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That poll is also based on only if the teams are undefeated, If FU gets beat they should drop 4-5 spots. LSU is a dominate team this year. but the only team that can beat them will be an SEC team but only because of the history they have with each other.

As long as the two teams continue winning, whether they are #1 or #2 is not important. #1 meets #2 in the BCS game, so they are basically both ranked #1 until the BCS game is complete. In season rankings beyond #1 or #2 are completely meaningless.

So why did Wisconsin or Texas fall in the polls?

If USC wins a close game LSU passes them. LSU gained lots of ground in the latest poll, closing the gap in the AP poll from about 70 to 12.

That means, only 6 voters need to change their minds and it is a tie. It may not happen, but it can if USC plays a close one, Vote to bderden

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The polls are so dumb. What happens if LSU keeps Middle Tennessee to 10 points or less does anyone consider moving Louisville down? Why are their teams with no defense in the top 5 when teams like LSU,OU, and USC are suppose to be dominant on both sides of the ball. When are we really going to know how good WV is if they don't play any elite defenses?

These are all very good questions. Questions that could probably be answered with a playoff system. Even just a plus one system would suffice.

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John Gruden
-What you say is very true, but it makes a difference to some people (I would tend to think that it would matter to LSU fans mostly, hence the StealthLSU comment).

StealthLSU
- Is the AP poll even factorred into the BCS equation? Nope. They withdrew their poll after last season. Now the AP poll is about as meaningless as a poll I make on my fannation blog, so they will do whatever they can to get some attention and sell their paper or website space. Talking about the AP poll means next to nothing when talking about REAL rankings.

bderden
-Wisconsin and Texas fell b/c they are not ranked #1/2 (or #1/1 as John Gruden pointed out). The #1 and #2 spots are the king of the hill spots, think back to 2004 when Auburn got through a tough SEC schedule unbeaten and was still #3 in the polls. Why were USC and Oklahoma #1 and #2 respectively? Oh yeah, they went into the season at 1 and 2.

I might use that last comment as my next argument.

Yes what you say is true, but when was the last time a #2 team demolished a #9 team and a possible #3 or #4 team when they play Florida. (which I do not think LSU will blow Fla. out of the water) It is hypothetical only.

Also when USC played those two teams thier Defense held those teams to under 30 points. I mean when a great Offense has a bad game, they normally can still put up 2 or 3 TDs while the Defense adds another. This also shows both sides of the team.

If the Offense get into trouble, the Defense has to help out. That is what really difines a #1 team. Also there is an old saying, "Offense wins games, Defense wins championships"

That is also why all the polls suck. They never account for the Defense.

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your TD statement says it all. that is pretty much a given.
USC #1 all the way...

why uw and wsu, uw is a quality team as they have proven beating a top 25 team easily. WSU managed to keep the wisconson game close and there supposed to be a top 5 geam. USC had close games with them both last year. WSU's hail mary failed, UW never got to throw their as time ran out, both for the win. While Stanford they suck, and Oregon State is overrated as they proved in the Cincinatti game thsoe are the weak links of the Pac-10

There have been no instances of a undefeated #2 passing an undefeated #1; that's my main point.

Is there a chance of USC falling to #2 if they beat Stanford closely while LSU whoops up on #5 Florida? Maybe. It's never happened before though, and the past is probably the best and only indicator we have of the future. The probability of that perfect scenario happening is so small. It's about as small as Lloyd's chances of getting with Mary Swanson in Dumb&Dumber, but there's still a chance. I just don't think that small chance is enough to raise a sufficient reasonable doubt that LSU will become #1 if USC doesn't lose.

And since #2 has never beaten a top opponent while #1 was struggling, we have no idea what will happen if thsoe two occurances happen simulatneously. You can guess, but we don't know for sure. We do know that the #1 does not fall if it is struggling, and that the #2 does not go up if it kills a top ranked opponent. Maybe we can infer that #1 still wouldn't fall to #2 in a simultaneous occurance.

I know we are talking reality, but has anyone played NCAA08 football? I mean I have been ranked #1 in one week, the next week have off, and the next week win by 2 TDs and then the following week drop to #2 until Nat. Champ. game. I mean hypothetically this could happen to USC. Unlikely? yes, but it could happen. You even agree with me. So I believe the vote and TD should go the BDERDEN.

vote goes to how bout em for a couple of reasons. this other guy doesnt know his facts. texas won the national championship in 2005, not 2004. and virginia tech just isnt very good this year.

I didn't agree with you. I said that there is a very very very very very small chance of USC struggling against Stanford and LSU whooping Florida on the same weekend. I then said that even if it did happen, we would have no idea what the rankings would look like b/c it has never happened before.

We can also argue, "Will Stanford play USC close while LSU beats the p*oo out of Florida?" And I will say no, and you can say yes. Then we'll see who wins that throwdown. I'd have to say that I'd be the favorite. Stanford will not play USC close, and LSUvFlorida will not be a blowout (maybe even an upset); that's what will most likely happen.

Oh yeah, the AP is not factorred into the BCS equation anymore, they pulled their poll out of it after last season (the AP is just trying to mix it up to create controversy to sell papers and website space, why do you think that this TD was not even in the 'In Progress' section? SI is part of the AP poll, and I've been dogging it.) That and like bigdleech said, Texas won the BCS for the 2005 regular season.