The Blue Workhorse Week 14 College Football Top 25
Oklahoma won impressively yet again, and it was just enough to bump them past Texas and into the Big XII championship game. With a win, they appear to be destined for the national championship against the winner of the SEC championship game. Too bad Texas can’t replace Missouri in the championship game. Now that would make for an entertaining championship weekend.
Another week means another re-evaluation, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 13. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:
- Alabama is no longer the unanimous #1.
- Don’t look now but USC has slowly crept up to a tie for #4. But is it all too late?
- For the first time, we have three teams tied for a single spot. This week Georgia, Boston College, and Oregon are all ranked #17. The Ducks & Eagles were tied with each other last week as well.
- New squads: Only one team enters the Top 25 this week. Pittsburgh makes yet another return.
- Biggest gainer: Georgia Tech, Boston College, Oregon, and Ole Miss each moved up 4 spots, but the Big East champs and BCS-bound Cincinnati Bearcats gained 5 spots to be this week’s biggest gainer.
- Biggest loser: Poor poor Beavers. Oregon State lost their trip to Pasadena by losing to their rival. They also lost 10 spots in our poll.
- The non-BCS strikes: Utah is now tied with Texas Tech for the #6 spot while Boise State is also in the Top 10. BYU & Ball State are also in the Top 20.
- Teams by conference: Big XII - 5; SEC - 4; Big 10 - 4; MWC - 3; Pac 10 - 3; ACC - 2; Big East - 2; WAC - 1; MAC - 1.
What the Voters Have to Say:
- DRang: “All Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly does is produce championships. Notre Dame should make him their first priority.”
- Heisman: “The Oklahoma State/Oklahoma game was disgusting. No offense is that good. Only bad defense. Congrats to Cincinnati and the coach Tennessee should have gotten.”
- Rosenblogger: “USC’s defense is incredible, and would make those Big 12 offenses look like high school teams. Too bad they won’t get a chance to prove it.”
- Shotgun Spratling: “The BCS is shit. Texas has been done wrong. They lost on the last play of their fourth consecutive weeks of Big XII hell, and now they are being punished by having to watch two teams they beat play each other in the conference championship and virtually leaving them with little hope of making the national championship.”
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| #1 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 97 |
| #2 | Florida | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 95 |
| #3 | Oklahoma (+1) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 92 |
| #4 | Texas (-1) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 88 |
| #4 | USC (+1) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 88 |
| #6 | Texas Tech | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 76 |
| #6 | Utah (+1) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 76 |
| #8 | Penn State | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 75 |
| #9 | Boise State | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 68 |
| #10 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 65 |
| #11 | Ball State (+3) | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 57 |
| #12 | Cincinnati (+5) | 11 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 52 |
| #13 | Texas Christian (+3) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 51 |
| #14 | Oklahoma State (-2) | 12 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 48 |
| #15 | Georgia Tech (+4) | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 44 |
| #16 | BYU (+2) | 15 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 42 |
| #17 | Georgia (-4) | 22 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 30 |
| #17 | Boston College (+4) | 18 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 30 |
| #17 | Oregon (+4) | 16 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 30 |
| #20 | Missouri (-9) | 19 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 26 |
| #21 | Ole Miss (+4) | 20 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 19 |
| #22 | Pittsburgh (NR) | 25 | 15 | - | 22 | 16 |
| #23 | Michigan State | 23 | - | 21 | 21 | 13 |
| #23 | Northwestern | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 13 |
| #25 | Oregon State (-10) | 24 | 25 | - | 25 | 4 |
Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Central Michigan
Dropped out: Florida State (LW: 18)
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DRang
Heisman
Rosenblogger
Shotgun Spratling
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December 3rd, 2008 at 8:43 am
Mr. Gun,
The good Lord has blessed you with great looks, but you missed out in the common sense department. How can you not rank Alabama #1 at this point as the lone BCS conference undefeated team that plays in the best BCS conference. I look for Florida to edge out Bama come Saturday, but let’s let that happen Saturday and give the Tide the credit they deserve today.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:00 am
Heisman, how can you have Pitt ranked AHEAD of the Big East Champion Cincinnati Bearcats. Cincy just beat Pitt 28-21 two weeks ago, and then disposed of Syracuse to clinch a BCS bid. No way should Pitt be ranked ahead of the Bearcats…
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
After the top ten who really cares anyway? The Big East is a joke. While Kelley is a proven winner and should be lauded for his efforts, you have got to love my boy Dave and his Pitt Panthers!
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
While common sense has never been considered one of my strengths I do have reasoning for not placing Alabama at the top of my rankings:
***Who has Alabama beat? Their most impressive wins have come over four teams that were overrated coming into the season (Clemson, Georgia, LSU, Auburn). Of those, only Georgia is even still ranked. I’ll give them the Ole Miss victory as a quality victory, so that gives them 2 wins over teams that have 8+ wins.
Florida has 3 wins over 8+ win teams.
Texas has 5 wins over 9+ win teams with 2 of those wins over 11+ win teams.
Oklahoma has 6 wins over 8+ win teams, 4 of those over 10+ win teams, and 2 of those over 11+ win teams.
***Sagarin rating (which is probably the single most reliable poll or rating out there):
Alabama - #6
Florida - #3
Texas - #2
Oklahoma - #1
***Strength of schedule (from what I could find online):
Alabama - #81; #73 in Sagarin SoS; .465 opponents win %
Florida - #30; #18 in Sagarin SoS; .549 opponents win %
Texas - #1; #12 in Sagarin SoS; .590 opponents win %
Oklahoma - #10; #17 in Sagarin SoS; .538 opponents win %
***Non-conference schedule:
Ala - Clemson, Tulane, W.Kentucky, Ark St (17-29 combined record)
Fla - Hawaii, Miami, Citadel, Fla St (26-22 combined record)
Tex - Fla Atlantic, UTEP, Rice, Arkansas (25-23 combined record)
Okla - UTC, Cincy, Washington, TCU (21-26 combined record)
***Who would win? Alabama would not be favored against either Texas or Oklahoma and they are a 9 1/2 dog against Florida. I mean I am taking the points, but I wouldn’t predict a Tide win.
***How bad is that single loss? Are Texas’s last second loss at TTU or Oklahoma’s loss to Texas on a neutral field any less impressive than Alabama’s 35-0 win over Arkansas State (which happened the same day as the Texas/Texas Tech game).
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
DRang, you are absolutely right. There is no way Pitt should be ranked ahead of Cincinnati. Not only is Cincy 10-2, headed to a BCS bowl game, and has already beaten Pittsburgh, but this is an 8-3 Pitt team that also lost to 6-6 Bowling Green and by 20 to a 6-5 Rutgers squad.
But what do you expect from a man who ranks BYU at #12 ahead of a TCU team that dragged the Cougars all over the field?
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Whats the deal with Heisman and Wanstache!!!