1. Ohio St.
2. TCU
3. Michigan St.
4. Baylor
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. USC
8. Florida St.
8. Clemson
9. UCLA
10. Oklahoma
11. Ole Miss
12. Notre Dame
13. Georgia Tech
14. Auburn
15. Missouri
16. Oregon
17. LSU
18. Arizona
19. Texas A&M
20. Utah
21. BYU
22. Boise St.
23. Wisconsin
24. Toledo
25. Iowa

You have two #8's.

[britrock88]

1. Alabama
2. UCLA
3. Louisiana State
4. Notre Dame
5. Florida State
6. Georgia
7. Southern California
8. Tennessee
9. Mississippi State
10. Brigham Young
11. Oklahoma
12. Temple
13. Ohio State
14. Ohio
15. Wisconsin
16. Virginia
17. Texas A&M
18. Nebraska
19. Kentucky
20. Western Kentucky
21. California
22. Clemson
23. Illinois
24. North Carolina State
25. Miami-Florida

#s 21-24 actually represents a tie.

[cartman]

Top 25 from Solecismic's Football Frontier:

1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. USC
5. UCLA
6. Oklahoma
7. TCU
8. Florida State
9. LSU
10. Baylor
11. Notre Dame
12. Utah
13. Georgia Tech
14. Texas A&M
15. Mississippi
16. West Virginia
17. Clemson
18. BYU
19. Michigan State
20. Florida
21. Miami (FL)
22. Missouri
23. Western Kentucky
24. Kansas State
25. Pittsburgh

[CU Tiger]

nm

[tarcone]

Fixed. Sorry about that.

[cartman]

My Top 25:

1. Ohio State
2. TCU
3. Baylor
4. Michigan State
5. Georgia Tech
6. Alabama
7. UCLA
8. Georgia
9. Oregon
10. USC
11. LSU
12. Florida State
13. Mississippi
14. Notre Dame
15. Auburn
16. Oklahoma
17. Arizona
18. Texas A&M
19. Kansas State
20. BYU
21. Utah
22. Wisconsin
23. Northwestern
24. Toledo
25. Missouri