November 26, 2006

USC jumps Michigan in the human polls

Or as I prefer to call it, the AD poll since I have heard from many good sources (Florida colleges mostly) that the coach usually hands it off to the Athleic Director. It is worth 1/3 of the final BCS rankings (Harris and Computer Index the other thirds). BCS puts out its official Week 13 poll around 7pm.

Ohio State the unanimous #1 in all the land (votes in parentheses), looks like a cinch for the OSU - USC BCS Championship

Trojans jumped all over Notre Dame last night, so here is the Top 25 courtesy of USAToday.com:


1.
Ohio State (63)
12-0
1,575
1
2.
Southern California
10-1
1,491
2
3.
Michigan
11-1
1,445
3
4.
Florida
11-1
1,405
4
5.
LSU
10-2
1,255
8
6.
Wisconsin
11-1
1,221
9
7.
Louisville
10-1
1,169
11
8.
Arkansas
10-2
1,042
5
9.

Boise State

12-0
1,018
12
10.
Oklahoma
10-2
994
14

and now for the Harris Poll Top Ten:

1Ohio State (114) 12-028501 W42-39 Michigan
2USC10-126213at UCLA W44-24 Notre Dame
3Michigan11-126002 L39-42 at Ohio State
4Florida11-125314Arkansas W21-14 at Florida State
5Notre Dame10-223475 L24-44 at USC
6Arkansas10-223456at Florida L26-31 LSU
7West Virginia9-220518Rutgers L19-24 South Florida
8LSU10-218899 W31-26 at Arkansas
9Wisconsin11-1188811 W35-3 Buffalo
10Louisville10-1185710Connecticut W48-24 at Pittsburgh


Interesting that the Harris Poll doesn't list Boise State in their Top Ten (they sit at 12) after their undefeated season in the WAC. Remember that non-Big Six conference winners has to be ranked 12 or better in order to qualify for a BCS Bowl. Boise a lock for the Fiesta.

More on the Bowl matchups as they become more clear.

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