Final 2008 College Football Poll Results Out

by War Eagle Atlanta on Jan 9, 2009 11:12 AM CST Comment 16 comments

Associated Press Final Top 25 College Football Poll

1. Florida 13-1 1,606
2. Utah 13-0 1,519
3. USC 12-1 1,481
4. Texas 12-1 1,478
5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,391
6. Alabama 12-2 1,264
7. TCU 11-2 1,193
8. Penn State 11-2 1,153
9. Ohio State 10-3 1,013
10. Oregon 10-3 997
11. Boise State 12-1 938
12. Texas Tech 11-2 916
13. Georgia 10-3 903
14. Mississippi 9-4 857
15. Virginia Tech 10-4 712
16. Oklahoma State 9-4 534
17. Cincinnati 11-3 506
18. Oregon State 9-4 467
19. Missouri 10-4 435
20. Iowa 9-4 317
21. Florida State 9-4 246
22. Georgia Tech 9-4 223
23. West Virginia 9-4 144
24. Michigan State 9-4 138
25. BYU 10-3 137

Others receiving votes: California 128, Pittsburgh 106, LSU 95, Nebraska 64, Tulsa 61, Northwestern 53, Ball St. 13, Boston College 11, Rutgers 11, Rice 8, Arizona 4, Kansas 2.

USA Today Coach's Poll Final Top 25 Rankings

1. Florida (60) 13-1 1524
2. USC 12-1 1393
3. Texas 12-1 1389
4. Utah (1) 13-0 1375
5. Oklahoma 12-2 1333
6. Alabama 12-2 1157
7. TCU 11-2 1114
8. Penn State 11-2 1091
9. Oregon 10-3 1011
10. Georgia 10-3 904
11. Ohio State 10-3 874
12. Texas Tech 11-2 867
13. Boise State 12-1 809
14. Virginia Tech 10-4 740
15. Ole Miss 9-4 620
16. Missouri 10-4 549
17. Cincinnati 11-3 493
18. Oklahoma State 9-4 480
19. Oregon State 9-4 407
20. Iowa 9-4 250
21. BYU 10-3 248
22. Georgia Tech 9-4 219
23. Florida State 9-4 217
24. Michigan State 9-4 179
25. California 9-4 116

Others receiving votes

West Virginia (9-4) 101; Tulsa (11-3) 68; LSU (8-5) 65; Northwestern (9-4) 63; Nebraska (9-4) 62; Pittsburgh (9-4) 38; Arizona (8-5) 21; Ball State (12-2) 14; Rice (10-3) 14; Boston College (9-5) 6; Rutgers (8-5) 5; Kansas (8-5) 3; Kentucky (7-6) 3; Connecticut (8-5) 2; Houston (8-5) 1.

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damn it.

My first instinct when I look at any poll is to look for Auburn and I forgot that we stunk this year…

by Mattco on Jan 9, 2009 11:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Check...

…your second instinct. How’s they end up 6th in both polls after dropping their last two games? Obviously, I’m biased, but I thought they’d end up around 10th…

by War Eagle Atlanta on Jan 9, 2009 11:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Me too...

but we all know they are in that spot because the POLSTERS ARE BIASED toward them and always have been !

aubtigerman

by aubtigerman on Jan 9, 2009 11:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah.

I am not sure how they ended up 6th, but I didn’t think they would end up 10th either. I was thinking 8. But in the defense of Alabama, they did lose to 1 and 2 so I guess 6 isn’t a far stretch. The same can be said for Texas Tech after getting destroyed in the bowl game by a team that ended up lower ranked than them.

by Mattco on Jan 9, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i mean i hate Bama as much as the next guy...

but who the heck should be ranked ahead of them? 6 sounds about right. they lost a close game to #1 and got drug up and down the field in a game they didnt care much about.

i still think USC and Florida should have to play each other on a neutral field next weekend and then i’d feel like an actual champion was crowned.

by suicidewatch on Jan 9, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

In the AP poll yes

However, in the Coaches poll Utah was 4th, which if you ask me is ridiculous if Alabama is 6. Rankings-they never make any sense.

by Sparkey on Jan 9, 2009 12:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

2nd straight year there will be much debt on who’s really the best team in the country. Our sport is turning into a joke!!! But I don’t care, this is only helping us get to a playoff. Read a article the other day about the $2 billion the NCAA has turned down because they like the tradition. The only game that still has tradition is the Rose Bowl and for that I HATE the Pac 10 and Big 10 even more then ever. I now sole blame them for continuing to ruin college football.

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by trayrenfro on Jan 9, 2009 1:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Evolve

tradition is for oldmen stuck in the past. PLAYOFF PLAYOFF PLAYOFF. storm the castles and bring me the heads of the presidents. quit screwing us out of a real champion.

by suicidewatch on Jan 9, 2009 2:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

How do the Coaches rank Utah anything but second? What a joke!

Jay Coulter

by Jay Coulter on Jan 10, 2009 7:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Because...

Enough time has passed from USC dropping a ho-hum conference game for everyone to start to believe that they’re invincible again…

Vegas laid down some hypothetical odds yesterday: Florida would be a 14 point favorite over Utah, 5 points over USC…

by War Eagle Atlanta on Jan 10, 2009 9:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

14?

Wow that seems a little bit high. Utah beat Alabama worse than Florida did…

And there’s no reason USC should ever lose a game. They may be the most talented football team I’ve ever seen.

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by jd is legend on Jan 10, 2009 12:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Give Pete Caroll two or more weeks to prepare and they are unbeatable

1990 National Champions- Colorado Buffalo's
1913,1957,1983,1993,2004 National Champs- Auburn Tigers

by trayrenfro on Jan 12, 2009 11:20 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Kinda like the two weeks leading up to the Oregon State game?

Thats pretty funny.

I would have gone to bammer if my grades hadn't been good enough to go to AU

by Todd92 on Jan 12, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

There's no reason they shouldn't be on about a like 50-2 streak

Really the only losses they’ve had recently that weren’t complete upsets were to Oregon last year and to Texas in the MNC game a few years ago. The only team that has beaten USC recently is itself. The talent is there to beat anybody in the country, including the Detroit Lions. However, they can’t avoid the monumental upset year-in and year-out.

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by jd is legend on Jan 12, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't disagree with you....

that they are one of the most if not the most talented teams every year. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are the best team. As far as who has beaten USC, I watched them get pounded up the middle by Oregon State, that was no fluke, Jaquizz Rogers continually ran between the tackles and ate up the yards and the clock. And no they are good but even the Detroit Lions are more talented than USC…..there is not a college team that can play with an NFL team…that is no slight towards USC it is just the fact of the matter. And whether its a brain fart or a Laisez Faire attitude it does not matter….if they want to claim they are the best they have every opportunity to prove it on the field. If Pete Carroll is as good a coach as they say then why with such superior talent are they prone to the “upset” every year. If indeed the talent is as good as billed at USC then Pete Carroll should be considered an “underachiever”. I for one think the answer lies somewhere in the middle and that USC has considerable talent every year but not necessarily that much better than most perenial top 15 schools and no better than the top eschelon of the SEC and Big 12. And in saying that Pete Carroll is certainly one of the best 10 coaches but not necessarily that much better than most of them if any. That same Oregon State team, by the way, got trounced by Penn State and beat by Utah, and while I subscribe to the train of thought that one team may match up against one opponent better than another overall better team, that is the coaches responsibility to put his team in the circumstances that will overcome any weakness created by matchups. Having said that you can say that Mike Riley “out coached” the coach whose team “given two weeks to prepare is unbeatable”.

I would have gone to bammer if my grades hadn't been good enough to go to AU

by Todd92 on Jan 12, 2009 2:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The difference is...

…that the Pac 10 teams don’t panic with USC like other teams do. It’s just another game for them, and they can show up and beat them.

Another things hampering USC these days is the fact that the PAC 10 is pretty weak and it doesn’t have a conference CG. Sure, all their teams play each other but it’s not the same as having that one last definitive layer of competition…

by War Eagle Atlanta on Jan 12, 2009 5:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs