Your top 15

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I know most of you despise any kind of rankings this early, but just for the hell of it, let's see what people think.

1) Ohio St
2) Notre Dame
3) USC
4) LSU
5) Auburn
6) Florida
7) West Virginia
8 ) Georgia
9) FSU
10) Texas
11) Tennessee
12) Va Tech
13) Louisville
14) Michigan
15) Oregon

[Cicero]

1) Ohio St
2) Notre Dame
3) USC
4) LSU
5) Auburn
6) Florida
7) West Virginia
8 ) Texas
9) Georgia
10) Tennessee
11) FSU
12) Va Tech
13) Michigan
14) Louisville
15) Oregon

[Van]

1-Ohio St
2-Auburn
3-LSU
4-ND
5-USC
6-Florida
7-Georgia
8-Texas
9-Tennessee
10-Michigan
11-Va Tech
12-Oklahoma
13-W. Virginia
14-Oregon
15-Louisville

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

1-Ohio St
2-Auburn
3-LSU
4-ND
5-USC

This is what's crazy about this season. I think you can mix and match any of these teams in the top five, and I wouldn't have any complaints. I think just based on who they've played and beaten though, OSU has to be the default #1. Auburn, LSU, ND, and USC...you could slot them anywhere in those 2-5 spots, and I'd be okay with it.

[Van]

11. Meat Chicken

LOL!! Huh?? Who's "Meat Chicken"??

Mgo, yeah, #'s 2-5, good luck sorting them out at this early point in the season. I've just been more impressed by Auburn than by any of the others so far, even though they haven't played anybody noteworthy yet.

USC's only played one game and it was a decent but flawed performance on the road against a possibly good/possibly dogshit SEC team.

ND looked horrible against Georgia Tech but then they looked awesome against Penn State. I gotta believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

LSU's looked awesome twice but one game was just a home scrimmage and really so was the other.

At least the LSU-Auburn question will sort itself out this week so that'll take care of that. (I like Auburn there, something like 17-13, mostly just because it's in Jordan-Hare.)

We'll know a lot more about USC after this week too, but then again if USC just flattens Nebraska there will surely ensue a chorus of people stating that it meant nothing because it was just a dogshit Nebraska team who really couldn't offer USC much of a test. And, they might be right.

ND though, this is their season, this month. If they get through unscathed and looking impressive in September they have the #2 ranking (#3 at worst) sewed up for the rest of the season, up until their games against UCLA and USC. Until they play the L.A. schools they have clear sailing the rest of the way after the Michigan State game.

On the other hand, assuming everybody else takes care of business and runs the table, if ND should fall to either Michigan school then it strictly becomes a Solomon's choice dogfight for #2 and a date with OSU in the title game between USC (assuming they roll Nebraska) and the winner of the LSU-Auburn game.

Here we come...BCS Nightmare And One Truly Deserving Team Just Gets Royally Fucked, Part XII...

As a USC fan then I guess I'd better root for ND the rest of the season. If both USC and ND roll into that game undefeated then it won't matter what happens with the SEC winner, they won't have a shot at bumping the winner of USC-ND. The SEC winner will be the team to get screwed in such a scenario...

[Sky]

ND looked horrible against Georgia Tech but then they looked awesome against Penn State. I gotta believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

I would agree with this 100%. No one really knows how good PSU is and this may be a sign for a repeat of '03-'04. I hope not but they looked fairly incompetent.

[SoCalTrjn]

You also have USC sitting #2 int he coaches poll right now. The drop to #4 in the AP wont matter much towrad the bowl games since the AP asked to be removed from the BCS formula

[Van]

11. Meat Chicken

LOL!! Huh?? Who's "Meat Chicken"??

Say it out loud and you'll figure it out.

:chuckle:

Got it. Thanks.

Didn't know you were Hispanic.

:-)

[Nolesy]

Have'nt seen enough of most of these teams to give full analysis. My limited thoughts are.........................

OSU with out a doubt #1
ND 2nd, no farther back than 3rd,
FSU should drop back to around 15th but they will play thier way back up.

[Terry in Crapchester]

ND though, this is their season, this month. If they get through unscathed and looking impressive in September they have the #2 ranking (#3 at worst) sewed up for the rest of the season, up until their games against UCLA and USC. Until they play the L.A. schools they have clear sailing the rest of the way after the Michigan State game.

I was thinking before the season started that our first four games out of the gate were the toughest patch we'd hit all year. I still haven't changed my mind about that.

OTOH, there's a world of difference between the two LA schools on our schedule, both in terms of difficulty and where they fall on the schedule. USC remains a very loseable (sp?) game for us. UCLA, by contrast, belongs in the category of "live longshots." But I like our chances in that game, given that it's a home game and the schedule maker was somewhat kind, putting that game immediately after our bye week. Anywhere else in the schedule, and that's the type of sleeper game that can cost you your season. But there's no excuse not to be up for it after a bye week.

USC, coming as it does at the end of the season, could be a de facto playoff game. But UCLA is more than a month earlier, and in fact, ND only has two games -- Purdue and Stanford -- between Michigan State and UCLA.

If you're looking for a sleeper team on our schedule that frightens me, Air Force is a good bet. They just played Tennessee very tough at Neyland, far better than most (myself included) expected. They catch us at a time which could be described as a bit of a lull on our schedule, and it's a road game, so we'll have to handle the different atmosphere in Colorado Springs. Throw in the fact that, as I mentioned before, I'm part of the only class in ND history to witness four losses to Air Force . . .

Here we come...BCS Nightmare And One Truly Deserving Team Just Gets Royally Fucked, Part XII...

Sucks if it's your team that gets screwed, for sure. But for the rest of us who want a real playoff, those scenarios are the best hope available.

[Van]

Well, Terry, look on the bright side. Come hell or high water ND will never be the team to get fucked by the BCS, or the networks, or whatever.

LSU? Possible. USC? They already got hosed once. Auburn? Ditto.

ND? If ND ever runs the table, they're in. No questions asked. CF wouldn't have it any other way.

[Mikey]

Why don't I see Kal in any of those lists?

They SLAMMED Minnesota last Saturday.

[Van]

Why don't I see Kal in any of those lists?

They SLAMMED Minnesota last Saturday.

No need. De facto #1. They just need to lose three more and it's theirs. Assume it going in.

[Vito Corleone]

1. tOSU
2. USC
3. Auburn
4. LSU
5. ND
6. Texas
7. WV
8. UGA
9. Florida
10 Tenn
11. Michigan
12 Louisville
13 Nebraska (for brad)
14 V tech
15 blOwU (for Mo)

[M2]

Why don't I see Kal in any of those lists?

They SLAMMED Minnesota last Saturday.

It was go to see you guys bounce back the way you did this weekend, after getting CRUSHED by Oregon.



Final score: SJS 35 Furds 34...




Seems like the furd is trying to lose to every local team possible.

I don't know if Sac State is close enough to qualify, but they might want to get on the furds schedule sooner rather than later.






I love Trent's, Player Bio:

Trent Edfurds


The best advice I ever received was: "Never go to Cal"

He must have received a lot of very bad advice if "never go to Cal" was the best advice he has ever received.



All you need to know about him as a football player and the career he has had:

My greatest athletic moment is: "Hitting a hole in one on the fourth hole at Stanford Golf Course"

The biggest thrill in my life to date is: "Playing Cypress Point Golf Course"

The one thing about college football I would change: "Make intentional grounding legal inside the tackle box"


Check out the favorite group of Trent who doesn't like Cal...

None other than the Counting Crow's. At least he has good musical taste...


Nice favorite actress, Trent...

Dakota Fanning? what are the chances trent has some kiddie porn?

[The Seer]

1. Ohio St

2. Auburn

3. SuC

4. Notre Dame

5. LSU

6. Oregon

7. Georgia

8. Tennessee

9. UCLA

10. Michigan

11. West Virginia

12. Florida St.

13. V-Tech

14. Iowa

15. Louisville

[Q, West Coast Style]

1. Ohio State
2. Auburn
3. Notre Dame
4. USC
5. Oregon
6. LSU
7. West Virginia
8. Michigan
9. Tennessee
10. Louisville
11. "Flahriduh"
12. Texas
13. Big Red
14. Big Red Sports and ImpOUrts
15. Georgia
15.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Just in case anyone's keeping score here, here's what the votes look like so far, using a 15-14-13, etc. scoring scale:

1. Ohio State
2. USC
3. Notre Dame
4. Auburn
5. LSU
6. Georgia
7. West Virginia
8. Florida
9. Texas
10. Tennessee
11. Virginia Tech
12. Michigan
13. Florida State
14t. Louisville
14t. Oregon

Others receiving votes (in order of points): Oklahoma, UCLA, Nebraska, Iowa.

That wouldn't necessarily be my rankings, though.

[orcinus]

1. Ohio State
2. Auburn
3. USC
4. LSU
5. Notre Dame
6. West Virginia
7. Georgia
8. Texas
9. Virginia Tech
10. Tennessee
11. Florida
12. Oklahoma
13. Oregon
14. Iowa
15. Nebraska

[the_ouskull]

1) Notre Dame
2) Ohio State
3) Auburn
4) USC
5) LSU
6) Tennessee
7) Georgia
Wa Va
9) Florida State
10) Va Tech
11) Texas
12) Oklahoma
13) Florida
14) Louisville
15) Oregon

the_ouskull

[Van]

1) Notre Dame
2) Ohio State
3) Auburn
4) USC
5) LSU
6) Tennessee
7) Georgia
Wa Va
9) Florida State
10) Va Tech
11) Texas
12) Oklahoma
13) Florida
14) Louisville
15) Oregon

the_ouskull

Wha??

How on earth can you have ND above OSU at this point?

[M2]

1) Notre Dame
2) Ohio State
3) Auburn
4) USC
5) LSU
6) Tennessee
7) Georgia
Wa Va
9) Florida State
10) Va Tech
11) Texas
12) Oklahoma
13) Florida
14) Louisville
15) Oregon

the_ouskull

Wha??

How on earth can you have ND above OSU at this point?

He's Indian... feather, not dot.

[Van]

So am I (25% Cherokee, anyway...), and I still don't see any way not to rank OSU #1 right now.

[Mikey]

Why don't I see Kal in any of those lists?

They SLAMMED Minnesota last Saturday.

It was go to see you guys bounce back the way you did this weekend, after getting CRUSHED by Oregon.

Yeah and I never made any delusional pre-season claims, did I?

Stanford is pretty fucking pathetic this season.

Funny thing is, you still think Kal has a good team.

The best advice I ever received was: "Never go to Cal"

He must have received a lot of very bad advice if "never go to Cal" was the best advice he has ever received.

Pretty good advice, I'd say. When he graduates he'll have a degree from Stanford.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Updated standings based on votes tallied so far:

1. Ohio State
2. USC
3t. Auburn
3t. Notre Dame
5. LSU
6. West Virginia
7. Georgia
8. Florida
9. Texas
10. Tennessee
11. Michigan
12. Virginia Tech
13t. Florida State
13t. Oregon
15. Louisville

Others receiving votes (in order of point totals): Oklahoma, UCLA, Nebraska, Iowa, Washington State (sorry, I missed Q's post earlier)

[Terry in Crapchester]

Since I've been tabulating thus far, here are my picks, fwiw . . .

1. Ohio State
2. Notre Dame
3. USC
4. Auburn
5. LSU
6. Florida
7. West Virginia
8. Texas
9. Georgia
10. Tennessee
11. Virginia Tech
12. Michigan
13. Florida State
14. Louisville
15. Oklahoma

[MuchoBulls]

1 - Ohio State
2 - Notre Dame
3 - USC
4 - WVU
5 - Aubrun
6 - LSU
7 - Florida
8 - Georgia
9 - Texas
10 - Louisville
11 - Florida State
12 - Michigan
13 - Virginia Tech
14 - Tennessee
15 - Oklahoma

[PSUFAN]

It's too early for me to :shazpoll:.

PSU will probably be a little better than they looked last Sat. I hope for a top 20 finish.

ND will be in much tougher games against the Michigan teams.

OSU is definitely my #1 right now, of that I'm certain.