# Week 3 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/21 "2015-09-17T14:17:03Z")
Your basic reminder: > [@](#): > > This poll will close on 09-17-2015 at 02:53 PM — Thursday, September 17 7:30 PM EDT ESPN (11) Clemson @ Louisville ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/22 "2015-09-17T20:00:05Z")
Here’s the final crosstable: ```auto ========================================================================================================================================== %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ Bama MichSt USC Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn ============================================================================================================ 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 dba Fred 4 UCLA GaTech Miss Aub 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 ============================================================================================================ Bama MichSt USC Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn 19 91 3 1 1 1 11 1 3 1 2 8 16 1 17 16 2 1 6 /91 ============================================================================================================================================= Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 19 ===================================== ``` Good luck to **excavating (for a mind)** tonight! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/23 "2015-09-18T04:47:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Good luck to **excavating (for a mind)** tonight! 🙂 My bad! I misread the crosstable thinking it was **excavating (for a mind)** who had picked Clemson to lose. It was actually **DinoR** who gets the **-1** for that game. Sorry for both mistakes. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/24 "2015-09-18T12:21:36Z")
He wasn’t too far from getting the point either. Maybe we should have a rule that if a ranked team wins but drops out of the top 25 for having such a crappy win you get the point anyway 😃 (Not that I think Clemson will drop that far, but I don’t think they deserve to be as highly ranked as they are after that game) ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/25 "2015-09-18T12:42:15Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > He wasn’t too far from getting the point either. Missed it by that much. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/26 "2015-09-18T12:54:08Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > He wasn’t too far from getting the point either. Maybe we should have a rule that if a ranked team wins but drops out of the top 25 for having such a crappy win you get the point anyway 😃 (Not that I think Clemson will drop that far, but I don’t think they deserve to be as highly ranked as they are after that game) Not a bad point! Only real problem is having to wait a week to see the new AP Poll numbers. Other than that it would make for a fun wrinkle. Others may wish to chime in on it before we put it into effect – maybe next year? ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/27 "2015-09-19T20:55:28Z")
I almost picked Missouri to lose. As weak as I thought they might be I didn’t think UCONN could do it. It would have been another missed it by that much. I had been thinking that the win ugly and drop out change. I didn’t see it happening much if at all. Auburn dropped 12 by winning ugly against an FCS team. What are the odds of dropping out if it’s an FCS team? It would have to be a team already 20+. Even then 2/3 of P5 team’s schedules are against P5 teams in conference where the hit likely wouldn’t be bad for a win. How rare would that rule end up being? Then Missouri stinks up the place as a #22. It might happen this week. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/28 "2015-09-20T06:14:34Z")
The scores: ```auto ========================================================================================================================================== %%% $$$ @@@ ### $$$ %%% ### @@@ Bama MichSt USC Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn ============================================================================================================ Barkis is Willin' +3/5 +1 +1 -1 +1 +1 Wolverine +2/4 +1 -1 +1 +1 DinoR +1/5 +1 -1 -1 +1 +1 JohnT +1/5 -1 +1 -1 +1 +1 Nauplius +1/5 +1 -1 +1 +1 -1 Zyanthia +1/5 +1 -1 +1 +1 -1 Apex Rogers 0/4 -1 -1 +1 +1 dba Fred 0/4 -1 +1 -1 +1 Oredigger77 0/4 -1 -1 +1 +1 RetroVertigo 0/4 -1 -1 +1 +1 Sauron 0/4 -1 -1 +1 +1 USCDiver 0/6 +1 -1 -1 +1 +1 -1 basset hound -1/5 -1 -1 +1 +1 -1 yellowjacketcoder -1/5 -1 -1 +1 +1 -1 Zeldar -1/5 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 excavating (for a mind) -1/5 -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 BobLibDem -1/7 -1 +1 -1 -1 +1 +1 -1 Oakminster -2/4 -1 -1 -1 +1 txtumbleweed -3/5 -1 -1 -1 +1 -1 ============================================================================================================ Bama MichSt USC Geor NotDam FLSt UCLA Clem LSU GaTech Miss TX-AM Aub BYU Utah Missou NoWstrn 19 91 3 1 1 1 11 1 3 1 2 8 16 1 17 16 2 1 6 /91 ============================================================================================================================================= Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 19 ``` **Scroll right for the complete crosstable** Congrats to **Barkis is Willin’**! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/29 "2015-09-20T06:53:02Z")
Here’s how things stand: ```auto Total Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 RetroVertigo +6/10 +3/3 +3/3 0/4 Nauplius +6/12 +1/3 +4/4 +1/5 jsc1953 +5/7 +2/4 +3/3 Wolverine +5/9 +2/2 +1/3 +2/4 Barkis is Willin' +4/9 0/1 +1/3 +3/5 yellowjacketcoder +3/13 +2/4 +2/4 -1/5 bump +2/4 +2/4 dba Fred +2/8 +2/4 0/4 basset hound +2/8 +3/3 -1/5 Zyanthia +2/12 +1/3 0/4 +1/5 Chingon +1/2 +1/2 astorian +1/3 +1/3 BigAppleBucky +1/5 +1/5 DinoR +1/5 +1/5 txtumbleweed +1/11 +3/3 +1/3 -3/5 excavating (for a mind) +1/13 +1/5 +1/3 -1/5 hende 0/1 0/1 zoog 0/2 0/2 russian heel 0/3 0/3 Jman 0/3 0/3 Apex Rogers 0/4 0/4 Sauron 0/4 0/4 USCDiver 0/6 0/6 Zeldar 0/12 +2/4 -1/3 -1/5 JohnT 0/12 0/4 -1/3 +1/5 Oredigger77 -1/11 -1/3 0/4 0/4 justmeetee -2/1 -2/1 Oakminster -2/10 +1/3 -1/3 -2/4 Jackmannii -3/1 -3/1 Omar Little -3/2 -3/2 Death of Rats -3/3 -3/3 Some Call Me... Tim -3/3 -3/3 BobLibDem -11/25 -9/9 -1/9 -1/7 =========================== Total Voters: 33 Week 1 Voters: 25 Week 2 Voters: 18 Week 3 Voters: 19 ``` ---
**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 21, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134/30 "2015-09-21T12:58:56Z")
I’m surprised nobody else picked USC to lose. Stanford is better than they played against NW and they’ve had the Trojans’ number in recent years. That was a fun game to watch, both teams looked great on offense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-3-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/731134.md?page=1)