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October 18, 2005

Fanblogs XIV Poll: Week 8

Poll of the Fanblogs.com authors & contributors for games played through October 17, 2005:

First place votes in parenthesis. Weighted ballot points appear beside team name. Teams are ranked on likelyhood to beat lower ranked teams on a neutral field, rather than a forecast of final season rankings.


1. Southern California (7) 150
2. Texas (4) 147
3. Virginia Tech 131
4. Georgia 121
5. Alabama 104
6. Miami (Fla.) 97
7. LSU 76
8. Florida St. 67
9. Notre Dame 56
10. UCLA 48
11. Texas Tech 47
12. Penn St. 39
13. Ohio St. 23
14. Boston College 18

Others Receiving Votes:
Tennessee 9, California 7, Wisconsin 6, Florida 3, Oregon 3, Auburn 2, West Virginia 1

How They Voted:
Kevin Donahue:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Alabama, 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) LSU, 8) Notre Dame, 9) Ohio St., 10) Penn St., 11) Florida St., 12) UCLA, 13) Boston College, 14) Texas Tech

Dave Frey:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Alabama, 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) LSU, 8) UCLA, 9) Texas Tech, 10) Notre Dame, 11) Florida St., 12) Penn St., 13) Ohio St., 14) Boston College

Jeff Quinton:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Miami (Fla.), 5) Georgia, 6) Florida St., 7) Alabama, 8) LSU, 9) UCLA, 10) Penn St., 11) Ohio St., 12) California, 13) Texas Tech, 14) Tennessee

John Ludwig:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) LSU, 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) Alabama, 8) Florida St., 9) Notre Dame, 10) Penn St., 11) Ohio St., 12) Florida, 13) Boston College, 14) Tennessee

Mike Boone:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Alabama, 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) Texas Tech, 8) Florida St., 9) LSU, 10) UCLA, 11) Ohio St., 12) Notre Dame, 13) Penn St., 14) Boston College

Josh McClain:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Alabama, 6) Texas Tech, 7) UCLA, 8) Miami (Fla.), 9) Boston College, 10) Florida St., 11) Wisconsin, 12) LSU, 13) Notre Dame, 14) West Virginia

Dave:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Georgia, 4) Virginia Tech, 5) Alabama, 6) Notre Dame, 7) Miami (Fla.), 8) LSU, 9) Tennessee, 10) Florida St., 11) Penn St., 12) UCLA, 13) Texas Tech, 14) Boston College

Robert Knodell:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Alabama, 6) Florida St., 7) Miami (Fla.), 8) LSU, 9) Texas Tech, 10) UCLA, 11) Penn St., 12) Boston College, 13) Auburn, 14) Notre Dame

Michael Hickerson:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Alabama, 6) Florida St., 7) Miami (Fla.), 8) Notre Dame, 9) Texas Tech, 10) LSU, 11) California, 12) Penn St., 13) Wisconsin, 14) Tennessee

Aaron White:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Alabama, 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) LSU, 8) Notre Dame, 9) Texas Tech, 10) UCLA, 11) Penn St., 12) Florida St., 13) Boston College, 14) Oregon

MisterIrrelevant.com:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Virginia Tech, 4) Georgia, 5) Miami (Fla.), 6) Notre Dame, 7) Alabama, 8) LSU, 9) UCLA, 10) Florida St., 11) Penn St., 12) Ohio St., 13) Oregon, 14) Texas Tech


Posted by Kevin Donahue

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Comments:

  1. Fanblogs Author Mike Boone said:

    posted on October 20, 2005 10:02 AM — 68.35.231.61 — link — abuse?



    2 loss Notre Dame is in front of undefeated comeback winner UCLA? What's the reasoning there.

  2. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue said:

    posted on October 20, 2005 11:39 AM — link — abuse?



    I've watched four ND games and three UCLA games this year. UCLA has barely won some games that it should have rocked on - not the sign of a top team, IMHO.

  3. AJ said:

    posted on October 20, 2005 12:00 PM — 69.144.251.92 — link — abuse?



    Nice Dave...Finally someone else realized Va Tech isn't #3. They are the media darling right now and the cute pick. They are not that good.

  4. Gerald said:

    posted on October 20, 2005 2:21 PM — 216.113.128.239 — link — abuse?



    Kevin Donohue:

    Please be honest about Notre Dame. It almost as if the media is hyping ND in order to build up USC, in clear contrast to how they did everything possible to denigrate LSU and Auburn. According to you, a team that entered the season unranked, beats 1 - 5 Washington, 2 - 4 Purdue, 3 - 4 Pitt, and 4 - 3 Michigan (the latter a 17 - 10 squeaker requiring a goal line stand, and oh yes Michigan was without their best player) and loses to 4 - 2 Michigan State is #8 in the country. Further, look at ND's remaining schedule (Stanford, Navy, Syracuse, BYU, Tennessee), and the remaining schedule of Michigan and Tennessee (whom ND gets at home after a bye week). ND could well finish 9 - 2 without having beaten a single team that has fewer than 4 losses. If that happens, will the media hand ND a top 5 ranking and BCS bid to go with it just to give USC another big win? If so, it will be an outrage. The outrage would not be so much USC having an undisputed title, which they would arguably deserve, but ND getting a high ranking and BCS bid, which they clearly would not. My only hope is that Tennessee ends this foolishness by thrashing ND in South Bend the way they exposed Texas A&M as a fraud in the Cotton Bowl last year.

  5. Aaron said:

    posted on October 20, 2005 6:27 PM — 67.183.232.99 — link — abuse?



    Tennessee isn't playing well enough right now to thrash anyone. Notre Dame may be the media darling, but they've got the coach and the pieces to be great, and they proved that in almost sending USC to the land of the beatens. UCLA lost last week. They didn't come from behind, Washington State's horrible defense GAVE them the game... just like they gave Oregon State the game. If Wazzu had even a decent defense they'd be undefeated right now.

    AJ, is it really that different to put Virginia Tech #4 instead of #3?

  6. Gerald said:

    posted on October 20, 2005 9:12 PM — 65.12.162.103 — link — abuse?



    Aaron:

    Please. Notre Dame didn't prove anything by ALMOST beating USC. Stanford ALMOST beat USC last year, and they wound up 4 - 7 with a fired coach. Great teams don't ALMOST beat great teams, they BEAT them. They don't let a guy get behind them on 4th and 9, catch a ball over perfect coverage, and run 70 yards with a minute left. Have you ever heard of pass interference? Have you ever heard of PREVENT DEFENSE! I remember when an FSU DB tripped a Nebraska WR who came wide open in the end zone. After the game, they asked the FSU DB did he commit pass interference. He said "Of course! What was I supposed to do? Let him score?" Sure, Nebraska got the first down, but they wound up settling for a field goal, and won the game and the national title by one point! Great teams don't give up plays like that. And great teams also don't give up 160 yards rushing to Reggie Bush. Sorry, ND is still a work in progress, and if ND's schedule was as easy the last two years as it was this year, Tyrone Willingham would still have a job.

  7. TommyTide said:

    posted on October 20, 2005 11:19 PM — 70.153.141.217 — link — abuse?



    Tennessee has been through a lot this season, but they STILL have an opportunity to go 3-2 against TOP 10 Teams. UT lost to Florida & Georgia - ruining any chance of a Natl Title or SEC Title. Now, the seniors still have a chance to salvage a season by beating ND and ALA. With wins over LSU,ND, ALA & a good bowl opponent, UT could end up 10-2 and in the TOP 10. It aint much, but it could be enough to placate the Big Orange Nation and save ole Randy Sanders.

    Go Big Orange

    "aviod the rush...hate Bama early"

  8. FRESNO STATE said:

    posted on October 25, 2005 3:23 AM — 68.124.240.18 — link — abuse?



    fRESNO IS RANKED HIGHER THAN THE VOLS HAHA HAHAHA FRESNO IS WAY BETTER THAN THEM.. I BET THEY WOULD BE SCARED TO PLAY US AGAIN... THE WHOLE NATION KNOWS IT.. THAT FRESNO CAN KNOCK OFF ANY BCS TEAM... THAT'S WHY THEIR AFRAIND TO FACE US.. THEY DONT HAVE TO COME HERE WE CAN GO PLAY THEM AT THEIR HOME TURF AND STILL CAST A SPANKING ON THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME CROWD... FRESNO STATE BULLDOG,,, IF YOU DONT KNOW WATCH EM ON SAT OCT. 29 AT 7ET/4PT ON ABC AGAINST HAWAII AND YOU'LL SEE WHY THEY ARE THE BEST.,

  9. FRESNO SSSTATE said:

    posted on October 25, 2005 3:24 AM — 68.124.240.18 — link — abuse?



    fRESNO IS RANKED HIGHER THAN THE VOLS HAHA HAHAHA FRESNO IS WAY BETTER THAN THEM.. I BET THEY WOULD BE SCARED TO PLAY US AGAIN... THE WHOLE NATION KNOWS IT.. THAT FRESNO CAN KNOCK OFF ANY BCS TEAM... THAT'S WHY THEIR AFRAIND TO FACE US.. THEY DONT HAVE TO COME HERE WE CAN GO PLAY THEM AT THEIR HOME TURF AND STILL CAST A SPANKING ON THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME CROWD... FRESNO STATE BULLDOG,,, IF YOU DONT KNOW WATCH EM ON SAT OCT. 29 AT 7ET/4PT ON ABC AGAINST HAWAII AND YOU'LL SEE WHY THEY ARE THE BEST.,

  10. Steve said:

    posted on October 25, 2005 1:35 PM — 128.198.142.33 — link — abuse?



    Colorado loses to #1 and #6 on the road, spanks everyone else on their schedule and Minnesota and Northwestern are ahead of them? The Eastern/West coast bias is beyond understanding anymore. When all we had was radio and newspapers you could almost excuse it. Now? Your voters need to become educated about the entire country not just their corner.

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