Week 5 USA Today Poll 1. USC (60) 3-0 1,547 2. Texas (1) 3-0 1,482 3. Virginia Tech (1) 4-0 1,382 4. LSU 1-0 1,370 5. Florida 4-0 1,298 6. Georgia 4-0 1,239 7. Florida State 3-0 1,196 8. Ohio State 3-1 1,083 9. Tennessee 1-1 968 10. Miami 2-1 945 11. California 4-0 876 12. Michigan State 4-0 688 13. Texas Tech 3-0 683 14. Notre Dame 3-1 643 15. Arizona State 3-1 629 16. Alabama 4-0 609 17. Wisconsin 4-0 489 18. Virginia 3-0 484 19. Minnesota 4-0 396 20. Purdue 2-1 360 20. UCLA 3-0 360 22. Louisville 2-1 308 23. Boston College 3-1 255 24. Auburn 3-1 133 24. Georgia Tech 3-1 133 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Iowa State 118, Michigan 108, West Virginia 90, Penn State 82, Vanderbilt 35, Oregon 34, TEXAS AM 29, Iowa 21, UTEP 18, Toledo 14, Utah 13, Clemson 7, Kansas State 6, Wyoming 5, Fresno State 4, Colorado 3, Boise State 2, Nebraska 2, TCU 2, New Mexico 1. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS Michigan 13, Iowa 21. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex Week 5 AP Top 25 1. USC (59) 3-0 1,619 2. Texas (6) 3-0 1,560 3. Virginia Tech 4-0 1,448 4. LSU 1-0 1,424 5. Florida 4-0 1,367 6. Florida State 3-0 1,249 7. Georgia 4-0 1,242 8. Ohio State 3-1 1,200 9. Miami 2-1 1,028 10. Tennessee 1-1 995 11. Michigan State 4-0 905 12. California 4-0 892 13. Notre Dame 3-1 800 14. Arizona State 3-1 690 15. Alabama 4-0 608 16. Texas Tech 3-0 512 17. Wisconsin 4-0 493 18. Minnesota 4-0 439 19. Virginia 3-0 396 20. UCLA 3-0 331 21. Boston College 3-1 326 22. Purdue 2-1 322 23. Iowa State 3-0 297 24. Louisville 2-1 222 25. Georgia Tech 3-1 169 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Auburn 128, Michigan 119, TEXAS AM 71, Penn State 70, West Virginia 57, Oregon 55, Clemson 23, UTEP 15, Vanderbilt 14, Toledo 10, Utah 8, South Florida 7, Colorado 6, Fresno State 5, Iowa 2, Wyoming 1. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS Michigan 14, Iowa 21, Oregon 24.
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out And all they have to do is win, and you won't jump them, no matter how tough your schedule. All they have left is a 10, 18, and 23 left to beat. This is bogus; http://virginiatech.rivals.com/schedule.asp?team=VATECH Oct. 1, 2005at West Virginia12:00 pm ET Oct. 8, 2005MarshallTBA Oct. 20, 2005at Maryland7:30 pm ET Oct. 27, 2005Boston College7:30 pm ET Nov. 5, 2005Miami-FLTBA Nov. 19, 2005at VirginiaTBA Nov. 26, 2005North Carolina
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out They are *barely* ahead so I suspect a sound whoopin of the voluntears will settle that. However, it's all moot as no way Va Tech goes undefeated anyways. Beamer Ball always fizzles out in the latter parts of the season.
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out Wow!!! When was the last time that neither Michigan and Oklahoma were not in the top 25
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out It just bugs me because the media was hyping them as a "Next Years Team" in the Sugar Bowl. The prop teams this year are usc, texas, vt, and notre dame. If espn luvs ya, you still gotta win, but others have to do incredible things to get their due.
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out Don't they have a weaker schedule when it all boils down in the end?
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out Part of my outrage, I will admit, is I do not respect the thuggery of beamer ball. They have a much weaker schedule. That fact alone should have kept you in front of vt. With the road in front of you they should have to wait to see if you stumble. When will the polls decide you have proven enough to move back up? Playing ut with only one game under your belt when most have 3 or four games already puts you at a huge disadvantage. And to think, ut is the one whining about how unfair this game is. I think you will meet this challenge like you met the one at ASU. The adversity that your team has faced this year is greater than any team on the vt schedule past or future. There is no acknowledgement of this fact by the voters. The talking heads will express their empathy for you and move on. Y'all have the chance to be one of the great sport stories of college football. I hope you make a statement Monday night.
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out I knew VA Tech would move ahead of us. Unless LSU just beats the HELL out of TENN we will not move ahead of them. I think it will be near impossible to leapfrog either VA Tech or Texas. Both teams play enough "name" teams that if they continue to win they will stay ahead.
Re: Week 5 Polls - USA Today poll out They will still have to play an ACC Title Game. THis will most likely be against Florida State. The 'Noles aren't what they used to be, but their defense is nasty and maybe the QB (Weatherford or Xavier Lee) will figure things out by the end of the year. It won't be a cakewalk for them with games against Miami and FSU still to come. In fact, I will personally guarantee a VT loss. Beamer runs a thug program and I have never really liked them, however, the boys in Blacksburg can play and I think they deserve their due respect until they lose. If I'm one of the people with a vote in the polls, I put VT ahead of us right now too. They are 4-0 and have man-handled everyone they've played. We haven't been given the chance to show what we can do yet. That win over Arizona State is looking better and better each week. If we pull out wins against UT and UF we WILL jump everyone but Texas and USC. Till then there is no need to worry. If the Tigers take care of business on the field, the rest will take care of itself.:geauxtige :crystal:
