BlogPoll Ballot: Week 12
As the season winds down, we are getting closer to the BCS getting totally blown up, with 6 undefeated teams still in the rankings. Florida or Alabama will lose in a couple of weeks, but Boise, TCU and Texas should be able to win out. While Cincinnati will still has to get past Illinois and Pittsburgh. Can you imagine if there are 5 unbeaten teams at season’s end?
There were only a couple of upsets from last week’s ballot, so a few strangers reenter the poll after some big wins that have capped impressive win streaks. We drop Utah and Houston a bit after wins, simply because we don’t think they can beat those teams from the ACC and USC, but at that spot in the polls, does it really matter? If you don’t make it to a BCS game, it doesn’t matter where you are ranked after the top 10, unless of course you’re Michigan and ranked near the bottom.
As always, let us know what you think and we’ll take your comments into consideration when turning in our final ballot by Wednesday.
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11-0. Colt McCoy became the all-time winnest QB, as the Longhorns clinched the Big 12 South title. McCoy was brilliant once again, going 32/41 for 398 yards and 4 TD’s in their 51-20 win over Kansas. Next up: at Texas A&M, Thursday at 8:00. | – |
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11-0. Complete mismatch late in the season, as the Gators took down FIU, 62-3. Tebow threw for 215 and rushed for another 102, scoring a total of 3 times, before getting some rest late in the game. Next up: Florida State, 3:30. | – |
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11-0. Another filler game for an SEC team, taking down Chattanooga, 45-0. The Tide defense gave up just 84 total yards and the offense controlled the ball for 37 minutes, racking up 313 rushing yards. Next up: at Auburn, Friday 2:30. | – |
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11-0. The Horned Frogs dominated another MWC foe, this week beating Wyoming on the road, 45-10. TCU rushed for 339 yards and committed 0 penalties, while only giving up 178 total yards. Matthew Tucker lead the way with a career high 133 yards and 2 scores on only 11 carries. Next up: New Mexico, 1:00. |  1 |
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10-0. Bye Week. Next up: Illinois, Friday Noon. |  1 |
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11-0. The Broncos racked 323 rushing yards and 572 total yards in their stomping of Utah St., 52-21. Doug Martin lead the rushing attack, getting a career high 122 yards and 4 TD’s on 13 carries, while Jeremy Avery had 16/116 and 2 scores. Next up: Nevada, Friday 10:00. | – |
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10-1. Bye Week. Next up: Georgia, 8:00. | – |
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10-2. Beat Michigan 21-10, keeping the Wolverines from a bowl game for the second straight season. The Silver Bullets created 5 Taint Forcier’s TO’s and rushed for 251 yards on 53 carries. Next up: Season complete, Rose Bowl January 1. | – |
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9-2. Won a thrilling comeback at Arizona, 44-41 in double OT. Jeremiah Masoli threw an 8-yard TD pass with 6 seconds to send the game to OT and then scored on a 1-yard run in the second OT. The Ducks will be the Buckeyes next opponent if they can win the Civil War next weekend. Next up: Oregon State, 12/3, 9:00. | – |
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9-1. Bye Week. Next up: at WVU, Friday 7:00. | – |
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10-2. Won an ugly battle in Iowa City, beating Minnesota 12-0, giving the Hawkeyes double digit wins for the first time since 2004. The teams combined for more punts, 17, than points and were a combined 5/38 on 3rd downs. Next up: Season complete, Bowl Game TBA. | 2 |
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10-2. Darryl Clark threw 4 TD passes and 310 yards, as PSU went on the road to beat MSU, 42-12. The Nittany Lions outscored the Spartans 35-7 in the second half, throwing for 4 TD passes as a team in the 3rd quarter. Next up: Season Complete, Bowl Game TBA. | – |
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9-2. Rallied for 14 points in the 4th quarter to comeback and beat Colorado, 31-28. Third string QB, Brandon Weeden came off the bench in the 2nd half to throw for 168 yards and 2 TD’s and the Buffaloes only mustered 13 yards rushing. Next up: at Oklahoma, 12:30. | 1 |
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8-3. Clinched a berth in the ACC title game with a 34-21 win over Virginia. CJ Spiller continued his hot play with 114 all-purpose yards and set the ACC record for all-purpose yards in a season, with 2,059. Next up: at South Carolina, Noon. | 9 |
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9-2. Max Hall was 33/45 for 377 yards and 5 TD’s, as BYU took down Air Force, 38-21. Hall became the Cougars all-time winingest QB with his 30th victory. Next up: Utah 5:00. | 2 |
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8-3. Held to just 40 yards rushing in their 25-23 loss to Ole’ Miss. The Tigers had a chance to tie with a successful 2-point conversion with 1:17 left, but Jordan Jefferson’s pass fell incomplete. Next up: Arkansas, 7:00. | 5 |
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8-3. Scored 24 unanswered points to take down Duke 34-16. Down 16-10, Miami scored 3 TD’s in the 4th, including a 73 yard INT return by Darryl Sharpton with 6:06 left. Next up: at South Florida, 3:30. | 3 |
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7-3. Bye Week. Next up: UCLA, 10:00. | 4 |
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8-3. Ryan Williams powered a balanced Hokie offense, by rushing for 120 yards and 4 TD’s on 32 carries in VT’s 38-10 win. Williams broke the school’s single-season rushing mark with 1,355 yards. Next up: at Virginia, 3:30. | – |
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9-2. Utah jumped out to a 38-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 38-7 win over SDSU. Eddie Wide rushed for 84 yards and 2 TD’s, as the Utes racked up 391 total yards. Next up: at BYU, 5:00. | 2 |
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9-2. Case Keenum broke the school record for TD passes, with another 5 in Houston’s 55-14 win over Memphis. Keenum played just more than 2 quarters, but went 29/39 for 405 yards and has now thrown for 94 career TD’s. Next up: Rice, 8:00. | 2 |
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8-3. kept their Rose Bowl hopes alive with a 42-10 win over hapless Washington State. Jacquezz Rogers ran 24 times for 165 yards and 2 scores, as the Beavers rolled up 567 total yards of offense. Next up: at Oregon, 12/3. | 3 |
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8-3. Reappear in the top 25, with a thrilling 34-28 win at Stanford. Shane Vereen, filling in for Jahvid best, ran 42 times for 193 yards and 3 TD’s. Cal controlled the ball for 39 minutes and outscored Stanford 31-14 after the first quarter. Next up: at Washington, 12/5. | – |
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8-3. Have won 5 of last 6, after taking down LSU 25-23. Dexter McCluster rushed for 148 yards and threw a 27 yard TD pass, as the Rebels outgained LSU 426-290. Next up: at Mississippi State, 12:20. | – |
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8-3. Bye Week. Next up: at Hawaii, 10:30. | 4 |
Dropped Out: Wisconsin (#15), Stanford (#16), Rutgers (#24). (Last Week’s Ballot)
I’m surely not the first person who has noticed this, but how many bye weeks does USC have? Like 4?
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It’s like that every year. I think they played three games in their AP-declared fake championship year.
I’m just tickled pink to see us in the top ten
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Why not put Ole Miss ahead of LSU? Same record, LSU STILL hasn’t beaten anyone good.
A little known NCAA rule states that any school hosting a KKK rally prior to a game is not eligible for a top ten ranking. Apparently they didn’t get the telegram down there yet.
If you ask me, both those teams are not very good. The SEC has 2 teams. Arkansas will beat LSU’s ass. I’d like to see an Iron Bowl upset, then Alabama beat up on Florida in the SEC championship. That would really throw a wrench into the BCS this year.
That would be awesome. The whining coming out of the south if Florida and Bama both had 1 loss and Cincy/TCU/Boise were all undefeated would be awesome. Gary Danielson’s head would explode.
The school didn’t host it. Not that I support it but any school that lets it happen is ok, 1st amendment and all that. They did escort them out after like 10 minutes of fail.
I don’t think either one is good. They should be like Ole Miss 20 and LSU 21, if ranked at all (but who to put in the rankings in their place is the problem).
Somehow Oregon jumped us in the BCS standings…which screws me because I bought tickets on the home side of the Rose Bowl. How the hell did they jump from 11th to 8th by beating Arizona, while Stanford, who beat Oregon last week, lost to Cal?
You would think it would’ve stayed the same, unless somehow Wisconsin losing affected the computer polls and SOS. How much where Rosebowl tickets if you don’t mind me asking?
I got them through Stubhub for $300 each…plus tax and service charge, it was more like $350.