SportsHoopla Top 25 Week 2 2015

[The Crimson King]

SportsHoopla Top 25 Week 2
First place votes in parentheses

1. Ohio State - 771 (27)
2. Alabama - 733 (2)
3. Notre Dame - 616
4. TCU - 611 (2)
5. Michigan State - 595
6. USC - 580
7. Baylor - 565
8. Oregon - 519
9. Auburn - 513
10. UCLA - 503
11. Georgia - 490
12. Clemson - 412
13. Florida State - 404
14. Georgia Tech - 377
15. Ole Miss - 346
16. Texas A&M - 297
17. Oklahoma - 292
18. LSU - 238
19. Boise State - 201
20. Arkansas - 197
21. Utah - 141
22. Missouri - 103
23. Arizona - 94
24. Tennessee - 93
25. BYU - 90

Dropped from rankings: Arizona State 15, Wisconsin 18, Stanford 21

Others receiving votes: Northwestern 61, Oklahoma State 36, West Virginia 36, Wisconsin 26, Mississippi State 23, Temple 21, Arizona State 17, California 16, Kansas State 15, Cincinnati 11, Western Kentucky 10, South Carolina 8, Florida 5, Stanford 5, Colorado State 2, Minnesota 1, North Carolina State 1, South Florida 1

 

[The Crimson King]

Vs last Week

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

NR. Arizona State (11)


Moved Up (# of spots)
Moved Down (# of spots)

Biggest movers in Bold

Preseason Top 25

 

[4down20]

9 SEC teams.

Sportshoopla biased!

 

[The Crimson King]

9 SEC teams.

Sportshoopla biased!

Nice to see we weren't dumb enough to put Miss St in there

 

[The Crimson King]

Biggest Outliers
BYU #6 by @rmilia1
Oregon NR by @rmilia1

 

[uncfan103]

Boise not moving up is odd. I wish northwestern would've made it in over some of these teams that haven't done anything yet (Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, lsu, Fsu, Clemson, etc.)

 

[Smart]

So a 7 point home win over a Michigan team that is well outside the top 25, in a game where the MI QB missed like six open deep TD passes and threw a pick six, is worthy of a jump to 20?

People bitch about weak OOC scheduling but then they reward shitty wins while punishing losses against great teams. There is simply no way in hell Utah played better than we did last week, nor is there any way in hell they played like a top 20 team.

 

[Smart]

Or better yet, how can anyone justify Minnesota behind Utah based on last week. To do so, you have to find TCU is not 14 points better than Michigan. And anyone who saw those games on Thursday knows TCU wins by 35+ if they play on a neutral field.

Silly Minnesota and their hard OOC scheduling. A 7 point win over Boston College would have been smarter.

 

[ericd7633]

Or better yet, how can anyone justify Minnesota behind Utah based on last week. To do so, you have to find TCU is not 14 points better than Michigan. And anyone who saw those games on Thursday knows TCU wins by 35+ if they play on a neutral field.

Silly Minnesota and their hard OOC scheduling. A 7 point win over Boston College would have been smarter.

TCU played poorly, I put that more on TCU than Minnesota. Based on what I watched, Minnesota was fortunate to be in that game. I never thought for a second that Minnesota was going to win. Also, if Utah and Minnesota played on a neutral field, I'd pick Utah.

 

[ericd7633]

So a 7 point home win over a Michigan team that is well outside the top 25, in a game where the MI QB missed like six open deep TD passes and threw a pick six, is worthy of a jump to 20?

People bitch about weak OOC scheduling but then they reward shitty wins while punishing losses against great teams. There is simply no way in hell Utah played better than we did last week, nor is there any way in hell they played like a top 20 team.

Wisconsin didn't exactly look good against Bama. Down by 25 mid-way through the 4th Qtr.

 

[ericd7633]

Biggest Outliers
BYU #6 by @rmilia1
Oregon NR by @rmilia1

One of the dumbest top 25's I've ever seen.

 

[rmilia1]

Biggest Outliers
BYU #6 by @rmilia1
Oregon NR by @rmilia1

Im going to try and rank teams this year based off only what they have done this year so far. Its tough to not let preseason bias and last years results come in to play a little but BYU got a really solid road win and Oregon gave up 42 to a FCS team at home... If I am going to try and be non biased then I cannot rank the Ducks right now. They certainly didnt have one of the 25 best results from the opening week

 

[rmilia1]

One of the dumbest top 25's I've ever seen.

Why?? If YOU want to use preseason expectations to rank teams then go for it/ Whats wrong with using this season and its results ONLY to rank teams?? Isnt that actually what people SHOULD do??

 

[ericd7633]

Why?? If YOU want to use preseason expectations to rank teams then go for it/ Whats wrong with using this season and its results ONLY to rank teams?? Isnt that actually what people SHOULD do??

No, it's stupid. For one you think winning a road game against SMU(who's awful) is more difficult than beating Stanford, Louisville, Texas, UVA and Washington. And if you're doing it that way, where's FIU? They beat Central Florida on the road, who's a hell of a lot better than SMU is. Or where's Hawaii? Beat a P5 school. Or South Dakota State? Much like WKU, they went on the road and beat a P5 school. Or Portland State? That's why it's dumb.

 

[tabascojet]

Im going to try and rank teams this year based off only what they have done this year so far. Its tough to not let preseason bias and last years results come in to play a little but BYU got a really solid road win and Oregon gave up 42 to a FCS team at home... If I am going to try and be non biased then I cannot rank the Ducks right now. They certainly didnt have one of the 25 best results from the opening week

Why?? If YOU want to use preseason expectations to rank teams then go for it/ Whats wrong with using this season and its results ONLY to rank teams?? Isnt that actually what people SHOULD do??

- byu got a miracle win against an unranked team and that deserves top 6?
- equating all fcs teams as inferior to all fbs teams is just as biased as those you proclaim not to use. ewu has proved they are a good football team no matter what division they are in.
- you rant against using preseason bias but yet hold more weight for teams that beat schools that are living of years of past success. ie valuing a win over this years penn st or stanford the same as if they were top 5 teams from yesteryear.

your ridiculous poll was counted but just stop trying to defend already......

 

[rmilia1]

No, it's stupid. For one you think winning a road game against SMU(who's awful) is more difficult than beating Stanford, Louisville, Texas, UVA and Washington. And if you're doing it that way, where's FIU? They beat Central Florida on the road, who's a hell of a lot better than SMU is. Or where's Hawaii? Beat a P5 school. Or South Dakota State? Much like WKU, they went on the road and beat a P5 school. Or Portland State? That's why it's dumb.

Well I said doing it without bias is tough and youre probably right, Baylor is probably too high if I am doing it like I said. Like I said, bias is tough to forget

 

[rmilia1]

- byu got a miracle win against an unranked team and that deserves top 6?
- equating all fcs teams as inferior to all fbs teams is just as biased as those you proclaim not to use. ewu has proved they are a good football team no matter what division they are in.
- you rant against using preseason bias but yet hold more weight for teams that beat schools that are living of years of past success. ie valuing a win over this years penn st or stanford the same as if they were top 5 teams from yesteryear.

your ridiculous poll was counted but just stop trying to defend already......

I dont consider anyone to be ranked before game 1. You guys always get your panties twisted over someone trying to do things different at the start but at the END of the year everyone bemoans preseason rtanking bias and " thats why so and so is still ranked or why team A is still ranked above team B"... you cant have it both ways. Im just trying something different so get over it. And I value wins over PSU and Stanford because they are P5 wins. Nothing other than that

 

[ericd7633]

Well I said doing it without bias is tough and youre probably right, Baylor is probably too high if I am doing it like I said. Like I said, bias is tough to forget

So if FIU beats IU this weekend, they're going to be in your top 5 right? Road win over a P5 team and over Central Florida(who's better than SMU)

 

[tabascojet]

I dont consider anyone to be ranked before game 1. You guys always get your panties twisted over someone trying to do things different at the start but at the END of the year everyone bemoans preseason rtanking bias and " thats why so and so is still ranked or why team A is still ranked above team B"... you cant have it both ways. Im just trying something different so get over it. And I value wins over PSU and Stanford because they are P5 wins. Nothing other than that

i could care less about your poll but defending it like you are unbiased is dumb.

 

[rmilia1]

So if FIU beats IU this weekend, they're going to be in your top 5 right? Road win over a P5 team and over Central Florida(who's better than SMU)

Theyll be ranked for sure Im guessing, obviously depends on what else happens this weekend. Im sure by years end theyll be 6-6 and it wont matter