1. Bama
2. Ohio St.
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Houston
6. Clemson
7. Stanford
8. Michigan St.
9. Washington
10. Wisconsin

What say you?

I like your list. We will find out at 2PM Eastern.

(09-18-2016 07:32 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  1. Bama
2. Ohio St.
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Houston
6. Clemson
7. Stanford
8. Michigan St.
9. Washington
10. Wisconsin

What say you?

Pretty close. IMHO Louisville should be #1.

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Clemson
5. Houston
6. Louisville
7. Stanford
8. Washington
9. Michigan State
10.Wisconsin

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Clemson
6. Houston
7. Stanford
8. Michigan State
9. Washington
10. Wisconsin

1. Alabama(and I'll go out on a limb and say it won't be a unanimous #1 either)
2. Louisville
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan
5. Houston
6. Clemson
7. Stanford
8. Michigan State
9. Washington
10. LSU

Also, North Dakota State will not make the top 25.

(09-18-2016 08:48 AM)Maize Wrote:  1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Clemson
6. Houston
7. Stanford
8. Michigan State
9. Washington
10. Wisconsin

This.

Big 10 and acc need to reshuffle divisions to balance things. Msu to the west, Purdue to the east. Acc shouldn't have Clemson, fsu, and Louisville in the same division

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Louisville
4. Clemson
5. Michigan
6. Houston
7. Stanford
8. Washington
9. Michigan State
10. Wisconsin

(09-18-2016 09:44 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 08:48 AM)Maize Wrote:  1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Clemson
6. Houston
7. Stanford
8. Michigan State
9. Washington
10. Wisconsin

This.

I can see this.

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Louisville
4. Houston
5. Clemson
6. Michigan
7. Stanford
8. Washington
9. Michigan State
10. Wisconsin

I don't know if I'd put Louisville that high.

My money is on #5 or #6.

That said, blowouts can be difficult to judge when it comes to the fallout. The obvious question is, was FSU really the second best team in the country?

You can definitely make the case that Louisville is the best team in the country at this point, but playing within the understood parameters of the polls, it's hard to punish Alabama for beating a top 20 team on the road. Even if you think they're overrated, Ole Miss at their place is a good win for everyone else in the poll. Bama shouldn't be penalized because the expectations for them are so high that they get docked for it.

Most likely they're top 3, either 2 or 3, depending on how much weight you give Ohio State's win at Oklahoma, which was more impressive by stats and polls than Alabama's, but against an opponent that is more suspect (two lopsided losses to ranked teams, one rout against a low-tier FBS team).

I'd say 1. Alabama, 2. Ohio State, 3. Louisville but I wouldn't rise up with fists if the order was different.

(09-18-2016 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I don't know if I'd put Louisville that high.

My money is on #5 or #6.

That said, blowouts can be difficult to judge when it comes to the fallout. The obvious question is, was FSU really the second best team in the country?

But the fact is Louisville has clearly dominated their competition so far. In my opinion they should be #1. But they are clearly a Top 3 to 4 team.

(09-18-2016 11:42 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I don't know if I'd put Louisville that high.

My money is on #5 or #6.

That said, blowouts can be difficult to judge when it comes to the fallout. The obvious question is, was FSU really the second best team in the country?

But the fact is Louisville has clearly dominated their competition so far. In my opinion they should be #1. But they are clearly a Top 3 to 4 team.

Wins over Charlotte and Syracuse show precious little.

I don't doubt that the blowout home win against #2 FSU is impressive but saying that makes a number 1 team seems like a huge jump.

This is Brett McMurphy AP Ballot this week:

In list form:

1. Louisville
2. Alabama
3. Ohio State
4. Houston
5. Michigan State
6. Stanford
7. Texas A&M
8. Michigan
9. Wisconsin
10. Clemson
11. Washington
12. Florida State
13. Miami
14. Tennessee
15. Arkansas
16. Georgia
17. San Diego State
18. LSU
19. North Carolina
20. Nebraska
21. Florida
22. North Dakota State
23. Baylor
24. Utah
25. Oregon

http://thespun.com/big-ten/ohio-state/es...3-mcmurphy

(09-18-2016 11:47 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:42 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I don't know if I'd put Louisville that high.

My money is on #5 or #6.

That said, blowouts can be difficult to judge when it comes to the fallout. The obvious question is, was FSU really the second best team in the country?

But the fact is Louisville has clearly dominated their competition so far. In my opinion they should be #1. But they are clearly a Top 3 to 4 team.

Wins over Charlotte and Syracuse show precious little.

I don't doubt that the blowout home win against #2 FSU is impressive but saying that makes a number 1 team seems like a huge jump.

I knew you would say that. Bama played sorry against WKU, beat a bad USC team after struggling with them for a quarter and a half, and was 21 pts down to Ole Miss. Bama competition so far this season may be just a tad better than UL but the Cardinals haven't struggled and has clearly dominated their inferior competition.

An argument for UL can easily be made right now for them to be #1 but obviously that will not happen.

(09-18-2016 12:00 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:47 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:42 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I don't know if I'd put Louisville that high.

My money is on #5 or #6.

That said, blowouts can be difficult to judge when it comes to the fallout. The obvious question is, was FSU really the second best team in the country?

But the fact is Louisville has clearly dominated their competition so far. In my opinion they should be #1. But they are clearly a Top 3 to 4 team.

Wins over Charlotte and Syracuse show precious little.

I don't doubt that the blowout home win against #2 FSU is impressive but saying that makes a number 1 team seems like a huge jump.

I knew you would say that. Bama played sorry against WKU, beat a bad USC team after struggling with them for a quarter and a half, and was 21 pts down to Ole Miss. Bama competition so far this season may be just a tad better than UL but the Cardinals haven't struggled and has clearly dominated their inferior competition.

An argument for UL can easily be made right now for them to be #1 but obviously that will not happen.

K

One thing for sure....Alabama will not be unanimous #1...know for sure Louisville got at least One 1st place vote...came a long ways since the 1980s playing in a rundown Triple A Baseball Stadium...

(09-18-2016 12:02 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 12:00 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:47 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:42 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I don't know if I'd put Louisville that high.

My money is on #5 or #6.

That said, blowouts can be difficult to judge when it comes to the fallout. The obvious question is, was FSU really the second best team in the country?

But the fact is Louisville has clearly dominated their competition so far. In my opinion they should be #1. But they are clearly a Top 3 to 4 team.

Wins over Charlotte and Syracuse show precious little.

I don't doubt that the blowout home win against #2 FSU is impressive but saying that makes a number 1 team seems like a huge jump.

I knew you would say that. Bama played sorry against WKU, beat a bad USC team after struggling with them for a quarter and a half, and was 21 pts down to Ole Miss. Bama competition so far this season may be just a tad better than UL but the Cardinals haven't struggled and has clearly dominated their inferior competition.

An argument for UL can easily be made right now for them to be #1 but obviously that will not happen.

K

Not sure what you find funny. Nick is clearly not happy with the way Bama is playing so far this season and in partcular the way they have started their games. USC is a bad team. Ole Miss is 1-2. Yes Charlotte is worse than WKU but Syracuse and USC is a wash and FSU is better than Ole Miss. Oh, now I see why you were laughing....lol