11/4/12 AP Poll ND #4

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College Football Rankings - Associated Press Top 25 Poll - SI.com

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Deserved.

 

[BGIF]

Rank Team Record Votes Previous
1 Alabama (60) 9-0 1,500 1
2 Oregon 9-0 1,421 2
3 Kansas State 9-0 1,395 3
4 Notre Dame 9-0 1,318 4
5 Ohio State 10-0 1,198 6
5 Georgia 8-1 1,198 7
7 Florida 8-1 1,112 8
8 Florida St 8-1 1,057 9
9 LSU 7-2 1,029 5
10 Clemson 8-1 931 10
11 Louisville 9-0 862 12
12 South Carolina7-2 836 11
13 Oregon State 7-1 796 13
14 Oklahoma 6-2 765 14
15 Texas A&M 7-2 700 16
16 Stanford 7-2 655 15
17 UCLA 7-2 446 25
18 Nebraska 7-2 441 21
19 LA Tech 8-1 355 22
19 Texas 7-2 355 NR
21 USC 6-3 237 18
22 Miss St 7-2 187 17
23 Toledo 8-1 146 NR
24 Rutgers 7-1 99 NR
25 TexTech 6-3 97 20

Others Receiving Votes: Northern Illinois64, Kent State61, Michigan53, TCU38, Northwestern32, Oklahoma State27, Ohio22, UCF15, Boise State11, Washington9, Penn State8, San Diego State7, Tulsa6, Arizona5, Utah State4, Fresno State2


Read more: College Football Rankings - Associated Press Top 25 Poll - SI.com

 

[BGIF]

ND votes:

2nd 1
3rd 2
4th 52
5th 4
6th 1

 

[LaJollaIrish]

I like that the AP ranked "Reuters" #24...

 

[BobD]

I wonder who voted us as 6th?

 

[BGIF]

I like that the AP ranked "Reuters" #24...

That actually is the spellchecker's doing. Sorry, I didn't notice the incorrect autocorrection. I'll correct it.

 

[TheSunIsRising]

I like that the AP ranked "Reuters" #24...

Haha, good catch. Probably some bias there by the AP; there is no way that Pravda and Al Jazeera should be ahead of Reuters.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

I wonder who voted us as 6th?

Dirk Facer (actually his name). Utah Utes beat writer for the Deseret News.

 

[BGIF]

I wonder who voted us as 6th?

A guy from Salt Lake. All the 5's had Ohio St ahead of us. The 6 had OSU and UGA ahead of ND.

The 5's were from Memphis, Charleston, WV, Roanoke, VA and Boulder. Didn't seem to be opponent bias.

 

[Yes]

Surprised Oregon didn't get any #1 votes. They sure look better than Bama to me.

 

[Old Man Mike]

This poll rating seems eminently fair to me.

My actual response to it is just like Coach's response to the "are you rooting for...?" question at the postgame presscon: "I honestly don't care. I care about my football team."

Didn't surprise me that he breathed Dragonfire on people who were seeming to criticize his boys. One He!l of a Leader right there....

 

[TheSunIsRising]

As would be expected, ND lost ground to the other top 5 unbeatens vs last week's AP poll.

 

[Buster Bluth]

12-0 is 12-0. I could give a crap about the rest.

 

[BGIF]

12-0 is 12-0. I could give a crap about the rest.

So we won't hear from you for 3 weeks.

 

[North Buffalo Irish]

Everyone knows that this poll has nothing to do with the BCS and is basically irrelevant, right?

 

[JughedJones]

I'm not sure... but it's only the computers that matter..

Am I wrong?

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[military_irish]

I'm not sure... but it's only the computers that matter..

Am I wrong?

Harris Poll
Coach's Poll
Computer Rankings

These determine the BCS Rankings and ultimately who plays for the National Title.

BCS Explained

 

[mgriff]

You can't really argue with us being fourth. We've been pushed in too many games. We just need to win, that's all we can control. Doesn't matter if it's by one or three; just win.

 

[WaveDomer]

It's interesting because there are sports writers like Rece Davis saying things like (paraphrase) "Championship teams find a way to win. That's what Alabama and Notre Dame did." Even Mark May said Notre Dame is a good/great team that finds a way to win. So ND just needs to keep winning. I think it shakes out. ND also has a great opportunity to just lay the wood to USC and get a better win than Oregon did by giving up 51 points.