Coaches Poll out: No votes for USF

[Triple B]

Syracuse has a lower sagarin ranking then 20 1-aa teams. Cuse is horrible.

And only one team you've beaten has a higher, barely, Sagarin rating than Syracuse ...

[ToeJam]

FWIW: UCF is leading their division and will probably be playing for the conference title.

Ha!  FWIW, It's C-USA

And if UCF wins, that's one more CUSA (or any conference) championship we have won. So why clown them?

I don't know, maybe because Syracuse would win C-USA this year.

Syracuse has a lower sagarin ranking then 20 1-aa teams. Cuse is horrible.

Syracuse also has a higher sagarin ranking than 7 of 12 C-USA teams.  My original post was a bit tong-and-cheek, but Syracuse would definitly compete in C-USA this year and any other BE team would roll.  That shoudln't take anything away from UCF.  They should have had ECU beat if it wasn't for an awful second half.  It is just that "having a chance" to play for C-USA championship is not a defense for a coach (read George O'Leary) putting UCF at #25.

And you know for a fact that is was O'Leary that voted UCF #25 because I can't find anything that lists who votes for whom.  Besides, it is well known that the big east coaches vote their teams higher then anyone else in an effort to keep at least one big east team ranked high, which would explain UCONN and Cincy.

[BrahmanBulliever]

well known fact now eh? geeze I love Messageboard scuttlebutt, anything you dream up can be a well known fact.

[Triple B]

FWIW: UCF is leading their division and will probably be playing for the conference title.

Ha!  FWIW, It's C-USA

And if UCF wins, that's one more CUSA (or any conference) championship we have won. So why clown them?

I don't know, maybe because Syracuse would win C-USA this year.

Syracuse has a lower sagarin ranking then 20 1-aa teams. Cuse is horrible.

Syracuse also has a higher sagarin ranking than 7 of 12 C-USA teams.  My original post was a bit tong-and-cheek, but Syracuse would definitly compete in C-USA this year and any other BE team would roll.  That shoudln't take anything away from UCF.  They should have had ECU beat if it wasn't for an awful second half.  It is just that "having a chance" to play for C-USA championship is not a defense for a coach (read George O'Leary) putting UCF at #25.

And you know for a fact that is was O'Leary that voted UCF #25 because I can't find anything that lists who votes for whom.  Besides, it is well known that the big east coaches vote their teams higher then anyone else in an effort to keep at least one big east team ranked high, which would explain UCONN and Cincy.

You're awfully **** defensive for not being a UCF fan ....  :

[smazza]

[table][tr][td]Rank[/td][td]Team (first-place votes)[/td][td]Record[/td][td]Points[/td][td]Last week[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]1.[/td][td]LSU (35)[/td][td]9-1[/td][td]1,457[/td][td]2[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]2.[/td][td]Oregon (13)[/td][td]8-1[/td][td]1,407[/td][td]3[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]3.[/td][td]Oklahoma (4)[/td][td]9-1[/td][td]1,366[/td][td]4[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]4.[/td][td]Kansas (7)[/td][td]10-0[/td][td]1,344[/td][td]5[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]5.[/td][td]West Virginia (1)[/td][td]8-1[/td][td]1,238[/td][td]6[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]6.[/td][td]Missouri[/td][td]9-1[/td][td]1,194[/td][td]7[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]7.[/td][td]Ohio State[/td][td]10-1[/td][td]1,145[/td][td]1[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]8.[/td][td]Arizona State[/td][td]9-1[/td][td]1,042[/td][td]9[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]9.[/td][td]Georgia[/td][td]8-1[/td][td]1,005[/td][td]10[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]10.[/td][td]Virginia Tech[/td][td]8-2[/td][td]923[/td][td]11[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]11.[/td][td]Texas[/td][td]9-2[/td][td]844[/td][td]14[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]12.[/td][td]Hawaii[/td][td]9-0[/td][td]842[/td][td]12[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]13.[/td][td]Southern California[/td][td]8-2[/td][td]814[/td][td]15[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]14.[/td][td]Florida[/td][td]7-3[/td][td]686[/td][td]18[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]15.[/td][td]Boise State[/td][td]9-1[/td][td]556[/td][td]19[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]16.[/td][td]Clemson[/td][td]8-2[/td][td]548[/td][td]20[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]17.[/td][td]Virginia[/td][td]9-2[/td][td]547[/td][td]21[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]18.[/td][td]Boston College[/td][td]8-2[/td][td]505[/td][td]8[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]19.[/td][td]Tennessee[/td][td]7-3[/td][td]306[/td][td]24[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]20.[/td][td]Kentucky[/td][td]7-3[/td][td]304[/td][td]22[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]21.[/td][td]Illinois[/td][td]8-3[/td][td]271[/td][td]NR[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]22.[/td][td]Penn State[/td][td]8-3[/td][td]262[/td][td]25[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]23.[/td][td]Michigan[/td][td]8-3[/td][td]259[/td][td]13[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]24.[/td][td]Wisconsin[/td][td]8-3[/td][td]226[/td][td]NR[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]25.[/td][td]Cincinnati[/td][td]8-2[/td][td]163[/td][td]NR[/td][/tr][/table]

Others receiving votes

Connecticut (8-2) 103; Brigham Young (7-2) 64; Auburn (7-4) 54; Air Force (8-3) 10; Arkansas (6-4) 5; Rutgers (6-4) 4; Mississippi State (6-4) 3; California (6-4) 1; Central Florida (7-3) 1; Fresno State (6-4) 1

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

to be expected

2-3 big east record doesnt garner much repspect

imagine if we dont beat ul in tampa

[smazza]

64-12 and UCF gets a vote over USF??? You ask why clown UCF?? Well, maybe for the fact that UCiF fans clown USF every chance they get. USF needs not to appologize to those clowns at UCF. It is only one vote anyway, and USF will be ok by just winning out. Fresno St getting 1 vote with 4 loses puzzles me too. How did Fresno St beat??? USF has wins over WVU and Auburn, but they think we dont deserve 1 vote.

usf lost 3 straight conference games

[IncrediBULL]

UCF played two top 25 teams and lost to both.

USF beat two top 25 teams.

USF had three losses against teams what were/are in the top 25 at some point this season. 

USF killed UCF this year.

And the are ranked ahead of us in the coachs poll. 

I need my boots the BS is getting thick in football-land. 

[MikeG]

Syracuse has a lower sagarin ranking then 20 1-aa teams. Cuse is horrible.

And only one team you've beaten has a higher, barely, Sagarin rating than Syracuse ...

it is funny to see a UCF fan say that Cuse is horrible-- I'm fairly certain they have played Cuse a few times and have never beaten them.

[USF-PMR]

What else is new - the coaches have long dissed us.  They love Lou Holtz who in turn hates USF - He is like the general of Coaches (unofficial) and when his boy got beat in the Bowl last year - his distain for USF grew stronger.

Coaches like Auburn, WVA, and UCF - however not even an honorable mention is dissing - screw them.

[MJ]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought we had 5 points in the coaches poll last week. Regardless, we had some. So how do we lose those after a 41-10 win? I'd love to know the reasoning there.