"Official" NCAA Football Smack Talkin Thread

[Serious News]

New AP Poll

School-1st Place Votes-Record-Points-Last Week Ranking

1 Florida State (35) 5-0 1,461 1
2 Auburn (23) 5-0 1,459 5
T3 Mississippi State (2) 5-0 1,320 12
T3 Mississippi 5-0 1,320 11
5 Baylor 5-0 1,258 7
6 Notre Dame 5-0 1,186 9
7 Alabama 4-1 1,060 3
8 Michigan State 4-1 981 10
9 TCU 4-0 979 25
10 Arizona 5-0 951 NR
11 Oklahoma 4-1 904 4
12 Oregon 4-1 888 2
13 Georgia 4-1 854 13
14 Texas A&M 5-1 731 6
15 Ohio State 4-1 534 20
16 Oklahoma State 4-1 527 21
17 Kansas State 4-1 486 23
18 UCLA 4-1 460 8
19 East Carolina 4-1 344 22
20 Arizona State 4-1 325 NR
21 Nebraska 5-1 283 19
22 Georgia Tech 5-0 235 NR
23 Missouri 4-1 212 24
24 Utah 4-1 206 NR
25 Stanford 3-2 143 14
Dropped out: No. 15 LSU, No. 16 Southern California, No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 18 BYU.

[Ratickle]

Wow, I wonder if anyone else has ever gone from Not Ranked to #10 in the poll?

[Ratickle]

Gonna be some changes this weekend......

[Ratickle]

#2 Auburn @ #3 Miss State today

#9 TCU @ # 5 Baylor today

#3 Ole Miss @ # 14 Texas A&M today

USC at Arizona - If Arizona wins, they could really move up. They already jumped from nowhere last week.....

[Ratickle]

YOu think Ole Miss and Mississippi State will pass Florida State in the rankings?

[Bobcat]

The libtards are trying to get Ole Miss to change their name...they think it's offensive.

[old377guy]

The libtards are trying to get Ole Miss to change their name...they think it's offensive.

To what "Ole Ms."?

[Bobcat]

Androgynous U....

[Serious News]

[Serious News]

The entire order of the AP poll:

Rk Team (First-place votes) Points Previous

1 Mississippi State (43) 1,480 1
2 Florida State (14) 1,433 2
3 Ole Miss (3) 1,404 3
4 Alabama 1,235 7
5 Auburn 1,231 6
6 Oregon 1,142 9
7 Notre Dame 1,133 5
8 Michigan State 1,066 8
9 Georgia 1,055 10
10 TCU 962 12
11 Kansas State 905 14
12 Baylor 858 4
13 Ohio State 753 13
14 Arizona State 643 17
15 Arizona 639 16
16 Nebraska 537 19
17 Oklahoma 461 11
18 East Carolina 445 18
19 Utah 437 20
20 USC 356 22
21 Clemson 283 24
22 West Virginia 272 NR
23 Marshall 184 25
24 LSU 177 NR
25 UCLA 118 NR

[Ratickle]

This is really getting interesting for the new 4 team playoff format......

[Bobcat]

[Ratickle]

Tuesday first playoff poll should be really interesting......

[Serious News]

AP Top 25

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 Mississippi State (46) 7-0 1486
2 Florida State (14) 7-0 1453
3 Alabama 7-1 1290
4 Auburn 6-1 1267
5 Oregon 7-1 1199
6 Notre Dame 6-1 1161
7 Ole Miss 7-1 1095
8 Michigan State 7-1 1086
9 Georgia 6-1 1074
10 TCU 6-1 1030
11 Kansas State 6-1 930
12 Baylor 6-1 839
13 Ohio State 6-1 676
14 Arizona 6-1 669
15 Arizona State 6-1 667
16 LSU 7-2 574
17 Nebraska 7-1 535
18 Utah 6-1 524
19 Oklahoma 5-2 430
20 West Virginia 6-2 379
21 East Carolina 6-1 366
22 Clemson 6-2 265
23 Marshall 8-0 184
24 Duke 6-1 121
25 UCLA 6-2 106


Dropped from rankings: USC 20
Others receiving votes: Colorado State 29, USC 22, Wisconsin 14, Stanford 9, Louisville 8, Missouri 7, North Dakota State 3, Oklahoma State 2

[Ratickle]

I am really curious to see how this compares with the AP tonight......

4 big questions the NCAA football playoff rankings will answer

On Tuesday, the first college football rankings will be released by the now 12-person playoff committee and the new four-team playoff will become immediately infuriating — until Jan. 1, when four teams begin battling for a national title and all the nonsense that preceded it will be disregarded, just as every BCS title game accomplished.

But until the four teams are determined Dec. 7, the nonsense will overwhelm, occupying every day but Saturday.

With no precedent for the way teams will be measured, how the cluster(bleep) of one-loss teams are slotted should give some insight into what criteria are being used to separate the great from the just as great, the difference between two teams that haven’t played each other and have no common opponents.

With 16 one-loss teams from power conferences all attempting to make arguments for playoff spots, here are the most important questions about the first rankings:

How much does strength of schedule really matter?

Teams such as Alabama are going to be rewarded for playing in a strong conference, while teams such as Florida State are going to be hurt by playing in a weaker conference, even though those teams have no control over how the programs around them perform. Non-conference scheduling is more reflective of a team’s willingness to improve its résumé by playing a tough schedule.

Will Michigan State be rewarded for traveling to Oregon? Will Baylor be punished for loading up against Buffalo, Northwestern State and SMU? And how will intent to schedule strong be weighed, i.e., Notre Dame, which has wins against Michigan and Stanford that don’t look nearly as impressive as those wins normally would appear?

Will previous polls subconsciously come into play?

The AP Poll and Coaches Poll have been in place for decades, but have no official bearing on the committee’s rankings. Still, there is something to seeing a number next to a name. In the AP Poll, Alabama is No. 3 and Ole Miss (which beat Alabama) is No. 7, while Oregon is No. 5, Arizona (which beat Oregon on the road) is 14th, TCU is 10th and Nebraska is 17th. See a number next to a name long enough and it can become ingrained in a person’s mind, like a brand. How many committee members will be willing to break away from already established determinations?

Does the perception of SEC power permeate the rankings?

The perception is the SEC is the most incredible assemblage of anything since Noah loaded up his ark, but just because it’s perception doesn’t mean it’s not true. The strength of the conference changes each year, though, and it’s unclear if this group is similarly superior up top or just extraordinarily deep. Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss and Georgia all suffered their only losses in-conference. Will those losses be less hurtful since the SEC seems so powerful? Two playoff spots for the conference could happen, with a sure sign coming if two-loss LSU ranks ahead of other one-loss teams.

Which power conference — Big 12, Pac-12 or Big Ten — is most likely to miss the playoff?

One is guaranteed to miss out. Two could be fuming if Notre Dame takes another spot, with a third in play if the SEC steals a second bid (assuming Florida State wins out). Which conference will get the least love and will the hole be too deep to climb into the top four?

… And since the committee has to face the public scorn and scrutiny, I’ll open myself up to the same criticism with my own picks: Mississippi State, Florida State, Auburn, Notre Dame.

To clarify (since the committee might not do the same by explaining its own rankings), these are not the four best teams at the moment (which would include Alabama), but the four most deserving teams at the moment.

So many questions will sort themselves out because of the multitude of head-to-head matchups between contending teams still remaining, but what matters is a model will be set on how to separate teams with the same record.

Most importantly, don’t get upset — yet. Each Tuesday until Dec. 7 is just a TV event, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing but a great way to make advertising money.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/27/4-big-q...s-will-answer/

[Serious News]

The initial College Football Playoff Top 25:

1. Mississippi State (7-0)
2. Florida State (7-0)
3. Auburn (6-1)
4. Ole Miss (6-1)
5. Oregon (6-1)
6. Alabama (7-1)
7. TCU (6-1)
8. Michigan State (7-1)
9. Kansas State (6-1)
10. Notre Dame (6-1)
11. Georgia (6-1)
12. Arizona (6-1)
13. Baylor (6-1)
14. Arizona State (6-1)
15. Nebraska (7-1)
16. Ohio State (6-1)
17. Utah (6-1)
18. Oklahoma (5-2)
19. LSU (7-2)
20. West Virginia (6-2)
21. Clemson (6-2)
22. UCLA (6-2)
23. East Carolina (6-1)
24. Duke (6-1)
25. Louisville (6-2)

[Ratickle]

So Mississippi State still has to play Alabama and Ole Miss
Auburn has to play Ole Miss, Georgia and Alabama
Ole Miss has to play Auburn and Miss State
Alabama has to play LSU, Miss State, and Auburn

That Top 6 is gonna be a mess when that's over. If Oregon wins out, they are looking good for the playoff......

[Ratickle]

Goooooooooooooooo Louisville .....

[Bobcat]

Illinois looked good last night

[Blue Oval]

Illinois looked good last night

I was watching for awhile. Turned it to the Pistons and watched them blow it.