We are starting to hit the stretch run of the season. There are still a lot of big games to go before the BCS and bowl pairings get announced.

Submissions are due in by 6pm Central on Thursday, Oct. 25th.

Here is how last week's poll fared:

Team Rec. Weekend Result
1. Ohio State 8-0 beat Michigan State 24-17
2. South Florida 6-1 lost to Rutgers 30-27
3. Boston College 7-0 Bye
4. LSU 7-1 beat #18 Auburn 30-24
5. Oklahoma 7-1 beat Iowa State 17-7
6. South Carolina 6-2 lost to Vanderbilt
7. Oregon 6-1 beat Washington 55-34
8. Arizona State 7-0 Bye
9. West Virginia 6-1 beat Mississippi State 38-13
10. Kentucky 6-2 lost to #15 Florida 45-37
11. California 5-2 lost to UCLA 30-21
12. Kansas 7-0 beat Colorado 19-14
T13. USC 6-1 beat Notre Dame 38-0
T13. Virginia Tech 6-1 Bye
15. Florida 5-2 beat #10 Kentucky 45-37
16. Missouri 6-1 beat #19 Texas Tech 41-10
17. Hawaii 7-0 Bye
18. Auburn 5-3 lost to #4 LSU 30-24
19. Texas Tech 6-2 lost to #16 Missouri 41-10
20. Cincinnati 6-2 lost to Pittsburgh 24-17
21. Texas 6-2 beat Baylor 31-10
22. Virginia 7-1 beat Maryland 18-17
23. Michigan 6-2 beat Illinois 27-17
24. Tennessee 4-3 lost to Alabama 41-17
25. Georgia 5-2 Bye

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 294pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=392 border=0><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 294pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 14336" width=392><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 294pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=392 height=17>1. Ohio State (1)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>2. Oregon (3)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>3. Arizona State (5)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>4. Boston College (6)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>5. Kansas (11)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>6. LSU (8)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>7. South Florida (2)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>8. Oklahoma (4)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>9. Virginia Tech (10)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>10. Missouri (12)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>11. West Virginia (15)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>12. Hawaii (13)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>13. Florida (16)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>14. Kentucky (7)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>15. USC (17)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>16. Virginia (22)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>17. Alabama (23)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>18. Texas (25)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>19. South Carolina (9)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>20. Boise State (21)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>21. Auburn (18)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>22. Connecticut (NR)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>23. UCLA (NR)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>24. Rutgers (NR)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>25. California (14)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl65 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>Dropped out: (19) Cincinnati, (20) Tennessee, (24) Kansas State</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Ohio State
Boston College
Oklahoma
Oregon
Louisiana State
Southern California
West Virginia
Arizona State
Florida
Kansas
Virginia Tech
South Florida
South Carolina
Missouri
Texas
Michigan
Hawaii
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Virginia
Auburn
UCLA
California
Connecticut
Penn State

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. Oklahoma
4. West Virginia
5. LSU
6. South Florida
7. Oregon
8. USC
9. Arizona State
10. Florida
11. Kansas
12. Missouri
13. Virginia Tech
14. Michigan
15. Texas
16. Hawaii
17. Virginia
18. Auburn
19. South Carolina
20. Kentucky
21. Rutgers
22. Connecticut
23. Boise State
24. UCLA
25. Illinois

1. Ohio State (2)
2. Boston College (3)
3. Arizona State (4)
4. Kansas (5)
5. LSU (7)
6. South Florida (1)
7. Missouri (11)
8. Oregon (12)
9. Virginia (17)
10. Oklahoma (9)
11. Virginia Tech (13)
12. Connecticut (19)
13. West Virginia (10)
14. Southern Cal (20)
15. Hawaii (16)
16. Florida (NR)
17. Kentucky (6)
18. Georgia (23)
19. Michigan (NR)
20. Rutgers (NR)
21. Wake Forest (25)
22. Clemson (NR)
23. Texas Tech (18)
24. South Carolina (8)
25. Texas (22)

Dropped out: California, Cincinatti, Auburn, Texas AM

Ohio St.
Boston College
LSU
Kansas
Arizona St.
South Florida
West Virginia
Oregon
Florida
Virginia Tech
Oklahoma
Missouri
South Carolina
Kentucky
Auburn
Virginia
Connecticut
Georgia
Alabama
Michigan
Rutgers
Southern Cal
Wake Forest
California
Penn St.

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. Arizona State
4. Oregon
5. South Florida
6. LSU
7. West Virginia
8. Kansas
9. Oklahoma
10. USC
11. Hawaii
12. Virginia Tech
13. Virginia
14. California
15. Florida
16. Kentucky
17. Missouri
18. South Carolina
19. Texas
20. Georgia
21. Penn State
22. Cincinnati
23. Texas Tech
24. Boise State
25. Alabama

Disclaimer:

This Saturday I had dental work done that knocked me out for about 18 hours Saturday and therefore I only saw the USC game which I recorded. All other voting is influenced strictly by boxscores this week:


1. Ohio State (1)
2. Boston College (2)
3. Arizona State (4)
4. LSU (5)
5. Oklahoma (8)
6. Kansas (7)
7. Oregon (11)
8. Missouri (9)
9. USC (12)
10. South Florida (3)
11. West Virginia (14)
12. Florida (17)
13. Cal (6)
14. Kentucky (10)
15. Virginia Tech (15)
16. Hawaii (16)
17. South Carolina (13)
18. Texas (18)
19. Michigan (24)
20. Alabama (23)
21. Auburn (19)
22. Virginia (21)
23. Georgia (NR)
24. Rutgers (NR)
25. Connecticut (NR)

Dropped: Texas Tech, Tennessee, Cincinnati

1. Ohio State
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
5. Virginia Tech
6. Boston College
7. Oregon
8. West Virginia
9. USC
10. Missouri
11. South Carolina
12. Michigan
13. Kansas
14. Rutgers
15. Virginia
16. South Florida
17. Texas
18. Hawaii
19. Alabama
20. Arizona State
21. Auburn
22. UCLA
23. California
24. Troy
25. BYU

Rk LW
1 1 Ohio State (8-0)
2 2 Boston College (6-0)
3 4 LSU (7-1)
4 6 Oklahoma (7-1)
5 9 Oregon (6-1)
6 10 USC (6-1)
7 11 West Virginia (6-1)
8 12 VA Tech (6-1)
9 13 Arizona State (7-0)
10 14 Florida (5-2)
11 3 South Florida (6-1)
12 15 Missouri (6-1)
13 16 Kansas (7-0)
14 7 Kentucky (5-2)
15 18 Texas (6-2)
16 5 South Carolina (6-2)
17 19 Hawaii (7-0)
18 23 Alabama (6-2)
19 25 Penn St. (6-2)
20 22 Virginia (7-1)
21 8 Cal (5-2)
22 NR Connecticut (6-1)
23 NR Rutgers
24 NR Georgia (5-2)

Mike1409,

Can you reformat your post? I'm afraid it is gonna cause my parser to choke. It is expecting to see something like 1. Teamname or 2) Teamname. The parser looks for the number then a delimiter and space, then the team name. Any extra info like last week's ranking or their record needs to come after the teamname.

1. Ohio State 8-0 (Previous 1)
2. LSU 7-1 (3)
3. Oklahoma 7-1 (6)
4. Arizona State 7-0 (7)
5. Boston College 7-0 (8)
6. Oregon 6-1 (10)
7. Florida 5-2 (11)
8. South Florida 6-1 (2)
9. West Virginia 6-1 (12)
10. Missouri 6-1 (16)
11. Kentucky 6-2 (5)
12. Kansas 7-0 (14)
13. Virginia Tech 6-1 (13)
14. USC 6-1 (15)
15. South Carolina 6-2 (4)
16. Georgia 5-2 (17)
17. Hawaii 7-0 (19)
18. Texas 5-2 (25)
19. California 5-2 (9)
20. Virginia 6-1 (UR)
21. Auburn 5-3 (18)
22. Michigan 6-2 (UR)
23. Penn Sate 6-2 (UR)
24. Rutgers 5-2 (UR)
25. Alabama 6-2 (UR)

Dropped: Texas Tech (20), Kansas State (21), Tennessee (22), Cincinnati (23), and Illinois (24)

1. Ohio State (1)
2. Louisiana State (4)
3. Oregon (7)
4. Oklahoma (3)
5. Boston College (5)
6. Arizona State (11)
7. Kansas (17)
8. South Florida (2)
9. West Virginia (9)
10. Florida (12)
11. Virginia Tech (13)
12. Southern California (14)
13. Missouri (16)
14. South Carolina (8)
15. Michigan (24)
16. Kentucky (10)
17. Penn State (20)
18. Virginia (21)
19. California (6)
20. Texas (22)
21. Rutgers (NR)
22. Auburn (15)
23. Hawaii (23)
24. Connecticut (NR)
25. Wake Forest (NR)

Dropped Out:
Illinois (18)
Cincinnati (19)
Florida State (25)

Mike1409,

Can you reformat your post? I'm afraid it is gonna cause my parser to choke. It is expecting to see something like 1. Teamname or 2) Teamname. The parser looks for the number then a delimiter and space, then the team name. Any extra info like last week's ranking or their record needs to come after the teamname.


Will do, sorry bout that.

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. Arizona State
4. LSU
5. Oklahoma
6. West Virginia
7. Virginia Tech
8. Oregon
9. USC
10. Kansas
11. Missouri
12. Hawaii
13. South Florida
14. Texas
15. Florida
16. California
17. Rutgers
18. Virginia
19. Penn State
20. Boise State
21. Texas Tech
22. South Carolina
23. Kentucky
24. Connecticut
25. Air Force

1 Ohio State (8-0)
2 Boston College (6-0)
3 LSU (7-1)
4 Oklahoma (7-1)
5 Oregon (6-1)
6 USC (6-1)
7 West Virginia (6-1)
8 VA Tech (6-1)
9 Arizona State (7-0)
10 Florida (5-2)
11 South Florida (6-1)
12 Missouri (6-1)
13 Kansas (7-0)
14 Kentucky (5-2)
15 Texas (6-2)
16 South Carolina (6-2)
17 Hawaii (7-0)
18 Alabama (6-2)
19 Penn St. (6-2)
20 Virginia (7-1)
21 Cal (5-2)
22 Connecticut (6-1)
23 Rutgers
24 Georgia (5-2)
25 Illinois (5-3)

Im not sure I am capable of voting...
I have no clue


Right now my top 25 includes Dukee, Vanderbilt and FAU...and Im not sure why

1. Ohio State
2. LSU
3. Oregon
4. Boston College
5. West Virginia
6. Oklahoma
7. Virginia Tech
8. Florida
9. Arizona State
10. USC
11. Kansas
12. Missouri
13. South Florida
14. Kentucky
15. Michigan
16. Virginia
17. South Carolina
18. Texas
19. Penn State
20. Hawaii
21. Rutgers
22. Alabama
23. Georgia
24. California
25. Auburn

1. Ohio State (1)
2. Boston College (2)
3. Oklahoma (4)
4. West Virginia (5)
5. Oregon (7)
6. USC (8)
7. LSU (10)
8. Arizona State (11)
9. Florida (13)
10. Virginia Tech (12)
11. Hawaii (14)
12. Kansas (16)
13. Missouri (17)
14. South Florida (3)
15. Texas (18)
16. Virginia (21)
17. Georgia (20)
18. South Carolina (6)
19. Kentucky (9)
20. Boise State (25)
21. Michigan (NR)
22. Alabama (NR)
23. Penn State (NR)
24. California (15)
25. Connecticut (NR)


Dropped Out: Auburn (19), Texas Tech (22), Tennessee (23), Cincinnati (24)

Here's the Top 25 from Solecismic's Football Frontier:

1. LSU
2. South Florida
3. Arizona State
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Boston College
7. Oklahoma
8. Kansas
9. Florida
10. West Virginia
11. Kentucky
12. Missouri
13. Michigan
14. Virginia Tech
15. Rutgers
16. Penn State
17. Oklahoma State
18. USC
19. Alabama
20. Auburn
21. Connecticut
22. Georgia Tech
23. Georgia
24. Illinois
25. Virginia

Here's my Top 25:

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. LSU
4. West Virginia
5. Arizona State
6. South Florida
7. Oregon
8. Oklahoma
9. Virginia Tech
10. South Carolina
11. Kansas
12. Florida
13. Missouri
14. USC
15. Texas
16. Kentucky
17. Hawaii
18. Virginia
19. Georgia
20. Michigan
21. Alabama
22. Penn State
23. Rutgers
24. Boise State
25. California

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. Arizona State
4. LSU
5. Kansas
6. Oregon
7. West Virgina
8. Virgina Tech
9. Virgina
10. Oklahoma
11. South Florida
12. USC
13. Missouri
14. Hawaii
15. Michigan
16. Florida
17. Kentucky
18. South Carolina
19. Texas
20. Connecticut
21. Alabama
22. Georgia
23. Penn State
24. Wisconsini
25. Rutgers

1. Louisiana State(3)
2. Ohio State (4)
3. Oregon (5)
4. Arizona State (9)
5. Oklahoma (2)
6. Boston College (6)
7. Florida (11)
8. West Virginia (7)
9. Southern Cal (12)
10. Kansas (13)
11. Missouri (14)
12. South Florida (1)
13. Virginia Tech (16)
14. Kentucky (10)
15. South Carolina (8)
16. Georgia (20)
17. Auburn (17)
18. Michigan (22)
19. Texas (23)
20. Virginia (25)
21. Alabama (NR)
22. California (15)
23. Hawaii (24)
24. Rutgers (NR)
25. UCLA (NR)

1. Ohio State (8-0)
2. LSU (7-1)
3. Oklahoma (7-1)
4. Florida (5-2)
5. Arizona State (7-0)
6. Missouri (6-1)
7. Oregon (6-1)
8. Boston College (7-0)
9. South Florida (6-1)
10. West Virginia (6-1)
11. Kansas (7-0)
12. California (5-2)
13. Michigan (6-2)
14. Auburn (5-3)
15. South Carolina (6-2)
16. Kentucky (6-2)
17. USC (6-1)
18. Virginia Tech (6-1)
19. Rutgers (5-2)
20. Alabama (6-2)
21. Tennessee (4-3)
22. Virginia (7-1)
23. Georgia (5-2)
24. Texas (6-2)
25. Texas Tech (6-2)

Here's just a general question since I don't vote, but why would anyone vote for UConn? They've beated Akron, Maine, Duke, Temple, Pitt and UL. The only decent team they faced (Virginia) they lost. The only reason they beat UL was because they cheated. I noticed them getting some love in polling community (not just this site) and I have no idea why.

1. Arizona State
2. Ohio State
3. Kansas
4. Boston College
5. LSU
6. Oklahoma
7. South Florida
8. Oregon
9. West Virginia
10. Southern Cal
11. Virginia Tech
12. Hawaii
13. Missouri
14. Virginia
15. Florida
16. Connecticut
17. Kentucky
18. Michigan
19. Alabama
20. California
21. South Carolina
22. Boise State
23. Texas
24. Rutgers
25. Penn State
Dropping Out: Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Auburn, Maryland

Here's just a general question since I don't vote, but why would anyone vote for UConn? They've beated Akron, Maine, Duke, Temple, Pitt and UL. The only decent team they faced (Virginia) they lost. The only reason they beat UL was because they cheated. I noticed them getting some love in polling community (not just this site) and I have no idea why.

Their win against Temple is tainted too...

Here's just a general question since I don't vote, but why would anyone vote for UConn? They've beated Akron, Maine, Duke, Temple, Pitt and UL. The only decent team they faced (Virginia) they lost. The only reason they beat UL was because they cheated. I noticed them getting some love in polling community (not just this site) and I have no idea why.

Its largely based on how the voter approaches the poll. Some, like myself, view it as a power ranking of sorts. Others, like a few ive talked with in private, view it more as record bases system. I would argue 4-2 Florida is better then 7-0 Kansas, while others would say how can they be better if they have a worse record.

So Uconn gets a lot of love for being 6-1, regardless of the opponent. Just like Hawaii, just like Kansas, and even my hometown Arizona State.

Here's just a general question since I don't vote, but why would anyone vote for UConn? They've beated Akron, Maine, Duke, Temple, Pitt and UL. The only decent team they faced (Virginia) they lost. The only reason they beat UL was because they cheated. I noticed them getting some love in polling community (not just this site) and I have no idea why.

I don't discount their win to UL as cheating and that gave them a boost back into the top 25 for me. However, most years they wouldn't sniff my top 25 with that strength of schedule, but this isn't a usual year.

Here's just a general question since I don't vote, but why would anyone vote for UConn? They've beated Akron, Maine, Duke, Temple, Pitt and UL. The only decent team they faced (Virginia) they lost. The only reason they beat UL was because they cheated. I noticed them getting some love in polling community (not just this site) and I have no idea why.

You play to win the game.

I don't discount their win to UL as cheating and that gave them a boost back into the top 25 for me. However, most years they wouldn't sniff my top 25 with that strength of schedule, but this isn't a usual year.

UL lost to Syracuse at home, Utah, Kentucky, they are hardly a coup. And UConn needed to cheat. Oh well.

UL lost to Syracuse at home, Utah, Kentucky, they are hardly a coup. And UConn needed to cheat. Oh well.

I still view UL as a better team than what some of the alternatives for that slot played against.

1. Ohio State (1)
2. Boston College (3)
3. Oklahoma (2)
4. Arizona State (6)
5. Oregon (9)
6. LSU (10)
7. West Virginia (7)
8. Kansas(11)
9. Virginia Tech (12)
10. Florida (15)
11. Missouri (16)
12. USC (14)
13. South Florida (4)
14. South Carolina (5)
15. Kentucky (8)
16. Virginia (NR)
17. Michigan (20)
18. Hawaii (17)
19. Penn State (22)
20. UCLA (NR)
21. Wake Forest (21)
22. Texas (18)
23. Connecticut (NR)
24. California (13)
25. Troy (NR)



Dropped Out

Texas Tech (19)
Cincinnati (23)
Illinois (24)
Kansas State (25)

1. Boston College
2. Ohio State
3. Arizona State
4. Louisiana State
5. West Virginia
6. Oklahoma
7. Oregon
8. Southern Cal
9. South Florida
10. Hawai'i
11. Kansas
12. Florida
13. Virginia Tech
14. Missouri
15. Virginia
16. South Carolina
17. Michigan
18. Georgia
19. California
20. Texas
21. Kentucky
22. Alabama
23. Penn State
24. Connecticut
25. Texas A&M

Dropped out- Cincy, Texas Tech, Auburn, Tennessee, Kansas State

There are teams that have played similar or worse schedules than UConn's, but there is no team that has been that succesful against a schedule like that. Its not easy to compare them to a team like, say, Georgia. Its impossible to compare them to a team like Notre Dame; pretty much every team ND has played so far is better than any team UConn has beat.

Still, like somebody said, you play to win, and its not easy to go 6-1 against any schedule.

I haven't had a chance to compile the list yet. I'll get this done before the kickoff of the games tomorrow.