Week 5 Sportshoopla Top 25

[Volbound1700]

1. Alabama (23) - 597 points
2. Oregon - 551 points
3. Florida State - 530 points
4. Louisiana State - 507 points
5. Georgia - 482 points
6. Kansas State (1) - 466 points
7. South Carolina - 458 points
8. West Virginia - 411 points
9. Notre Dame - 385 points
10. Stanford - 364 points
11. Florida - 345 points
12. Texas - 324 points
13. Texas Christian - 300 points
14. Southern California - 219 points
15. Ohio State - 219 points
16. Oregon State - 192 points
17. Clemson - 186 points
18. Oklahoma - 172 points
19. Louisville - 166 points
20. Mississippi State - 133 points
21. Rutgers - 125 points
22. Northwestern -117 points
23. Baylor - 106 points
24. Michigan State - 70 points
25. Nebraska - 69 points


Also recieving votes:

Iowa State (46 points), Cincinnati (44 points), Ohio (39 points), Minnesota (36 points), Louisiana Tech (27 points), Boise State (19 points), UCLA (17 points), Virginia Tech (12 points), Oklahoma State (9 points), Washington (9 points), Arizona State (8 points), Tennessee (8 points), Texas A&M (7 points), Wisconsin (4 points), Western Kentucky (3 points), Purdue (2 points), Arizona (2 points)

 

[Volbound1700]

List of Voters:

SeeYouNT
ForkemBucky
yeodonie
OregonDucks
Smart
uncfan103
Nate
UTVolCountry
HoHumHokie
24seven
Cane
Ony Crimson
Volbound1700
NDHooisers101
LSUfanFloridaAlumni
Edisto Tiger
rolltide14 0
Black House
nolehusker
rmilia1
Ballboy534
REAL Harrison
olympicoscar
Brasky

 

[Volbound1700]

Number of voters continues to dwindle. Likely because fans are leaving the forums when their teams lose.

 

[OnlyCrimson]

Looks like a solid poll to me

 

[SeeYouNT]

Number of voters continues to dwindle. Likely because fans are leaving the forums when their teams lose.

Damn fair weather fans.

 

[HawkeyeHater]

I shall start voting next week....


LOL @ early season polls

 

[Ballboy534]

Looks good to me; well done sirs, well done

Except for the person that voted KSU at number one

 

[nolehusker]

I believe the was 24seven. He uses a model that takes a teams quality of wins and what not and puts them further up. Since they have had the best win this season so far, that's where his model put them.

 

[rmilia1]

I have no problem with KSU being number 1 ( although I had them 6th). A thorough thrashing of Miami and a road win over a top team at the toughest place in CFB to accomplish a road win is enough to justify a number 1 ranking. No other team has a better win.

 

[Ballboy534]

I believe the was 24seven. He uses a model that takes a teams quality of wins and what not and puts them further up. Since they have had the best win this season so far, that's where his model put them.

Leave it to a cock to use some cockamamey scheme...

I have no problem with KSU being number 1 ( although I had them 6th). A thorough thrashing of Miami and a road win over a top team at the toughest place in CFB to accomplish a road win is enough to justify a number 1 ranking. No other team has a better win.

True; just depends on how you "rank" teams.

 

[rmilia1]

Leave it to a cock to use some cockamamey scheme...



True; just depends on how you "rank" teams.

Yeah ranking teams is each mans opinion. Of course we probably all should rank teams ONLY based on who theyve played, who theyve beat and who theyve lost to as opposed to the analysts favorite the "eyeball test" ( talk about stupid) but the problem is that we really dont know how good any of these teams are this year yet. We can assume that winning at Oklahoma is a great win but if OU goes 6-6 then it wasnt really all that great was it?? We can assume that ND beating Michigan State is a great win but if Sparty goes 7-5 then was it really that good?? We can assume alot of things this early but it doesnt really mean shit. That of course is the problem with pre-season rankings. My team gets a ton of credit for beating a number 5 ranked Texas team early in the year that ends up 7-5 or gets no credit for beating an unranked Iowa State team that ends up 10-2 etc etc.

 

[TigerBait1971]

S E C ! ! !

 

[24seven]

Yeah ranking teams is each mans opinion. Of course we probably all should rank teams ONLY based on who theyve played, who theyve beat and who theyve lost to as opposed to the analysts favorite the "eyeball test" ( talk about stupid) but the problem is that we really dont know how good any of these teams are this year yet. We can assume that winning at Oklahoma is a great win but if OU goes 6-6 then it wasnt really all that great was it?? We can assume that ND beating Michigan State is a great win but if Sparty goes 7-5 then was it really that good?? We can assume alot of things this early but it doesnt really mean shit. That of course is the problem with pre-season rankings. My team gets a ton of credit for beating a number 5 ranked Texas team early in the year that ends up 7-5 or gets no credit for beating an unranked Iowa State team that ends up 10-2 etc etc.

This is why I start fresh each week and disregard wins over no-longer-ranked teams. My rankings are not a prediction of final results, just a chart of current status (a leaderboard, sort of). So, yes, they will become more accurate as more data is produced by teams revealing themselves (instead of depending on factors like when my gf is on her period, or how drunk I am, or what Nick Saban's horoscope says, etc.).



BTW, did I mention your wife's tits?

 

[TigerBait1971]

T I T S ! ! !

 

[UTVolCountry]

T I T an S ! ! !

 

[uncfan103]

Yeah ranking teams is each mans opinion. Of course we probably all should rank teams ONLY based on who theyve played, who theyve beat and who theyve lost to as opposed to the analysts favorite the "eyeball test" ( talk about stupid) but the problem is that we really dont know how good any of these teams are this year yet. We can assume that winning at Oklahoma is a great win but if OU goes 6-6 then it wasnt really all that great was it?? We can assume that ND beating Michigan State is a great win but if Sparty goes 7-5 then was it really that good?? We can assume alot of things this early but it doesnt really mean shit. That of course is the problem with pre-season rankings. My team gets a ton of credit for beating a number 5 ranked Texas team early in the year that ends up 7-5 or gets no credit for beating an unranked Iowa State team that ends up 10-2 etc etc.

I was going to rep, and then remembered it was gone. Good post.

 

[Volbound1700]

I don't see a problem with KSU being # 1 after winning in Norman and destroying Miami.

Although Alabama was # 1 in my poll any of these other teams could have a case for # 1after their play so far:

Oregon, Georgia, Kansas State, Florida State, Texas, Stanford, Florida, LSU, and South Carolina

 

[yeodonie]

Looks good. Good job Vol

 

[GunsUp_ShootinBlanks]

Surely you didn't confuse us with those :hdn: down in Collie Station..

 

[Volbound1700]

Surely you didn't confuse us with those :hdn: down in Collie Station..

No Texas A&M got votes from LSUfanFloridaAlumni.

Sorry you guys had 23 points, I forgot to put it in there.