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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