October 5, 2004
Fanblogs XIV: Week 7
Poll of the Fanblogs.com authors & contributors for games played through October 5, 2004:
1. Southern California (10) 140
2. Oklahoma 126
3. Georgia 112
4. Miami (Fla.) 109
5. Texas 97
6. Auburn 89
7. Purdue 61
8. Florida St. 58
9. California 47
10. Utah 46
11. Virginia 42
12. Minnesota 35
13. Florida 26
14. Boise St. 12
First place votes in parenthesis. Weighted ballot points appear beside team name.
Others Receiving Votes:
Arizona St. 9, Memphis 7, Tennessee 7, Louisville 6, LSU 5, Michigan 5, Oklahoma St. 5, Wisconsin 4, South Carolina 2
Author Voting:
Kevin Donahue: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Miami (Fla.), 4) Texas, 5) Auburn, 6) Florida St., 7) Georgia, 8) Purdue, 9) Virginia, 10) LSU, 11) Florida, 12) Utah, 13) California, 14) Arizona St.
Pete Holiday: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Miami (Fla.), 4) Georgia, 5) Texas, 6) Florida St., 7) Auburn, 8) Florida, 9) California, 10) Purdue, 11) Virginia, 12) Minnesota, 13) South Carolina, 14) Arizona St.
Derek Willis: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Auburn, 5) Miami (Fla.), 6) Texas, 7) California, 8) Purdue, 9) Florida St., 10) Tennessee, 11) Utah, 12) Virginia, 13) Florida, 14) Minnesota
Jeff Quinton: 1) Southern California, 2) Miami (Fla.), 3) Oklahoma, 4) Texas, 5) Georgia, 6) Florida St., 7) Florida, 8) Auburn, 9) Utah, 10) Purdue, 11) California, 12) Virginia, 13) Memphis, 14) Minnesota
John Ludwig: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Miami (Fla.), 5) Purdue, 6) Texas, 7) Auburn, 8) California, 9) Florida St., 10) Michigan, 11) Virginia, 12) Minnesota, 13) Utah, 14) Tennessee
Mike Boone: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Texas, 5) Miami (Fla.), 6) California, 7) Auburn, 8) Utah, 9) Florida St., 10) Purdue, 11) Virginia, 12) Florida, 13) Minnesota, 14) Wisconsin
Josh McClain: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Texas, 5) Auburn, 6) Utah, 7) Miami (Fla.), 8) Purdue, 9) Boise St., 10) Minnesota, 11) California, 12) Virginia, 13) Wisconsin, 14) Oklahoma St.
Ben Prather: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Miami (Fla.), 5) Minnesota, 6) Utah, 7) Auburn, 8) Arizona St., 9) Boise St., 10) Florida St., 11) Oklahoma St., 12) Louisville, 13) Texas, 14) Wisconsin
Robert Knodell: 1) Southern California, 2) Miami (Fla.), 3) Georgia, 4) Texas, 5) Oklahoma, 6) Auburn, 7) Purdue, 8) Virginia, 9) Florida St., 10) Minnesota, 11) California, 12) Louisville, 13) Florida, 14) Memphis
Michael Hickerson: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Texas, 4) Georgia, 5) Auburn, 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) Virginia, 8) Purdue, 9) Utah, 10) Minnesota, 11) Memphis, 12) California, 13) Florida St., 14) Tennessee
Comments:
posted on October 5, 2004 11:40 PM — 68.62.114.241 — link — abuse?Pete Holiday said:
...or Michigan ahead of Minnesota, for that matter.
posted on October 6, 2004 12:29 PM — 64.3.228.130 — link — abuse?
point noted, but i'd take michigan (or ohio state or purdue) against minnesota any day -- minnesota can run the ball like crazy, but their defense has been letting lesser teams score as well. in a game against a first rate opponent i think minnesota may struggle. their huge advantage this year is their schedule with no OSU and no Purdue.
posted on October 8, 2004 12:00 PM — 69.73.43.133 — link — abuse?
I might be biased against teams with a good chance to prove themselves. Purdue playes both Michigan and Wisconsin this month and should settle that arguement one way or the other.
For that #14 spot I was torn between Purdue and Wisconsin. I gave wisconsin the point.
Really, this week will shake up the polls. Oklahoma vs Texas and Minnesota at Michigan will clairify a lot about how these teams compare.
The SEC should get quite a bit of a shake up al around.
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john ludwig said:
posted on October 5, 2004 11:05 PM — 64.3.228.130 — link — abuse?how does one rate minnesota and wisconsin ahead of purdue -- in fact not rating purdue at all??