The Southern Fans' College Football Poll: Week 1 Poll

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Week 1 Poll

The Southern Fans' College Football Poll
September 3, 2008
28 Voters
RankingTeamPointsPrevious
1
Georgia [12]

419

1

2

Southern Cal [8]

403

2

3
Ohio State [4]

371

4

4
Oklahoma

369

3

5
Florida [4]

362

5

6
LSU

282

6

7
Missouri

275

7

8
West Virginia

211

8

9
Auburn

210

10

10
Texas

199

11

11
Wisconsin

173

12

12
Texas Tech

139

13

13
Kansas

93

NR

14
Arizona State

87

15

15
Alabama

78

NR

16
Oregon

36

NR

Other's Receiving Votes: Penn State 35, BYU 27, Wake Forest 15, South Florida 12, California 3, UCLA 3, South Carolina 2, Tennessee 1, Fresno State 1, Oklahoma State 1, Clemson 1

3 comments:

  1. Auburn John
    USC
    Ohio State
    Georgia
    Oklahoma
    West Virginia
    Florida
    LSU
    Missouri
    Texas Tech
    Penn State
    Wisconsin
    Texas
    Auburn
    Alabama
    Arizona State
    South Carolina
    Injuries to Ohio State and UGA have me a little concerned, at least enough to move USC to number one, especially considering the beat down in Virginia. Not much to go on after week 1, besides Pat White's passing stats, Missouri's porous passing D, Texas playing with emotion, Auburn's inept O, and Alabama crushing Clemson, who I had at No. 5. Bama looked very impressive, but I wonder whether it was Clemson's standard choke with the pressure on. S.Car. looked horrible against NC ST, but still had a huge win. As Lou Holtz would say... sdhfsfsfhsff adfaf afdfjad f.

    Nik DVM Mahrt
    USC
    Georgia
    Oklahoma
    Florida
    LSU
    Ohio State
    Auburn
    Maybe Brandon and Al weren't the problem
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Missouri
    Can't give up 42 to Zook and the fighting chief wahoos
    Alabama
    Arizona State
    Watch out UGA
    Penn State
    Texas Tech
    Kansas
    Oregon

    Jason Big Temp
    Florida
    USC
    Oklahoma
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    LSU
    Missouri
    West Virginia
    Auburn
    Texas
    Arizona State
    Wisconsin
    Texas Tech
    Kansas
    BYU
    Alabama

    Chadha I
    Florida
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    Oklahoma
    USC
    Missouri
    West Virginia
    Auburn
    Texas Tech
    Texas
    LSU
    Wisconsin
    Alabama
    Penn State
    Kansas
    South Florida
    I hold true to my top 5 teams. Injuries to players at Georgia and Ohio St should make the games in a couple of weeks interesting. Missouri looked strong in their win over Illinois, but their defense will have to play much better throughout the season. There are not a lot of high profile games this week. Games that should be interesting: Southern Miss v Auburn and Miami v Florida. Great wins for Missouri and Alabama last week. The loss by Tennessee could come back to haunt the SEC later this year...

    Chadha II
    1. USC.
    As much as I hate putting them there; they are my only high ranking team that played a decent team (ok calling UVA decent is a stretch but it wasn’t GA Southern).
    2. Oklahoma.
    Didn’t see the game but stats looked pretty good.
    3. UGA.
    Wow, a few injuries could hurt them.
    4. OSU.
    Same as above. Enjoy your time here; after USC adios…
    5. Florida.
    Hope Hawaii enjoyed their glory…it left with Brennan and Jones.
    6. Mizzou.
    Nice win.
    7. Wisconsin.
    Validated why I have them this high
    8. LSU.
    Hope all the Mountaineers made it back from there ok.
    9. Texas Tech.
    All I hear about is how they are going to rack up 5,000 yards per game and this Harrell kid is going to win the Heisman???
    10. Texas.
    Still hate them.
    11. Auburn.
    They beat ULM we didn’t. Injuries look to be a problem for them as well
    12. Alabama.
    Wow, I love me some Mark Ingram…and Terrence Cody.
    13. Arizona State.
    They probably should drop more. But I will give them the benefit of the doubt.
    14. BYU.
    Way to take care of Northern Iowa …congrats.
    15. Oregon.
    I want to go to a game out there.
    16. Wake Forest.
    Riley Skinner played a good game (I know it was at Baylor; but judging by what I saw from the ACC on Sat. that may be one of their toughest games all year).

    Chadha III
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    Oklahoma
    USC
    Florida
    Missouri
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Texas Tech
    Wisconsin
    Auburn
    Texas
    Kansas
    Arizona State
    Alabama
    Clemson

    Afleet Alex Bozarth
    Georgia
    Florida
    Oklahoma
    Ohio State
    USC
    LSU
    Missouri
    Auburn
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Texas Tech
    Wisconsin
    Kansas
    Arizona State
    Alabama
    Penn State

    Nix4Six
    Florida
    Oklahoma
    USC
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    Missouri
    Texas
    Auburn
    Wisconsin
    LSU
    Texas Tech
    West Virginia
    Penn State
    Wake Forest
    Oregon
    Alabama

    Rob Dalt Carlton
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    USC
    Florida
    Oklahoma
    LSU
    Missouri
    Texas
    West Virginia
    Texas Tech
    Auburn
    Wisconsin
    Arizona State
    Kansas
    Wake Forest
    Tennessee

    Red Ross Carlton
    Georgia
    Oklahoma
    Ohio State
    USC
    Florida
    Missouri
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Auburn
    Texas
    Wisconsin
    Texas Tech
    Kansas
    Arizona State
    South Florida
    Alabama

    David 'The Rail Bird' Schulte
    USC
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    Oklahoma
    Florida
    Missouri
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Texas Tech
    Texas
    South Florida
    Auburn
    Penn State
    Kansas
    Arizona State
    South Carolina

    Coach Hal
    Georgia
    USC
    Ohio State
    Oklahoma
    Florida
    Missouri
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Auburn
    Texas
    Wisconsin
    Texas Tech
    Alabama
    Kansas
    Arizona State
    Alabama

    Travis 'Sparkle' Markle
    Ohio State
    Georgia
    USC
    Florida
    Oklahoma
    Missouri
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Auburn
    Kansas
    Texas
    Wisconsin
    Texas Tech
    Arizona State
    Alabama
    South Florida

    Jordan Renna
    Georgia
    Oklahoma
    USC
    Florida
    LSU
    Wisconsin
    Texas Tech
    Auburn
    Texas
    Missouri
    Ohio State
    Arizona State
    BYU
    Kansas
    Oregon
    Penn State

    Penn St. Eddie Slep
    1. USC
    Absolute Beasts
    2. LSU
    Solid game against a maybe good opponent but nothing like USC..still the champs though
    3. Georgia
    Not too impressed so far and the injuries really hurt
    4. OSU
    See Georgia
    5. Auburn
    A shutout's a shutout no matter who you are playing
    6. Florida
    7. Oklahoma
    8. Wisconsin
    9. Penn State
    May have a legit 2 QB threat this year, however our back 7 may be challenged this season. Oregon State has some fantastic WR's, so we'll see how they match up this week against the secondary. Hurricane Hanna may also have a serious effect on this game as well come Saturday which could seriously slow down the passing game allowing us to simply run down their throats.
    10. Missouri (
    I liked what I saw against Illinois...these guys may win the B12
    11. Texas
    12. Arizona St
    13. Texas Tech
    14. Alabama
    Wow...they looked impressive against Clemson
    15. UCLA
    Gotta love the effort of a 3rd string QB against a legitimate (maybe) opponent...what a game last night!
    16. Kansas

    God I love this time of year. I missed my first Penn State home opener in over 10 years this past weekend. I was supposed to attend the wedding of a good friend of mine until I decided it would be a good idea to practically surgically remove the end of my left thumb with a chef's knife. Ambulance ride and a few stitches later I ended up doing nothing Saturday. Kinda funny.

    Edwin Sweeten
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    USC
    Florida
    Oklahoma
    Missouri
    West Virginia
    Auburn
    LSU
    Texas
    Kansas
    Wisconsin
    Texas Tech
    Arizona State
    Alabama
    UCLA

    Greg Frayser
    USC
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    Oklahoma
    Florida
    LSU
    Texas
    West Virginia
    Auburn
    Missouri
    Wisconsin
    Arizona State
    Alabama
    Texas Tech
    Kansas
    Penn State
    Nittany Lions over BYU because I hate Mormons.

    GaTech Jarad Wilson
    Hello College Football, and how about them Jackets?? Here's this weeks poll with some additional grades/comments
    How Ugly is Holly Rowe, I mean Really?? Who is she sleeping with at ESPN headquarters? And for that matter, who would sleep with her??

    1 Ohio St. - A+
    WOW, Tell me how huge Pryor is? Obviously this is the team to beat in the Big10, Solid play on all sides of the ball. With their weak schedule, they beat USC, hello National Title game. All this is contingent on Wells getting back out there though
    2 UGA - A-
    Defense is built like a rock and was punishing Ga Southern. Moreno looked like a Heisman contender, and Stafford held his own. Will need to beat a real team to know just how good this team is.
    3 Oklahoma - A
    50 Points? In the first half? Are you Kidding? Holding any team to under 50 yards total offense is awesome, and obviously the offense was clicking.
    4 LSU - A+
    Huge win against a Quality Opponent, Looked Like a Title Contender, but the passing game has to improve in order to compete in SEC games
    5 USC - A+
    Defense gave up a measly 32 yards rushing, and while Virginia's passing game found some holes, overall this was a defensive destruction by the Trojans. Match that up with Sanchez, and the work he did behind the ball (People will be talking Heisman contender after this) and this could be a National Title Contender
    6 Flordia - A
    Better Late than Never. Slow start, but the running game looks ridiculous, and that's without Tebow's help. Defense is playing lights out, forcing 6 TOs. Classic SEC defense needs to end up being the strength of this team.
    7 Missouri - B-
    Offensive Points galore, and Chase Daniel looked like the Heisman Hype. However, the defense had plenty of holes and gave up a whole month's worth of yards to a good Illinois team. The defense is going to have to pick it up, but for now the offense has plenty of weapons
    8 Auburn - B
    Defense looked good early on, and could definitely give some SEC teams trouble. The Offense was so-so, especially the passing game. Luckily the running game looks like it can carry the load... for now
    9 West Virginia - C+
    Pat White looked great with 5 TDs, and while this got a W, it was not too pretty. The defense gave up way to many yards to a mediocre at best Villanova Squad. While the offense put up enough points, this was not the best way to start
    10 Texas - B+
    Well Colt McCoy and the Longhorns came out on all cylinders, and the Offense looks like it'll be putting up some numbers all season. Defense got off to a slow start, but it looks like it can hold its own
    11 Wisconsin - C+
    Running game looks good, but the defense has too many holes. An overall poor showing against a mediocre Akron team
    12 Kansas - B
    Didn't get to see any of this one, but it looks like the Jayhwaks played okay. Defense must've played well, but the passing game must be clearly on its way.
    13 Arizona St. - B-
    Again didn't see it, but it looks like they jumped out to an early lead and held on to it, but the defense looks like it gave up plenty of yards to a very mediocre team. Second team or not, 308 yards is too many.
    14 Alabama - A+
    Complete domination of a plenty over-ranked Clemson team. The defense held the "Thunder and Lightning" to 1 yard total rushing. Whether or not this was just a domination by Alabama of a good team, or not will have to be seen as the season moves on. But for now, this team looks Really Good
    15 Texas Tech - B-
    Regardless of how much offense you can put up, you have to be able to play defense. You can't give up 350+ yards, and 24 points to a very weak football team.
    16 Penn State - A+
    This may be an overranking this early, but 66 points against anyone shows you have an offense that can deliver. Can PSU live up to the early hype? We'll find out next week against a much better Oregon St team.

    Jon Perry
    1. Florida
    Struggled early, poured it on late
    2. USC
    Hoo knows anything based playing a putrid UVA team
    3. Georgia
    Injuries beginning to pile up
    4. Oklahoma
    Pasting weak teams like the good old days
    5. Ohio State
    Did ESPN mention something about Beenie Wells getting hurt?
    6. LSU
    Guess the Tigers are 1st place in the SoCon now
    7. Missouri
    Only top ten team to start w/ a real opponent
    8. West Virginia
    Somebody has to win the BigEast. EZU up next.
    9. Kansas
    FIWho?
    10. Auburn
    Would be embarrassing to lose to a team like, Louisiana-Monroe, right?
    11. Texas
    How many college football teams are there in FL now? 100?
    12. Wisconsin
    Clearly the 2nd best in the Big10, what ever that's worth
    13. Wake Forest The ACC owns the Big12!
    14. BYU
    PAC10 opponents for the next 2 weeks, then clear sailing to a BCS game
    15. Texas Tech
    Another Big12 team? @#$% At least they beat someone.
    16. bama -
    Are they that improved, or is Clemson's OL that bad? I'd say some of both.

    Jeff Renfro
    Ohio State
    Missouri
    USC
    Georgia
    Texas
    Florida
    Wisconsin
    Oklahoma
    Oregon
    BYU
    LSU
    Kansas
    Alabama
    California
    West Virginia
    Oklahoma State

    Max Renfro
    1 Southern California
    Impressive win but how good is UVA and the ACC?
    2 Oklahoma
    I dock teams points for playing DIAA teams
    3 Florida
    Hawaii wasn't very good last year and worse this year.
    4 Missouri
    Picking up where they left off last year, now if they can play with the OU's of the world.
    5 Georgia
    Ga. Southern has never beaten an DIA opponent, I guess the money is worth the losses and UGA deserves no credit for playing them.
    6 Wisconsin
    Showdown for Big 10 title will be in Madison Oct. 4 vs. Ohio State.
    7 Oregon
    Lightning in a bottle, could make some noise in Pac 10.
    8 Ohio State
    A 3rd shot at a BCSCG will be on the line in two weeks in Los Angeles
    9 LSU
    Defending National Champ vs DIAA National Champ, anyone think this outcome would be different?
    10 Kansas
    Won't be tested until week 6 and then the rest of the season could be downhill.
    11 Texas
    If it weren't for Tennesseans, it would be the University of Mexico - Santa Ana. No way they can claim to be the real UT.
    12 Alabama
    One of the biggest wins of the weekend. Now how good is Bama and how bad is Clemson.
    13 Auburn
    The Tigers showed what an SEC team should do to a team nicknamed Warhawks.
    14 Arizona State
    A lack of a running game will hurt down the road.
    15 West Virginia
    Playing in the worst BCS conference will make it easy to get to a BCS bowl, but hard to make the BCSCG unless they are perfect.
    16 Wake Forest
    Do they win the ACC?

    Lee Walters
    Ohio State
    Georgia
    Florida
    USC
    Oklahoma
    Missouri
    LSU
    Auburn
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Wisconsin
    Kansas
    Oregon
    Wake Forest
    Texas Tech
    Alabama

    Brian Smith
    Georgia
    Florida
    USC
    Oklahoma
    LSU
    Ohio State
    Alabama
    Texas
    West Virginia
    Missouri
    Arizona State
    Texas Tech
    Auburn
    Kansas
    Wisconsin
    Penn State

    Steve Carpenter
    USC
    Georgia
    Oklahoma
    Florida
    Ohio state
    West Virginia
    Missouri
    LSU
    Texas Tech
    Wisconsin
    Arizona State
    Kansas
    BYU
    Oregon
    Alabama
    South Florida

    Rich Brothers
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    USC
    Oklahoma
    Missouri
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Florida
    Auburn
    Texas Tech
    Texas
    Wisconsin
    Arizona State
    Alabama
    Kansas
    Wake Forest

    Jof Mehaffey
    Georgia
    Florida
    USC
    Ohio State
    Oklahoma
    Auburn
    LSU
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Missouri
    Wisconsin
    Texas Tech
    Oregon
    Alabama
    Kansas
    South Florida

    Doug Bendinger
    Georgia
    Ohio State
    USC
    Oklahoma
    Auburn
    Missouri
    West Virginia
    Florida
    LSU
    Texas
    Texas Tech
    Wisconsin
    Kansas
    Arizona State
    BYU
    Fresno State

    John Boyd
    Georgia
    USC
    Oklahoma
    Florida
    Auburn
    LSU
    Ohio State
    West Virginia
    Texas
    Wisconsin
    Arizona State
    Alabama
    Wisconsin
    Missouri
    BYU
    Texas Tech

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  2. So Rob ranked Tennessee at 16 and didn't rank UCLA?

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  3. Rob sent in his poll prior to the Tennessee game. He just had that feeling, i guess...

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