SB Nation Atlanta - College Football Rankings, Week 9: Oregon Ducks, Auburn Tigers Headline Top 25
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2010-10-25T15:08:02-04:00
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College Football Rankings, Week 9: Cam Newton's Auburn Tigers Top BlogPoll Ballot Until Further Notice
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<p>You can have your flash card offense capable of dropping a point a minute on the second-best football team in Los Angeles. I'll take Auburn's list of accomplishments over anybody's. For the second week in a row, the Tigers hold down the top spot in my college football rankings. Beyond the top six, everything is up for a little tweaking. If you see any disastrous mistakes you'd care to correct for us, let 'er rip. This is supposed to be a community ballot, after all.</p>
<p>Baylor and Hawaii join us this week because the top 25 should be more like a top 22.5. USC also climbs back aboard, and I don't know if Nebraska was here last week or not, but I don't think they were, and I don't really like heaving them back up into the 20's based on a win over an overrated Okie State team and little else. See? There's one thing that needs fixing already.</p>
<p>West Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, and Oregon State leave us. The first two lost, Nevada lost last week and somehow clung to a spot due to a typo or something, and I'm just kind of sick of trying to find a spot for Oregon State.</p>
<p>Also considered: ECU, Syracuse, Clemson, Northwestern, Maryland, Navy, N.C. State, and Michigan. But not Virginia Tech, as they lost to James Madison. Maybe next week. Maybe.</p>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/auburn-tigers">Auburn Tigers</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/oregon-ducks">Oregon Ducks</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/michigan-st-spartans">Michigan St. Spartans</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/alabama-crimson-tide">Alabama Crimson Tide</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">5</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/lsu-tigers">LSU Tigers</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/missouri-tigers">Missouri Tigers</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">7</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/wisconsin-badgers">Wisconsin Badgers</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/stanford-cardinal">Stanford Cardinal</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">9</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/tcu-horned-frogs">TCU Horned Frogs</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">10</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/oklahoma-sooners">Oklahoma Sooners</a></td>
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<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.sbnation.com/misc/blogpoll/arrow_down.gif" alt="Arrow_down"> -6</td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">11</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/boise-st-broncos">Boise St. Broncos</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">12</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/ohio-st-buckeyes">Ohio St. Buckeyes</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-st-seminoles">Florida St. Seminoles</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">14</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/arizona-wildcats">Arizona Wildcats</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">15</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/south-carolina-gamecocks">South Carolina Gamecocks</a></td>
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<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.sbnation.com/misc/blogpoll/arrow_down.gif" alt="Arrow_down"> -2</td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">16</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/utah-utes">Utah Utes</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">17</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/mississippi-st-bulldogs">Mississippi St. Bulldogs</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">18</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/nebraska-cornhuskers">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">19</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/arkansas-razorbacks">Arkansas Razorbacks</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">20</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/miami-hurricanes">Miami Hurricanes</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">21</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/oklahoma-st-cowboys">Oklahoma St. Cowboys</a></td>
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<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.sbnation.com/misc/blogpoll/arrow_down.gif" alt="Arrow_down"> -4</td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">22</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/usc-trojans">USC Trojans</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">23</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/iowa-hawkeyes">Iowa Hawkeyes</a></td>
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<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.sbnation.com/misc/blogpoll/arrow_down.gif" alt="Arrow_down"> -8</td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">24</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/baylor-bears">Baylor Bears</a></td>
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<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc">25</td>
<td style="padding:2px; border: solid 1px #ccc"><a style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; color:#C52126" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/hawaii-warriors">Hawaii Warriors</a></td>
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Jason Kirk
2010-10-24T20:57:22-04:00
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BCS Rankings, Week 9: Auburn Leads College Football Top 25 Standings, Oregon And Boise State Follow
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<div>The Auburn Tigers have reached the top of the BCS standings for the first time ever, and are guaranteed a spot in the title game if they beat Ole Miss, Georgia, and Alabama. Oh, and win the SEC. No big deal, Tigers. The Oregon Ducks should be set if they also win out, though we'll have to confer with the BCS gurus at <a href="http://bcsevolution.com" style="color: #c8181d !important; text-decoration: none !important; background-color: transparent;">BCS Evolution</a> to see if Michigan State or even Missouri could slip ahead due to strength of schedule. Neither Boise State nor TCU will be slipping ahead of anybody, unless the top-ranked team loses. Like that ever happens!</div>
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<div>The machines got this one right, valuing Auburn's resume over Oregon's pizzazz, though a very strong case can be made for either team. They also went and did a thing like including Virginia Tech, who lost to James Madison, though the Hokies are at least a notch or two lower here than in the meat-powered rankings.</div>
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<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Utah</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Oklahoma</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Wisconsin</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Ohio State</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">LSU</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Stanford</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Nebraska</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Arizona</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Florida State</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Oklahoma State</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Iowa</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Arkansas</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">South Carolina</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Mississippi State</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Miami</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Virginia Tech</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Nevada</li>
<li style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Baylor</li>
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<div>Auburn's offense vs. Oregon's ... offense in the national title game. Whether you're an X's and O's junkie or just like to watch the scoreboard spin, that's a game that sounds too good to possibly happen. Would we see 150 snaps in regulation? Over 100 total points? Five hours of championship football? </div>
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<div>No. We won't. Just you watch. Somehow this thing will still end up coming down to Ohio State and LSU. </div>
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<div>As always, no local teams were ranked, so we're hitching our wagon to Auburn with all we've got due to geographic, conference, and demographic ties. And they're the best team in football.</div>
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https://atlanta.sbnation.com/georgia-bulldogs/2010/10/24/1772108/bcs-rankings-week-9-auburn-leads-top-25-standings-oregon-and-boise
Jason Kirk
2010-10-24T13:03:29-04:00
2010-10-24T13:03:29-04:00
College Football Rankings, Week 9: Oregon Ducks, Boise State Broncos, Auburn Tigers Top Coaches' Poll
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<p>The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2010/10/24/1771024/college-football-rankings-oregon-usa-today-poll-auburn?show_comments=true">USA Today Coaches' Poll</a> isn't quite as impressed with Auburn as some of us are, but the SEC's best has at least moved into the top three. It's a shame attrition has been the nation's most accomplished team's only way to move up in recent weeks, but Boise State's weak schedule is going to cause a Bronco tumble sooner or later.</p>
<p>Only two SEC teams remain in the top ten after LSU's loss, with six in the top 25. Three ACC teams have crept in, with Florida State holding steady, Miami inching its way back up, and America forgetting Virginia Tech lost to James Madison. Virginia Tech lost to James Madison! James Madison, America!</p>
<p>Baylor is our newcomer this week, after the Bears lit up Kansas State, 47-42, to go 6-2. Michigan returns, and West Virginia and Texas leave us, the latter likely for good after a loss to Iowa State. Iowa State, America! Iowa State is not much better than James Madison!</p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Oregon Ducks</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Boise State Broncos</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Auburn Tigers</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">TCU Horned Frogs</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Michigan State Spartans</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Alabama Crimson Tide</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Utah Utes</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Missouri Tigers</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Wisconsin Badgers</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Ohio State Buckeyes</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Oklahoma Sooners</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Nebraska Cornhuskers</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">LSU Tigers</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Stanford Cardinal</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Florida State Seminoles</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Arizona Wildcats</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">South Carolina Gamecocks</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Arkansas Razorbacks</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Iowa Hawkeyes</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Oklahoma State Cowboys</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Virginia Tech Hokies</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Miami Hurricanes</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Mississippi State Bulldogs</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Baylor Bears</li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Michigan Wolverines</li>
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https://atlanta.sbnation.com/georgia-bulldogs/2010/10/24/1771100/college-football-rankings-week-9-oregon-ducks-boise-state-broncos
Jason Kirk
2010-10-24T09:47:13-04:00
2010-10-24T09:47:13-04:00
College Football Rankings, Week 9: Oregon Ducks, Auburn Tigers Should Headline Top 25
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<p>After the third straight No. 1-ranked team fell on the road to a conference rival, you sort of hate to rank either Oregon or Auburn number one. Both have road games against more-or-less competitive teams from within their conferences (<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/usc-trojans" class="sbn-auto-link">USC Trojans</a> and Ole Miss Rebels, respectively) next week. But there's really no argument against these two teams being the best of the bunch at this point. The only question is whether you prefer resumes or style points.</p>
<p>Auburn has the nation's best collection of pelts. They had the second best until yesterday, when they beat previous title-holder LSU. Official polls will certainly include a team or two in the top five whose conquests literally aren't half as impressive as Auburn's. I'd take Auburn's six best wins over the top three wins of any two teams in the country.</p>
<p>The combined six best wins of Michigan State and Oregon, for instance: Wisconsin, Stanford, Michigan, Arizona State, Northwestern, and UCLA. Does that top what Auburn's done? No. We'll see if they can keep it rolling, with Alabama and quite possibly South Carolina, Georgia, or Florida on the horizon, but for now there's no question. Auburn has beaten the best collection of teams in football.</p>
<p>The resume top five, listing each team's noteworthy victims:</p>
<ol>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/auburn-tigers" class="sbn-auto-link">Auburn Tigers</a>: <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/lsu-tigers" class="sbn-auto-link">LSU Tigers</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/south-carolina-gamecocks" class="sbn-auto-link">South Carolina Gamecocks</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/arkansas-razorbacks" class="sbn-auto-link">Arkansas Razorbacks</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/clemson-tigers" class="sbn-auto-link">Clemson Tigers</a>, Mississippi State Bulldogs, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/kentucky-wildcats" class="sbn-auto-link">Kentucky Wildcats</a></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;">Michigan State Spartans: <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/wisconsin-badgers" class="sbn-auto-link">Wisconsin Badgers</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/michigan-wolverines" class="sbn-auto-link">Michigan Wolverines</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/northwestern-wildcats" class="sbn-auto-link">Northwestern Wildcats</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/illinois-fighting-illini" class="sbn-auto-link">Illinois Fighting Illini</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish" class="sbn-auto-link">Notre Dame Fighting Irish</a></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;">LSU Tigers: Mississippi State Bulldogs, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/florida-gators" class="sbn-auto-link">Florida Gators</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/north-carolina-tar-heels" class="sbn-auto-link">North Carolina Tar Heels</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/west-virginia-mountaineers" class="sbn-auto-link">West Virginia Mountaineers</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/tennessee-volunteers" class="sbn-auto-link">Tennessee Volunteers</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/vanderbilt-commodores" class="sbn-auto-link">Vanderbilt Commodores</a> (minus a loss to Auburn)</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/oregon-ducks" class="sbn-auto-link">Oregon Ducks</a>: <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/stanford-cardinal" class="sbn-auto-link">Stanford Cardinal</a>, Arizona State Sun Devils, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/ucla-bruins" class="sbn-auto-link">UCLA Bruins</a>, Tennessee Volunteers</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/alabama-crimson-tide" class="sbn-auto-link">Alabama Crimson Tide</a>: Arkansas, Florida, Penn State Nittany Lions, Tennessee, (minus a loss to South Carolina)</span></li>
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<div>But does that tell the whole story? Oregon hasn't played the nation's toughest schedule, but it's absolutely eliminating people with its warp speed tarot card offense. If you can double the spread against any FBS team, you're doing something right. If you make it look easy and do it over and over, you're in the argument as the most impressive team in football no matter who you've played. Here's the style points top five, in which how a team wins matters more than who it beats:</div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;">Oregon</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;">Boise State Broncos</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/missouri-tigers" class="sbn-auto-link">Missouri Tigers</a></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/tcu-horned-frogs" class="sbn-auto-link">TCU Horned Frogs</a></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px;">Auburn</span></li>
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<div>Yes, in the full style points top 120 LSU would rank behind several teams with losing records.</div>
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<div>We'll find out what the AP Poll, USA Today Coaches' Poll, and BCS Rankings think throughout the day, </div>
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https://atlanta.sbnation.com/2010/10/24/2323100/college-football-rankings-week-9-oregon-ducks-auburn-tigers-should
Jason Kirk