LSU in a all out battle for #1 vs USC

I don't think teams should drop when they don't play. We'll close the gap in the Coaches Poll, but won't jump USC. I think they'll wait to see how USC plays against Nebraska next week.

It's nice to be #1, but it really doesn't matter to me. As long as we keep winning, we'll get to NO.

 

What exactly was it that made USC #1 in the first place?

Was it their impressive win over Michigan in the Rose Bowl?
(Michigan, a team that has lost 4 in a row and has given up 30 points in each of those games? The same Michigan that was hyped beyond comprehension along with Ohio State when they were proclaimed to be the two best teams in the land? The same Ohio State that got punked by Florida?)

Or was it their win over UCLA that didn't happen?

Or is it simply MEDIA BIAS ?????

 

I doubt if we will be #1, but we will definately be breathing down USC's neck.

 

no chance LSU jumps USC in the polls this week although they will get more votes obviously.

 

i will wear my most ill-fitting hats this week as a show of solidarity with les.

 

It just doesn't matter this year, as long as we win. #2 is all we need. Then we get the opportunity to prove the rest.:geauxtige

 

Tyga, I'm not sure if this was your opinion, or your take on the way the poll works, but it does bring up something that I feel very strongly about. Why SHOULD USC stay #1 if they don't play or don't lose? This is the fundamental problem with human polls. Take a look at the two resumes: LSU blasts Mississippi State on the road 45-0, then destroys #9 Virginia Tech on both sides of the ball 49-7. What has USC done in the meantime? 38-10 over Idaho? Sure it's a blowout, but their offense was sluggish, and this vaunted defense we've heard so much about gives up 10 to Idaho? IDAHO!

This is not to say that USC's resume may not be more impressive in a few weeks (which it probably won't in my opinion), but LSU should be No. 1 because of what they've done on the field. This mentality of people shouldn't drop unless they lose is precisely what's so wrong with the human polls.

 

I know it doesn't matter. But the most inexplicable argument I've ever heard in my life is the "they didn't lose, so they shouldn't drop" that some people use with USC.

See, the problem with college football preseason rankings... they aren't based on things on the field. Why was USC No. 1 to begin with? Media and talent hype. It makes no sense not to be flexible with your rankings when they were inherently subjective in the first place.

 

Precisely my point.