AP Poll - 9/18

[Velcro]

<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="1">Week 4 AP Top 25</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>&nbsp;1. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=194">Ohio State</a> (59)  3-0 1,617</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>&nbsp;2. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2">Auburn</a> (2)  3-0 1,507</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>&nbsp;3. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=30">USC</a> (2)  2-0 1,494</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td bgcolor="yellow">&nbsp;4. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=277">West Virginia</a> (2)  3-0 1,419</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>&nbsp;5. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=57">Florida</a> 3-0 1,350</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>&nbsp;6. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=130">Michigan</a> 3-0 1,297</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>&nbsp;7. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=251">Texas</a> 2-1 1,180</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td bgcolor="yellow">&nbsp;8. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=97">Louisville</a> 3-0 1,121</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>&nbsp;9. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=61">Georgia</a> 3-0 1,105</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>10. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=99">LSU</a> 2-1 1,085</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>11. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=259">Virginia Tech</a> 3-0 931</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>12. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=87">Notre Dame</a> 2-1 912</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>13. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2483">Oregon</a> 3-0 833</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>14. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2294">Iowa</a> 3-0 831</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>15. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2633">Tennessee</a> 2-1 585</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>16. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2628">TCU</a> 3-0 527</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>17. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=201">Oklahoma</a> 2-1 510</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>18. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=52">Florida State</a> 2-1 466</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>19. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=228">Clemson</a> 2-1 399</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>20. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=9">Arizona State</a> 3-0 384</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>20. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=103">Boston College</a> 3-0 384</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>22. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=25">California</a> 2-1 383</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>23. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=158">Nebraska</a> 2-1 162</tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>24. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=213">Penn State</a> 2-1 143</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>25. <a class="bi" href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=68">Boise State</a> 3-0 110</tr><tr class="oddrow"><td colspan="1"><div class="bi">OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES</div>Alabama 94, Miami (FL) 78, Rutgers 46, UCLA 40, Michigan State 33, Wisconsin 29, Missouri 22, Georgia Tech 19, Texas Tech 16, Texas A&M 9, Arkansas 2, Purdue 2.<div class="bi">DROPPED FROM RANKINGS</div>Miami (FL) 17, Texas Tech 24.</td></tr><tr class="colhead" align="center"><td><a href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/ncf/rankings?pollId=1&amp;seasonYear=2006&amp;weekNumber=4">Complete Rankings</a></td></tr></table>
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[Velcro]

WVU and LVille both in top 8

Highest ranked ACC team... #11

Rutgers #28

Miami #27

FSU #18

UF #5

[smazza]

an undefeated wv will not go to national championship game over one loss usc,sec team,texas,osu,michigan

[smazza]

i wonder what bcs poll would look like today

[Velcro]

an undefeated wv will not go to national championship game over one loss usc,sec team,texas,osu,michigan

Not sure about that... if they go undefeated, and all the other teams have a loss, i think they go.

I don't think all the other teams will lose though.

[bulls96go]

an undefeated wv will not go to national championship game over one loss usc,sec team,texas,osu,michigan

so you are saying two one loss teams will play for the NC over an undefeated WVU

wvu won sugar bowl against sec GA, would have beaten UL ranked top 10 (who beat UM)

i think not. one team can bypass them but not two IMO

[Joe]

It will be close. BE teams need to keep winning because WVU's non conference schedule is going to drag them down.

If L'Ville goes undefeated and it's them or a 1 loss team like Ohio State, Florida or Auburn, Louisville will get the nod.

If WVU goes undefeated and the same senerio above, it will be close. They currently have the 2nd worst OOC SOS in the country. They need to hope those teams lose late or lose bad.

[Guest R_to_the_izzo]

WVU has the polls on their side this year. If they run the table they will be ranked 1 or 2 in the coach and AP poll. That alone would be enough to get then 1 or 2 in the BCS.

[Sunil]

So long as there is at least one other major college undefeated, I'm skeptical on WVU getting enough love to play in the championship game. Pollsters have ways of jobbing deserving teams if they can find even the smallest justification. (in this case supposed "weak schedule").

As an example...if a team like Notre Dame were to run the table and look impressive doing so, and OSU remained undefeated...do you think the pollsters would hesitate to have a one loss notre dame team leapfrog WVU? True, that would be a royal screw job...but it could happen. Big East fans need to hope that our champion is undefeated at the end of the year..and then watch to see how everything unfolds.....

[Velcro]

Well if ND does run the table, they'd have to beat USC to do it... so that would knock USC out of the picture.  Hopefully USC is gone long before that.