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Knocking On The Polls’ Door
Tar Heel Fan — ... A couple of you have asked how close is UNC to being ranked in the football Top 25 for the first time since, be darned if I know when.  Anyway.  Here is the breakdown of UNC’s position in the two major polls. ...

Utes 17th in both polls.
Block U — Utes 17th in both polls. Utah moved up 3 spots to 17th in both the media and coaches poll. TCU has cracked the top-25 after their win over SMU, as has Boise State with their win at Oregon. BYU is now 11th in both polls.

Polls shake up, and Bama should make you afraid. Very afraid.
Dr. Saturday — ... nature, the circle of life, yin and yang, the energy that can be neither created nor destroyed, etc. Yes, the same catchphrases you learned in chemistry class, your local head shop and various Elton John songs can be applied to the polls, too, where some championship contenders die -- for the time being, anyway -- and new ones rise to assume the glories and burdens of life at the top. Exeunt Southern Cal, Georgia and Florida, entrer Penn State and Alabama. Along with Oklahoma's ascension to No. 1, it's feeling ...

Mid-Major Monday: A note of minor dissent on BYU
Dr. Saturday — I hate to do this, I do, but as BYU further into the top ten and the "BCS Buster" narrative solidifies, I feel some obligation to throw the brakes on runaway Cougar love. If Hawaii's schedule last year was a joke -- and there's virtually unanimous agreement that ...

Utes don't move up in either poll
Block U — Utes don't move up in either poll Still ranked 13th and 14th.

Tale of the Tape: Pete Carroll can really relate to Paul Wulff's situation
Dr. Saturday — Slow starts? Tell Pete Carroll about it. Carroll’s Trojans may be back in the championship hunt this week with last place, hopeless Washington State coming to the Coliseum, but don't forget: Pete's been there, man. He says ...

Florida celebration backfiring on Georgia by sparking one of the most successful runs in school history
Dr. Saturday — ... Maybe it's just a coincidence (but probably not) that 'whatever they are now' happens to be a top 10 team with an 11-1 record since that foolishness in Jacksonville, immediately following a year and a half of nondescript malaise that included major upset losses to Kentucky and Vanderbilt, a loss to South Carolina, near-misses against heavy underdogs Colorado, Ole Miss and Mississippi State and two blowout losses to Tennessee. I'm not sure what's 'not pretty' about that. ...

Fire The Computer
We Want The Lion - A Penn State Football Blog — Well, the first BCS rankings of the year were released yesterday, and on the surface there were no surprises, as Penn State came in at #3. But if you dig a little deeper, you might be surprised- and pissed off. ...

Utes ranked 10th and 9th in latest polls
Block U — Utes ranked 10th and 9th in latest polls Even though they didn't play, Utah moved up in the Media (10th) and Coaches (9th) polls this week. BYU is 12th in both polls, while TCU is 11th.

College Football - Rankings - Rivals.com
Roll 'Bama Roll — College Football - Rankings - Rivals.com The Tide remains at #2 in both the AP and USA Today Polls, though Penn State managed to grab three first place votes from the coaches.

UNC moves up in both polls
The 5th Corner — ... While North Carolina didn't play this weekend, none the less, the end results for the Tar Heels in the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls were favorable ones. UNC moved up in each of the polls this week, and stand as the 19th ranked squad in both of them. This is great, and as James over at the Tar Heel Times ( ...

Utes 8th and 7th in the Media and Coaches Poll.
Block U — Utes 8th and 7th in the Media and Coaches Poll. Utah has moved up in both polls, coming in at 8th and 7th after defeating TCU. That loss dropped TCU to 15th in the Media Poll and 18th in the Coaches. BYU is 16th in the Media and 14th in the Coaches.

Utes remain 7th and 8th in polls.
Block U — Utes remain 7th and 8th in polls. No movement.

College Football - Rankings - Rivals.com
Roll 'Bama Roll — College Football - Rankings - Rivals.com Alabama and Texas Tech stay firm as the top two, but at least three yahoos have voted Florida #1 in the AP and USA Today polls. One loss Florida. I don't mind if they want to vote Florida ahead of Alabama because of the ...

BCS: Alabama Still #1! Oklahoma #2!
Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil — If these are the real polls… MITCHELL BLATT Rivals has the polls for Week 15, and here they are: AP Top 25 * 1.Florida (50) * 2.Oklahoma (9) * 3.Texas (6) * 4.Alabama USA Today * Oklahoma (31) * Florida (26) * Texas (4) * Alabama Bowl Champ. Series * Alabama * Oklahoma * Texas * Florida Florida beat Alabama by 11 yesterday. ShareThis

Utes 19th in AP poll
Block U — About where I thought they would be ranked. TCU is two spots ahead of them at 17th, BYU right behind them at 20th. ...

Utes 17th in both media & coaches poll
Block U — Utes 17th in both media & coaches poll BYU 9th in the media and 12th in the coaches.

Alabama fourth in both polls, but why did two reporters vote the Tide No. 1?
The Bama Beat — The media and coaches each boosted Alabama one spot in today's polls as a result of Saturday night's victory over Virginia Tech . The Crimson Tide is behind Florida (1), Texas (2) and Southern Cal (3) in both polls. The media dropped Virginia Tech from seventh to 14th and the coaches from seventh to 15th. Alabama received no first-place ratings from coaches, but there were two media voters were put the Crimson Tide at No. 1 -- Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News and Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who explains his reasoning here ...

Where did Alabama's third No. 1 AP vote come from?
The Bama Beat — ... that Alabama moved up to No. 3 in the AP polls, today's new coaches' top 25 also had the Tide moving up to third. Though all first-place votes in that one went to the defending national champion Gators.

Utes tumbled out of AP, Coaches polls
Block U — Utes tumbled out of AP, Coaches polls It's not a surprise, but I had hoped they had enough clout to hang on at the 24 or 25th spot. The coaches were much kinder to the Utes than the media, dropping them to only 28th. Which means they very well could ...

Where Are All The Cincinnati Bloggers?
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician — ... Cincinnati is ranked 10th in the nation in the latest AP Poll.  By all accounts and based on what we've seen so far, there is a legitimate chance than the Bearcats could run the table from here on out.  They don't look amazing, they just look good enough to possibly sail through the Big East.  If that happens, dare I say Cincy would be looking at a shot at the national title?  The way everyone else is losing left and right, you'll probably be hard-pressed to make a case for keeping the Bearcats out.  Plus it's not like their OOC schedule ...

Unverified Voracity Wins At All Costs
mgoblog — ... that this is insane: Time for BCS To Include BlogPoll in Formula That's registered BlogPoll voter Dan Shanoff touting the poll in relation to the Coaches' and Harris polls, which are run by old men who haven't watched a football game since nineteen dickety-two. But the list of grievances presented by Doctor Saturday a month into the season is compelling: But a month into the season, is it too much to ask the AP, coaches and Harris polls reflect the slightest shred ...

Utes 30th in AP, 32nd in Coaches
Block U — Utes 30th in AP, 32nd in Coaches They actually lost votes in the coaches. I can't explain that. Oh well. If Utah keeps winning, they'll probably re-enter the top-25 after UNLV.

Utes crack top-25
Block U — Utes crack top-25 They're 24th in the media poll and 29th in the Coaches. Another win next week will put them in both.

Utes 19th, 20th and 19th in the three polls
Block U — Utes 19th, 20th and 19th in the three polls Movin' on up!

BlogPoll Ballot - Week 7
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician — ... Don't look now but Cincinnati is a legit contender.  No. 5 in the BCS Rankings and No. 5 in the AP.  What was most impressive to me in their win over South Florida is how easily they transitioned from Pike to scrambler Collaros, who by the way ensures that Cincy will be just fine if Pike is out for a while. ...

Utes move up to 14th in Coaches; 16th in AP
Block U — ... Utah moved up to 14th and 16th in the polls this week ahead of their big showdown against Texas Christian. The Frogs have reached 4th in both polls.  ...