Post by FIUGoldenPanther on Oct 14, 2007 18:38:59 GMT -5
Wow! For a team as young as South Florida this is very impressive for them. Just hope FIU can be up there some time as well.
www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2007-10-14-top25-poll_N.htm
Until a week ago, the top-ranked team in the USA TODAY coaches poll hadn't lost in the regular season in nearly four years. Now, it has happened two consecutive weeks.
Until 11 years ago, South Florida never had a football team. Now it has a team at No. 2 in the first Bowl Championship Series standings of the 2007 season.
BCS STANDINGS: South Florida snares second place behind Ohio State
COACHES' POLL: Ohio State leaps to No. 1; LSU falls to fifth
So goes the 2007 college football season, one of the wildest in memory.
Ohio State, which began the season ranked 10th, took over the top spot in the both the coaches poll and the BCS standings which were released Sunday. The Buckeyes are the only preseason top 10 team still undefeated. But the big surprise was South Florida, a neophyte in major college football but now No. 2 in the BCS and No. 3 in the coaches poll. The difference for the Bulls: computer ratings. They are a consensus No. 1 in the computer component of the BCS formula. They also are No. 2 on the Harris Interactive poll. Boston College, No. 2 in the coaches poll, is No. 3 in the BCS.
The coaches and Harris polls and an average of six computer rankings are used in the formula to determine the BCS standings. Those standings will be released on Sundays the rest of the season until the final version on Dec. 2. The top two teams in the final standings will meet Jan. 7 in New Orleans to decide the BCS title.
The Buckeyes thanks to the turmoil of Saturday as the top two teams were upset victims, returned to the spot they held all last season before losing to Florida in the BCS title game. LSU lost at Kentucky in triple overtime, and California lost at home to Oregon State. It was the first time the top two teams in the coaches' poll lost since September of 1996.
Boston College's No. 2 spot in the coaches poll is its highest ranking in any poll since 1942, when it spent a week atop the AP poll.
South Florida's No. 3 in the coaches poll is its all-time high mark.
Rounding out the top five of the coaches poll are Oklahoma, which knocked Missouri from the unbeaten ranks, and LSU, which could still compete for the Southeastern Conference and BCS crowns. In the BCS standings, LSU is fourth and Oklahoma fifth.
Outside of the top three, only three other clubs have unblemished records. One of those, coaches No. 16 Hawaii, had to work overtime to get by San Jose State Friday night. The others are No. 12 Arizona State and No. 14 Kansas, both unranked in the preseason.
The Big Ten suffered a net loss of two teams in the top 25 poll. Penn State edged back in at No. 25 after drubbing Wisconsin 38-7. The loss knocked the Badgers out of the rankings along with league mates Illinois and Purdue. Florida State was the week's other dropout. No. 22 Tennessee re-entered the rankings, joined by No. 21 Texas Tech and No. 24 Virginia making their first appearances of the season.
Until 11 years ago, South Florida never had a football team. Now it has a team at No. 2 in the first Bowl Championship Series standings of the 2007 season.
BCS STANDINGS: South Florida snares second place behind Ohio State
COACHES' POLL: Ohio State leaps to No. 1; LSU falls to fifth
So goes the 2007 college football season, one of the wildest in memory.
Ohio State, which began the season ranked 10th, took over the top spot in the both the coaches poll and the BCS standings which were released Sunday. The Buckeyes are the only preseason top 10 team still undefeated. But the big surprise was South Florida, a neophyte in major college football but now No. 2 in the BCS and No. 3 in the coaches poll. The difference for the Bulls: computer ratings. They are a consensus No. 1 in the computer component of the BCS formula. They also are No. 2 on the Harris Interactive poll. Boston College, No. 2 in the coaches poll, is No. 3 in the BCS.
The coaches and Harris polls and an average of six computer rankings are used in the formula to determine the BCS standings. Those standings will be released on Sundays the rest of the season until the final version on Dec. 2. The top two teams in the final standings will meet Jan. 7 in New Orleans to decide the BCS title.
The Buckeyes thanks to the turmoil of Saturday as the top two teams were upset victims, returned to the spot they held all last season before losing to Florida in the BCS title game. LSU lost at Kentucky in triple overtime, and California lost at home to Oregon State. It was the first time the top two teams in the coaches' poll lost since September of 1996.
Boston College's No. 2 spot in the coaches poll is its highest ranking in any poll since 1942, when it spent a week atop the AP poll.
South Florida's No. 3 in the coaches poll is its all-time high mark.
Rounding out the top five of the coaches poll are Oklahoma, which knocked Missouri from the unbeaten ranks, and LSU, which could still compete for the Southeastern Conference and BCS crowns. In the BCS standings, LSU is fourth and Oklahoma fifth.
Outside of the top three, only three other clubs have unblemished records. One of those, coaches No. 16 Hawaii, had to work overtime to get by San Jose State Friday night. The others are No. 12 Arizona State and No. 14 Kansas, both unranked in the preseason.
The Big Ten suffered a net loss of two teams in the top 25 poll. Penn State edged back in at No. 25 after drubbing Wisconsin 38-7. The loss knocked the Badgers out of the rankings along with league mates Illinois and Purdue. Florida State was the week's other dropout. No. 22 Tennessee re-entered the rankings, joined by No. 21 Texas Tech and No. 24 Virginia making their first appearances of the season.
www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2007-10-14-top25-poll_N.htm
