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My 2013 CFB Top 10 - Week 1

NightSwimmer

NightSwimmer

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1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. South Carolina
5. Clemson
6. Stanford
7. Louisville
8. Texas A&M
9. LSU
10. Texas
 
NightSwimmer said:
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. South Carolina
5. Clemson
6. Stanford
7. Louisville
8. Texas A&M
9. LSU
10. Texas
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Texas over Oklahoma State...? Justifiable at this point, I guess... Barely. Your ranking wouldn't be influenced by the fact that Mississippi State got beat at their own game, would it? ;)

Cheers.
 
Havelock said:
Texas over Oklahoma State...? Justifiable at this point, I guess... Barely. Your ranking wouldn't be influenced by the fact that Mississippi State got beat at their own game, would it? ;)

Cheers.
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I had a hard time deciding between Oklahoma State and Texas, but Texas had a more impressive performance, IMHO. Missy State has no offense this year.
 
NightSwimmer said:
I had a hard time deciding between Oklahoma State and Texas, but Texas had a more impressive performance, IMHO. Missy State has no offense this year.
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Pretty solid list so far, but I get a little wobbly on your 7-10. I think both Texas teams may prove to be overrated, but one must formulate the list based on performance thus far - more like "power rankings" than how things will end perhaps?

Can't tell you how much I've looked forward to the season. Great stuff!
 
NightSwimmer said:
I had a hard time deciding between Oklahoma State and Texas, but Texas had a more impressive performance, IMHO. Missy State has no offense this year.
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Well, they made Oklahoma State's defense look good, that's for sure. And that takes some doing, or at least it has in recent years.

Cheers
 
RickWA said:
Pretty solid list so far, but I get a little wobbly on your 7-10. I think both Texas teams may prove to be overrated, but one must formulate the list based on performance thus far - more like "power rankings" than how things will end perhaps?

Can't tell you how much I've looked forward to the season. Great stuff!
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The further down the list one gets the more difficult it becomes to discern the difference. That's why I'm only bothering with the Top 10. I expect the Big 12 to have a contender this year, but I'm not really sold on any of them this early in the season.

I expect Texas A&M to drop in the polls as the season progresses. They're still running on credibility from last year's performance, but they aren't the same team this year. I also expect LSU to step up and regain their place as the second best (hopefully not best) team in the SEC West this year. I could be wrong about that -- it's just a gut feeling.

South Carolina probably has as good a team as they've had since Spurrier arrived, which would also qualify as the best team they've had in modern CFB history. I think that Muschamp is still missing a few pieces to compete for a championship at Florida. We'll see.

I just hope that Louisville goes ahead and drops one early, so I can dump them without worrying whether it's merely due to bias on my part. I just don't know if they play anyone who could actually beat them?

BTW: Nice victory over the Broncos!
 
Corruptbuddha said:
Can't disagree with this. If we beat SC this weekend, maybe we'll jump back into the top 10.
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Honorable mentions go out to Georgia, Florida, Notre Dame and Oklahoma State. I'll be surprised if Clemson doesn't "pull a Clemson" sooner rather than later and lose to an inferior team.
 
NightSwimmer said:
Honorable mentions go out to Georgia, Florida, Notre Dame and Oklahoma State. I'll be surprised if Clemson doesn't "pull a Clemson" sooner rather than later and lose to an inferior team.
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The last time I saw the Dawgs play that poorly was the opening day loss tomBoise a few years ago. The bounced back pretty well. They will this year as well.
 
NightSwimmer said:
The further down the list one gets the more difficult it becomes to discern the difference. That's why I'm only bothering with the Top 10. I expect the Big 12 to have a contender this year, but I'm not really sold on any of them this early in the season.

I expect Texas A&M to drop in the polls as the season progresses. They're still running on credibility from last year's performance, but they aren't the same team this year. I also expect LSU to step up and regain their place as the second best (hopefully not best) team in the SEC West this year. I could be wrong about that -- it's just a gut feeling.

South Carolina probably has as good a team as they've had since Spurrier arrived, which would also qualify as the best team they've had in modern CFB history. I think that Muschamp is still missing a few pieces to compete for a championship at Florida. We'll see.

I just hope that Louisville goes ahead and drops one early, so I can dump them without worrying whether it's merely due to bias on my part. I just don't know if they play anyone who could actually beat them?

BTW: Nice victory over the Broncos!
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Thanks. So far, so good - but we have a brutal 3 game stretch versus Arizona State, Stanford, and Oregon in a couple of weeks. We need to get our house in order.

Louisville, I think, will run the table because they play no one - that conference is pretty much a joke this year. They'll probably go undefeated and then get snubbed for the BCS Championship due to opponent weakness - a couple of one-loss teams will jump them. It'll be a great send off of the BCS its final year.
 
The AP Poll disagrees with my assessment.

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Ohio State
4. Clemson
5. Stanford
6. South Carolina
7. Texas A&M
8. Louisville
9. LSU
10. Florida State


Florida State? Really?

Jimbo Fisher is a nice guy, but this reminds me of USC being picked as a pre-season Number 1 team last year. Every time the ACC expands again, people think they're on the cusp of becoming relevant in college football. Hasn't worked yet.
 
NightSwimmer said:
The AP Poll disagrees with my assessment.

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Ohio State
4. Clemson
5. Stanford
6. South Carolina
7. Texas A&M
8. Louisville
9. LSU
10. Florida State


Florida State? Really?

Jimbo Fisher is a nice guy, but this reminds me of USC being picked as a pre-season Number 1 team last year. Every time the ACC expands again, people think they're on the cusp of becoming relevant in college football. Hasn't worked yet.
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And apparently Oregon's drubbing of tiny Nicholls State was sufficiently compelling that they jumped Ohio State. I assure you that Buffalo would thrash Nicholls State by four TDs.

I just don't get it...
 
RickWA said:
And apparently Oregon's drubbing of tiny Nicholls State was sufficiently compelling that they jumped Ohio State. I assure you that Buffalo would thrash Nicholls State by four TDs.

I just don't get it...
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Yeah, they would have gotten just as much credit from me for taking a bye week.
 
The early season rankings are perplexing. There's little in the way of apparent logic in how they score wins or losses, to whom, by what margin. Some teams will lose to someone quite good in a close game and be overly penalized. Others will slide mightily. Still others will beat terrible teams and be rewarded considerably. I know it's early - and it's just a poll - but it's so arbitrary.

And there's no way FSU should be in the top 10. "Irrational exuberance". :)
 
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