Week Five Poll: New Faces
Week Five brought new faces to the top of Collgefootballtopten.com. With five upsets in the top ten, the challenge was finding teams to fill those slots. West Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas and Rutgers all lost last weekend, and only West Virginia lost to a team ranked in the Top 25 (South Florida).
Of the others, only Texas lost to a team who was ranked in the new AP poll. Which makes me ask, "Why did the Longhorns drop all the way to 19th?" Texas lost to Kansas State who debuted in the Top 25 at 24. Not that bad of a loss, especially if they are good enough to be ranked this week. Where's the love for the Longhorns? I guess the close calls earlier in the season weren't forgotten.
Florida lost at home to Auburn who is not ranked this week. Florida only fell to 9th in the AP. Of course, Auburn beat Kansas State earlier in the year. Shouldn't that put Auburn ahead of Kansas State?
Oklahoma lost to Colorado close and on the road, but the Buffs aren't in the Top 25 this week either. The Sooners only dropped to 10th (AP).
Rutgers lost to Maryland who is also not ranked this week. The Scarlet Knights dropped further than Texas, all the way down to 21st (AP).
Those who didn't lose, including Wisconsin, moved up giving Cal a number 3 ranking and LSU finally at number 2. Wisconsin has been flirting with disaster, but outlasted an undefeated Michigan State team. Ohio State seems to be getting better. Then, Kentucky, S. Florida, Boston College, S. Carolina, and Oregon entered into the mix.
I had to consider many one loss teams. I decided not to include Oklahoma and Florida because they lost to unranked teams. I believe that Oklahoma's loss was a focus loss, meaning they weren't focused. The Colorado game was the first game the Sooners played outside of the state of Oklahoma (OU played at Tulsa the week before, which is, of course, in Oklahoma).
Kentucky, and S. Florida have beaten top 10 teams and are undefeated. BC, who is undefeated, beat Georgia Tech who was ranked 15th on the road a few weeks ago. So, they are in.
As for S. Carolina, their only loss is at LSU, and they beat Georgia earlier this year. Oregon has kept on winning, and they matched Cal Saturday before losing at the very end, a lost to a top 5 team. So, I included them in my top ten in front of Florida and Oklahoma. However, five weeks is just not enough time to know who is really good. Some of the teams who are undefeated haven't played significant competition. The coming weeks will be helpful as teams enter into conference play.
See my poll here.
Of the others, only Texas lost to a team who was ranked in the new AP poll. Which makes me ask, "Why did the Longhorns drop all the way to 19th?" Texas lost to Kansas State who debuted in the Top 25 at 24. Not that bad of a loss, especially if they are good enough to be ranked this week. Where's the love for the Longhorns? I guess the close calls earlier in the season weren't forgotten.
Florida lost at home to Auburn who is not ranked this week. Florida only fell to 9th in the AP. Of course, Auburn beat Kansas State earlier in the year. Shouldn't that put Auburn ahead of Kansas State?
Oklahoma lost to Colorado close and on the road, but the Buffs aren't in the Top 25 this week either. The Sooners only dropped to 10th (AP).
Rutgers lost to Maryland who is also not ranked this week. The Scarlet Knights dropped further than Texas, all the way down to 21st (AP).
Those who didn't lose, including Wisconsin, moved up giving Cal a number 3 ranking and LSU finally at number 2. Wisconsin has been flirting with disaster, but outlasted an undefeated Michigan State team. Ohio State seems to be getting better. Then, Kentucky, S. Florida, Boston College, S. Carolina, and Oregon entered into the mix.
I had to consider many one loss teams. I decided not to include Oklahoma and Florida because they lost to unranked teams. I believe that Oklahoma's loss was a focus loss, meaning they weren't focused. The Colorado game was the first game the Sooners played outside of the state of Oklahoma (OU played at Tulsa the week before, which is, of course, in Oklahoma).
Kentucky, and S. Florida have beaten top 10 teams and are undefeated. BC, who is undefeated, beat Georgia Tech who was ranked 15th on the road a few weeks ago. So, they are in.
As for S. Carolina, their only loss is at LSU, and they beat Georgia earlier this year. Oregon has kept on winning, and they matched Cal Saturday before losing at the very end, a lost to a top 5 team. So, I included them in my top ten in front of Florida and Oklahoma. However, five weeks is just not enough time to know who is really good. Some of the teams who are undefeated haven't played significant competition. The coming weeks will be helpful as teams enter into conference play.
See my poll here.
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