All polls reduced to Top 5, to save space. Want the full polls? Go to ESPN.

 

BCS Top 5 (Harris Rank, Coaches Rank, Computer Avg.):

1. Ohio State .9759 (1, 1, 3)

2. Boston College .9501 (2, 2, 1)

3. LSU .9114 (3, 3, 2)

4. Arizona State .7629 (8, 7, 4)

5. Oregon .7623 (5, 5, 9)

 

AP Poll Top 5:

1. Ohio State (57) 8-0 1,612

2. Boston College (2) 7-0 1,494

3. LSU (5) 7-1 1,479

4. Oklahoma 7-1 1,421

5. Oregon 6-1 1,355

 

USA Today Coaches Poll Top 5:

1. Ohio State (58) 8-0 1,498

2. Boston College (2) 7-0 1,412

3. LSU 7-1 1,319

4. Oklahoma 6-1 1,306

5. Oregon 6-1 1,225

 

Harris Poll Top 5:

1. Ohio State (111) 8-0 2,847

2. Boston College (1) 7-0 2,676

3. LSU (2) 7-1 2,550

4. Oklahoma 7-1 2,521

5. Oregon 6-1 2,281

 

ESPNU Allstate Fan Poll Top 5 (as of 10/15):

1. Ohio State (24,162) 8-0

2. LSU (8,676) 7-1

3. Boston College (3,675) 7-0

4. Oklahoma (1,274) 7-1

5. Oregon (1,567) 6-1

 

ESPN.com Power Rankings Top 5:

1. Ohio State (15) 8-0

2. LSU (1) 7-1

3. Boston College 7-0

4. Oklahoma 7-1

5. Oregon 6-1

 

ESPN.com's Bottom 10 coming Wednesday.

 

Records of Florida's D-I FBS schools (Ranks are BCS):

#10 South Florida 6-1 (1-1 in Big East)

#11 Florida 5-2 (3-2 in SEC East)

Miami 5-3 (2-2 in ACC Coastal)

FAU 4-3 (3-0 in Sun Belt)

UCF 4-3 (2-1 in C-USA East)

Florida State 4-3 (1-3 in ACC Atlantic)

FIU 0-7 (0-3 in Sun Belt)

 

Records of Florida's D-I FCS schools:

Jacksonville 2-5 (1-3 in Pioneer League)

Florida A&M 2-5 (1-4 in MEAC)

Bethune-Cookman 2-5 (0-5 in MEAC)

Best game of the week might be Boston College v. Virginia Tech on Thursday night.

I'll be there on Thursday nite....there is nothing like being in Blacksburg at night when they play Enter the Sandman and the whole stadium is jumping....

The game of the week as far as an actual mix of on field entertainment and meaning wil definitely be Ducks/Trojans.

 

ACC Football is absolutely horrid right now.

Best game of the week might be Boston College v. Virginia Tech on Thursday night.

Good chance for Boston College to prove they should be #1.

5) That Temple has found a home in the MAC. Lost in the wilderness, a program without a home after getting the boot from the Big East, long-hapless Temple went 1-22 the past two seasons while playing an often murderous, mercenary's schedule. In this, the Owls' first in the Mid-American Conference, however, Al Golden's team is currently enjoying its first three-game winning streak since 1990 ?- and is sitting a half-game out of first in its new division (the MAC East).

 

Give oodles of credit to Golden, Temple's 38-year-old, second-year coach, whose relentless energy and enthusiasm since taking over Division I-A's biggest reclamation project reminds many of Rutgers' Greg Schiano. It takes a team with a sense of confidence to do what the Owls did Saturday, which was to overcome a second-quarter, season-ending injury to starting QB Adam DiMichele and hold off a late Miami of Ohio rally to beat the division leader, 24-17. This on the heels of previous close victories over Northern Illinois and Akron.

 

Note that the RedHawks (2003) and Zips (2005) have both won recent MAC championships, while the Huskies have been to bowl games two of the past three years. Not taking anything away from the Owls' accomplishments, but they seem to be joining the conference at a perfect time. For whatever reason (your theory is as good as mine), the MAC is really struggling right now. There was a time just four or five years ago when you could count on the league to produce at least a couple legitimate stars (Ben Roethlisberger, Byron Leftwich, et. al.) each season, not to mention pull off its share of BCS-conference upsets. But with the exception of Bowling Green and Kent State's early wins over Big Ten and Big 12 cellar-dwellers Minnesota (by Bowling Green) and Iowa State (by Kent State and Toledo), that hasn't been the case at all lately. The door is open for a rising program like Temple to become an immediate contender, which in turn should spur much-needed fan interest. Saturday's win drew 21,041 to the Linc, up from 15,629 for their first MAC home game against Buffalo.

 

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I would love it if Penn State pulled off the upset at home vs Ohio State.

I would love it if Penn State pulled off the upset at home vs Ohio State.

I could definitely see that happening. Penn State always plays well at home.

Ohio State will win. Even though they don't traditionally play well in Happy Valley, they had an easy win over PSU last year and their defense is a lot better this season and they have a more powerful running game.

 

It may be close because road night games are nuts, but I'm pretty confident they will win.

FSU is favored by 18?!?!?!?!?!?!

FSU is favored by 18?!?!?!?!?!?!

Against Duke at home, what did you expect?

 

Nevermind, Weatherford is starting.

You think with either QB starting we could cover 18?

FSU is favored by 18?!?!?!?!?!?!

Against Duke at home, what did you expect?

"It's just Duke!"

 

Considering their beatdown at the wings of Miami, I hope FSU is practicing. :mischief

1) Im not sure you watched the game because FSU wasnt beat down by Miami, FSU was beat down by FSU. FSU would have found a way to lose to Northwestern or Syracuse yesterday.

2) At the wings of Miami?

1) Im not sure you watched the game because FSU wasnt beat down by Miami, FSU was beat down by FSU. FSU would have found a way to lose to Northwestern or Syracuse yesterday.

No, I didn't. But by your description, it's all the more reason they should be practicing.

 

2) At the wings of Miami?

Modification of "at the hands". Think about it. :mischief

1) Im not sure you watched the game because FSU wasnt beat down by Miami, FSU was beat down by FSU. FSU would have found a way to lose to Northwestern or Syracuse yesterday.

No, I didn't. But by your description, it's all the more reason they should be practicing.

 

2) At the wings of Miami?

Modification of "at the hands". Think about it. :mischief

 

agreed.

You think with either QB starting we could cover 18?

Honestly, I don't know anymore. I'm freakin fed up with Drew Weatherford though. He has had 2+ years at QB and has shown that he is not the answer to our problems. Drew doesn't cause turnovers like Xavier does, but our offense can't do crap when he's in. When Xavier is in the game, our offense looks great when he's not turning the ball over. Either way, it probably can be said that X or Drew aren't the answer, so at least give one of the younger guys a chance.

You think with either QB starting we could cover 18?

Honestly, I don't know anymore. I'm freakin fed up with Drew Weatherford though. He has had 2+ years at QB and has shown that he is not the answer to our problems. Drew doesn't cause turnovers like Xavier does, but our offense can't do crap when he's in. When Xavier is in the game, our offense looks great when he's not turning the ball over. Either way, it probably can be said that X or Drew aren't the answer, so at least give one of the younger guys a chance.

 

Thats what they need to do but they wont even consider it. I will almost be surprised if we beat Duke and we win twice more this season, Ill be stunned.

You think with either QB starting we could cover 18?

Honestly, I don't know anymore. I'm freakin fed up with Drew Weatherford though. He has had 2+ years at QB and has shown that he is not the answer to our problems. Drew doesn't cause turnovers like Xavier does, but our offense can't do crap when he's in. When Xavier is in the game, our offense looks great when he's not turning the ball over. Either way, it probably can be said that X or Drew aren't the answer, so at least give one of the younger guys a chance.

 

Thats what they need to do but they wont even consider it. I will almost be surprised if we beat Duke and we win twice more this season, Ill be stunned.

It's seriously almost the same story as last year, with the only teams to beat FSU is FSU itself. It is absolutely sickening how we hand games away. If FSU can learn to cut down on the mistakes/penalties, we can beat the remaining teams on our schedule, with the exception of UF.

You think with either QB starting we could cover 18?

Honestly, I don't know anymore. I'm freakin fed up with Drew Weatherford though. He has had 2+ years at QB and has shown that he is not the answer to our problems. Drew doesn't cause turnovers like Xavier does, but our offense can't do crap when he's in. When Xavier is in the game, our offense looks great when he's not turning the ball over. Either way, it probably can be said that X or Drew aren't the answer, so at least give one of the younger guys a chance.

 

Thats what they need to do but they wont even consider it. I will almost be surprised if we beat Duke and we win twice more this season, Ill be stunned.

It's seriously almost the same story as last year, with the only teams to beat FSU is FSU itself. It is absolutely sickening how we hand games away. If FSU can learn to cut down on the mistakes/penalties, we can beat the remaining teams on our schedule, with the exception of UF.

 

There is no reason we cant beat UF, but there is every reason that we wont.

Making the trip to Winston-Salem on Saturday. Awesome noon start so I can come back and make some tip money that night.

Nothing like good ole' Florida Georgia. Hopefully I can actually go the damn game next year. Nevertheless, I also get psyched for Florida/Georgia.

My god the hawkeyes are terrible.. pretty damn easy schedule the rest of the year but i have no confidence in any game. MSU at home next week.

 

#1 Northern Iowa rolled.. beat #17 Western Illinois 42-3. Panthers are ast 7-0 and 5 of the games have been on the road.

That's right folks, YOUR FCS #6 James Madison Dukes take on the #14 Richmond Spiders at JMU this Saturday at 12:05 PM.

 

LET'S DO IT DUKES.

I'll just say it in here since I can't say it in there, Orlando Rays/Kitchkinet stop locking threads that have no point in being locked. Some people would like to still post in the NFL or College Football threads after you feel they should be locked.