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DOWN GOES BAMA, DOWN GOES BAMA! WE'VE GOT A SHOT!
Oh wait, the Ducks lost to Arizona. Cool. Real cool.
Rank | Team | Points (75 max) | Change |
1 | Florida State (3) | 75 | 0 |
2 | Ohio State | 70 | +1 |
3 | Auburn | 69 | +3 |
T-4 | Alabama | 64 | -2 |
T-4 | Oklahoma State | 64 | 0 |
6 | Missouri | 60 | -2 |
7 | Michigan State | 59 | 0 |
8 | Baylor | 55 | +1 |
9 | Stanford | 47 | +2 |
10 | Arizona State | 46 | +2 |
11 | South Carolina | 44 | +2 |
12 | Oregon | 42 | +2 |
13 | Northern Illinois | 41 | +2 |
14 | Clemson | 35 | -6 |
15 | Oklahoma | 33 | +1 |
T-16 | Duke | 30 | +4 |
T-16 | UCLA | 30 | +6 |
18 | UCF | 25 | +3 |
19 | LSU | 21 | 0 |
20 | Louisville | 19 | +2 |
21 | Wisconsin | 16 | -11 |
22 | Texas | 12 | +3 |
23 | Fresno State | 6 | -6 |
24 | Cincinnati | 5 | +3 |
25 | USC | 3 | -7 |
Also receiving votes: Georgia (2), BYU and Iowa (1)
Oklahoma State is not in the national championship discussion. They aren't even being mentioned in the "what if the four-team playoff started this year?" talk. And that's a damn shame. Sure, they lost to West Virginia. And sure, they gave up 35 points to UT-San Antonio. And sure, their quarterback is named Clint Chelf, the most awkwardly-named person in American that isn't Reince Priebus. But the QuackPoll is not a player, we just crush a lot. Until November, that crush was Baylor. They wore green and yellow, scored a ton of points, and were exciting as hell. They were a younger version of Oregon. I am now sleeping on the couch because Oregon heard me say that.
But the same night Oregon went down in Palo Alto, Baylor went to Stillwater and got mugged. And the QuackPoll went from loving a green-and-yellow clad team with Lache Seastrunk on the roster, to loving an orange-and-black clad OSU. Haters gonna ha-BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
So Oklahoma State is tied with Alabama at 4, and could make a run at the top 3 depending on how conference championship week shakes out. It's not how the rest of the country sees it (and it's not how Dave sees it either), but it's happening nonetheless. We've also got Baylor, Oklahoma, and Texas higher than the BCS Standings, so clearly we've gone to the Big XII, never again to return. The next time you see me, I'll have spiraled out of control, and will be watching Iowa State-Kansas by choice.
I can't wait to put Duke at #2 when they beat Florida State this week.
Missouri drops to #6 after a win. Maybe you shouldn't have scheduled a shitty Texas A&M team in November, and we wouldn't have to punish you for it.
Wisconsin drops like a stone after losing to Penn State. They're a top-notch program though, super-deep with lots of talent, the Badgers got a bad rap here.
Every time I think I've gotten over the Iron Bowl, a new fan reaction video pops up. Hashtag: nostalgia.
THE BIAS LIST
Mod | Loves | Hates |
Dave | Auburn (#2) | Oklahoma State (#7) |
Noah | Baylor (#7) | Duke (#20) |
Tako | Northern Illinois (#9), and Duke (#11) | Stanford (#13) |