AP Poll out - LSU gains 3 first place votes

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/appoll.htm

September 04, 2007

AP Top 25
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS LAST
1 Southern Cal (59) 1-0 1619 1
2 LSU (5) 1-0 1542 2
3 West Virginia (1) 1-0 1449 3
4 Florida 1-0 1346 6
5 Oklahoma 1-0 1275 8
5 Wisconsin 1-0 1275 7
7 Texas 1-0 1221 4
8 Louisville 1-0 1152 10
9 Virginia Tech 1-0 1085 9
10 California 1-0 1080 12
11 Georgia 1-0 959 13
12 Ohio St. 1-0 940 11
13 UCLA 1-0 736 14
14 Penn St. 1-0 662 17
15 Rutgers 1-0 659 16
16 Nebraska 1-0 541 20
17 Auburn 1-0 519 18
18 Arkansas 1-0 450 21
19 TCU 1-0 384 22
20 Hawaii 1-0 335 23
21 Georgia Tech 1-0 278 NR
22 Boise St. 1-0 267 24
23 Texas A&M 1-0 217 25
24 Tennessee 0-1 210 15
25 Clemson 1-0 195 NR

Others receiving votes: Boston College 126, Missouri 116, Miami 91, Oregon 90, Alabama 74, Oregon St. 41, Michigan 39, South Carolina 39, BYU 27, South Florida 27, Florida St. 22, Arizona St. 19, Southern Miss. 9, Wake Forest 7, Kansas 1, Washington 1.

First-place votes in parentheses


Last week looked like this:

1. USC (62) 0-0 1,622
2. LSU (2) 0-0 1,511
3. West Virginia (1) 0-0 1,396

USC ACTUALLY LOST FIRST PLACE VOTES!

 

Yet gained total points...

 

No they went from 1622 to 1619

 

I for 1 am glad vt didn't drop out of the top 10.1. USC (59) 1-0 1,619 2. LSU (5) 1-0 1,542 3. West Virginia (1) 1-0 1,449 4. Florida 1-0 1,346 5. Oklahoma 1-0 1,275 5. Wisconsin 1-0 1,275 7. Texas 1-0 1,221 8. Louisville 1-0 1,152 9. Virginia Tech 1-0 1,08510. California 1-0 1,08011. Georgia 1-0 95912. Ohio State 1-0 94013. UCLA 1-0 73614. Penn State 1-0 66215. Rutgers 1-0 65916. Nebraska 1-0 54117. Auburn 1-0 51918. Arkansas 1-0 45019. TCU 1-0 38420. Hawaii 1-0 33521. Georgia Tech 1-0 27822. Boise State 1-0 26723. Texas A&M 1-0 21724. Tennessee 0-1 21025. Clemson 1-0 195Others Receiving Votes
Boston College 126, Missouri 116, Miami (FL) 91, Oregon 90, Alabama 74, Oregon State 41, South Carolina 39, Michigan 39, Brigham Young 27, South Florida 27, Florida State 22, Arizona State 19, Southern Miss 9, Wake Forest 7, Washington 1, Kansas 1. Dropped From Rankings
Michigan 5, Florida State 19.Complete Rankings
USA Today Poll 1. USC (49) 1-0 1,486 2. LSU (4) 1-0 1,417 3. Florida (7) 1-0 1,341 4. West Virginia 1-0 1,275 5. Wisconsin 1-0 1,183 6. Oklahoma 1-0 1,146 7. Texas 1-0 1,136 8. Louisville 1-0 995 9. Virginia Tech 1-0 98810. California 1-0 98511. Ohio State 1-0 97712. Georgia 1-0 79613. Auburn 1-0 64414. UCLA 1-0 60715. Penn State 1-0 58516. Rutgers 1-0 57617. Nebraska 1-0 51218. Arkansas 1-0 45519. TCU 1-0 35120. Boise State 1-0 31521. Georgia Tech 1-0 31122. Hawaii 1-0 26923. Texas A&M 1-0 21424. Tennessee 0-1 16225. Boston College 1-0 153Others Receiving Votes
Clemson 145, Michigan 132, Miami (FL) 61, Brigham Young 49, Oregon 41, South Carolina 34, Missouri 29, TEXASTECH 25, Oregon State 24, Alabama 21, South Florida 20, Southern Miss 16, Florida State 14, Kentucky 4, Arizona State 3, Iowa 1, Wake Forest 1, Washington 1. Dropped From Rankings
Michigan 5, Florida State 21.Complete Rankings

 

I don't believe early season polls mean much but for those of you counting...

LSU will play #4 Florida, #9 Virginia Tech, #17 Auburn, and #18 Arkansas.

USC will play #10 Cal, #13 UCLA, and #16 Nebraska.

If you consider other votes...LSU plays #30 Alabama and #33 South Carolina while USC faces #29 Oregon, #31 Oregon State, #37 Arizona State, and #41 Washington. (FYI...Washington only received 1 vote...a sole #25 ranking...maybe their own?)

Although I don't consider USC's schedule a cakewalk, I still believe LSU's schedule is more difficult. In order to play for a title, LSU would also have to win the SEC Championship which would require defeating another Top 10 ranked opponent. I'm still confused how some in the media claim that USC has the most difficult schedule in the nation.

 

Where's Michigan??? :lol: :lol:

 

Is there a link or way to find the individual AP members' votes? I'd like to know where LSU's #1 votes are coming from.

 

I'd like to know which writers thought Michigan was a top 25 team after losing to a D1-AA team.

 

Here's a link but be careful, it's not updated yet. When you click on any given AP writer's vote, check the week. Some are still showing Week 16 from last year......others, still week one. Still gives you some idea and it should be updated. :thumb:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu8UMz...ball_rankings/voters.php?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME

Oh, it does show dildeaux voting LSU #6 last week. :shock: