Just out this morning, the USA Today Coaches Poll. And as the headline reads, Ohio State is placed at #6.
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Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
2008 record
|
Points
|
Final 2008 rank
|
|
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1.
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Florida (53)
|
13-1
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1,466
|
1
|
|
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2.
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Texas (4)
|
12-1
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1,386
|
3
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|
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3.
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Oklahoma (1)
|
12-2
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1,358
|
5
|
|
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4.
|
12-1
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1,321
|
2
|
||
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5.
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12-2
|
1,134
|
6
|
||
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6.
|
10-3
|
1,126
|
11
|
||
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7.
|
10-4
|
1,020
|
14
|
||
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8.
|
11-2
|
988
|
8
|
||
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9.
|
8-5
|
917
|
NR
|
||
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10.
|
9-4
|
889
|
15
|
||
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11.
|
9-4
|
861
|
18
|
||
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12.
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9-4
|
711
|
25
|
||
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13.
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10-3
|
707
|
10
|
||
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14.
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Oregon |
10-3
|
694
|
9
|
|
|
15.
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9-4
|
559
|
22
|
||
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16.
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Boise State |
12-1
|
542
|
13
|
|
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17.
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11-2
|
461
|
7
|
||
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18.
|
13-0
|
404
|
4
|
||
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19.
|
9-4
|
371
|
23
|
||
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20.
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North Carolina |
8-5
|
293
|
NR
|
|
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21.
|
9-4
|
257
|
20
|
||
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22.
|
9-4
|
236
|
NR
|
||
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23.
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Notre Dame |
7-6
|
194
|
NR
|
|
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24.
|
10-3
|
178
|
21
|
||
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25.
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Oregon State |
9-4
|
165
|
19
|
|
| Others receiving votes (with 2008 records) | |||||
| Kansas (8-5) 138; Michigan State (9-4) 136; Texas Tech (11-2) 114; Cincinnati (11-3) 90; Pittsburgh (9-4) 64; West Virginia (9-4) 55; Rutgers (8-5) 51; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 46; Missouri (10-4) 44; Illinois (5-7) 38; Clemson (7-6) 30; South Carolina (7-6) 18; UCLA (4-8) 14; Auburn (5-7) 12; Nevada (7-6) 11; South Florida (8-5) 11; Kentucky (7-6) 9; North Carolina State (6-7) 7; Arkansas (5-7) 6; Wisconsin (7-6) 6; Northwestern (9-4) 5; Southern Mississippi (7-6) 4; Wake Forest (8-5) 4; Arizona (8-5) 3; Boston College (9-5) 3; Central Michigan (8-5) 3; East Carolina (9-5) 3; Colorado (5-7) 2; Maryland (8-5) 2; Navy (8-5) 2; Tennessee (5-7) 2; Houston (8-5) 1; Michigan (3-9) 1; Minnesota (7-6) 1; Troy (8-5) 1. | |||||
Defending champion Florida is overwhelmingly #1, and Texas is #2.
The sport’s first BIG game of the year will take place on September 12th, when #4 USC visits Ohio State. Expect lots and lots of hype.
Other Big Ten notables – Penn State is #8, Iowa is at #21, Michigan State just missed at #27, and Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Minnesota, and Michigan also received votes.
And yes, you read that right….some dumbass coach put Michigan at #25 in their poll. Seriously? A 3-9 team with no defense returning, no running game returning, a new QB and a coach who drove off something like 12 or 13 former players to other schools. Yeah, they deserve to be in the Top 25.
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