Penn State jumped by Texas Tech in AP Poll
Well, it happened. We all had a feeling it would. The newest No. 2 team in the AP poll, Texas Tech, jumped over idle Penn State today. With the fall of previously-No. 1 Texas, Penn State now received six first-place votes in the AP. No. 1 Alabama got 46, No. 2 Texas Tech got 12, and now-No. 4 Florida got one.
On the sane, rational, BCS-relevant side of the polls, the USA Today Coaches Poll saw through the sensationalist fog, and voted Penn State No. 2, bumping Texas Tech up to No. 3. Alabama got 40 first-place votes, followed by Penn State's 14, then Texas Tech's six, and Oklahoma took the No. 4 slot, and one first-place vote.
Why don't I agree with this? This is why.
I'll have the complete weekly "Penn State in the Polls" post up later today, with all the rankings and where Penn State landed.
2 Commented on this story:
Wow ... weird.
I'm glad Texas lost. They looked dazed in the first half, but looked like they might make a comeback in the 2nd. T'was an amazing Texas Tech drive for the game-winner. Fun game to watch!
Polls aren't kind to PSU, but I was surprised to see Tech jump to #2 in two of them.
Oh well. Tech still has two big games. With 3 weeks left, there's still plenty to go around and the polls should sort themselves out. Maybe the jump will just add fuel to the team fire. ;)
Would be nice to have only two undefeated teams at the end of the season. Controversy over the NC team is never a good thing.
Note the stupidity of the polls at work, Texas is now behind Oklahoma, who they beat 45-35.
This Harris poll voter also gave Texas a number one vote. Before we go off the deep end on that, lets look at the principle of the polls, is this person voting them as the #1 team this week or the #1 team over the course of the season? Obviously 18 voters thought Texas Tech is the best team in the country this week, though none of them thought they were any week prior to this.
The powers to be are setting PSU up to fall. If we lose a game, we will drop like a rock, so win out and force them to do the wrong thing.
Post a Comment