# Week 3 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 13, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134 "2015-09-13T19:46:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/1 "2015-09-13T19:46:15Z")

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@@@, ###, $$$, %%% = Two Top 25 teams are playing each other  
You must pick one to comply with these rules:

* * *

Scoring for this week’s poll is as follows:

1. Pick a team to LOSE and they LOSE – **+1 point**

2. Pick a team to LOSE and they WIN – **-1 point**

3. Fail to pick a LOSER in a game involving two Top 25 teams – **-1 point**  
(two Top 25 teams playing – one must lose)

4. Pick both teams to LOSE in a game involving two Top 25 teams – **-1 point**  
(two Top 25 teams playing – one must lose)

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> **[NCAAF College Football Scores & Game Results - Yahoo Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/scoreboard/?week=3&conf=)**
>
> Sports News, Scores, Fantasy Games

NCAAF Scores & Schedule

Top 25 FBS

Weeks: 3

— Thursday, September 17

7:30 PM EDT ESPN  
(11) Clemson @ Louisville

— Friday, September 18

8:00 PM EDT ESPN  
(9) Florida St. @ Boston Coll.

— Saturday, September 19

12:00 PM EDT ESPN  
Connecticut @ (22) Missouri

12:00 PM EDT FS1  
Tulsa @ (16) Oklahoma

12:00 PM EDT ABC  
Air Force @ (4) Michigan St.

12:00 PM EDT SECN  
Nevada @ (17) Texas A&M

12:30 PM EDT ESP3, ACCN  
(23) Northwestern @ Duke

2:00 PM EDT PACN  
Georgia St. @ (12) Oregon

3:30 PM EDT CBS  
(18) Auburn @ (13) LSU ###

3:30 PM EDT FS1  
UTSA @ (25) Oklahoma St.

3:30 PM EDT  
Northern Illinois @ (1) Ohio St.

3:30 PM EDT BTN, BTN2  
Troy @ (24) Wisconsin

3:30 PM EDT NBC  
(14) Georgia Tech @ (8) Notre Dame $$$

6:00 PM EDT ESPN  
South Carolina @ (7) Georgia

8:00 PM EDT ABC  
Stanford @ (6) USC

8:00 PM EDT FSN  
SMU @ (3) TCU

9:15 PM EDT ESPN  
(15) Mississippi @ (2) Alabama %%%

10:30 PM EDT FS1  
(19) BYU @ (10) UCLA @@@

10:30 PM EDT CBSS  
(21) Utah @ Fresno St.

11:00 PM EDT PACN  
Northern Arizona @ (20) Arizona

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> **[NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll | AP News](https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll)**
>
> Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State were the top four in the final Associated Press college football poll of the regular season.

The AP Top 25 Poll

```auto

 1 Ohio State Big Ten Record: 2-0 v
 2 Alabama SEC Record: 2-0 %%% 
 3 TCU Big 12 Record: 2-0 v
 4 Michigan State Big Ten Record: 2-0 v
 5 Baylor Big 12 Record: 2-0 inactive
 6 USC Pac-12 Record: 2-0 v
 7 Georgia SEC Record: 2-0 v
 8 Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 2-0 $$$   
 9 Florida State ACC Record: 2-0 v
10 UCLA Pac-12 Record: 2-0 @@@
11 Clemson ACC Record: 2-0 v
12 Oregon Pac-12 Record: 1-1 v
13 LSU SEC Record: 1-0 ###
14 Georgia Tech ACC Record: 2-0 $$$  
15 Mississippi SEC Record: 2-0 %%% 
16 Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 2-0 v
17 Texas A&M SEC Record: 2-0 v
18 Auburn SEC Record: 2-0 ###
19 Brigham Young Division I FBS Independents Record: 2-0 @@@
20 Arizona Pac-12 Record: 2-0 v
21 Utah Pac-12 Record: 2-0 v
22 Missouri SEC Record: 2-0 v
23 Northwestern Big Ten Record: 2-0 v
24 Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 1-1 v
25 Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 2-0 v

```

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 79, BYU 74, Northwestern 72, Arizona St. 49, Oklahoma St. 30, West Virginia 23,  
Florida 8, Temple 8, Cincinnati 7, Kansas St. 7, Minnesota 5, Louisville 4, NC State 4, W. Kentucky 3, California 2, Stanford 1

Poll released: Sep 13

**Last WEEK’s thread/poll:**

> **[Week 2 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767682)**
>
> NCAAF Scores & Schedule Top 25 FBS Weeks: 2 Friday, September 11 9:00 PM EDT ESP2 Utah St. @ Utah (24) Saturday, September 12 12:00 PM EDT SECN Jacksonville St. @ (6) Auburn 3:30 PM EDT CBS (10) Georgia @ Vanderbilt 6:00 PM EDT ESPN...

Week 2 CFB – Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?  
09-08-2015, 02:29 PM

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 18

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**Last YEAR Same WEEK’s thread/poll:**

> **[Week 3 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733433)**
>
> Scoring for this week’s poll is as follows: Pick a team to Lose and they LOSE – +1 point Pick a team to Lose and they WIN – -1 point Fail to pick a Loser in the Georgia - South Carolina game --\*\* -1 point\*\* (two Top 25 teams playing – one...

Week 3 CFB – Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?  
09-07-2014, 02:02 PM

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 14

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**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/2 "2015-09-14T03:12:47Z")

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My voting is not at all influenced by my alma mater. Nope. Not at all.

Ok, more seriously, while my beloved Yellow Jackets haven’t faced any real competition, they have looked good while rolling their cupcakes. Heck, our second stringer looked great after he got put in as QB. So I’m thinking we’ll be at least as good at last year if not better.

Meanwhile, while Notre Dame did put the hurt on Texas (38-3? ouch) they were only one touchdown up on UVA, which is not exactly a powerhouse school these days. Plus their QB is injured. So they aren’t in the best of situations.

Granted, the game is getting played in South Bend, but I’m still feeling good about that pick.

The only other one that might surprise people is me picking Dook over Northwestern. Duke has been a good team the past couple of years. They could be good this year again - Cutcliffe has some magic in him.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/3 "2015-09-14T04:47:18Z")

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Not ready to make my picks yet, but Ole Miss @ Alabama may decide the SEC West. Ole Miss has a good QB this year, and an explosive offense. Bama has a stout defense. Can’t wait to see this one…

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/4 "2015-09-14T14:22:27Z")

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Here’s an early look:

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                               %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ 
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
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BobLibDem 7 FLSt GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Missou  
JohnT 5 MichSt GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
txtumbleweed 5 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub Utah   
USCDiver 6 Bama Geor NotDam Aub BYU NoWstrn
Wolverine 4 GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
yellowjacketcoder 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
Zeldar 5 LSU GaTech Miss BYU NoWstrn
                              =================================================================================================
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
     7 37 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 6 6 1 1 3 /37
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Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7 

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**Scroll right to see it all!**

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/5 "2015-09-15T02:42:14Z")

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First day action:

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                               %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ 
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
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Apex Rogers 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
basset hound 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
BobLibDem 7 FLSt GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Missou  
JohnT 5 MichSt GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
txtumbleweed 5 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub Utah   
USCDiver 6 Bama Geor NotDam Aub BYU NoWstrn
Wolverine 4 GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
yellowjacketcoder 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
Zeldar 5 LSU GaTech Miss BYU NoWstrn
Zyanthia 5 Bama NotDam Aub BYU Utah
                              =================================================================================================
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
    10 51 2 1 1 6 1 1 1 4 8 1 9 9 2 1 4 /51
==================================================================================================================================        

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 10 

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/6 "2015-09-15T14:34:16Z")

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Morning Update:

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                               %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ 
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
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Apex Rogers 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
basset hound 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
BobLibDem 7 FLSt GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Missou  
DinoR 5 Bama NotDam Clem Aub BYU
JohnT 5 MichSt GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
Nauplius 5 GaTech Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn 
txtumbleweed 5 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub Utah   
USCDiver 6 Bama Geor NotDam Aub BYU NoWstrn
Wolverine 4 GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
yellowjacketcoder 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
Zeldar 5 LSU GaTech Miss BYU NoWstrn
Zyanthia 5 Bama NotDam Aub BYU Utah
                              =======================================================================================================
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
    12 61 3 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 5 9 1 11 11 2 1 5 /61
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Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 12 

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/7 "2015-09-15T16:00:22Z")

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I have a bad feeling about Notre Dame this week but just can’t bring myself to pick against them. I got Stanford as my dark horse bouncing back to take down USC this week, too.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/8 "2015-09-15T16:45:06Z")

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Wait, I’m still the only one picking UGA to lose?

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/9 "2015-09-15T16:53:20Z")

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> [@USCDiver](#):
>
> Wait, I’m still the only one picking UGA to lose?

In other years I might have felt SCar had a chance, but I doubt it this year. It would be cool if they could win, but I didn’t vote that way. 🙂

I must really look like a homer thinking Auburn can beat LSU. But they have had such luck in years when it was at best a long shot.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/10 "2015-09-15T17:18:28Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
>
> In other years I might have felt SCar had a chance, but I doubt it this year. It would be cool if they could win, but I didn’t vote that way. 🙂
> 
> I must really look like a homer thinking Auburn can beat LSU. But they have had such luck in years when it was at best a long shot.

USC tends to beat UGA when no one expects them to and lose when they are favored. This year may very well be an exception, though. I expect Chubb to have north of 300 rushing yards…

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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/11 "2015-09-15T19:01:35Z")

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I am thinking this will be a good week for the Top 25 with the loses only coming to teams that are playing other ranked team. Only upset I see: Auburn over LSU. LSU did not impress me much in their cupcake win over Miss State.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/12 "2015-09-15T19:02:57Z")

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> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#):
>
> LSU did not impress me much in their cupcake win over Miss State.

And Auburn DID impress you in their cupcake win? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/13 "2015-09-15T20:01:35Z")

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> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#):
>
> I am thinking this will be a good week for the Top 25 with the loses only coming to teams that are playing other ranked team. …

Well said. If things turn out to suit our voters (minus the forced losses four of them must have) we could have 12 teams that have no business in any Top 25. If that’s the case, of what value is a “Top 25” to start with? 😃

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/14 "2015-09-16T00:11:05Z")

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Evening Update (we’ve surpassed last year’s number of Voters for Week 3!)

```auto

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                               %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ 
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
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Apex Rogers 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
basset hound 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
BobLibDem 7 FLSt GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Missou  
DinoR 5 Bama NotDam Clem Aub BYU
JohnT 5 MichSt GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
Nauplius 5 GaTech Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn 
Oakminster 4 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub
RetroVertigo 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
Sauron 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
txtumbleweed 5 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub Utah   
USCDiver 6 Bama Geor NotDam Aub BYU NoWstrn
Wolverine 4 GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
yellowjacketcoder 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
Zeldar 5 LSU GaTech Miss BYU NoWstrn
Zyanthia 5 Bama NotDam Aub BYU Utah
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                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
    15 73 3 1 1 10 1 2 1 1 5 12 1 14 13 2 1 5 /73
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Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 15

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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/15 "2015-09-16T00:58:04Z")

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I hate picking against the Irish but losing your starting tailback and quarterback in back to back weeks make it hard to win even though both of, their backups have played week. One you add in the defense having to prepare for the triple option ito think that’s just too much prep to fit into a single week.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/16 "2015-09-16T17:25:02Z")

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One more Voter since the last update:

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                               %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ 
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
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Apex Rogers 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
basset hound 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
BobLibDem 7 FLSt GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Missou  
DinoR 5 Bama NotDam Clem Aub BYU
JohnT 5 MichSt GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
Nauplius 5 GaTech Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn 
Oakminster 4 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub
Oredigger77 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
RetroVertigo 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
Sauron 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
txtumbleweed 5 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub Utah   
USCDiver 6 Bama Geor NotDam Aub BYU NoWstrn
Wolverine 4 GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
yellowjacketcoder 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
Zeldar 5 LSU GaTech Miss BYU NoWstrn
Zyanthia 5 Bama NotDam Aub BYU Utah
                              =======================================================================================================
                              Bama MichSt Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
    16 77 3 1 1 11 1 2 1 1 5 13 1 15 14 2 1 5 /77
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Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 16

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```

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/17 "2015-09-16T17:49:29Z")

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Here’s a neat article on the same basic theme as this thread:

[http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/college-football-which-top-25-teams-are-vulnerable-this-weekend.html/?ref=YF](http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/college-football-which-top-25-teams-are-vulnerable-this-weekend.html/?ref=YF)

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/18 "2015-09-16T19:44:39Z")

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I find it interesting that so many in this thread think Bama will beat Ole Miss. That’s the way I voted as well, but I expect a close game that will be decided in the final minutes, and it could go either way. Ole Miss is high octane offense, with a very good QB and a decent to good defense. Bama is a stone wall run stuffing defense, but beatable in the secondary, and their offense is merely good.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/19 "2015-09-16T21:31:55Z")

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Here’s some trivia from the “Pick the Losers” polls since the 2014 season:

```auto

2014 Season
 
Week 1 CFB -- Which BCS Top 25 team(s) will lose? Voters: 25. 
Week 2 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose? Voters: 18. 
Week 12 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose? Voters: 19. 
Pick the WINNER in the Jan/12 CFB Bowl Game Voters: 33. 

Thus far this year:

Week 1 CFB -- Which BCS Top 25 team(s) will LOSE? Voters: 25. 
Week 2 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose? Voters: 18. 
Week 3 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose? Voters: 18. 
                                                   (as of 9/16/2015 4:00 PM)

```

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/20 "2015-09-17T03:59:24Z")

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Nightly Update:

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                               %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ 
                              Bama MichSt USC Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
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Apex Rogers 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
Barkis is Willin' 5 USC GaTech Miss Aub BYU
basset hound 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
BobLibDem 7 FLSt GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Missou  
DinoR 5 Bama NotDam Clem Aub BYU
excavating (for a mind) 5 LSU GaTech Miss BYU NoWstrn
JohnT 5 MichSt GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
Nauplius 5 GaTech Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn 
Oakminster 4 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub
Oredigger77 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
RetroVertigo 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
Sauron 4 NotDam Miss Aub BYU
txtumbleweed 5 NotDam UCLA Miss Aub Utah   
USCDiver 6 Bama Geor NotDam Aub BYU NoWstrn
Wolverine 4 GaTech Miss Aub BYU  
yellowjacketcoder 5 NotDam Miss Aub BYU NoWstrn
Zeldar 5 LSU GaTech Miss BYU NoWstrn
Zyanthia 5 Bama NotDam Aub BYU Utah
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                              Bama MichSt USC Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn
    18 87 3 1 1 1 11 1 2 1 2 7 15 1 16 16 2 1 6 /87
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Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 18 

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