If LSU wins this weekend over georgia and having either TENN or AUB lose how far up will LSU move in the polls? :champs:
Let's worry about winning the game first than we can worry about the polls. To answer your question probably 9 or 10. Unless someone really screws up then maybe higher. LSUDAN
I say 7 or 8. Not as high as we would like, but alot of them are going to be waiting for the Florida game to make sure we are for real. If we beat Florida we move up to top 5. This is all assuming that we beat Georgia. I think we would move slightly higher if Auburn wins, since they beat us. But at the same time, I want to go to the SECCG, so I can't pull for them. This is all assuming we beat Georgia though..
Ya'll really think we'll only move up to 10 if we beat the 3rd ranked team? Ateast one of the top 10 has to lose and we are only at number 13. I thought we would go slightly higher than 10.
#7 in the AP, they will pass GA, who will fall to about 10th. #7 in the Coaches, maybe even #6 ....will be close call with W. Virginia. A big victory like 24-6 would propel LSU maybe even a spot higher (wedged between Texas and Ohio State in the #5 spot). Of course, this is assuming everyone else wins.
I personally don't see a way that we move up any higher than 9 this week with a win. I just don't think they'll put us ahead of a bunch of undefeated teams. I would like to see us at least leave Florida State in the dust.
Oh well, keep winning and we'll be where we want to be at the end of the year, and even if we don't make it to Miami, we can still declare our bowl game the National Championship game and print up tshirts and whatnot.
It depends on the margin of victory. If it's very close, they won't move up as far as you'll think because pollsters are going to be reluctant jumping a 1 loss team over that many undefeated teams. Now, if LSU hammers them like they did in Atlanta, that's a different story. Nonetheless, of the 11 undefeated teams ahead of LSU, only one is a lock to lose, and only four others have at least a low (Miami due to Brock and Cal against OSU at Corvallis and the week before USC), moderate (W. Va, on the road in Blacksburg against Va. Tech), or good (Georgia) shot of losing. Let's be conservative and say that, of those five, three teams total lose ahead of LSU this week: Georgia (3), Auburn (6) and W. Va. (8); this is "conservative" because two have to lose, so it's more like one upset out of four games. Anyway, all fall out of the top 10. Miami-3, Texas-4, Ohio St-5, Tenn-6, Fla. St-7 (can't drop them two spots for a win, even if it's against North Carolina), Cal-8...and LSU-9, since a win over Georgia gets them past an idle Virginia. It's possible LSU doesn't jump undefeated Virginia, but that would definitely happen with a win over Florida. Keep in mind that Georgia plays Tenn. next week, so an LSU win the next two weekends, a Georgia bounceback against Tenn., the USC-Cal loser, and the OU-Texas loser slides LSU at least three spots closer after Oct. 9. A 6-1 LSU, sitting at #6, with four games to play against .500 or below teams (don't worry about Arky, and Troy St. doesn't count)...well, then it becomes a game of wait and see for 7 weeks or so. Honestly--honestly--I'd be happy as can be that this team overcame what it did to finish 10-1 with the sole loss in it's first road game of the year against a solid conference foe...by a single point. Wherever such a record leaves LSU in the polls come the first week of December, I'll call it good and be happy.
I see us being at #7 or #8. This is why... #3. Georgia could lose, plays LSU #4.Miami could lose, plays Georgia Tech #6.West Virginia could lose, plays VT # 8. Auburn could lose, plays Tennessee #10. California could lose, play Oregon State #13. Virginia could lose, play Clemson If all of these teams lose we will at least be #7. If even 3 out of those teams lose we will still move up to around #8 because of a win over #3 UGA.
