The Arena's College Football Rankings [2008]

Okay, DarthIntegral has given me the okay to run a College Football Rankings game where you guess the rankings of the Top 25 in College Football each week.

A weekly deadline (Tuesday 11 P.M. board time) will be set to have everyone who wants to participate. PM you their weekly ballots to Arena_Power_Rankings that I have set up for this game. When I get all the ballots, I'll assign points to every team that gets a vote. 25 points for a team that gets a first place ranking, 24 for a second place ranking, and so on until 1 point for a 25th place ranking, and zero points for unranked.

Then, I'll add up the total points for all schools that get a vote. I'll give the school with the highest overall points the #1 ranking, and go on down the list until you've got the 25 top ranking schools.

Here is the current preseason AP Top 25.

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[b]USA Today Coach's Poll[/b]

1. Georgia (22) (0-0) 1438 NR
2. USC (14) (0-0) 1430 NR
3. Ohio State (14) (0-0) 1392 NR
4. Oklahoma (3) (0-0) 1329 NR
5. Florida (5) (0-0) 1293 NR
6. LSU (3) (0-0) 1163 NR
7. Missouri (0-0) 1143 NR
8. West Virginia (0-0) 1008 NR
9. Clemson (0-0) 999 NR
10. Texas (0-0) 979 NR
11. Auburn (0-0) 888 NR
12. Wisconsin (0-0) 747 NR
13. Kansas (0-0) 714 NR
14. Texas Tech (0-0) 644 NR
15. Virginia Tech (0-0) 568 NR
16. Arizona State (0-0) 560 NR
17. Brigham Young (0-0) 547 NR
18. Tennessee (0-0) 506 NR
19. Illinois (0-0) 422 NR
20. Oregon (0-0) 399 NR
21. South Florida (0-0) 350 NR
22. Penn State (0-0) 313 NR
23. Wake Forest (0-0) 203 NR
24. Michigan (0-0) 112 NR
25. Fresno State (0-0) 91 NR

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[b]Others Receiving Votes:[/b]

Alabama 83, South Carolina 64, Utah 60, Rutgers 53, Florida State 53, Boston College 47, California 41, Pittsburgh 34, Boise State 25, Oregon State 23, Nebraska 17, Cincinnati 13, Virginia 12, Connecticut 9, Michigan State 9, Mississippi State 6, Notre Dame 5, TCU 5, Kentucky 5, Maryland 4, North Carolina 3, UCLA 3, Texas A&M 3, Georgia Tech 2, UCF 2, Louisville 2, Colorado 1, Tulsa 1, Oklahoma State 1, Arizona 1.

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So, start sending in your preseason rankings no later than Tuesday, August 12th and we'll see who everyone else thinks should be the Top 25 teams going into this 2008 College Football Season.

 

Well, I received three of your rankings. I will list each of them in the order that I received them and will also list the AP Poll since that has been released.

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[b]AP Poll[/b]

AP Top 25 Ranking

Rank Team Record Pts Last Week
1. Georgia (22) (10-2) 1528 2
2. Ohio St. (21) (11-1) 1506 5
3. USC (12) (10-2) 1490 3
4. Oklahoma (4) (11-2) 1444 8
5. Florida (6) (9-3) 1415 13
6. Missouri (11-2) 1266 4
7. LSU (11-2) 1135 1
8. West Virginia (10-2) 1116 6
9. Clemson (9-3) 1105 21
10. Auburn (8-4) 968 15
11. Texas (9-3) 966 10
12. Texas Tech (8-4) 786 22
13. Wisconsin (9-3) 771 24
14. Kansas (11-1) 707 7
15. Arizona St. (10-2) 631 16
16. BYU (10-2) 590 14
17. Virginia Tech (11-2) 578 9
18. Tennessee (9-4) 509 12
19. South Florida (9-3) 496 NR
20. Illinois (9-3) 483 20
21. Oregon (8-4) 366 23
22. Penn St. (8-4) 293 NR
23. Wake Forest (8-4) 227 NR
24. Alabama (6-6) 89 NR
25. Pittsburgh (5-7) 85 NR

Others Receiving Votes:

South Carolina 84, Fresno St. 83, California 59, Utah 53, Cincinnati 44, Florida St. 41, Michigan 36, Rutgers 32, Boston Coll. 32, Michigan St. 21, Boise St. 17, North Carolina 14, Arkansas 14, Connecticut 10, Tulsa 7, UCLA 6, Oregon St. 5, Virginia 4, Mississippi St. 4, Arizona 3, Notre Dame 2, Nebraska 2, Washington 1, Hawaii 1.

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[b]First Poll[/b]

1. USC
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Ohio State
5. LSU
6. Missouri
7. Florida
8. Clemson
9. West Virginia
10. Auburn
11. Texas
12. Kansas
13. Wisconsin
14. Arizona State
15. Texas Tech
16. Virginia Tech
17. Tennessee
18. BYU
19. Oregon
20. Penn State
21. Illinois
22. Fresno State
23. South Florida
24. Michigan
25. California

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[b]Second Poll[/b]

1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. Florida
4. USC
5. Oklahoma
6. Missouri
7. Ohio State
8. Clemson
9. Texas
10. WVA
12. Wisconsin
13. Kansas
14. Texas Tech
15. Va. Tech
16. Auburn
17. ASU
18. BYU
19. Tennessee
20. Illinois
21. Oregon
22. Wake Forest
23. Alabama
24. Penn St.
25. USF

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[b]Third Poll[/b]

1. Georgia
2. USC
3. Ohio State
4. Florida
5. Oklahoma
6. Missouri
7. West Virginia
8. LSU
9. Wisconsin
10. Clemson
11. Texas
12. Arizona State
13. Texas Tech
14. BYU
15. Virginia Tech
16. Penn State
17. Kansas
18. Auburn
19. South Florida
20. Cincinnati
21. Oregon
22. Fresno State
23. Utah
24. Wake Forest
25. Alabama

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The College Football Season starts this Thursday, August 28th. I will be posting the AP Rankings when they are released (there are two Monday Night games so the AP Poll should be out on Tuesday).

You can PM me your rankings after the Monday games. Please do so no later than Midnight board time on Wednesday, September 3rd and I will post the results no later than Thursday morning since there are Thursday games again in Week 2.

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The games for the Top 25 teams during Week 1 are the following:

Ohio State vs. Youngstown St.

Wisconsin vs. Akron

Penn St. vs. Coastal Carolina

Virginia Tech vs. Eastern Carolina

Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green

Georgia vs. Georgia Southern

West Virginia vs. Villanova

BYU vs. Northern Iowa

USC vs. Virginia

LSU vs. Appalachian State (who beat Michigan last season)

Clemson vs. Alabama

Missouri vs. Illinois

Florida vs. Hawaii

Oregon vs. Washington

Kansas vs. Florida Intl.

Oklahoma vs. Chattanooga

Auburn vs. LA Monroe

Texas vs. Florida Atlantic

South Florida vs. Tenn-Martin

Arizona State vs. Northern Arizona

Tennessee vs. UCLA (Monday Night Game)

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If anyone wants to pick the winners from above, we can always have a running Top 25 Competition as well.

 

yeah that sounds fun!

Ohio State vs. Youngstown St.

Wisconsin vs. Akron

Penn St. vs. Coastal Carolina (Chanticleers stepping up big time)

Virginia Tech vs. Eastern Carolina
Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green

Georgia vs. Georgia Southern

West Virginia vs. Villanova

BYU vs. Northern Iowa

USC vs. Virginia

LSU vs. Appalachian State (who beat Michigan last season)

Clemson vs. Alabama

Missouri vs. Illinois

Florida vs. Hawaii

Oregon vs. Washington

Kansas vs. Florida Intl.

Oklahoma vs. Chattanooga

Auburn vs. LA Monroe

Texas vs. Florida Atlantic

South Florida vs. Tenn-Martin

Arizona State vs. Northern Arizona

Tennessee vs. UCLA (Monday Night Game)

 

Why Illinois and ECU?

 

well, if i knew jack didly about college football i might do this.

:snoopy

 

I'd like to participate in this pickem thing! If we could do a running competition throughout the season, that would be great.

Ohio State vs. Youngstown St.

Wisconsin vs. Akron

Penn St. vs. Coastal Carolina

Virginia Tech vs. Eastern Carolina

Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green

Georgia vs. Georgia Southern

West Virginia vs. Villanova

BYU vs. Northern Iowa

USC vs. Virginia

LSU vs. Appalachian State (who beat Michigan last season)

Clemson vs. Alabama

Missouri vs. Illinois

Florida vs. Hawaii

Oregon vs. Washington

Kansas vs. Florida Intl.

Oklahoma vs. Chattanooga

Auburn vs. LA Monroe

Texas vs. Florida Atlantic

South Florida vs. Tenn-Martin

Arizona State vs. Northern Arizona

Tennessee vs. UCLA (Monday Night Game)

 

Ohio State vs. Youngstown St.

Wisconsin vs. Akron

Penn St. vs. Coastal Carolina

Virginia Tech vs. Eastern Carolina

Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green

Georgia vs. Georgia Southern

West Virginia vs. Villanova

BYU vs. Northern Iowa

USC vs. Virginia

LSU vs. Appalachian State (who beat Michigan last season)

Clemson vs. Alabama

Missouri vs. Illinois

Florida vs. Hawaii

Oregon vs. Washington

Kansas vs. Florida Intl.

Oklahoma vs. Chattanooga

Auburn vs. LA Monroe

Texas vs. Florida Atlantic

South Florida vs. Tenn-Martin

Arizona State vs. Northern Arizona

Tennessee vs. UCLA (Monday Night Game)

 

Cant wait...but I dont really care for the opening games. All the power conferences and schools schedule cupcakes. Like when App. St. scheduled MICH

Ohio State vs. Youngstown St.

Wisconsin vs. Akron

Penn St. vs. Coastal Carolina

Virginia Tech vs. Eastern Carolina

Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green

Georgia vs. Georgia Southern

West Virginia vs. Villanova

BYU vs. Northern Iowa

USC vs. Virginia

LSU vs. Appalachian State (who beat Michigan last season)

Clemson vs. Alabama

Missouri vs. Illinois

Florida vs. Hawaii

Oregon vs. Washington

Kansas vs. Florida Intl.

Oklahoma vs. Chattanooga

Auburn vs. LA Monroe

Texas vs. Florida Atlantic

South Florida vs. Tenn-Martin

Arizona State vs. Northern Arizona

Tennessee vs. UCLA (Monday Night Game)

 

All the power conferences and schools schedule cupcakes. Like when App. St. scheduled MICH

Translation: App State = power school, Michigan = cupcake?

 

yes

 

OU's first five games are Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Washington, TCU, and Baylor. Yeah, that's getting your team ready for tough games.

 

Is it clear now? At least from the Michigan part of the equation?

 

From Michigan's side, sure, but App State didn't do anything to hold up being considered a power school

 

LOL...no they didn't.

 

Here is this week's AP Top 25 Poll:

AP TOP 25 POLL

1. USC (21) (1-0) 1539 3
2. Georgia (20) (1-0) 1506 1
3. Ohio St. (15) (1-0) 1497 2
4. Oklahoma (2) (1-0) 1432 4
5. Florida (5) (1-0) 1415 5
6. Missouri (1) (1-0) 1301 6
7. LSU (1) (1-0) 1207 7
8. West Virginia (1-0) 1108 8
9. Auburn (1-0) 1033 10
10. Texas (1-0) 1028 11
11. Wisconsin (1-0) 849 13
12. Texas Tech (1-0) 842 12
13. Alabama (1-0) 834 24
14. Kansas (1-0) 748 14
15. BYU (1-0) 672 16
15. Arizona St. (1-0) 672 15
17. South Florida (1-0) 588 19
18. Oregon (1-0) 508 21
19. Penn St. (1-0) 467 22
20. Wake Forest (1-0) 414 23
21. Fresno St. (1-0) 242 NR
22. Utah (1-0) 214 NR
23. UCLA (1-0) 151 NR
24. South Carolina (1-0) 147 NR
24. Illinois (0-1) 147 20

Others Receiving Votes:

Clemson 143, East Carolina 108, California 91, Florida St. 36, Boston Coll. 36, Cincinnati 35, Tennessee 30, Boise St. 19, Bowling Green 17, Virginia Tech 14, Connecticut 9, Rutgers 6, Kentucky 5, Nebraska 4, Oklahoma St. 3, TCU 2, Arizona 2, Miami (FL) 1, Notre Dame 1, North Carolina 1, Tulsa 1.

 

Here are this week's results from the running Top 25 Pick'Em:

TOP 25 PICK'EM

redchedelphar: 17 - 4

Obese_1_Ka-Blooey: 17 - 4

Rohniss: 18 - 3

DRHJ9: 19 - 2

 

Well, I only received one poll following this first week of the season. So, I will just post it by itself. I am sure that following the third week of games, that we'll have more polls based on the Ohio State/USC game.

Top 25 Poll

1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. Georgia
4. Florida
5. Ohio State
6. LSU
7. Texas
8. Missouri
9. West Virginia
10. Auburn
11. Wisconsin
12. Alabama
13. Kansas
14. Texas Tech
15. Oregon
16. Arizona State
17. BYU
18. USF
19. Clemson
20. Penn State
21. Wake Forest
22. UCLA
23. Oklahoma State
24. South Carolina
25. Fresno State

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Here are this week's Top 25 games. Again just highlight, color, or pick whatever team you think will win.

[b]TOP 25 Games, Week 2[/b]

[b]Thursday September 4, 2008[/b]

(24) South Carolina
Vanderbilt

[b]Saturday September 6, 2008[/b]

Ohio
(3) Ohio St.

Marshall
(11) Wisconsin

Eastern Illinois
(24) Illinois

Southern Miss
(9) Auburn

(15) BYU
Washington

Oregon St.
(19) Penn St.

Utah St.
(18) Oregon

Mississippi
(20) Wake Forest

Cincinnati
(4) Oklahoma

Cent. Michigan
(2) Georgia

(8) West Virginia
East Carolina

(17) South Florida
UCF

SE Missouri St.
(6) Missouri

Louisiana Tech
(14) Kansas

Tulane
(13) Alabama

UNLV
(22) Utah

Miami (FL)
(5) Florida

(12) Texas Tech
Nevada

Stanford
(15) Arizona St.

(10) Texas
UTEP

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24) South Carolina
Vanderbilt

Saturday September 6, 2008

Ohio
(3) Ohio St.

Marshall
(11) Wisconsin

Eastern Illinois
(24) Illinois

Southern Miss
(9) Auburn

(15) BYU
Washington

Oregon St.
(19) Penn St.

Utah St.
(18) Oregon

Mississippi
(20) Wake Forest

Cincinnati
(4) Oklahoma

Cent. Michigan
(2) Georgia

(8) West Virginia East Carolina

(17) South Florida
UCF

SE Missouri St.
(6) Missouri

Louisiana Tech
(14) Kansas

Tulane
(13) Alabama

UNLV
(22) Utah

Miami (FL)
(5) Florida

(12) Texas Tech
Nevada

Stanford
(15) Arizona St.

(10) Texas
UTEP

 

TOP 25 Games, Week 2

Thursday September 4, 2008

(24) South Carolina
Vanderbilt

Saturday September 6, 2008

Ohio
(3) Ohio St.

Marshall
(11) Wisconsin

Eastern Illinois
(24) Illinois

Southern Miss
(9) Auburn

(15) BYU
Washington

Oregon St.
(19) Penn St.

Utah St.
(18) Oregon

Mississippi
(20) Wake Forest

Cincinnati
(4) Oklahoma

Cent. Michigan
(2) Georgia

(8) West Virginia
East Carolina

(17) South Florida
UCF

SE Missouri St.
(6) Missouri

Louisiana Tech
(14) Kansas

Tulane
(13) Alabama

UNLV
(22) Utah

Miami (FL)
(5) Florida

(12) Texas Tech
Nevada

Stanford
(15) Arizona St.

(10) Texas
UTEP

 

TOP 25 Games, Week 2

Thursday September 4, 2008

(24) South Carolina
Vanderbilt ---Heheh, we can just leave this one out of mine if that's alright. i hope that doesn't affect my other picks

Saturday September 6, 2008

Ohio
(3) Ohio St.

Marshall
(11) Wisconsin

Eastern Illinois
(24) Illinois

Southern Miss
(9) Auburn

(15) BYU
Washington

Oregon St.
(19) Penn St.

Utah St.
(18) Oregon

Mississippi
(20) Wake Forest

Cincinnati
(4) Oklahoma

Cent. Michigan
(2) Georgia

(8) West Virginia
East Carolina

(17) South Florida
UCF

SE Missouri St.
(6) Missouri

Louisiana Tech
(14) Kansas

Tulane
(13) Alabama

UNLV
(22) Utah

Miami (FL)
(5) Florida

(12) Texas Tech
Nevada

Stanford
(15) Arizona St.

(10) Texas
UTEP


eh, these choices still are no-brainers, but it'll get interesting in the next few weeks.

 

AP Top 25 Rankings, Week 2

1. USC (33) (1-0) 1577
2. Georgia (23) (2-0) 1525
3. Oklahoma (2) (2-0) 1458
4. Florida (4) (2-0) 1438
5. Ohio St. (1) (2-0) 1347
6. Missouri (6) (2-0) 1336
7. LSU (1) (1-0) 1231
8. Texas (2-0) 1100
9. Auburn (2-0) 1067
10. Wisconsin (2-0) 910
11. Alabama (2-0) 865
12. Texas Tech (2-0) 845
13. Kansas (2-0) 825
14. East Carolina (2-0) 762
15. Arizona St. (2-0) 744
16. Oregon (2-0) 616
17. Penn St. (2-0) 607
18. BYU (2-0) 537
19. South Florida (2-0) 493
20. Wake Forest (2-0) 404
21. Fresno St. (1-0) 290
22. Utah (2-0) 258
23. California (2-0) 195
24. Illinois (1-1) 164
25. West Virginia (1-1) 163

Others Receiving Votes:

UCLA 150, Clemson 73, Florida St. 50, Boise St. 22, Tennessee 15, Georgia Tech 14, Oklahoma St. 11, Vanderbilt 7, Kentucky 6, TCU 6, Virginia Tech 4, Tulsa 3, South Carolina 2, Arizona 2, Rice 1, Connecticut 1, North Carolina 1

 

Here are this week's results from the running Top 25 Pick'Em:

TOP 25 PICK'EM

redchedelphar: 19, 2, 17 - 4 = 36 - 6

Obese_1_Ka-Blooey: 20 - 1, 17 - 4 = 37 -5

Rohniss: 19 - 2, 18 - 3 = 37 -5

DRHJ9: Did not pick, 19 - 2 = 19 - 2

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So, still very close. I'm thinking that this will most definitely go down to the wire.

 

Hey! Don't forget about me!

 

Oh, sorry.

Onoto: 19 - 2

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[b]Top 25 Games, Week 3[/b]

[b]Friday September 12, 2008[/b]

(13) Kansas

(19) South Florida

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[b]Saturday September 13, 2008[/b]

LA Lafayette

(24) Illinois


Nevada

(6) Missouri


UCLA

(18) BYU


(16) Oregon

Purdue


(17) Penn St.

Syracuse


Arkansas

(8) Texas


(2) Georgia

South Carolina


West. Kentucky

(11) Alabama


(9) Auburn

Mississippi St.


SMU

(12) Texas Tech


(3) Oklahoma

Washington


North Texas

(7) LSU


(5) Ohio St.

(1) USC


(22) Utah

Utah St.


UNLV

(15) Arizona St.


(10) Wisconsin

(21) Fresno St.

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Please get all picks in within one hour of kickoff on Friday night.

 

*cough*South Carolina's not ranked anymore*cough*

I know, I shouldn't be saying it and reminding everyone...

EDIT: and I just realized that its too late for you to edit anyways, so I took care of it