5 SEC teams in the Top 10 http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205564043 USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll Rank School (2011 record) Points rank votes 1. LSU (13-1) 1403 2 18 2. Alabama (12-1) 1399 1 20 3. Southern California (10-2) 1388 NR 19 4. Oklahoma (10-3) 1276 15 1 5. Oregon (12-2) 1258 4 0 6. Georgia (10-4) 1061 20 0 7. Florida State (9-4) 1055 23 1 8. Michigan (11-2) 1023 9 0 9. South Carolina (11-2) 981 8 0 10. Arkansas (11-2) 948 5 0 11. West Virginia (10-3) 833 18 0 12. Wisconsin (11-3) 743 11 0 13. Michigan State (11-3) 717 10 0 14. Clemson (10-4) 598 22 0 15. Texas (8-5) 549 NR 0 16. Nebraska (9-4) 501 24 0 17. TCU (11-2) 499 13 0 18. Stanford (11-2) 497 7 0 19. Oklahoma State (12-1) 476 3 0 20. Virginia Tech (11-3) 461 17 0 21. Kansas State (10-3) 398 16 0 22. Boise State (12-1) 271 6 0 23. Florida (7-6) 250 NR 0 24. Notre Dame (8-5) 166 NR 0 25. Auburn (8-5) 66 NR 0 Others receiving votes (with 2011 records): Washington (7-6) 64; Louisville (7-6) 46; Georgia Tech (8-5) 35; Cincinnati (10-3) 32; Texas A&M (7-6) 28; Baylor (10-3) 23; Utah (8-5) 22; Mississippi State (7-6) 21; South Florida (5-7) 12; N.C. State (8-5) 11; BYU (10-3) 10; Louisiana Tech (8-5) 10; Virginia (8-5) 9; Houston (13-1) 7; Southern Mississippi (12-2) 6; Central Florida (5-7) 5; Rutgers (9-4) 5; Florida International (8-5) 3; Missouri (8-5) 3; Tennessee (5-7) 3; Northern Illinois (11-3) 2; Texas Tech (5-7) 1.
There is a very real possibility of three 1 v 2 games in 12 months, featuring the same two teams each time. Unprecedented.
Forget Notre Dame AND Auburn which are both jokes but look MUCH HIGHER in the rankings. Texas? Really????? Nebraska? Really???? I have another requirement for being a great current historical program. You can show NOTHING in the last couple of years like Texas has done (didnt' even make a bowl game out of the 2010 season) and you get ranked in the top 15.
No, not really...current refers to the team now and in the past few years before that (have to include at least 5 since most "current" teams have players that joined 5 years ago due to redshirting of course). Historical is the standard by which to judge by and includes maybe not the entire history of college football but at least the "modern era". (excludes the earflaps years for example)
