34-14 at the half. LSU will be # 2 after Florida hangs 50 on that overrated bunch. There's no way the Voters make OSU # 2 after Florida & USC kick Big Ten "because we can't count" Butt. Geaux Gators :crystal: Geaux Tigers # 2.
Dropping them below #2 or #3 might be interpreted as an admission that the voters have been wrong all year. I don't figure they've got the stones to do that.
[SIZE=-1]If just depends on the team's season and how long they were at #1. History shows that the teams who hold the #1 spot for a while during the season finish #2 if they lose the NC game. [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1996[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Ohio State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Florida State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Arizona State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Brigham Young[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Penn State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Colorado[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Tennessee[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. North Carolina[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Alabama[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. LSU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Northwestern[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Washington[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Kansas State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Iowa[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Notre Dame[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Syracuse[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Wyoming[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Auburn[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Army[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1997[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Florida St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. UCLA[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. North Carolina[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Tennessee[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Kansas St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Washington St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Auburn[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Ohio St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. LSU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Arizona St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Purdue[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Penn State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Colorado St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Washington[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Southern Miss[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Texas A&M[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Syracuse[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Mississippi[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Missouri[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Oklahoma St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Georgia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1998[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. Tennessee[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Ohio St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Florida St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Arizona[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Wisconsin[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Tulane[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. UCLA[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Georgia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Kansas State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Texas A&M[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. Air Force[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Arkansas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Penn State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Virginia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Missouri[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Notre Dame[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Purdue[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Syracuse[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1999[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. Florida St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Wisconsin[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Kansas State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Michigan State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Alabama[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Tennessee[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Marshall[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Penn State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. Mississippi St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Southern Miss[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Arkansas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Minnesota[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Oregon[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Georgia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Mississippi[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Texas A&M[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Illinois[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Purdue[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2000[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. Oklahoma[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Washington[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Oregon State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Florida St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Oregon[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Kansas State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. Purdue[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Colorado St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Notre Dame[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Clemson[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Georgia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Auburn[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. South Carolina[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. TCU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. LSU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Wisconsin[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Mississippi St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Iowa State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2001[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Oregon[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Tennessee[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Oklahoma[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. LSU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Colorado[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Washington St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Maryland[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Illinois[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. South Carolina[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Syracuse[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Florida St.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Stanford[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Louisville[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Washington[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Boston College[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Toledo[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Georgia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Brigham Young[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2002[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. Ohio State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. USC[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Oklahoma[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Kansas State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Iowa[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Washington State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Alabama[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. N. C. State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. Maryland[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Auburn[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Boise State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Penn State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Notre Dame[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Pittsburgh[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Colorado[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Florida State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Virginia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. TCU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Marshall[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. West Virginia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2003[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. LSU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. USC[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Oklahoma[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Ohio State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Iowa[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. Washington State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Florida State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Miami (Ohio)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. Kansas State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Mississippi[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Boise State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Tennessee[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Minnesota[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Purdue[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Maryland[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Utah[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Clemson[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Bowling Green[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. TCU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2004[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]1. USC[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. Auburn[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Oklahoma[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Utah[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. Louisville[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Iowa[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. California[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Boise State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. Tennessee[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Michigan[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Florida State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. LSU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Wisconsin[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Texas Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Arizona State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Ohio State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Boston College[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Fresno State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Virginia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Navy[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. Pittsburgh[/SIZE] 2005 [SIZE=-1]1. Texas[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]2. USC[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]3. Penn State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]4. Ohio State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]5. LSU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]6. West Virginia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]7. Virginia Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]8. Alabama[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]9. TCU[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10. Georgia[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]11. Notre Dame[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]12. Oregon[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]13. UCLA[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]14. Auburn[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]15. Wisconsin[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]16. Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]17. Boston College[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]18. Miami (Fla.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]19. Texas Tech[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]20. Louisville[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]21. Clemson[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]22. Oklahoma[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]23. Florida State[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]24. Nebraska[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]25. California[/SIZE]
Yes but how many times in history has the consensus #1 team all year been blown out in the national title game by a one loss team? Things are lookin good for LSU, and all i gotta say is Geaux Gators, keep it rollin!!!
Normally the loser would be ranked #2, but if they lose real bad they could drop to #4. That's the worst I could see. At this moment at the start of the second half and OSU down 20, I'd rate it: 1. Florida 2. LSU 3. OSU
What makes you think USC won't jump everyone but the winner of the NC game. You do remember we are SEC and they are well you know The Trojan Dynasty !!!! B