Remember this is all about Quality Wins and Bad Losses so if you lose to a top ranked team its not going to kill you, if you lose to Stanford it will and if you haven't beaten anyone good you will get no respect either. This weekly upset fest is making it increasingly more difficult each week to do the rankings, but here goes.
1. Louisiana State -Yes the lost this weekend, yes you can argue Kentucky via they beat them should be ranked ahead of them. However, they lost in triple OT to a top 10 team on the road, not really a terrible thing. And they have 3 huge wins. I'm keeping them at #1. Quality Wins: VaTech, South Carolina, Florida
2. South Florida - So much for the upset watch in Florida. The Bulls rolled their Floridian counterparts without even a threat of competition. If they run the table they should be in the title game, no questions asked. Quality Wins: @Auburn, West Virginia
3. Kentucky - It was triple overtime it was at home, there may have been a questionable call or two, but they pulled off the stunning upset at the end of the day. The Wildcats float near the top of the poll with the biggest win in the country thus far this season. And for this week I'll give them the borderline Cardinal win, after UL showed up and knocked off Cincy. Quality Wins: LSU, Louisville
4. Oklahoma - The Sooners have to be kicking themselves over their loss to Colorado, which in the coming weeks may end up in the Bad Loss column, but they sit nicely at 4 in this poll with some large wins. The Sooners should run the table the rest of the season and might very well end up in the title game. Quality Wins: Texas(n), Miami, Missouri
5. South Carolina - The Gamecocks played like garbage in the 2nd half yesterday but were able to hold on. The sit nicely in the top 5 with a loss to the best team in the country and two big time in conference wins. Quality Wins: @UGA, Kentucky
6. California - Unlike LSU I'm giving Cal a bad loss for this weekend. I don't care if you're QB is out and you made a big last second mistake by not getting out of bounds, the Beavers were getting mauled by everybody this season. Losing to them is piss poor.Quality Wins: Tennessee, @Oregon Bad Loss: Oregon St.
7. Oregon - The mighty Ducks continue to throw up about a million points per game and their victory over Michigan looks better with each week as the Wolverines continue to throttle their Big 10 competition. It's unfortunate that their running back could not hold onto the ball against Cal.Quality Wins:@Michigan
8. VaTech - The Hokies have their one loss to LSU, again not killing them losing to the #1 team, and went into Death Valley and took apart little Bowden's boys. Next week's showdown against BC will put either into the poll ACC position. Quality Wins: @Clemson
9. Kansas - Reluctantly I put the Jayhawks in the top 11. They have no bad losses and they beat cross-state rival Kansas St. who pulled off a big victory over the Buffaloes this weekend. We'll find out more about the Jayhawks in the coming weeks. Quality Wins: @Kansas St.
10. Missouri - Perhaps I would no more about the Missouri team if you know the game that College Gameday thought was the biggest game of the day was on any form of television. But I guess it just wasn't that important. Either way losing in Norman isn't a disgraceful event. Quality Wins: @Illinois
11. Arizona St. - This spot was pretty tough to decide for me given their are three undefeated teams with little to no resumes and a few 2 loss squads with big wins but bad losses. In the end I went with the Sun Devils because atleast their biggest wins have come against teams that beat solid competition atleast one week in Colorado (Texas) and Oregon St. (Cal). Quality Wins: Colorado, Oregon St.
Dropped Out: The Zookers drop out after their closer could not come up with the finishing touches against a poor Iowa team. Arizona St. big win against Colorado is diminished. Florida St. should never lose to Wake Forest. Ohio St. dropped out because Purdue sucks they were completely throttle by Michigan and they haven't beaten a good team this season.
Noticeable Absences: The Top 2 teams in both polls. Why are they undefeated? Because they've played shitty team after shitty team. They should get no respect for the crap they've laid out thus far this season. I will give BC respect if they knock off Tech and the Buckeyes respect when they beat... Michigan I guess, man the Big 10 sucks.
Previous Weeks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(n) = neutral field
1. Louisiana State -Yes the lost this weekend, yes you can argue Kentucky via they beat them should be ranked ahead of them. However, they lost in triple OT to a top 10 team on the road, not really a terrible thing. And they have 3 huge wins. I'm keeping them at #1. Quality Wins: VaTech, South Carolina, Florida 2. South Florida - So much for the upset watch in Florida. The Bulls rolled their Floridian counterparts without even a threat of competition. If they run the table they should be in the title game, no questions asked. Quality Wins: @Auburn, West Virginia
3. Kentucky - It was triple overtime it was at home, there may have been a questionable call or two, but they pulled off the stunning upset at the end of the day. The Wildcats float near the top of the poll with the biggest win in the country thus far this season. And for this week I'll give them the borderline Cardinal win, after UL showed up and knocked off Cincy. Quality Wins: LSU, Louisville
4. Oklahoma - The Sooners have to be kicking themselves over their loss to Colorado, which in the coming weeks may end up in the Bad Loss column, but they sit nicely at 4 in this poll with some large wins. The Sooners should run the table the rest of the season and might very well end up in the title game. Quality Wins: Texas(n), Miami, Missouri
5. South Carolina - The Gamecocks played like garbage in the 2nd half yesterday but were able to hold on. The sit nicely in the top 5 with a loss to the best team in the country and two big time in conference wins. Quality Wins: @UGA, Kentucky
6. California - Unlike LSU I'm giving Cal a bad loss for this weekend. I don't care if you're QB is out and you made a big last second mistake by not getting out of bounds, the Beavers were getting mauled by everybody this season. Losing to them is piss poor.Quality Wins: Tennessee, @Oregon Bad Loss: Oregon St.7. Oregon - The mighty Ducks continue to throw up about a million points per game and their victory over Michigan looks better with each week as the Wolverines continue to throttle their Big 10 competition. It's unfortunate that their running back could not hold onto the ball against Cal.Quality Wins:@Michigan
8. VaTech - The Hokies have their one loss to LSU, again not killing them losing to the #1 team, and went into Death Valley and took apart little Bowden's boys. Next week's showdown against BC will put either into the poll ACC position. Quality Wins: @Clemson
9. Kansas - Reluctantly I put the Jayhawks in the top 11. They have no bad losses and they beat cross-state rival Kansas St. who pulled off a big victory over the Buffaloes this weekend. We'll find out more about the Jayhawks in the coming weeks. Quality Wins: @Kansas St.
10. Missouri - Perhaps I would no more about the Missouri team if you know the game that College Gameday thought was the biggest game of the day was on any form of television. But I guess it just wasn't that important. Either way losing in Norman isn't a disgraceful event. Quality Wins: @Illinois
11. Arizona St. - This spot was pretty tough to decide for me given their are three undefeated teams with little to no resumes and a few 2 loss squads with big wins but bad losses. In the end I went with the Sun Devils because atleast their biggest wins have come against teams that beat solid competition atleast one week in Colorado (Texas) and Oregon St. (Cal). Quality Wins: Colorado, Oregon St.
Dropped Out: The Zookers drop out after their closer could not come up with the finishing touches against a poor Iowa team. Arizona St. big win against Colorado is diminished. Florida St. should never lose to Wake Forest. Ohio St. dropped out because Purdue sucks they were completely throttle by Michigan and they haven't beaten a good team this season.
Noticeable Absences: The Top 2 teams in both polls. Why are they undefeated? Because they've played shitty team after shitty team. They should get no respect for the crap they've laid out thus far this season. I will give BC respect if they knock off Tech and the Buckeyes respect when they beat... Michigan I guess, man the Big 10 sucks.
Previous Weeks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(n) = neutral field
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And as for Boston enough with that Boston hate talk. I picked the god damn Pats to win the Superbowl and the Red Sox to win the World Series, so hating Boston didn't put my blinders on there. I'd love for either to lose, but I don't think they will and thus I picked them. On the contrary I frankly don't think BC qualifies for the way I've constructed this poll.