2007 USA Today and AP polls, also BCS rankings

[Glenn]

AP Top 25
1. USC (59) 1-0 1,619
2. LSU (5) 1-0 1,542
3. West Virginia (1) 1-0 1,449
4. Florida 1-0 1,346
5. Oklahoma 1-0 1,275
5. Wisconsin 1-0 1,275
7. Texas 1-0 1,221
8. Louisville 1-0 1,152
9. Virginia Tech 1-0 1,085
10. California 1-0 1,080
11. Georgia 1-0 959
12. Ohio State 1-0 940
13. UCLA 1-0 736
14. Penn State 1-0 662
15. Rutgers 1-0 659
16. Nebraska 1-0 541
17. Auburn 1-0 519
18. Arkansas 1-0 450
19. TCU 1-0 384
20. Hawaii 1-0 335
21. Georgia Tech 1-0 278
22. Boise State 1-0 267
23. Texas A&M 1-0 217
24. Tennessee 0-1 210
25. Clemson 1-0 195

Others Receiving Votes
Boston College 126, Missouri 116, Miami (FL) 91, Oregon 90, Alabama 74, Oregon State 41, South Carolina 39, Michigan 39, Brigham Young 27, South Florida 27, Florida State 22, Arizona State 19, Southern Miss 9, Wake Forest 7, Washington 1, Kansas 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Michigan 5, Florida State 19.

USA Today Poll
1. USC (49) 1-0 1,486
2. LSU (4) 1-0 1,417
3. Florida (7) 1-0 1,341
4. West Virginia 1-0 1,275
5. Wisconsin 1-0 1,183
6. Oklahoma 1-0 1,146
7. Texas 1-0 1,136
8. Louisville 1-0 995
9. Virginia Tech 1-0 988
10. California 1-0 985
11. Ohio State 1-0 977
12. Georgia 1-0 796
13. Auburn 1-0 644
14. UCLA 1-0 607
15. Penn State 1-0 585
16. Rutgers 1-0 576
17. Nebraska 1-0 512
18. Arkansas 1-0 455
19. TCU 1-0 351
20. Boise State 1-0 315
21. Georgia Tech 1-0 311
22. Hawaii 1-0 269
23. Texas A&M 1-0 214
24. Tennessee 0-1 162
25. Boston College 1-0 153

Others Receiving Votes
Clemson 145, Michigan 132, Miami (FL) 61, Brigham Young 49, Oregon 41, South Carolina 34, Missouri 29, TEXASTECH 25, Oregon State 24, Alabama 21, South Florida 20, Southern Miss 16, Florida State 14, Kentucky 4, Arizona State 3, Iowa 1, Wake Forest 1, Washington 1.

Dropped From Rankings
Michigan 5, Florida State 21.

[Glenn]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...04060/1035/ENT

U-M out of USA Today top 25 poll

September 4, 2007
By MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER

Michigan’s loss to Appalachian State continues to resonate.

The first in-season college football poll was released today and the Wolverines took a major fall.

Michigan fell out of the USA Today top 25 coaches poll, released just after 2 p.m. today, after holding the preseason No. 5 position. The Wolverines received 132 points and sit in the No. 27 spot.

The Associated Press poll had not been released.

According to USA Today, 22 of the 60 head coaches kept Michigan on their ballot, including one who kept them 10th.

The coaches rankings are significant because their poll influences the BCS rankings and, potentially, a spot in the national championship game.

“Every week, there’s some type of issue regarding the outside, regardless of whether you’ve won or lost,” Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said Tuesday. “It’s just a lot more fun dealing with those issues coming off a win. I don’t think there’s any question that you have to face the reality of your performance and the things you need to do to get better and the things that you need to do to better.”

Michigan has made the most appearances in the AP poll (741 times since 1936), and has appeared in the top 25 in all but seven of coach Lloyd Carr’s 150 career games (four games in 1998 and three in 2005.)

The 1998 season may be the best reference point for the Wolverines’ situation. Michigan opened that season ranked No. 5, coming off the 1997 national championship, but lost the first two games to Notre Dame and Syracuse.

Losing in South Bend dropped them to No. 13 in the AP poll and the loss to Syracuse in Ann Arbor dropped them out of the poll and into the “others receiving votes” category, where they sat 32nd overall.

Michigan’s last time out of the polls came after losing the 2005 Alamo Bowl to Nebraska, knocking them from the final poll.

Earlier in the 2005 season, the Wolverines suffered a major tumble, as well, when they fell to 2-2 and out of the Sept. 26 poll, ending a streak of 114 consecutive ranked weeks.

Michigan’s longest consecutive streak lasted 160 weeks from Oct. 14, 1968, to Sept. 22, 1980.

[Tahoe]

I have ZERO problem with them not being there.

I don't see MSU in there, must be a typo.

[Glenn]

The pollsters wear adidas.

[Glenn]

Also, this is further evidence that the polls that are included in the BCS formula should not even be taken until there are at least a few games played.

I know Auburn, Boise State, Rutgers and several other schools agree.

[Baker]

I agree that they shouldn't have a poll until after 3-4 games. I also agree that UM probably doesn't deserve to be a Top 25 team, however they are clearly one of the best 25 teams in collge fball IMO.

[xanadu]

According to USA Today, 22 of the 60 head coaches kept Michigan on their ballot, including one who kept them 10th.

Any guesses on who voted them 10th. Must be a big10 coach, hopefully other than lloyd himself. I would guess tressel or paterno.

[Glenn]

It would be smart for them (other Big Ten coaches) to do so to keep their SOS high. That might be what you are inferring, x.

[WTFchris]

Is this the biggest drop after one game ever? Just curious because it's the worst loss I've ever heard of.

[Tahoe]

On paper it is the biggest upset, imo. But like Glen has been saying, it might not be that huge if the season plays out like he suggests for the sake of argument.

These preseason prognosticators added to all of this.

The final fallout from a disastrous opening weekend for Michigan came Tuesday, when the Wolverines dropped all the way out of The Associated Press Top 25, an unprecedented fall from No. 5 to unranked.
Since the AP poll expanded to 25 teams in 1989, no team has taken a bigger tumble in one week.