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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Top 25 Update

Starting this week, I'll be posting my own top 25 in addition to predicting what the AP voters will think.
(teams that lost crossed out, teams with big wins in green, and team with bad wins in red)
update: actual rankings in parentheses -- I was within one spot on 23/32 and only missed by more than two on Auburn


Previous

Projected

My Rankings
1.
Florida

1.
Florida (1)

1.
Florida
2.
Texas

2.
Alabama (2)

2.
Alabama
3.
Alabama

3.
Texas (3)

3.
Texas
4.
LSU

4.
VaTech (4)

4.
VaTech
5.
VaTech

5.
USC (6)

5.
USC
6.
Boise St.

6.
Boise St. (5)

6.
Cincy
7.
USC

7.
Cincy (8)

7.
Ohio St.
8.
Cincy

8.
LSU (10)

8.
TCU
9.
Ohio St.

9.
Ohio St. (7)

9.
Iowa
10.
TCU

10.
TCU (12)

10.
Nebraska
11.
Miami

11.
Miami (9)

11.
Penn St.
12.
Iowa

12.
Iowa (11)

12.
Miami
13.
Oregon

13.
Oregon (13)

13.
LSU
14.
Penn St.

14.
Penn St. (14)

14.
Boise St.
15.
OK St.

15.
Nebraska (15)

15.
Houston
16.
Kansas

16.
OK St. (16)

16.
BYU
17.
Auburn

17.
Kansas (17)

17.
Oklahoma
18.
BYU

18.
BYU (18)

18.
GA Tech
18.
Oklahoma

19.
Oklahoma (19)

19.
Oregon
20.
Ole Miss

20.
GA Tech (20)

20.
S. Florida
21.
Nebraska

21.
S. Florida (21)

21.
S. Carolina
22.
GA Tech

22.
S. Carolina (22)

22.
OK St.
23.
S. Florida

23.
Houston (23)

23.
Kansas
24.
Missouri

24.
Auburn (27)

24.
Auburn
25.
S. Carolina

25.
Utah (24)

25.
West Virginia
26.
Wisconsin

26.
W. Virginia (28)

26.
Notre Dame
27.
Houston

27.
N. Dame (25)

27.
Utah
28.
Georgia

28.
Pitt (26)

28.
Pitt
29.
Stanford

29.
Wisconsin (30)

29.
Wisconsin
30.
Utah

30.
Missouri (31)

30.
Ole Miss
31.
Michigan

31.
Ole Miss (29)



32.
Boston Coll.

32.
Arkansas (32)



33.
Notre Dame








games between top 25 teams next week:

Oklahoma at Texas
S. Carolina at Alabama
VaTech at GA Tech
Cincinnati at S. Florida

other losable games for top 25 teams:

Arkansas at Florida
Boise St. at Tulsa
USC at Notre Dame
Iowa at Wisconsin
Missouri at OK State
Kansas at Colorado
Texas Tech at Nebraska
Utah at Air Force

update: other random thoughts
-I was impressed with how well I did on 23-32 given the number of teams that lost at the bottom of the rankings this week

-The 13-3 loss to Florida is now LSU's most impressive game -- which isn't saying much for a top ten team

-I thought Iowa might jump up in the rankings, but I suppose winning by two points at home against an inconsistent Michigan team that turned the ball over 5 teams isn't really all that impressive.  But if they win next week at Wisconsin, they deserve to be ahead of at least LSU and Miami

-I'm starting to wonder if VaTech and Miami are that good, or if the ACC is that bad

-It's pretty clear that the Big East has fewer elite teams than any other BCS conference, but I think they also have fewer bad teams.  Is any team other than Syracuse even below average?

2 comments:

Stephen Lentz said...

Uh, Louisville is below average. And for the record, I believe Syracuse is an above average team. Didn't you see them at Madison Square Garden last March? Awesome!

Corey Bunje Bower said...

Louisville . . . good point

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