College Football Thread -- The Fun Never Ends

[Tuberski]

Michigan- proof positive that preseason polls are stupid.

ACK!

[Donegeal]

Michigan:

[reismark]

Originally posted by DanS
Michigan and Notre Dame apparently are competing against each other in suckitude this year.

1) Notre Dame was supposed to suck this year. Michigan was supposed to compete for a national title.

2) Notre Dame didn't lose to a I-AA team.

Advantage: Irish. At least until next week, anyway.

Meanwhile LSU is looking every bit the title contender it's supposed to be against VaTech. Same for Florida despite much weaker competition. 'Tis a shame that there's probably no way they could play each other for a national title, but remember that the SEC is overrated.

[SlowwHand]

South Carolina beat Georgia. That's usually a decent game.
Texas thumped TCU, which isn't a bad team by any means.

[reismark]

Looks like there won't be a non-BCS crasher this year. The two most touted candidates (Boise State & TCU) have already lost.

[Donegeal]

On Wisconsin!

Thats 2-0!

[DanS]

Originally posted by reismark
Advantage: Irish. At least until next week, anyway.

Indeed, the question of the week is who will win the Notre Dame v. Michigan game.

Notre Dame is extremely young across-the-board. 31 players last week with first time game experience, and it's showing most acutely in the offensive line. The defense actually looks pretty good to me, despite all the youth. It's tough to play D when your O is going 3-and-out almost exclusively.

A lot was expected of Michigan, but their young defense is proving their undoing. They might be down a quarterback too.

Given that Michigan is at home, and the recent history of this series, Notre Dame will probably win it.

By the way, I think the winning percentage title is up for grabs this week.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Haw Haw... Auburn lost to USF! Go Big East!!

[Apocalypse]

AP Top 25
1. USC (40) 1-0 1,594
2. LSU (25) 2-0 1,582
3. Oklahoma 2-0 1,418
4. West Virginia 2-0 1,408
5. Florida 2-0 1,370
6. Texas 2-0 1,290
7. Wisconsin 2-0 1,171
8. California 2-0 1,126
9. Louisville 2-0 1,097
10. Ohio State 2-0 962
11. UCLA 2-0 910
12. Penn State 2-0 896
13. Rutgers 2-0 820
14. Nebraska 2-0 693
15. Georgia Tech 2-0 590
16. Arkansas 1-0 537
17. South Carolina 2-0 477
18. Virginia Tech 1-1 382
19. Oregon 2-0 367
20. Clemson 2-0 349
21. Boston College 2-0 323
22. Tennessee 1-1 284
23. Georgia 1-1 261
24. Hawaii 2-0 247
25. Texas A&M 2-0 243
Others Receiving Votes
South Florida 220, Missouri 144, Alabama 116, Washington 95, TCU 66, Arizona State 28, Auburn 23, Appalachian State 19, Cincinnati 12, Florida State 2, Iowa 1, Kansas 1, Purdue 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Auburn 17, TCU 19, Boise State 22.

USA Today Poll
1. USC (42) 1-0 1,476
2. LSU (11) 2-0 1,437
3. Florida (7) 2-0 1,353
4. West Virginia 2-0 1,269
5. Oklahoma 2-0 1,264
6. Texas 2-0 1,156
7. Wisconsin 2-0 1,141
8. California 2-0 1,038
9. Louisville 2-0 1,020
10. Ohio State 2-0 972
11. UCLA 2-0 837
12. Penn State 2-0 804
13. Rutgers 2-0 699
14. Nebraska 2-0 677
15. Georgia Tech 2-0 582
16. Arkansas 1-0 493
17. Virginia Tech 1-1 371
18. Texas A&M 2-0 325
19. Boston College 2-0 315
20. Clemson 2-0 311
21. Oregon 2-0 309
22. Hawaii 2-0 308
23. South Carolina 2-0 294
24. Tennessee 1-1 237
25. Georgia 1-1 199
Others Receiving Votes
Auburn 131, South Florida 115, Missouri 65, Washington 60, Texas Tech 53, Boise State 47, TCU 41, Alabama 34, Iowa 19, Arizona State 18, Brigham Young 10, Kentucky 9, Miami (FL) 3, Wyoming 3, Maryland 2, Cincinnati 2, Purdue 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Auburn 13, TCU 19, Boise State 20.

[pchang]

Pac 10 Football

What does the SEC think about Pac 10 Football now?

[Imran Siddiqui]

What does the SEC think about Big East Football?

[Donegeal]

Yeah! Wisconsin wins and drops two places in the polls!

[DanS]

Looks like Henne is out for a game or the year. That's a huge blow for Michigan, as Henne was a good QB and their backups are pretty far behind..

[Imran Siddiqui]

Not like Michigan was going to do anything this year.

[DanS]

I disagree. Michigan could have turned things around. This is a down year for the Big Ten, so I wouldn't have been surprised to see Michigan go to the Rose Bowl, even after the loss to Oregon and even after a loss to ND this Saturday.