I think that is an entirely different situation. Drew Tate was knocked out of the ISU game with a concussion. When he left the game, Iowa was down only 6-0. He could very well have led that team back, as it was still very early in the game.
Week 4 AP Top 25 1. USC (57) 2-0 1,617 2. Texas (8) 3-0 1,564 3. LSU 1-0 1,437 4. Virginia Tech 3-0 1,406 5. Florida 3-0 1,372 6. Florida State 3-0 1,246 7. Georgia 3-0 1,235 8. Ohio State 2-1 1,127 9. Louisville 2-0 1,096 10. Tennessee 1-1 929 11. Purdue 2-0 916 12. Miami 1-1 901 13. California 3-0 739 14. Michigan 2-1 702 15. Georgia Tech 3-0 699 16. Notre Dame 2-1 609 17. Michigan State 3-0 500 18. Arizona State 2-1 480 19. Texas Tech 2-0 416 20. Alabama 3-0 298 21. Iowa 2-1 282 22. Iowa State 2-0 245 23. Virginia 2-0 221 24. Oregon 3-0 201 25. UCLA 3-0 185 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Clemson 177, Boston College 150, Auburn 89, Wisconsin 76, Minnesota 51, TEXAS AM 50, Colorado 35, West Virginia 23, Penn State 14, Fresno State 8, Toledo 6, N.C. State 6, UTEP 6, Vanderbilt 6, Utah 5. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS Boston College 17, Clemson 20, Oklahoma 21, Fresno State 23.
One would hope--hope---than an LSU win next week gets the Tigers some #1 votes. A 2-0 LSU team would have 100% of its wins over a top 20 team, something even mighty USC cannot claim at this time.
Unless we 'throttle' (since that appears to be the preferred word of the thread) them, thus making them 1-2 and knocking them out of the top 20 (or even 25).
Exactly my point in the SEC west thread. Everyone think polls mean something at this point in the season. Nobody cares where you start just where you finish. Look at OU, does a victory of OU mean anything at this point? No and they were top ten to begin the season.
I think Tenn woulda jumped LSU had they won. It was too big a jump for Fla to make, and Va Tech is right up our ass as it is.
I wanna know what idiots placed OU in their top 25 poll? I mean 4 points...come on And whoever is voting Texas #1 is delusional...USC deserves all first place votes (did I say that out loud just now?)