Final College Football Polls

[Archie Bunker]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...all/appoll.htm

AP

1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. USC
4. Missouri
5. Ohio St.
6. West Virginia
7. Kansas
8. Oklahoma
9. Virginia Tech
10. Boston College


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...l/usatpoll.htm

Coaches

1. LSU
2. USC
3. Georgia
4. Ohio St.
5. Missouri
6. West Virginia
7. Kansas
8. Oklahoma
9. Virginia Tech
10. Texas

[alanm]

Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade

I could care less about the final poll. Once they decide who will play for the national championship, what does it matter? Five years from now, would you rather recall your season as, "We finished (some number after 1)" or "We won the Orange Bowl." Nothing will ever detract from the enormous success this season was for KU football. Rock Chalk!

-HH

Yes it was a very good year for Kansas. I just read this morning that Nebraska just hired away Tim Beck from Kansas. Seems he's a old buddy from Youngstown Ohio of Bo Pelini's. Course it has been no secret here in Nebraska that it was going to be made official after the game last night.

[HonestChieffan]

Thank goodness the wait is over, we all now know the answwer to that burning question and we can relax and feel well knowing the answer is before us.

Hail Mighty Poll!!

[HolyHandgernade]

You know what I would like to see? I think it would be great TV if the SEC and the Big 12 got together and said the third Saturday of the college football season will be designated as the Big 12/SEC Challenge Saturday. The schools would keep that date open so the conferences could get the best pairings to play each other, maybe alternate which conference gets the home game for the odd seeds (1, 3, 5, etc). If they contracted with ABC/ESPN, they could probably show all 12 games staggered throughout the day since they would have four channels to broadcast on (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU). It would be the closest thing to a March Maddness feel with lookins to other games.

-HH

[Frazod]

Looks about right, other than the Suckeyes continuing to infest the Top 10 with their fraudulent prescence. Apparently a lot of people voted for them who didn't watch the game last night.

And Missouri > Kansas. BUT WE ALREADY KNEW THAT.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade

I could care less about the final poll. Once they decide who will play for the national championship, what does it matter? Five years from now, would you rather recall your season as, "We finished (some number after 1)" or "We won the Orange Bowl." Nothing will ever detract from the enormous success this season was for KU football. Rock Chalk!

-HH

My sentiments, too.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Thank goodness the wait is over, we all now know the answwer to that burning question and we can relax and feel well knowing the answer is before us.

Hail Mighty Poll!!

Funny coming from you, since you were slinging a lot of the poll smack last week:

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost....&postcount=158

id leave that ranking can of worms closed...when the finals come out...KU did beat the Conference champs of the conference the Mizzou opponant was not in to top three.....emotion aside, its likely that KU will rank out above MU when its all done...

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost....2&postcount=31

KU ranking higher than MU.....priceless.

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost....81&postcount=9

Now the KU Haters can all cry in their beer when the final rankings come out and KU is rightfully ranked ahead of MU.

[bkkcoh]

Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade

You know what I would like to see? I think it would be great TV if the SEC and the Big 12 got together and said the third Saturday of the college football season will be designated as the Big 12/SEC Challenge Saturday. The schools would keep that date open so the conferences could get the best pairings to play each other, maybe alternate which conference gets the home game for the odd seeds (1, 3, 5, etc). If they contracted with ABC/ESPN, they could probably show all 12 games staggered throughout the day since they would have four channels to broadcast on (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU). It would be the closest thing to a March Maddness feel with lookins to other games.

-HH

I do like how the basketball has the BIg 10 /ACC challenge. I would like to see them have a Pac 10/Big 12/Big 10/SEC type of challenge. Wouldn't that be a tremendous last game before the conference schedule kicks in......

[petegz28]

All you KU whiners can kiss my ass. I told you this would happen last week and you all thoguht I was crazy! I told you MU was going to be #4 and higher than KU.

[Braincase]

Originally Posted by petegz28

All you KU whiners can kiss my ass. I told you this would happen last week and you all thoguht I was crazy! I told you MU was going to be #4 and higher than KU.

I just want to know why MU is higher than OU. I didn't bring KU into this at all. OU beat MU twice. Why is MU ranked higher than OU?

[Tits McGee]

Thank You, Tony Temple!

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Braincase

I just want to know why MU is higher than OU. I didn't bring KU into this at all. OU beat MU twice. Why is MU ranked higher than OU?

I tried to explain that too but no one listened. They said OU was going to be a problem. So the answer is who knows? But at least the regional AP voter said that they knew OU was a problem heading into the weekend.

He also said that the AP tends to factor in injustices during the season and right them and specifically pointed to MU and KU.

So maybe that sheds some light on the mentality of the AP anway.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Braincase

I just want to know why MU is higher than OU. I didn't bring KU into this at all. OU beat MU twice. Why is MU ranked higher than OU?

The only thing I can think of is that OU played like a bunch of bitches in their last game against a team that was without their head coach, while MU smoked their (albeit, less talented) head coachless opponent.

Football Polls are a beauty contest, for the most part. Generally. after 1&2, it's a crap shoot, imho.

[Monty]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Here it comes.....

"Kansas was robbed."

Sucks getting the short end of the stick, doesn't it?

Hey, you just pipe down there mister! LOL

I fully expected Mizzou and KU to both be higher, IMO both were robbed to a point, but both had outstanding seasons. I can't wait for next year.....at least college football will have some appeal.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by Braincase

I just want to know why MU is higher than OU. I didn't bring KU into this at all. OU beat MU twice. Why is MU ranked higher than OU?

It doesn't make any sense, but they have to put OU at least one spot below WV, probably more.

Frankly, the idea that this poll relates that OU is the third best team in the Big 12 is poppycock. Anybody who was around this year and saw them play during the regular season knows pretty well they were the best team in the Big 12 during conference play. Sure, they laid an egg in the bowl game, but I think the case was still there. You can drop them for that, but they still proved it during the regular season by winning the conference title.

The problem this year is that between the parity in college football and the atrocious bowl selections, there's really no case for anyone to say who belongs where. It's impossible to build a coherent top 10.

They seemed to do this by ranking VT above BC, even though BC won their bowl game and VT looked like they had never played football before, because they beat them head to head. So why doesn't Oklahoma beating Missouri head to head twice bear any weight...?

It's just impossible to build anything that makes sense this year.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade

I could care less about the final poll. Once they decide who will play for the national championship, what does it matter? Five years from now, would you rather recall your season as, "We finished (some number after 1)" or "We won the Orange Bowl." Nothing will ever detract from the enormous success this season was for KU football. Rock Chalk!

-HH

It probably doesn't matter five years from now, but it certainly doesn't hurt in recruiting. MU is a Top-5 team. The unfortunate part is that our class is already filling up and we're likely to get another big commitment this afternoon (that part isn't unfortunate). However, in-season recruiting for 09 should be pretty solid since the Top-5 ranking should carry over to the preseason poll next year as well. MU already has two big commitments from Blaine Dalton and Sheldon Richardson, leading the way for an outstanding class.

I know you don't care about the poll, but it gives Pinkel et al. one more bullet for recruiting.