# SDMB College Football Top Ten Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 16, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799 "2011-10-16T06:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/1 "2011-10-16T06:17:41Z")
Here’s your chance to voice your opinion and show your college football smarts by ranking the 10 best Bowl Division (1-A) teams. Collectively the SDMB must be smarter than any other pundits out there. Or at least as dumb. We’ll keep this thread going each weekend and close it Tuesday night 10ET. I’ll post the results then. My vote for Week 7 (Oct 15) 1. LSU 2. Oklahoma 3. Alabama 4. Wisconsin 5. Stanford 6. Oklahoma State 7. Oregon 8. Boise State 9. Clemson 10. Arkansas I’m not really happy with Arkansas there, but I really couldn’t find anyone else I wanted to put there either. So what are your Top 10? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/2 "2011-10-16T12:04:46Z")
My vote for Week 7 (Oct 15) 1. Alabama\* 2. LSU 3. Oklahoma 4. Wisconsin 5. Stanford 6. Boise State 7. Clemson 8. Oklahoma State 9. Oregon 10. Arkansas/West Virginia\*\* - You’re welcome, Ogre. 😉 \*\* These guys are tied, IMHO. If I have to pick one, I’ll take WVU. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/3 "2011-10-16T14:59:49Z")
Just to give a different slant on the issue: ```auto 1 LSU (1) 4-0 7-0 Southeastern West 2 Alabama (2) 4-0 7-0 Southeastern West 3 Clemson (8) 4-0 7-0 Atlantic Coast Atlantic 4 Stanford (7) 4-0 6-0 Pacific-12 North 5 Oklahoma (3) 3-0 6-0 Big 12 6 Oklahoma State (6) 3-0 6-0 Big 12 7 Kansas State (17) 3-0 6-0 Big 12 8 Wisconsin (4) 2-0 6-0 Big Ten Leaders 9 Houston (25) 2-0 6-0 Conference USA West 10 Boise State (5) 1-0 6-0 Mountain West ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/4 "2011-10-16T15:55:21Z")
1. LSU - 7-0 2. Alabama - 7-0 3. Oklahoma - 6-0 4. Clemson - 7-0 5. Oklahoma State - 6-0 6. Boise State\* - 6-0 7. Wisconsin\*\* - 6-0 8. Stanford - 6-0 9. Kansas State\*\*\* - 6-0 10. Arkansas - 5-1 - It is an old argument, but I really wish Boise played more solid competition. They are good, but as it is it is really hard to say how good. Thumping Toledo, Tulsa, Nevada, Fresno State, and Colorado State would be a forgone conclusion for any top 10 team. So all we have to grade them on is the Georgia game. \*\* The Badgers have the exact same problem. They’ve only played one good team, ok very good team. But their schedule firms up quite a bit more going forward. They’ll have a chance to prove themselves. \*\*\* Yes I am aware of what an outlier they are on my list. And yes I don’t expect they’ll be here after November (they may have the toughest November schedule of all). But I think they do deserve to be here now. And if they can even go 2-2 in November I may keep them here. I had a hard time leaving Oregon off the list. They probably would have been 11. But this week was the first where they have really impressed me. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/5 "2011-10-17T03:33:57Z")
1. Oklahoma 2. Alabama 3. Wisconsin 4. LSU 5. Boise State 6. Stanford 7. Oklahoma State 8. Clemson 9. Oregon 10. Michigan State Top 7 are way ahead of 8 and beyond. From 8 on, who knows. Think this is the year the SEC’s streak ends, as I would expect either Oklahoma or Wisconsin to beat LSU or Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/6 "2011-10-17T03:40:20Z")
1. LSU 2. Bama 3. Oklahoma 4. Oklahoma St 5. Boise St 6. Wisconsin 7. Clemson 8. Stanford 9. Kansas St 10. Houston ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/7 "2011-10-17T04:43:18Z")
1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma 4. Oklahoma St 5. Wisconsin 6. Stanford 7. Clemson 8. Boise St 9. Oregon 10. Arkansas ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/8 "2011-10-17T12:50:55Z")
1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Stanford 4. Wisconsin 5. OU 6. Clemson 7. Oklahoma St. 8. Oregon 9. Boise St. 10. Kansas St. I think there are 2 clear strata of quality at the top. 1-5 are all very good to great teams, and the next 4 look to be a loss waiting to happen (though Boise’s may not be til a BCS game). I watched KSU’s qb play a very good and very tough game against Miami, and maybe he could carry KSU to a 1-loss season, but overall, the Wildcats aren’t very impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/9 "2011-10-17T17:45:33Z")
Since the BCS rankings have been released for Week 7 maybe this summary will shed a little light on how SDMB Voters feel about such things: ```auto LSU Bama Okla Okla-St Boise Wisc Clem Stan Ark Oreg W-Va Kan-St Hous Mich-St BCS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 USA 2 3 1 6 7 4 8 5 10 8 Harris 1 2 3 6 5 4 8 7 10 9 AP 1 2 3 6 5 4 8 7 10 9 Sagarin 2 1 3 6 5 4 9 8 10 7 Wolverine 1 3 2 6 8 4 9 5 10 7 Zakalwe 2 1 3 8 6 4 7 5 10 9 10 Zeldar 1 2 5 6 10 8 3 4 7 9 Bartman 1 2 3 5 6 7 4 8 10 9 TheFifthYear 4 2 1 7 5 3 8 6 9 10 notfrommensa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 divemaster 1 2 3 4 8 5 7 6 10 9 mkecane 1 2 5 7 9 4 6 3 8 10 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/10 "2011-10-17T19:04:33Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > My vote for Week 7 (Oct 15) > > 1. Alabama\* > 2. LSU > 3. Oklahoma > 4. Wisconsin > 5. Stanford > 6. Boise State > 7. Clemson > 8. Oklahoma State > 9. Oregon > 10. Arkansas/West Virginia\*\* > > - You’re welcome, Ogre. 😉 > \*\* These guys are tied, IMHO. If I have to pick one, I’ll take WVU. Baaahahahahaha! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/11 "2011-10-17T19:24:43Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > My vote for Week 7 (Oct 15) > > 1. Alabama\* > 2. LSU > 3. Oklahoma > 4. Wisconsin > 5. Stanford > 6. Boise State > 7. Clemson > 8. Oklahoma State > 9. Oregon > 10. Arkansas/West Virginia\*\* > > - You’re welcome, Ogre. 😉 > \*\* These guys are tied, IMHO. If I have to pick one, I’ll take WVU. Actually, I’d agree with this, with the proviso that the 1 and 2 spot don’t really matter, nor do I really know who fits best there. LSU and Bama are both very, very, very good teams. Fortunately, barring any slacking off next week, we’ll get a chance to see for sure who goes in the top slot. Two evenly matched teams, both with healthy personnel and a bye week before the game - how good is this going to be? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/12 "2011-10-19T02:19:24Z")
Week 7 Results 1. LSU (6) - 85 2. Alabama (2) - 82 3. Oklahoma (1) - 71 4. Wisconsin - 54 5. Stanford - 49 6. Oklahoma State - 44 7. Clemson - 41 8. Boise State - 36 9. Oregon - 15 10. Kansas State - 9 Others receiving votes - Arkansas (3), Houston (3), West Virginia (2), Michigan State (1) There is clearly a Top 2 (almost tied) with OU a solid 3. A big dropoff to the next 5, with Wisconsin leading that pack. It will be interesting to see if OSU beats OU, if they will leapfrog Wisconsin in our poll. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/13 "2011-10-23T06:12:48Z")
* * * Week 8 (Oct. 22) top ten 1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Stanford 4. Oklahoma State 5. Oregon 6. Boise State 7. Clemson 8. Oklahoma 9. Wisconsin 10. Kansas State with Arkansas at 11 and Michigan State at 12 (how did they get blown out by Notre Dame?). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/14 "2011-10-23T15:28:54Z")
Once again, a “pure numbers” version: ```auto 1- LSU (1) 5-0 8-0 Southeastern West 2- Alabama (2) 5-0 8-0 Southeastern West 3- Clemson (8) 5-0 8-0 Atlantic Coast Atlantic 4- Stanford (7) 5-0 7-0 Pacific-12 North 5- Oklahoma State (6) 4-0 7-0 Big 12 6- Kansas State (12) 4-0 7-0 Big 12 7- Houston (21) 3-0 7-0 Conference USA West 8- Boise State (5) 2-0 7-0 Mountain West 9- Penn State 4-0 7-1 Big Ten Leaders 10-Virginia Tech (16) 3-1 7-1 Atlantic Coast Coastal ``` ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/15 "2011-10-23T17:15:38Z")
1. LSD er I mean LSU 2. Bama 3. Clemson 4. OK State 5. Boise 6. Stanford 7. K-State 8. Houston 9. Arkansas 10. Michigan St Clemson really impressed me yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/16 "2011-10-26T02:54:29Z")
Week 8 results 1. LSU (3) - 30 2. Alabama - 27 3t. Clemson - 20 3t. OK State - 20 3t. Stanford - 20 3. Boise State - 14 4. Kansas State - 10 5. Houston - 7 6. Oregon - 6 7. Oklahoma - 3 Others receiving votes: Arkansas - 2, Penn State - 2, Wisconsin - 2, Michigan State - 1, Virginia Tech - 1 Observation: 3 way tie for 3rd and future 2nd place. Also, what happened to everyone? Only 3 votes this week. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/17 "2011-10-26T14:02:01Z")
1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Stanford 4. Clemson 5. Ok. State 6. Oregon 7. Kansas St. 8. Boise St. 9. Michigan St. 10. Oklahoma I haven’t seen Houston play, so I don’t feel comfortable putting them in the top 10. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/18 "2011-10-30T09:42:18Z")
* * * Week 9 (Oct. 27) top ten (reminder that the poll closes at 10pm ET on Tuesdays) 1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Stanford 4. Oklahoma State 5. Oregon 6. Boise State 7. Oklahoma 8. Clemson 9. Nebraska 10. Houston I’m not sold on my bottom 3, but somebody needs to go there. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/19 "2011-10-30T14:48:47Z")
1. LSD er I mean LSU 2. Bama 3. OK State 4. Boise 5. Stanford 6. Houston 7. Arkansas 8. Clemson 9. Oregon 10. Penn St 11. Colts, Rams, Dolphins ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799/20 "2011-10-30T15:39:51Z")
1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma St. 4. Boise St. 5. Stanford 6. Houston 7. Arkansas 8. Oregon 9. Oklahoma 10. Nebraska [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-college-football-top-ten-poll/599799.md?page=2)