<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>West Virginia has allowed 1,080 yards of total offense in its past two games. Alabama has given up 1,087 all season.</p>— Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mengus22/status/257501973639749632" data-datetime="2012-10-14T15:23:49+00:00">October 14, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
First BCS rankings come out tonight. Until then... Coaches Poll 1. Alabama(59) 2. Oregon 3. Kansas State 4. Florida 5. Notre Dame 6. LSU 7. Oklahoma 8. South Carolina 9. USC 10. Florida State 11. Oregon State 12. Georgia 13. Clemson 14. Louisville 15. West Virginia 16. Mississippi State 17. Rutgers 18. Cincinnati 19. Texas A&M 20. Texas Tech 21. TCU 22. Boise State 23. Stanford 24. Arizona State 25. Michigan Schools Dropped Out No. 15 Texas (4-2), No. 24 Louisiana Tech (5-1), No. 25 Iowa State (4-2). Others Receiving Votes Northwestern (6-1) 77; Ohio (7-0) 54; Texas (4-2) 54; Louisiana Tech (5-1) 24; Wisconsin (5-2) 16; Nebraska (4-2) 10; Nevada (6-1) 7; Oklahoma State (3-2) 6; Western Kentucky (5-1) 6; Iowa State (4-2) 5; Louisiana-Monroe (4-2) 2; Northern Illinois (6-1) 2; Toledo (6-1) 2; Tulsa (6-1) 1; UCLA (5-2) 1. AP Top 25 1. Alabama(60) 2. Oregon 3. Florida 4. Kansas State 5. Notre Dame 6. LSU 7. Ohio State 8. Oregon State 9. South Carolina 10. Oklahoma 11. USC 12. Florida State 13. Georgia 14. Clemson 15. Mississippi State 16. Louisville 17. West Virginia 18. Texas Tech 19. Rutgers 20. Texas A&M 21. Cincinnati 22. Stanford 23. Michigan 24. Boise State 25. Ohio Schools Dropped Out 15. Texas, 23. Louisiana Tech Others Receiving Votes Arizona State 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech 38, Texas 25, N.C. State 11, Northwestern 6, Wisconsin 6, Washington 6, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2, Iowa State 1, Penn State 1, Arizona 1
Oregon State's stay in the top-10 will be very short-lived... check that, I meant top-25. They'll lose 5 of their last 7.
BCS Standings 25. Texas 24. Iowa State 23. TCU 22. Boise State 21. Cincinnati 20. Stanford 19. Clemson 18. Texas A&M 17. Texas Tech 16. Louisville 15. Rutgers 14. Florida State 13. West Virginia 12. Mississippi State 11. Georgia 10. USC 9. Oklahoma 8. Oregon State 7. South Carolina 6. LSU 5. Notre Dame 4. Kansas State 3. Oregon 2. Florida 1. Alabama
Lulz. The Gators were 23rd in the preseason polls, and there I was thinking breaking the top 10 would be my highest hopes this season. Especially after a very substandard first game. I'm shocked, but love to see them at #2. Don't worry, I don't think many Gator fans, including myself, are under the illusion that we're a definitive #2. I think spots 2-10 (or even more) are up in the air considering how crazy this season has been. Basically we've taken care of business - plus one upset over LSU - while other teams haven't. Is there more parity this season? Seems like the perfect storm for another super controversial championship game. Most of all I'm just glad to see the program back at the top tier and in contention after the past few seasons.
The Gators have to face South Carolina, Georgia, Florida State and then beat Alabama in the SEC championship game in order to make the BCS championship game. That is a tall order. It will be tough just to make a BCS bowl with that brutal schedule. Regardless, your team is on the right track.
Alabama. A win at LSU basically pencils them into the BCS title game. Florida. No way they will make it with that schedule. Oregon. A decent chance to run the table if they don't fall asleep along the way. Kansas State. A win next week at WVU and they might finish 12-0. Notre Dame. Doubtful they win both at OU and at USC. LSU. If they somehow win at home against Bama, they probably make the BCS title game. South Carolina. They won't win at Florida, at Clemson AND beat Bama in the SEC title game. Oregon State. Yeah right. Oklahoma. Very good chance to run the table but they need too much help. USC. They will not beat Oregon twice.
most overrated team i have ever seen in my life Florida isnt that good.. smh, are you guys watching the same football team im watching every week
Yeah, so overrated. Not like West Virginia was! Seriously dude, four SEC teams in the top 10. Give it up.
the difference is everybody knew it was a matter of time before WVU's bad defense caught up to them people actually believe Florida is the 2nd best team in the country... laughable
Don't be a hypocrite. The computers have Florida has the #1 team in the country right now. If you're going to use that computers bull**** for the Big 12 being better than the SEC, then Florida most certainly deserves to be up there. http://espn.go.com/college-football/bcs Laughable now?
You must watch a LOT of college football. That is apparent. So your thinking process is understandable, it plagues 85% of college football viewers... So... that thing you see Florida playing 50+% of the time - that's called "defense" - I realize you don't see it often in the Big 12, Pac 12, or Big 10 but a few teams out there do actually play it. More often than not the teams with a good defense win the title in college. They might not be as "fun" to watch as your beloved spread offense teams (which explains why everyone cries when LSU plays Bama in the title game) but they win titles...
I'm not trying to slurp the SEC here, I'm trying to slurp defense. If someone like WVU or Oregon beat an SEC team that would be their signature non-conference win - I do know that. For an SEC team or any other genuinely elite team, a win like that, just another game. LSU knocks off fabled offensive juggernauts like WVU and Oregon by 20+ last year, all that mattered were the in-conference games against the teams that played defense and could actually challenge LSU. If you don't bring it on defense and you don't have talent and/or a once-every-five-year QB you only have a 6% shot at winning a title. But we'll never learn and we'll keep seeing this merry go-round of crying at night when UH or Boise don't get a BCS bid.
I'm just asking - maybe the SEC is the best conference by far, but my point is more along the lines of they almost never have to prove it (other than against Sunbelt and I-AA schools that make up a lot of their non-con schedule and the whole logic of the thing becomes ridiculously circular.)....which is why the overall conf. computer rankings don't show the kind of separation that national perception tends to. With respect to LSU blowing up a spread team/no huddle team on occasion, fair enough, but having to do it 6-7 times a year rather than 1 or 2x is going to show up in your defensive numbers and there's going to be days when you don't get it done.