Three Mountain West teams are now ranked in both the coaches and AP poll. Even though TCU posted their second consecutive shutout AND received a first place vote they fell behind Nebraska in the coaches poll. Nebraska had a good performance, but shutouts are really impressive. My other beef is that shouldn't South Carolina be ahead of Alabama? SC easily beat Alabama and the only loss that South Carolina has is to Auburn who is now #7 in the coaches poll.
On to Utah, they just smoked Iowa State 68-27 and scored the most points ever against Iowa State at home. Yet, LSU who did beat a ranked team in Florida, by virtue of a fake field goal, and needed mass confusion to beat a team equally as bad as Iowa State in Tennessee. I guess since LSU is in the SSSSSSSS-EEEEEEEEEE-CCCCCCCC they deserve the benefit of the doubt in close wins.
If people were to actually do a little research when they vote and look at Utah and Oregon, those two teams are quite comparable. They have a similar schedule (Oregon is a little better) and have won all of their games with the exception of Utah squeaking past Pitt. I think Utah is closer to Oregon then people realize. Both teams have comparable stats; Oregon's here and Utah's here. I think Utah can play with any team in the country and with Oregon getting moved up with only a slightly better schedule then Utah; why not give Utah that same benefit. In the rankings I think Utah is playing worthy of being right behind TCU which would put them at six; the way a lot of voters vote is that Utah will only move up if other teams lose, or when they beat TCU in a month.
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Oct. 10, 2010
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Rank
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Team (first-place votes) |
Record
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Points
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Last week's ranking
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1.
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Ohio State (49)
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6-0
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1,455
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2
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2.
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Oregon (6)
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6-0
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1,388
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3
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3.
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Boise State (1)
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5-0
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1,335
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4
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4.
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Nebraska (2)
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5-0
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1,272
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6
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5.
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TCU (1)
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6-0
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1,213
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5
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6.
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5-0
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1,193
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7
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7.
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6-0
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1,060
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8
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8.
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5-1
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1,029
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1
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9.
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LSU |
6-0
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1,021
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9
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10.
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5-0
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940
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10
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11.
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Michigan State |
6-0
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838
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16
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12.
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4-1
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835
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20
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13.
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4-1
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780
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13
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14.
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4-1
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710
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15
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15.
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5-1
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618
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18
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16.
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5-1
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542
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19
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17.
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Florida State |
5-1
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496
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24
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18.
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Oklahoma State |
5-0
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478
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21
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19.
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5-0
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434
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22
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20.
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4-1
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367
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11
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21.
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Nevada |
6-0
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329
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23
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22.
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Florida |
4-2
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242
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12
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23.
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5-1
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151
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NR
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24.
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Michigan |
5-1
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137
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17
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25.
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West Virginia |
4-1
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88
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NR
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| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 14 Miami (Fla.) (3-2, lost to then-No. 24 Florida State 45-17), No. 25 Northwestern (5-1, lost to Purdue 20-17). | |||||
| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Miami (Fla.) (3-2) 66; North Carolina State (5-1) 41; Texas (3-2) 31; Oregon State (3-2) 30; Virginia Tech (4-2) 24; Northwestern (5-1) 23; Mississippi State (4-2) 7; Maryland (4-1) 2. | |||||
| AP Top 25 | ||||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Ohio State (34) | 6-0 | 1453 | 2 |
| 2 | Oregon (15) | 6-0 | 1427 | 3 |
| 3 | Boise State (8) | 5-0 | 1395 | 4 |
| 4 | TCU (1) | 6-0 | 1304 | 5 |
| 5 | Nebraska | 5-0 | 1236 | 7 |
| 6 | Oklahoma (2) | 5-0 | 1225 | 6 |
| 7 | Auburn | 6-0 | 1104 | 8 |
| 8 | Alabama | 5-1 | 1021 | 1 |
| 9 | LSU | 6-0 | 999 | 12 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 4-1 | 978 | 19 |
| 11 | Utah | 5-0 | 926 | 10 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 4-1 | 813 | 11 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 6-0 | 806 | 17 |
| 14 | Stanford | 5-1 | 732 | 16 |
| 15 | Iowa | 4-1 | 648 | 15 |
| 16 | Florida State | 5-1 | 547 | 23 |
| 17 | Arizona | 4-1 | 472 | 9 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 5-1 | 410 | 20 |
| 19 | Nevada | 6-0 | 376 | 21 |
| 20 | Oklahoma State | 5-0 | 348 | 22 |
| 21 | Missouri | 5-0 | 298 | 24 |
| 22 | Florida | 4-2 | 209 | 14 |
| 23 | Air Force | 5-1 | 187 | 25 |
| 24 | Oregon State | 3-2 | 186 | NR |
| 25 | West Virginia | 4-1 | 141 | NR |