Pollster's Pick 'Em Falls Short, Flirts with .500

What a GREAT week of Rivalry football! Oregon St blows its shot at the Rose Bowl, and might allow a second non-BCS team in (Boise), Boise Destroys Fresno St. again, Mizzouri forgets how to play football right before the Big12 Title Game, Auburn forgets how to score (again), Texas blows past A&M in 3 quarters, and finally Texas Tech struggles against a mediocre Baylor team.

That said, Florida shows why they deserve to be in the National Title game, Ball St continues it's winning streak, Oklahoma polishes off Oklahoma St late, and Georgia Tech rushes for 409 yards breaking a 7-year drought against UGA.

Congrats to John and Max for ending at 7-4, pretty impressive for a rivalry week. Greg's lead is fading with only the Conference Championships and Bowl Season Left.

Pollster Pick'em
Week 6
Overall: 35-34-1

Pollster	This Week	Overall	Overall Percentage
Greg Frayser	5-6	41-28-1	.594
Jarad Wilson	6-5	40-29-1	.580
Max Renfro	7-4	40-29-1	.580
Eddie Slep	5-6	35-34-1	.507
John Buzbee	7-4	35-34-1	.507
Ashley Chadha	1-11*	31-38-1	.449
Kumar Chadha	3-8	31-38-1	.449
Jeff Renfro	5-6	31-39-1	.449
Jordan Renna	6-5	27-42-1	.391
Anil Chadha	6-5	26-43-1	.377
Brian Smith	2-8**	25-44-1	.362
Doug Bendinger	2-9	24-45-1	.348

*= DNP
**= Missed Ball St Pick.

Paul Johnson for Coach of the Year

National Preseason #1 ... 14 weeks later ... State End of Season #2.
by Jarad Wilson

The Jackets, under first year head coach Paul Johnson were picked by SI to go 3-9. Well someone forgot to tell Jonathon Dwyer, Roddy Jones, Paul Johnson, and the rest of the Yellow Jackets.

Coming into the game as an 8 point underdog, GaTech responded in fashion in the first quarter, failing to stop anything Stafford had. The Dawgs were gashing Tech's secondary on every play that wasn't a penalty. UGA literally walked down the field, less the one mistake Stafford threw for a pick six. Half-time score: 28-12, UGA, and Tech is hurting

Then came the second half. With the announcers proclaiming UGA's glorious holding of Dwyer to 9 carries for 37 yards... whoops... Dwyer took the first play of the second quarter 60 yards for TD. The Jackets Defense responded with a hold, and forced a punt. The next possession led to a 10 play drive ending in a Jones sweep for a TD. Score: 28-28

As if the momentum hadn't swung enough, UGA fumbles the ensuing kickoff, and the next play later saw Dwyer again. On a dive right play Dwyer gashes up the middle, and scores from 23 yards out. The Jackets would get another 3 points on a FG, scoring 26 unanswered points in the 3rd quarter (with two 2-point conversions). Score at the End of the Third: 38-28 Tech

Then came the fun... UGA holds Tech to 4 and out, and on the ensuing drive, drives down, and on 4th and 1, Moreno scours to the outside and scores from 32 yards out, pummeling 2 Tech players on his way to the endzone. A momentum swing if there ever was one. Score: 38-35 Tech

Tech gets one first down, and appears to be held by UGA's defense, until someone forgot to tackle Jones, who gets to the outside, beats 2 tackles, and runs 54 yards for a TD. Score 45-35 Tech

Tech, needing a hold on the next drive, fails once again to hold Stafford's arm in check, who once again walk UGA's offense down the field, and scores hitting Senior Massaquoi yet again.
Score: 45-42 Tech

Tech, once again unable to hold UGA's offense, needed a time-consuming drive to polish off the last 3:09 of the game clock, clinging to only a 3 point lead now. Nesbitt comes through, getting 4 yards on 3rd and three. Once UGA burns its final timeout, Tech holds on to finish the clock off on 4th down.
Final Score: 45-42....

The streak is over, and Paul Johnson, along with select others (Saban if he beats Florida, and Utah's Whittingham, IMO) are my coaches of the year.

Syracuse Is National Team of the Week

For Immediate Release

With their 23-22 win over Notre Dame, the Syracuse Orangemen (10-1) are the Southern Fans' National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Nov. 22, and the first team from the Big East to lay claim to the award. The Atlantic Coast Conference is now the only BCS conference to not have a team receive the honor.

Cameron Dantley, son of one of Notre Dame's basketball greats, threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Donte Davis with 42 seconds left to lead Syracuse to a 24-23 victory Saturday against the stunned and disheartened Irish. The victory allowed Syracuse to avoid a third 10-loss season in four years under lame-duck coach Greg Robinson.

The Orange trailed 23-10 in the fourth quarter before rallying as Notre Dame struggled mightily on offense. The Irish strated four possessions inside the Syracuse 23-yard line, but the Orange held them to just six points.

In the midst of an eight-loss season, the Orange have already lost their head coach, but were able to pull out a last minute win in South Bend to hand Notre Dame its first loss to an eight-loss team in school history.

Other nominees for this week's Southern Fans' National Team of the Week:

No. 5 Oklahoma
vs. No. 1 Texas Tech 65-21
Sam Bradford threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns and DeMarco Murray (125 yards) and Chris Brown (108) combined for five touchdown runs as the Sooners used a 35-point second quarter to roll up 625 yards of offense and score the most points ever allowed by top-ranked Texas Tech.

Ole Miss
at LSU 31-13
In the newly dubbed Magnolia Bowl, Jevan Snead threw two touchdown passes, Markeith Summers ran for a 13-yard score out of the "Wild Rebel" formation and Ole Miss won its fourth straight game, and first against LSU since 2001.


The Southern Fans' Poll began naming a national team of the week this season. Members of the Southern Fan's pool of voters decide the weekly honor. Each Monday during the 2008 college football season, the Southern Fans will name the National Team of the Week through Dec. 1.

2008 Southern Fans' National Teams of the Week
• Weekend of Aug. 30: Alabama
• Weekend of Sept. 6: East Carolina
• Weekend of Sept. 13: Southern California
• Weekend of Sept. 20: Louisiana State
• Weekend of Sept. 27: Ole Miss
• Weekend of Oct. 4: Vanderbilt
• Weekend of Oct. 11: Texas
• Weekend of Oct. 18: TCU
• Weekend of Oct. 25: Penn State
• Weekend of Nov. 1: Texas Tech
• Weekend of Nov. 8: Iowa
• Weekend of Nov. 15: Houston
• Weekend of Nov. 22: Syracuse

Pick 'Em Votes for Rivalry Weekend

Alright SFCF, here are this week's pollster picks for the big college football weekend finale. With the final rivalry week upon us, let's hope we improve upon our 1-1 record this week.

"Iron Bowl"- Auburn (+14.5) vs Alabama
"Sunshine Showdown" - Florida (-16.5) vs Florida St
"Oklahoma Bedlam Football Game" - Oklahoma (-7) vs Oklahoma St
"Jeweled Shillelagh" - USC vs Notre Lame (+30)
Baylor vs Texas Tech (-20)
Fresno St (+21) vs Boise St
"Border Wars" Kansas vs Mizzouri (-14)
"Clean Old Fashioned Hate" - Georgia Tech (+8) vs Georgia
"The Civil War" - Oregon vs Oregon St (-3.5)

Pick 'Em Picks Texas A&M

In what is sure to be a high-profile, all about style-points game, the SFCF Pollsters have picked the Longhorns to fail to impress the BCS. The 35.5 point spread just appears to be too much for the Longhorn's to overcome. Failing to impress in the last game may just open the door for Oklahoma to get the Big 12 South Nod.

A Northerner's Perspective

Ok, it’s now time for my homer, pro-PSU argument for the BCS title game. It seems that PSU is the only 1-loss team receiving little to no attention when it comes to sneaking into the title game. I just wanted to take a closer look at the other 1-loss teams out there. If there’s one thing that we all know it’s that anything can happen in the final weeks of the season (see last year).

I’m going to break down Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, USC, and Texas Tech. I am omitting Utah and Boise St. from this discussion because they are undefeated and they do not belong in the title game, period. However, that’s for another discussion.

Everyone LOVES Florida and Oklahoma right now and rightfully so I suppose. Both lost early in the season; Oklahoma to a great Texas team on a neutral field, and Florida to an OK Ole Miss team at home, and both are playing great football right now. Texas’ only loss is to Texas Tech, at night, in Lubbock. Texas shot themselves in the foot on multiple occasions in that game and easily could have walked out of there victorious. I strongly believe that Texas is still a better team than Oklahoma and Texas Tech. USC is playing in a conference that is significantly worse than the Big 10 this year and they still managed to lose a game. And we all saw what happened to Texas Tech last Saturday night.

People seem to enjoy hating on Penn State because of their “weak” non-conference schedule and the “weakness” of the Big 10 conference this year. Let’s take a closer look at the previously mentioned teams’ accomplishments. Rankings are as of today, not when they played the actual game

Texas Tech:
Top 10 wins: Texas (home)
Top 25 wins: Oklahoma State (home)
Loss: Looked pathetic against Oklahoma (road)

USC:
Top 10 wins: Ohio State (home)
Top 25 wins: Oregon (home)
Loss: Oregon State (road)

Texas:
Top 10 wins: Oklahoma (neutral)
Top 25 wins: Oklahoma State (home), Missouri (home)
Loss: Texas Tech (road)

Florida:
Top 10 wins: 0
Top 25 wins: Georgia (neutral)
Loss: Ole Miss (home)

Oklahoma:
Top 10 wins: Texas Tech (home)
Top 25 wins: Cincinnati (home), TCU (home)
Loss: Texas (neutral)

Penn State:
Top 10 wins: Ohio State (road)
Top 25 wins: Oregon St. (home), Michigan St. (home)
Loss: Iowa (road, horrible weather)

I understand that there are still many important games to play; however, of those teams, who has the best BCS argument at this point based on those facts?

Penn State hammered Oregon State (who beat USC the next week), and beat OSU with Beanie in their building. They also smoked Michigan State last weekend. No doubt PSU should be ranked higher than USC.

Florida has one solid win this year if you think about it. Georgia is good, but not great, and that is the only team currently ranked that they have prevailed over. PSU should be ranked higher than Florida.

Texas Tech just got their asses handed to them. PSU should be ranked higher than Texas Tech.

Texas is a damn good football team whose only loss is a last second miracle to Texas Tech on the road. PSU should NOT be ranked higher than UT right now.

Oklahoma has some nice wins this year. Saturday’s performance was awe inspiring in my opinion. Complete domination of a pretty darn good Tech team. However, their other wins are comparable to PSU’s victories over Oregon State and Michigan State. I will give OU a slight edge at this point. PSU should NOT be ranked higher than OU right now.

Penn State lost on the road, in horrid weather conditions, on a last second FG, with a gimpy starting QB. Iowa is NO WORSE than Ole Miss. Yes, Iowa has 4 losses this season; however, they have lost those 4 games by a combined 12 points! They’re really not all that bad of a team.

I'm interested to hear what everyone else thinks about the 1 loss situation. I honetly think PSU has a pretty good argument to be ranked higher than they are right now. What do you guys think?

Lets go Auburn, Texas A&M, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, and Baylor!!!! (I never thought the day would come that I would be rooting for FSU and Notre f'n Dame on the same weekend)

Ball State Picked Again!

Ball St was picked by our pollsters to cover the 10.5 point spread, even though they may never play on a weekend. Hopefully they pull through again, and complete their undefeated season.
Western Michigan vs Ball St (-10.5)

Week 13 Poll

The Southern Fans' College Football Poll
November 25, 2008
28 Pollsters

Ranking	Team	Points	Previous
1	Alabama [21]	427	2
2	Florida [5]	401	3
3	Oklahoma [1]	396	5
4	Texas [1]	390	4
5	Southern Cal	325	6
6	Penn State	288	7
7	Texas Tech	283	1
8	Utah	264	8
9	Boise State	205	9
10	Ohio State	172	10
11	Oklahoma State	156	11
12	Missouri	132	12
13	Georgia	127	13
14	TCU	69	NR
15	Oregon State	54	NR
16	Ball State	53	14
Other's Receiving Votes: Cincinnati 33, Georgia Tech 15, Michigan State 8, Florida State 5, BYU 3, Boston College 2

How About That Oklahoma Team!

A good week for our pollsters, and a good week for the favorites. As Ashley noted, you have to like the favorites this week, and only 2 did not cover. A huge week for Oklahoma, who finally looked like the Big 12 Champs they have been made up to be. LSU just gets blown out, TCU just destroyed an outclassed Air Force team, and Penn St did the same for JoePa's 383rd victory. Everyone tip their hat to Doug for going just shy of undefeated, losing only the LSU game. Rivalry week is next, so plenty of close spreads, and good games upcoming.

Pollster Pick'em
Week 5
Overall: 31-27-1

Pollster	This Week	Overall	Overall Percentage
Greg Frayser	6-3-1	36-22-1	.621
Jarad Wilson	7-2-1	34-24-1	.586
Max Renfro	7-2-1	33-25-1	.569
Eddie Slep	5-4-1	30-28-1	.517
Ashley Chadha	7-2-1	30-28-1	.517
Kumar Chadha	6-3-1	28-30-1	.483
John Buzbee	7-2-1	28-30-1	.483
Jeff Renfroe	3-6-1	26-32-1	.448
Brian Smith	6-3-1	23-35-1	.397
Travis Markle	0-9-1*	22-36-1	.379
Doug Bendinger	8-1-1	22-36-1	.379
Jordan Renna	1-8-1	21-37-1	.362
Anil Chadha	0-9-1*	20-38-1	.344

Currently 0-0-1, looking to make it 9-0-1

Alirght, here are the tallies of our picks, 11 picks total. Having already picked a Ball St. Cover, and merely getting a PUSH, we're looking to improve our overall record. The picks we're quite close for several games, so someone's record is bound to improve this week.

Texas Tech vs Oklahoma (-6.5)..... Vote was 6-5

BYU vs Utah (-6.5)..... Vote was 6-5

Michigan St (+14.5) vs Penn St..... Vote was 6-5

Boise St (-6.5) vs Nevada

Michigan vs Ohio St (-20.5)

Air Force (+18.5) vs TCU ..... Vote was 6-5

Mississippi vs LSU (-4.5)..... Vote was 6-5

Oregon St (+3) vs Arizona

Pittsburgh vs Cincinnati (-5)

Houston Is National Team of the Week

For Immediate Release

With their 70-30 win over Tulsa, the Houston Cougars (6-4) are the Southern Fans' National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Nov. 15.

Case Keenum threw six touchdown passes – five in the first half – and ran for another score as the Cougars raced to a 42-17 halftime lead.

Houston's Loyce Means intercepted three passes, including one he returned 69 yards for a touchdown.

The win moves Houston into a three-way tie for first place in Conference USA's West division with Rice and Tulsa.

Other nominees for this week's Southern Fans' National Team of the Week:

No. 3Florida (9-1)
W - vs. South Carolina 56-6
Percy Harvin ran for a career-high 167 yards to pace the Gators in their 56-6 rout of South Carolina.

Miami
W - vs. Virginia Tech 16-14
Miami kicker Matt Bosher tied a career high with three field goals and Javarris James rushed for a touchdown while the Hurricane defense held the rival Hokies to just 2-for-11 on third-down conversions, as Miami won their fifth straight to move into first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.

Oregon State
W - vs. California 31-24
Oregon State won its fifth straight, its longest single-season streak since it won the final seven games of 2000, behind 144 yards rushing from Jacquizz Rodgers, his seventh 100-yard rushing game this season, as the Beavers are just two wins away from their first Rose Bowl appearance since 1965.

Vanderbilt (6-4)
W - at Kentucky 31-24
D.J. Moore caught two touchdown passes and had a pair of interceptions as Vanderbilt became bowl eligible for the first time since 1982 with a 31-24 win at Kentucky.

The Southern Fans' Poll began naming a national team of the week this season. Members of the Southern Fan's pool of voters decide the weekly honor. Each Monday during the 2008 college football season, the Southern Fans will name the National Team of the Week through Dec. 1.

2008 Southern Fans' National Teams of the Week
• Weekend of Aug. 30: Alabama
• Weekend of Sept. 6: East Carolina
• Weekend of Sept. 13: Southern California
• Weekend of Sept. 20: Louisiana State
• Weekend of Sept. 27: Ole Miss
• Weekend of Oct. 4: Vanderbilt
• Weekend of Oct. 11: Texas
• Weekend of Oct. 18: TCU
• Weekend of Oct. 25: Penn State
• Weekend of Nov. 1: Texas Tech
• Weekend of Nov. 8: Iowa
• Weekend of Nov. 15: Houston

The Fighting Letterman's

Ball St will try to continue its hopes for a BCS game, and the pollsters at SFCF have picked them to win and cover the 7 point spread. It was tight, a 4-3 vote, but we'll see.

Texas Tech takes hold of No. 1

For Immediate Release

Texas Tech finally overcame the Crimson Tide, and it looks like the Red Raiders can thank their Big XII comrades and the Florida Gators for it happening. Tech, which didn't even play last week prior to its showdown against Oklahoma this Saturday, moved up to No. 1 for the first time ever. The Red Raiders did it with only seven first place votes - half that of Alabama - and two less first place votes than last week.

The groundswell against the Tide had been growing. Over the past three weeks, Texas Tech went from trailing Alabama by seven total points, than by one, to finally leading the Tide by eight points in this week's poll. The big difference appears to be the respect given to Florida and the other Big XII South teams, as the Gators topped six pollster's ballots, the most Florida has ever received.

And just as important as Florida taking away those first place votes, Alabama was ranked outside of the top 2 in six of the 27 polls, with their lowest ranking coming in at No. 6. Texas Tech's lowest ranking was No. 3, which only showed up in two polls. This disparity allowed for the Red Raiders to finally overtake the Tide.

Other than the change at the top, the rest of the top 9 stayed the same, as Florida comes in at No. 3, followed by Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Penn State, Utah and Boise State. Ohio State moved up two spots to round out the top 10.

Oklahoma State fell one spot to No. 11, followed by Missouri. Georgia, which narrowly held off an upset bid by rival Auburn 17-13, fell two spots to No. 13. Ball State held the No. 14 ranking for the second straight week. The Cardinals travel to Central Michigan on Wednesday to face one of it's biggest challenges of the season. BYU jumped into the poll for the first time since losing to TCU in week 8. Michigan State remained in the poll at No. 16.

North Carolina, which fell to Maryland 17-15, dropped from the rankings.

Week 12 Poll

The Southern Fans' College Football Poll
November 18, 2008
27 Pollsters

Ranking	Team	Points	Previous
1	Texas Tech [7]	410	2
2	Alabama [14]	402	1
3	Florida [6]	377	3
4	Texas	363	4
5	Oklahoma	329	5
6	Southern Cal	295	6
7	Penn State	256	7
8	Utah	236	8
9	Boise State	190	9
10	Ohio State	168	12T
11	Oklahoma State	162	10
12	Missouri	121	12T
13	Georgia	139	11
14	Ball State	52	14
15	BYU	47	NR
16	Michigan State	46	16
Other's Receiving Votes: TCU 21, LSU 17, Oregon State 17, Cincinnati 4, Oregon 3, Miami 2, Maryland 1, North Carolina 1

Pick 'Em... Better... But Some Work to Do

Alright, the results are in (have been in, but I've been recovering). Congrats to Greg, and Jordan. In terms of stratgey, Jordan made all his picks, then made the reverse, and he was this weeks co-winner. This week looks to be a great week for watching football. Some big games with some important implications, so pick them well.

Pollster's Overall Picks : 6-6-0
Overall we are 25-24-0..... Not too bad I must say

Pollster Pick'em
Week 4
Overall: 25-24-0

Pollster	This Week	Overall	Overall Percentage
Greg Frayser	7-5	30-19	.612
Jarad Wilson	6-6	27-22	.551
Max Renfro	7-5	26-23	.531
Eddie Slep	7-5	25-24	.510
Ashley Chadha	6-6	23-26	.469
Jeff Renfro	7-5	23-26	.469
Kumar Chadha	7-5	22-27	.449
Travis Markle	7-5	22-27	.449
John Buzbee	7-5	21-28	.429
Jordan Renna	8-4	20-29	.408
Anil Chadha	4-8	20-29	.408
Brian Smith	6-6	17-32	.347
Doug Bendinger	5-7	14-35	.286

Pollster's Pick 'Em

Ok, the tallies are in, and here are our picks. None of them were a vote off from going to other way, so for the most part we agreed on our overall picks. My only worry is our overwhelming pick for the favorites, but who knows. Best of Luck
1 - Mississippi St vs Alabama (-20.5)
2 - South Carolina (+21) vs Florida
3 - Texas (-13) vs Kansas
4 - USC (-23) vs Stanford
5 - Indiana vs Penn St (-36)
6 - Utah (-28.5) vs San Diego St.
7 - Boise St vs Idaho (+36.5)
8 - Oklahoma St (-17) vs Colorado
9 - Georgia (-8.5) vs Auburn
10 - Missouri (-28) vs Iowa St
11 - Ohio St (-9.5) vs Illinois
12 - North Carolina (-3) vs Maryland

Iowa Is National Team of the Week

For Immediate Release

With their 24-23 win over third-ranked Penn State, the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-4) have been named the Southern Fans' National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Nov. 8.

Reserve placekicker Daniel Murray capped a 10-point fourth-quarter rally with a 31-yard field with one second left to give Iowa the upset win.

Shonn Green ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns and the Iowa defense held Penn State's Daryll Clark to 86 yards passing and forced him to throw just his third interception of the year.

Other nominees for this week's Southern Fans' National Team of the Week:

No. 1 Alabama (7-1)
W - at No. 15 LSU 27-21
Behind Julio Jones's 126 receiving yards and Glen Coffee's 126 yards rushing, Alabama snapped a five-game losing streak to LSU while extending their record to 25-8-2 all-time in Tiger Stadium and clinching the SEC West title for the first time since 1999.

Boston College (6-3)
W - vs. Notre Dame 17-0
Montel Harris carried 23 times for 120 yards for the Eagles, who posted their third shutout of the season and their first ever over Notre Dame.

No. 2 Texas Tech (10-0)
W - vs. No. 8 Oklahoma State 30-23
Graham Harrell threw for 456 yards and six touchdowns as the Red Raiders routed Oklahoma State, 56-20, to keep their perfect record in tact.

UAB (2-7)
Did Not Play
After giving up 70 points a week earlier to a Southern Miss team that had yet to beat a D-1A opponent all season, UAB did not lose this week... of course the Blazers did not play. There is no truth to the rumors that Oak Mountain Middle School rung up 55 on UAB during a scrimmage. It was actually the high school's JV squad.

The Southern Fans' Poll began naming a national team of the week this season. Members of the Southern Fan's pool of voters decide the weekly honor. Each Monday during the 2008 college football season, the Southern Fans will name the National Team of the Week through Dec. 1.

2008 Southern Fans' National Teams of the Week
• Weekend of Aug. 30: Alabama
• Weekend of Sept. 6: East Carolina
• Weekend of Sept. 13: Southern California
• Weekend of Sept. 20: Louisiana State
• Weekend of Sept. 27: Ole Miss
• Weekend of Oct. 4: Vanderbilt
• Weekend of Oct. 11: Texas
• Weekend of Oct. 18: TCU
• Weekend of Oct. 25: Penn State
• Weekend of Nov. 1: Texas Tech
• Weekend of Nov. 8: Iowa

Penn State falls from ranks of unbeaten

For Immediate Release

And then there were two.

With coach Joe Paterno just one win away from clinching his sixth 10-0 record, which would tie the record set by Alabama legend Paul 'Bear' Bryant, Penn State came up two points shy of remaining unbeaten. Iowa's back-up kicker who had not made a kick since the season opener, hit a 31-yard field goal to win the game. The Hawkeyes had the opportunity when Penn State QB Daryll Clark threw an interception with three minutes remaining in the game. The loss dropped the Lions four spots to No. 7, and left BCS leagues with only two unbeaten teams.

The Crimson Tide made another huge statement on Saturday, clinching the SEC West title in early November, and secured a berth in the SEC Championship game, which looks to be a BCS playoff game. However, Alabama barely held off a surging Texas Tech, with the Tide holding a one-point lead over the Red Raiders.

Alabama, which received 14 first place votes, needed overtime to defeat LSU 27-21 in Baton Rouge to remain undefeated. Texas Tech (which led on 9 ballots) beat Big XII South rival Oklahoma State 56-20 in Lubbock to setup a showdown in Norman on Nov. 22 against Oklahoma. The top two teams have three games separating them from meeting in the BCS National Championship Game in Miami.

Florida (2 first place votes), Texas, Oklahoma and USC all moved up one spot. Utah inched closer to a perfect season and a spot in the BCS Championship Game with the 13-10 win over TCU in Fort Worth. The Utes moved up to No. 8, followed by Boise State and Oklahoma State.

Georgia, which needed a last minute interception to hold off Kentucky 42-38, moved up one spot to No. 11, followed by Missouri, Ohio State and Ball State. North Carolina, which defeated Georgia Tech 28-7 and Michigan State, 21-7 victors over Purdue, both moved into the poll for the first time.

No. 11 TCU and No. 15 LSU both fell out of the rankings.

Week 11 Poll

The Southern Fans' College Football Poll
November 11, 2008
25 Pollsters

Ranking	Team	Points	Previous
1	Alabama [14]	384	1
2	Texas Tech [9]	383	2
3	Florida [2]	321	4
4	Texas	320	5
5	Oklahoma	304	6
6	Southern Cal	276	4
7	Penn State	235	3
8	Utah	225	9
9	Boise State	185	10
10	Oklahoma State	140	11
11	Georgia	130	12
12T	Missouri	121	13
12T	Ohio State	121	14
14	Ball State	75	16
15	North Carolina	46	NR
16	Michigan State	39	NR
Other's Receiving Votes: BYU 35, TCU 19, LSU 14, Florida State 7, Pittsburgh 4, Oregon 2

Pick 'Em... Workin' Back to a .500 Week

Another week where our pollsters took one on the nose, but we did take advantage of the extra game to edge the woeful week two 5-7. Kudos to Greg and Jeff, taking a 7 and 8, respectively, while Frayser also inched past Jarad. Glory be to Jordan though, who kept Jarad out of this week's cellar with his lowly 3.

The polls are now closed and we're locked with these 13 pollsters for the rest of the way. With the pollsters finalized, the scores have been updated to address pollster that missed a week. Any pollster that missed a week received one point less than the lowest point-getter of that week. (e.g. Both Anil and Travis took two points after missing Week 3, one point less than Jordan).

Going forward, any pollster that misses a week will receive one point less than the lowest pollster.

Pollster's Overall Picks : 6-7-0
Overall we are 20-17-0

Pollster Pick'em
Week Three
Overall: 20-17-0

Pollster	This Week	Overall	Overall Percentage
Greg Frayser	7-6	22-15	.595
Jarad Wilson	4-9	21-16	.568
Max Renfro	6-7	19-16	.514
Eddie Slep	4-9	18-19	.486
Ashley Chadha	6-7	17-20	.459
Anil Chadha	2-11*	16-21	.432
Jeff Renfro	8-5	16-21	.432
Travis Markle	2-11*	15-22	.405
Kumar Chadha	6-7	15-22**	.405
John Buzbee	6-7	15-22	.378
Jordan Renna	3-10	14-23	.324
Doug Bendinger	4-9	9-28***	.243
Brian Smith	4-9	9-28***	.243
Notes * - received one point less than the lowest place pollster (2 points) ** - overall score reflects missing week 1 (received 3 points) *** - overall score reflect missing weeks 1 and 2 (received 5 total points)

Week 10 Picks

Alright Pollster's, here are the Southern Fans' College Football Poll's picks for tis week in college football. With one W already secured thanks to Ball St, we hopefully will only improve.

Ball St (-9.5)

Utah (+2.5) split votes 6-5

LSU (+4) split votes 6-5

Texas Tech (-3) split votes 6-5

Penn St (-7.5)

Florida (-23.5)

Texas (-26)

Oklahoma (-25)

USC (-18.5)

Boise St (-32)

Georgia (-10)

Missouri (-26)

Northwestern (+11)

We're quite favorite heavy, but hopefully it works to our favor. Three of the games were really close in the voting, but luckily we had an odd number of voters. Sorry for the late posting, long night in lab.

Texas Tech Is National Team of the Week

For Immediate Release

With their 39-33 win over top-ranked Texas, the Texas Tech Red Raiders (9-0) have been named the Southern Fans' National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Nov. 1.

Michael Crabtree hauled in 28-yard touchdown pass with one second left to lift the Red Raiders to their first-ever win vs. a No. 1-ranked team. Graham Harrell threw for 474 yards and two touchdowns, but Texas Tech had to rally after opening a 19-0 first-half lead.

The win extends Texas Tech's winning streak to 11 games and snaps a five-game losing streak vs. Texas. It also gives the Red Raiders a 5-0 mark in conference play for the first time since 1953, when they were a member of the Border Conference.Other nominees for this week's Southern Fans' National Team of the Week:

No. 6 Florida (7-1)
W - vs. No. 7 Georgia 49-10
Tim Tebow ran for three touchdowns and threw for two others in the Gators' 49-10 drubbing of Georgia in Jacksonville.

Northwestern (7-2)
W - at Minnesota 24-17
Brendan Smith returned an interception 48 yards for a touchdown with 12 seconds left as the Wildcats stunned Minnesota, 24-17, in Minneapolis.

Arkansas (4-5)
W - vs. No. 16 Tulsa 30-23
David Johnson threw incomplete on fourth down from the Arkansas 7, giving the Razorbacks a 30-23 victory Saturday and ending No. 18 Tulsa's unbeaten run after the Golden Hurricanes amassed 528 total yards on offense but surrendered three turnovers (1 fumble, 2 INTs).

The Southern Fans' Poll began naming a national team of the week this season. Members of the Southern Fan's pool of voters decide the weekly honor. Each Monday during the 2008 college football season, the Southern Fans will name the National Team of the Week through Dec. 1.

2008 Southern Fans' National Teams of the Week
• Weekend of Aug. 30: Alabama
• Weekend of Sept. 6: East Carolina
• Weekend of Sept. 13: Southern California
• Weekend of Sept. 20: Louisiana State
• Weekend of Sept. 27: Ole Miss
• Weekend of Oct. 4: Vanderbilt
• Weekend of Oct. 11: Texas
• Weekend of Oct. 18: TCU
• Weekend of Oct. 25: Penn State
• Weekend of Nov. 1: Texas Tech