No ranked C-USA teams (shocking), but Tulsa has 9 votes and ECU 3

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/pol...15615474=1

Hard for me to hide my hatred of preseason rankings though. A team like, say Oklahoma State (hard to say for sure who it will be, but there will 100% be multiple teams who don't deserve their spot), is gifted a spot in the top 15 without doing anything to earn it. That team can lose a couple games and still be ranked. Meanwhile, a good c-usa team will now have to go undefeated to get to that spot that was just gifted to an AQ team. If it loses a couple games, it's all over

Banker and Cortezkiller are losing their minds right now. But Phil Steele said... .


Coaches Poll

1 Alabama
2 Ohio St.
3 Oregon
4 Stanford
5 Georgia
6 Texas A&M
7 South Carolina
8 Clemson
9 Louisville
10 Florida
11 Notre Dame
12 Florida St.
13 LSU
14 Oklahoma St.
15 Texas
16 Oklahoma
17 Michigan
18 Nebraska
19 Boise St.
20 TCU
21 UCLA
22 Northwestern
23 Wisconsin
24 USC
25 Oregon St.


Others Receiving Votes
Kansas State 113; Miami (Fla.) 101; Michigan State 89; Baylor 80; Virginia Tech 65; Fresno State 62; Arizona State 51; Mississippi 32; Vanderbilt 29; Utah State 23; Brigham Young 20; North Carolina 19; Northern Illinois 19; Tulsa 9; Ohio 8; San Jose State 8; Arizona 5; Cincinnati 3; East Carolina 3; Kent State 3; Mississippi State 3; Washington 3; Central Florida 2; Arkansas 1; Arkansas State 1; Rutgers 1; Tennessee 1; Toledo 1.

don't understand preseason polls...wish they were not around...make teams earn their spots on this years poll by their results this year...

(08-01-2013 12:15 PM)NTTHOR Wrote:  don't understand preseason polls...wish they were not around...make teams earn their spots on this years poll by their results this year...

I never really minded them when they were just for fun. But when it is 1/3 of the BCS formula, it's really criminal to do preseason polls. They can make or break a team's BCS hopes before a down of football is played.

(08-01-2013 11:17 AM)07owl Wrote:  Hard for me to hide my hatred of preseason rankings though. A team like, say Oklahoma State (hard to say for sure who it will be, but there will 100% be multiple teams who don't deserve their spot), is gifted a spot in the top 15 without doing anything to earn it. That team can lose a couple games and still be ranked. Meanwhile, a good c-usa team will now have to go undefeated to get to that spot that was just gifted to an AQ team. If it loses a couple games, it's all over

It's all part of the conspiracy. Notice I didn't say "a" conspiracy because it has been going on for decades. It's like the separate but equal dogma of the mid 20th century to keep whomever down and in a lower status.

How does Arkansas even get a vote?

How is USC ranked every preseason and they have sucked the last 5 seasons? Preseason Poll is worthless...How is it every season a MAC team or someone similar ends up being ranked but it takes about 8 weeks due to our type of teams never getting any votes to start with....Bunch of crap...

(08-01-2013 12:38 PM)goldeneagle21 Wrote:  How does Arkansas even get a vote?

From their coach?

(08-01-2013 12:38 PM)goldeneagle21 Wrote:  How does Arkansas even get a vote?

How does an Ole Miss team staring a 1-6 or 2-5 start in the face get 32 votes?

Answer: "Hey look! An SEC team I hadn't voted for yet!"

This puts Tulsa and ECU in good position to get ranked this year. If you can start out with some votes, and win, it is much easier to move up rather than trying to get somebody's attention after receiving no votes.

(08-01-2013 01:31 PM)BuzDawg73 Wrote:  This puts Tulsa and ECU in good position to get ranked this year. If you can start out with some votes, and win, it is much easier to move up rather than trying to get somebody's attention after receiving no votes.

Unless fate has you opening at the #6 team in the preseason poll and pull off the monster upset...

(08-01-2013 01:34 PM)RiceDoc Wrote:  

(08-01-2013 01:31 PM)BuzDawg73 Wrote:  This puts Tulsa and ECU in good position to get ranked this year. If you can start out with some votes, and win, it is much easier to move up rather than trying to get somebody's attention after receiving no votes.

Unless fate has you opening at the #6 team in the preseason poll and pull off the monster upset...

That would probably get us receiving about 10 votes. If, say, Wisconsin did it, they'd be top 10

(08-01-2013 01:43 PM)07owl Wrote:  

(08-01-2013 01:34 PM)RiceDoc Wrote:  

(08-01-2013 01:31 PM)BuzDawg73 Wrote:  This puts Tulsa and ECU in good position to get ranked this year. If you can start out with some votes, and win, it is much easier to move up rather than trying to get somebody's attention after receiving no votes.

Unless fate has you opening at the #6 team in the preseason poll and pull off the monster upset...

That would probably get us receiving about 10 votes. If, say, Wisconsin did it, they'd be top 10

As an aside I realize that college football live on ESPN is nothing more than a pimping promo for the SEC, but last night the announcers surprised me when they actually said that the Tulsa v. Florida game is a tough one to call. I didn't even realize that the ESPN crews even knew that there were other football programs outside of the B10, SEC and PAC12, but apparently they must have been paying some attention to some of the other leagues.

(08-01-2013 01:43 PM)07owl Wrote:  

(08-01-2013 01:34 PM)RiceDoc Wrote:  

(08-01-2013 01:31 PM)BuzDawg73 Wrote:  This puts Tulsa and ECU in good position to get ranked this year. If you can start out with some votes, and win, it is much easier to move up rather than trying to get somebody's attention after receiving no votes.

Unless fate has you opening at the #6 team in the preseason poll and pull off the monster upset...

That would probably get us receiving about 10 votes. If, say, Wisconsin did it, they'd be top 10

How many votes would it be worth if two of your OOC opponents were ranked 18th and 19th and a third was receiving votes...and you beat all three in consecutive games on the road?

Being that we started getting a few votes if we can win the first 2 and pull the upset of VT we likely get ranked. That's a pretty tall order but it's doable.

(08-01-2013 11:13 AM)07owl Wrote:  No ranked C-USA teams (shocking), but Tulsa has 9 votes and ECU 3

AAC in the house.

Where's Marsha

It's not how you start, it's where you finish. Although with ECU getting votes, the rest of the East Division should just give up - they are that damn good! LOL!

7-1 with the one loss to a team that's gone.

We were last year, and return just about everyone.