TCU Jumps Boise State in Latest USA Today Coaches Poll

by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 1, 2009 10:45 AM PST in Mountain West Football

Two big things happened in this poll, first TCU jumped Boise and rose from sixth to fourth in the poll, but it is a very slim margin with TCU leading by six points. The other is that the coaches, SID, or assistant who votes in this poll moved UP Iowa after their latest come from behind win.

Iowa won and overcame six turnovers in the game, but why does inertia take place just because they won. Yes, USC lost but that does not mean Iowa should move up. Oregon should be ahead of Iowa as should Cincy. The Bearcats beat a bad Syracuse team easily 28-7 with their backup quarterback, so not sure why Iowa gets the nod to not only be ahead of Cincy but to jump them as well.

The Utes move up from 19th to 16th and BYU who benefited from the bye week is back in the polls at number 25. Check the entire poll below, and look for the BCS standings release with analysis later today.

USA Today Coaches' Poll
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS	PVS
1	Florida (50)	8-0	1463	1
2	Texas (4)	8-0	1395	3
3	Alabama (5)	8-0	1390	2
4	TCU	8-0	1182	6
5	Boise State	8-0	1176	5
6	Iowa	9-0	1161	8
7	Cincinnati	8-0	1150	7
8	Oregon	7-1	1079	12
9	LSU	7-1	1062	9
10	Penn State	8-1	966	10
11	Georgia Tech	8-1	934	11
12	Ohio State	7-2	730	15
13	USC	6-2	729	4
14	Pittsburgh	7-1	694	17
15	Houston	7-1	672	16
16	Utah	7-1	567	19
17	Miami (FL)	6-2	549	18
18	Oklahoma State	6-2	371	13
19	Arizona	5-2	320	24
20	Oklahoma	5-3	313	23
21	Notre Dame	6-2	281	25
22	Wisconsin	6-2	204	NR
23	California	6-2	197	NR
24	Virginia Tech	5-3	193	14
25	Brigham Young	6-2	106	NR

* Dropped from rankings: West Virginia 20, South Carolina 21, Mississippi 22

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Pollsters trying to preserve Floribama/Texas

The Hawks are 9-0 with the hardest S.O.S. according to the computers. They certainly haven’t won pretty, but they’re the only team on that list that can boast that record. If this were a Boise St. or TCU team doing the same thing, you know their fans and coaches would be screaming about how the MWC gets no respect.

The AP poll is almost the opposite for spots 3-8, listing every undefeated ahead of Iowa and leapfrogging Oregon up there.

1 Florida (38) 8-0 1448 1
2 Texas (13) 8-0 1408 3
3 Alabama (8) 8-0 1390 2
4 Cincinnati 8-0 1212 5
5 Boise State 8-0 1211 6
6 TCU 8-0 1147 8
7 Oregon 7-1 1130 10
8 Iowa 9-0 1127 7

I’ll be pulling for Cincy, TCU, and Boise from here on out because I’m all about chaos destroying the BCS. An undefeated Iowa with a better S.O.S. than either of the teams in the NC game would help the argument as well.

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by CyHawk on Nov 1, 2009 12:55 PM PST reply actions

Not a big fan of Cinci either, playing in the Big Least

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Nov 1, 2009 2:34 PM PST reply actions

Cincy

has been quite impressive though.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 1, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions

True

But I feel like Oregon is probably better than them.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Nov 1, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions

agree oregon is better then cincy

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by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 1, 2009 4:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

TCU

What if there was a playoff each December between the MWC and the WAC. The winner could get an automatic BCS bowel and might give a chance for one of them to play for a national championship someday.

by Denver Joe on Nov 1, 2009 3:32 PM PST reply actions

College Football Playoff

If the sports writers or coaches really wanted to have a playoff in College Football they would vote for an undefeated TCU or Boise State at the end of the season as the national champion and forget about the bogus National Championship Game. It would upset the big boys enought that there would be a playoff.

by Denver Joe on Nov 1, 2009 3:36 PM PST reply actions