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That's a signal that some of the AP people didn't really watch some of the games either. To have 20 voters change their mind on LSU-USC based on yesterday's games? I don't see it. I watched USC look really bad, but LSU looked pretty bad themselves yesterday. I really like the jump to #6 for South Florida though. For what they've done so far, they deserve that ranking for now. While I'm quite sure you're right that some of the AP people didn't watch all the games, in defense of LSU jumping USC - LSU looked bad for a half, USC looked bad an entire game.

Lou should win Manager of the Year, but I think the voters will look at the money Hendry spent this offseason and say we should have won, with or without Lou.

I'm almost as much an LSU fan this week as I am a Tennessee fan. If LSU can beat Florida and Tennessee beats Georgia, the Vols control their own destiny again.

Agreed. That high flying offense may sway enough voters, but I doubt it.

Right now, I see it ending... UGA 6-2 UF 5-3 USC 5-3 UK 4-4 UT 4-4 I could definitely see that happening, but there are too many questions remaining with all those teams to say anything definitively. For better or worse, the East is very evenly match this year. I tend to think South Carolina will have one more loss than that and Florida will have one less. If the Tennessee defense improves, I think they'll do much better than 4 losses, but that's a big if. Kentucky's offense will have to win some shootouts, but I think can beat South Carolina and one of (or maybe both) Tennessee and Georgia. Georgia's been too inconsistent to to really tell what they're going to do. Will the team that beat OK State show up, or the one that looked awful against USC?

After USC and LSU, there are no dominant teams out there. Florida has incredible talent, but plenty of issues. WVU has little to no defense. Texas has looked bad every week (nearly). Now, after the top two will likely be Cal, OSU and Wisconsin. That's honestly a very iffy 3-5. make no mistake about it, there will be at least two and probably three one loss teams ahead of Wisconsin. this is another broken record. year after year teams ranked ahead of Wisconsin that lose are not dropped below Wisconsin. no chance that changes in a year where Wisconsin's wins haven't been impressive and they are inconsistent on both sides of the ball. I would not be surprised if Wisconsin's position in the polls doesn't change. only one or two of the 4 losing teams ahead of them will drop below, while they get passed by UK, BC, or both. Florida, Oklahoma, WVU, Texas and Rutgers will all be below Wisconsin. If Wisconsin doesn't move up from #8, then BC would have to move up four spots to pass them, Va Tech 7 spots, Kentucky 8 spots, and Georgia 9 spots. Remember, that's if Wisconsin doesn't move up. After winning and everybody losing in front, I think they have to move up a spot or two at the very least. I don't see Wisconsin being outside the top 6 after today, probably in the top 5. I probably over reached with 'probably three once loss teams.' Rutgers already was below Wisconsin, who is currently #9. you really couldn't see a whole lot of pollsters going USC LSU Cal OSU 3-4 of Fla/OK/BC/UK/WVU UW ? I think it's exactly what will happen. not that it will matter anyway, because the Badgers still can't stop the spread formation, much less one with a couple of world class athletes, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's a one week visit to the top 5-6 anyway. I see no possible way that Florida and Oklahoma both lose to unranked teams (OK lost to a horrible unranked team) and fall 1-2 spots. Also, I don't see how you can say that WVU could lose to South Florida and not drop. Before the loss they were ranked 5, you expect them to hold firm or rise in the polls after losing? Interesting though process. Like soccer10K said, UK or BC could jump Wisconsin, but I really doubt it. The Badgers should, and I think will, be in the top 5 this week.

After USC and LSU, there are no dominant teams out there. Florida has incredible talent, but plenty of issues. WVU has little to no defense. Texas has looked bad every week (nearly). Now, after the top two will likely be Cal, OSU and Wisconsin. That's honestly a very iffy 3-5. make no mistake about it, there will be at least two and probably three one loss teams ahead of Wisconsin. this is another broken record. year after year teams ranked ahead of Wisconsin that lose are not dropped below Wisconsin. no chance that changes in a year where Wisconsin's wins haven't been impressive and they are inconsistent on both sides of the ball. I would not be surprised if Wisconsin's position in the polls doesn't change. only one or two of the 4 losing teams ahead of them will drop below, while they get passed by UK, BC, or both. Florida, Oklahoma, WVU, Texas and Rutgers will all be below Wisconsin. If Wisconsin doesn't move up from #8, then BC would have to move up four spots to pass them, Va Tech 7 spots, Kentucky 8 spots, and Georgia 9 spots. Remember, that's if Wisconsin doesn't move up. After winning and everybody losing in front, I think they have to move up a spot or two at the very least. I don't see Wisconsin being outside the top 6 after today, probably in the top 5.

I assume you're assuming the winner of Tennessee/Georgia next week loses a second SEC game? Because in your scenario, the winner of the Tennessee/Georgia winner vs Kentucky game wins the East. With the parity inside the SEC East this year, two losses will put Florida in with everybody else and it's likely that Tennessee, Georgia or Kentucky (possibly even South Carolina) will finish with just one loss. Florida winning the East is no slam dunk.

After USC and LSU, there are no dominant teams out there. Florida has incredible talent, but plenty of issues. WVU has little to no defense. Texas has looked bad every week (nearly). Now, after the top two will likely be Cal, OSU and Wisconsin. That's honestly a very iffy 3-5.

Florida still has a trip to Baton Rouge next week (I think it's next week) and games against Georgia and Steve Spurrier. It's no easy road from here for the Crocs. I still think it's more likely than not that LSU beats Florida, which puts the winner of Tennessee/Georgia next week in the driver's seat for the East.

:D :D :D :D :D :D Florida losing made me happy. That's all I have to say. I was glad to see it as well. I think UK can match up pretty well against UF. If you gave straight up odds, I'd take the Gators, hopefully Lexington and a beatable pass defense can give UK some chance of knocking them off. Kentucky has a great shot of beating Florida. You're right that they matchup very well against them. The only thing that worries me about UK against Florida is the Wildcat defense. Tennessee's defense is weak and Florida's offense rolled over them. The game will likely be a complete shootout, and I'd worry at that point.

:D :D :D :D :D :D Florida losing made me happy. That's all I have to say.

they're both out of the picture... just b/c OU announcer didn't say that doesn't mean it's not the case If there are 2 undefeated teams left, yes. But this season may fall like the others and have us down to 1. Plus, it's the way he said it...so dismissive. TD Rutgers. 17-14. Even if there is only one unbeaten, a loss to CU is going to carry far more weight than a loss to even a decent team. OU's going to have to get lucky to make the title game now.

Wow. I really thought OK was the team to beat and had the best path to the BCS game. Perhaps the Sooners were overated, or the Buffs were underated. Interesting question. I would lean toward OU being overated. I dont think they are overrated. I think OU got caught looking ahead 1 week. They simply were not prepared or taking CU seriously. Honestly Colorado has been a joke for the past 12 months. I think Dan Hawkins will turn CU around. It may take a while, but I really think he can make them relevant again. Also, it's definitely likely that OU was overlooking CU, but I have to wonder how - if they're really as good as people say they are - how they couldn't turn it on against an awful CU team. Is OU great? Yes, but I'm not sure if they're top 5 great after this game.

Wow. I really thought OK was the team to beat and had the best path to the BCS game. Perhaps the Sooners were overated, or the Buffs were underated. Interesting question. I would lean toward OU being overated.

If Maryland holds on, I have to think this would be bad news for the Big East. Rutgers losing to a team WVU handled easily right after South Florida beat the Mountaineers doesn't do much for the prestige of a conference. Granted still a very long way to go in this one. I'll make the Cuse argument for a second. When teams in the SEC all give each other losses, it's because the conference is a gauntlet that nobody can go undefeated in. When the BE does it, it's because all the teams are bad in the conference. Everyone argued last year that WV, Louisville, and Rutgers were good because the rest of the conference was terrible. Now that the other part of the conference is better, how is that bad for the conference? Because it's debatable how good the rest of the conference is. WVU handled Maryland easily, assuming Rutgers loses today (which I grant is still very much in doubt), I don't see how that's a good thing for the conference. Also, as in my reply to Cuse, nobody knows exactly how good USF and Cinci are. People were just warming up to the top 3, now those major powers losing isn't a good thing perception-wise.

If Maryland holds on, I have to think this would be bad news for the Big East. Rutgers losing to a team WVU handled easily right after South Florida beat the Mountaineers doesn't do much for the prestige of a conference. Granted still a very long way to go in this one. It wouldn't be good but yet the conference hasn't played each other that much yet and we'll see how they fall. Cinci and SFlor may be the best teams and since they don't have the name or the preseason hype what you say rings true. Yea, I was mainly focusing on national perception of the conference. People were just beginning to buy into WVU, Rutgers and Louisville a little, now all of a sudden those teams don't look as good (if this score holds).

Wow. I'd like to see that. I just found that game on my FSN channel. Fox Sports South has it too. :D

How does that happen? Offenses must not be taking the field. :D

If Maryland holds on, I have to think this would be bad news for the Big East. Rutgers losing to a team WVU handled easily right after South Florida beat the Mountaineers doesn't do much for the prestige of a conference. Granted still a very long way to go in this one.

Hm, looks like the UT staff may have missed on him.

It's a plus minus thing for those conferences. Since the computers help determine who goes to the BCS Championship Game a win over another quality team might propel them over the 3rd rank team. It does have it's plusses, but when the other division is down and does have a 7-5 record, it could hurt SOS too.

calm down, Iowa will find a way to make your lead stand So, what's the score? 21-13 IU with 2 minutes left in the 3rd. And IU just scored a TD.27-13 pending the PAT. Thanks. Indiana doesn't play OSU or Michigan this year, man that bugs me about the Big 10. The only time it really bothers me is when a team has a chance to win the Big 10 without playing one or both of them. That's the beauty of having a championship game, you're almost definitely going to have to play at least one of the other best teams in your conference to win it. I realize the Big 10 can't do that until they add a team though. But if a 7-5/8-4 team beats a 12-0 in the Champ game it is worse imo. Either the 7-5/8-4 team is better than it's record, or the 12-0 team is worse than it's record. Or maybe the entire conference is down and that's how the 12-0 team remained unbeaten that long. Or, again, maybe the conference is awesome and there's not that much differnce between the teams. Basically, there are too many variables to deal with in this hypothetical. It could also be the schedules they play too. Yet another possibility. I like them a lot, but would like them more if every conference had them. It makes things a little more difficult for the SEC, Big 12 and ACC that the Big 10, Pac-10 and Big East don't have championship games

calm down, Iowa will find a way to make your lead stand So, what's the score? 21-13 IU with 2 minutes left in the 3rd. And IU just scored a TD.27-13 pending the PAT. Thanks. Indiana doesn't play OSU or Michigan this year, man that bugs me about the Big 10. The only time it really bothers me is when a team has a chance to win the Big 10 without playing one or both of them. That's the beauty of having a championship game, you're almost definitely going to have to play at least one of the other best teams in your conference to win it. I realize the Big 10 can't do that until they add a team though. But if a 7-5/8-4 team beats a 12-0 in the Champ game it is worse imo. Either the 7-5/8-4 team is better than it's record, or the 12-0 team is worse than it's record. Or maybe the entire conference is down and that's how the 12-0 team remained unbeaten that long. Or, again, maybe the conference is awesome and there's not that much differnce between the teams. Basically, there are too many variables to deal with in this hypothetical.

calm down, Iowa will find a way to make your lead stand So, what's the score? 21-13 IU with 2 minutes left in the 3rd. And IU just scored a TD.27-13 pending the PAT. Thanks. Indiana doesn't play OSU or Michigan this year, man that bugs me about the Big 10. The only time it really bothers me is when a team has a chance to win the Big 10 without playing one or both of them. That's the beauty of having a championship game, you're almost definitely going to have to play at least one of the other best teams in your conference to win it. I realize the Big 10 can't do that until they add a team though.