Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Badgers crack AP Poll

Apparently killing the already demoralized Wildcats is all it took.

We didn't make the coaches poll.

I actually think this ranking has less to do with what we have accomplished and more to do with what other haven't accomplished. A lot of ranked teams lost this week, though that didn't affect some of their rankings.

I'm a BIG LSU fan (years of living in Louisiana will do that for you) but there's just no way they deserve to still be #14. They're a two loss team. They've only played two real oppenents and not only did they lose to them, but they looked bad doing so. Having LSU ranked above teams like Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Georgia is downright disrespectful.

By the way, Arkansas is getting such a lack of respect it's not funny. I watched both last week when they beat Alabama and this week when they embarrassingly upset Auburn. This team deserves some credit. They went from unknown to atop the SEC West. No one gives them any credit. They rank right next to Vandy in terms of "bastard child" status in the SEC. No one looks at them as competition. Now they're sitting pretty.

Here's the AP Poll:
1. Ohio State (63) 6-0 1,623
2. Florida 6-0 1,516
3. USC 5-0 1,451
4. Michigan 6-0 1,429
5. West Virginia (2) 5-0 1,416
6. Texas 5-1 1,294
7. Louisville 5-0 1,247
8. Tennessee 5-1 1,159
9. Notre Dame 5-1 1,068
10. California 5-1 1,017
11. Auburn 5-1 943
12. Clemson 5-1 876
13. Georgia Tech 5-1 739
14. LSU 4-2 693
15. Iowa 5-1 661
16. Georgia 5-1 615
17. Arkansas 4-1 482
18. Oregon 4-1 474
19. Missouri 6-0 469
20. Boise State 6-0 449
21. Nebraska 5-1 431
22. Virginia Tech 4-1 360
23. Oklahoma 3-2 271
24. Rutgers 5-0 194
25. Wisconsin 5-1 86

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