Week 1 CFB -- Which BCS Top 25 team(s) will lose? --- << corrected poll >>

The College Football 2014 Opening Week Top 25 teams’ schedule is shown at

and is based on the Final BCS Rankings from last season.

Between now and opening kickoff on August 28, pick the Top 25 Team(s)
that you expect to LOSE their opening game.

Here is the full schedule with BCS Rankings shown:


:
NCAAF Scores & Schedule

Top 25 FBS 

Week: 1

Thursday, August 28 

 9:15 PM EDT    Temple            @  (24) Vanderbilt    
 6:00 PM EDT    (18) Texas A&M    @  (4) South Carolina  <<< 
10:30 PM EDT    Weber St.         @  (20) Arizona St.    

Friday, August 29 

 7:30 PM EDT    Jacksonville St.  @  (3) Michigan St.    

Saturday, August 30 

 4:00 PM EDT    Arkansas          @  (2) Auburn     
 8:30 AM EDT    Penn St.         vs. (10) UCF     
12:00 PM EDT    (12) Ohio St.     @  Navy 
12:00 PM EDT    (16) UCLA         @  Virginia   
 3:30 PM EDT    West Virginia    vs. (7) Alabama    
 3:30 PM EDT    Rice              @  (21) Notre Dame   
 3:30 PM EDT    S. Dakota St.     @  (5) Missouri     
 4:00 PM EDT    UC Davis          @  (11) Stanford     
 5:30 PM EDT    (8) Clemson       @  Georgia 
 6:00 PM EDT    Elon              @  (23) Duke     
 7:00 PM EDT    Louisiana Tech    @  (6) Oklahoma     
 7:30 PM EDT    Fresno St.        @  (19) USC     
 8:00 PM EDT    (1) Florida St.  vs. (17) Oklahoma St.   <<<      
 8:00 PM EDT    (25) Washington   @  Hawaii
 9:00 PM EDT    (22) Wisconsin   vs. (14) LSU            <<< 
10:30 PM EDT    South Dakota      @  (9) Oregon     

Sunday, August 31 

 7:30 PM EDT    SMU               @  (13) Baylor    

Monday, September 1 

 8:00 PM EDT    Miami (FL)        @  (15) Louisville



“<<<” = two ranked teams involved

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Way too early College Football chatter

Now if you had a poll on who I’d like to see lose, my answers would be different. As I get older, I dislike more teams.

What’s going to be fun to watch for is when every one of these Top-25 teams gets at least one vote. The one certainty in that discovery is that the next-to-last team to get a vote will be the most likely to lose its game! :smiley:

I’d welcome another poll like you suggest. There are some I would definitely vote for, but just couldn’t bring myself to that point in this “serious” thread.

I’m jumping in early with South Carolina, Clemson, Oklahoma State, and Wisconsin.

Why use last season’s rankings, not this season’s?

I’m laughing my ass off at whoever thought my 'Noles would lose to OSU; not gonna happen.

I haven’t seen this year’s yet. Have you? Please link to them.

That was I, If you click on the underlined numbers you can see who voted for whom.

One thing appears clear at this stage: all but one of us will be watching that LSU-Wisconsin game! :smiley:

Try this list for more up-to-date rankings:

More details:

Here’s an attempt to blend data from

and

which I did manually so it may have errors. In any case, this would be the Coaches Poll Preseason version of Week 1’s action.

Compare these with the ones in the OP:



Thursday, August 28, 2014 

Texas A&M (20)      at South Carolina (9)                       6:00 PM  
Ole Miss (19)      vs. Boise St. (at Atlanta, GA)               8:00 PM   
Weber St.           at Arizona St. (18)                        10:30 PM 

Friday, August 29, 2014 

Jacksonville St.    at Michigan St. (8)                         7:30 PM  

Saturday, August 30, 2014 

UCLA (7)            at Virginia                                12:00 PM  
Ohio St. (6)       vs. Navy (at Baltimore, MD)                 12:00 PM  
Rice                at Notre Dame (17)                          3:30 PM  
West Virginia      vs. Alabama (2) (at Atlanta, GA)             3:30 PM  
Arkansas            at Auburn (5)                               4:00 PM  
UC Davis            at Stanford (11)                            4:00 PM  
Clemson (16)        at Georgia (12)                             5:30 PM  
Liberty             at North Carolina (23)                      6:00 PM  
Louisiana Tech      at Oklahoma (3)                             7:00 PM  
Stephen F. Austin   at Kansas St. (21)                          7:00 PM  
Fresno St.          at USC (15)                                 7:30 PM  
Oklahoma St.       vs. Florida St. (1) (at Arlington, TX)       8:00 PM  
North Texas         at Texas (24)                               8:00 PM  
LSU (13)           vs. Wisconsin (14) (at Houston, TX)          9:00 PM  
Washington (25)     at Hawai'i                                 10:30 PM  
South Dakota        at Oregon (4)                              10:30 PM  

Sunday, August 31, 2014 

SMU                 at Baylor (10)                              7:30 PM  


For those interested in such things, 2014 College Football Season Preview Preseason Rankings Comparison now includes the Coaches Poll results, which are fun to compare to other measures. Be sure to click the column headings to sort the other versions.

I went with the same, except I’m going with South Carolina over Texas A&M.

In case y’all didn’t notice, somebody’s got to lose in these games:



 6:00 PM EDT    (18) Texas A&M    @  (4) South Carolina   
(18) Texas A&M        9 69.23% 
(4) South Carolina    3 23.08% 

 8:00 PM EDT    (1) Florida St.  vs. (17) Oklahoma St.   
(1) Florida St.      1 7.69% 
(17) Oklahoma St.    8 61.54% 

 9:00 PM EDT    (22) Wisconsin   vs. (14) LSU            
(22) Wisconsin    8 61.54% 
(14) LSU          2 15.38% 

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 13 



This looks to be stuck at 15 players.

Now that we’re up to 17 players, here’s a look at the games that still have the ranked team winning:



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Thursday, August 28 

 9:15 PM EDT    Temple            @  (24) Vanderbilt    
(24) Vanderbilt    0 0% 

10:30 PM EDT    Weber St.         @  (20) Arizona St. 
(20) Arizona St.   0 0%    

Saturday, August 30 

 4:00 PM EDT    Arkansas          @  (2) Auburn     
 (2) Auburn        0 0% 

12:00 PM EDT    (12) Ohio St.     @  Navy 
(12) Ohio St.      0 0% 

12:00 PM EDT    (16) UCLA         @  Virginia   
(16) UCLA          0 0% 

 3:30 PM EDT    West Virginia    vs. (7) Alabama   
 (7) Alabama       0 0% 
 
 3:30 PM EDT    Rice              @  (21) Notre Dame   
(21) Notre Dame    0 0% 

 3:30 PM EDT    S. Dakota St.     @  (5) Missouri     
 (5) Missouri      0 0% 

 4:00 PM EDT    UC Davis          @  (11) Stanford    
(11) Stanford      0 0%  

 6:00 PM EDT    Elon              @  (23) Duke    
(23) Duke          0 0% 
 
 7:00 PM EDT    Louisiana Tech    @  (6) Oklahoma 
 (6) Oklahoma      0 0% 
   
10:30 PM EDT    South Dakota      @  (9) Oregon     
 (9) Oregon        0 0% 

Sunday, August 31 

 7:30 PM EDT    SMU               @  (13) Baylor    
(13) Baylor        0 0% 

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Do you foresee any upsets there?

I suppose a bump might be in order here…

I picked WI and TA&M. Nice to see UCF ranked as we ought to be, even if it’s only because you didn’t have this year’s rankings yet.

From this Big Ten homer, I pick Florida State, Alabama, Auburn, Central Florida, UCLA, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, and Vanderbilt.