SportsHoopla top 25 week 8 discussion thread

[Nate]

worst poll i've seen yet. lol if you think fresno state, northern illinois, miami, or texas tech have accomplished anywhere near as much as missouri. and central florida 8 spots ahead of auburn? lol. i'd love to see you bet ball state to beat LSU, Auburn, and South Carolina on neutral fields.

 

[uncfan103]

But seriously, why do you have Auburn behind UCF, Ball State, Oregon State and Louisville? Do you have a reason?

 

[Nate]

But seriously, why do you have Auburn behind UCF, Ball State, Oregon State and Louisville? Do you have a reason?

This is one I can't explain...

Call it an oversight.

 

[olympicoscar]

1. Bama
2. Oregon
3. FSU
4. Ohio St
5. Baylor
6. Miami FL
7. Missouri
8. Stanford
9. Texas Tech
10. Auburn
11. Michigan
12. OU
13. Michigan St
14. Virginia Tech
15. Fresno St
16. Oregon St
17. UCLA
18. UCF
19. Nebraska
20. LSU
21. Northern Illinois
22. Louisville
23. Wisconsin
24. Norte Dame
25. Texas

Since you are the first one I will critique yours.

Eliminate Notre Dame, Texas, and Michigan. I would not have eliminated Clemson. I have them 10th. Michigan St maybe but no more than 24th. Stanford deserves to be 5th based on playing a much tougher schedule. OU is ranked too high, I have them 19th.

 

[HizzleRocker]

But seriously, why do you have Auburn behind UCF, Ball State, Oregon State and Louisville? Do you have a reason?

You can make a case for UCF, maybe even Louisville, imo. Oregon State is looking better, but not above Auburn.

Ball State is the head scratcher. They lost to North Texas.

 

[ckhokie]

Discuss: Week 8 Top 25 voting

2 things to start:

Smart still not reconginzing Wisky's loss, and ranking them top 10 (something no B1G team should be)

VT at 6-1 still isn't good enough to make Boisestatefan's poll.

 

[Bamabino]

Fresno State made two posters' top 10.

 

[24seven]

Merged.

 

[ckhokie]

Merged.

Thanks. I even looked for one, but didn't see it

 

[uncfan103]

Fresno State made two posters' top 10.

three once i post mine

 

[Nate]

three once i post mine

 

[Bamabino]

three once i post mine

Yeah right. They beat Boise(blownout by mediocre Washington) at home by 1 and who else.

 

[HizzleRocker]

Posted by Sakau:

1. Alabama
2. Florida State
3. Oregon (Gotta give FSU the edge here because they've killed a good team)
4. Missouri
5. Baylor
6. Ohio State
7. Stanford
8. LSU
9. Texas Tech
10. Auburn
11. Miami
12. Clemson
13. UCLA
14. Virginia Tech
15. Texas A&M
16. Oklahoma
17. South Carolina
18. Oklahoma State
19. Fresno State
20. Georgia
21. Michigan
22. Michigan State
23. Northern Illinois
24. Central Florida
25. Nebraska

 

[uncfan103]

Yeah right. They beat Boise(blownout by mediocre Washington) at home by 1 and who else.

Where did you have Louisville ranked last week?

 

[The Crimson King]

I would say both get the same amount of points for the slot and you divide points for 15th and 16th place. i have voted a tie before but i didnt tally the votes so i have no idea what the poll counter did.

I just split it and dropped the half points.

And red alert has posted 28 teams

 

[Red_Alert]

I just split it and dropped the half points.

And red alert has posted 28 teams

fifm

sorry about that

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

2 things to start:

Smart still not reconginzing Wisky's loss, and ranking them top 10 (something no B1G team should be)

VT at 6-1 still isn't good enough to make Boisestatefan's poll.

Probably has a lot to do with that loss to a terrible Alabama team. Maybe it's the fact the defense held ECU to 10 points and GT to 10 points, two very high scoring offenses. I guess it could be the fact we have played teams that are a collective 25-14 this season.

 

[Clayton]

So funny to see people rank FSU #1 after their one win over an overrated Clemson team.

So funny to see people rank Oregon #1 after their one win over an overrated Washington team.

So funny to see people rank Alabama #1 after their one win over an overrated Texas A&M team


Florida St earned their #1 ranking, imo. The season still has a long way to go.

Also, I agree with a lot of Smarts posts but Wisconsin in the top 10 reeks of homer glasses even if you just remove the Arizona St game from the equation.

 

[Smart]

Also, I agree with a lot of Smarts posts but Wisconsin in the top 10 reeks of homer glasses even if you just remove the Arizona St game from the equation.

A 7 point true road loss where we outgained a top 5 team.

A one-point home win over a team whose only other losses were coin-flip road games against top 25 teams (And yes, the ND game was in Texas, but it was about 65% ND fans).

Five blowout wins.

Which teams that I ranked below us have better resumes? The Clemson team that lost by 40? Uh, no. The UCF team that lost at home? Uh, no. The Virginia Tech team whose best win (at East Carolina) is worse than ours and who lost by more than us? No. Who?

 

[Red_Alert]

A 7 point true road loss where we outgained a top 5 team.

A one-point home win over a team whose only other losses were coin-flip road games against top 25 teams (And yes, the ND game was in Texas, but it was about 65% ND fans).

Five blowout wins.

Which teams that I ranked below us have better resumes? The Clemson team that lost by 40? Uh, no. The UCF team that lost at home? Uh, no. The Virginia Tech team whose best win (at East Carolina) is worse than ours and who lost by more than us? No. Who?