Week 5 CFB -- Which AP Top Ten team(s) will lose?

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This is NOT which teams will stay in the Top Ten, but which team(s) will LOSE their game(s).

The Top Ten AP (from NCAAF College Football Rankings - Yahoo Sports ):

1.Alabama
2.Oregon
3.Clemson
4.Ohio St.
5.Stanford
6.LSU
7.Louisville (idle this week)
8.Florida St.
9.Georgia
10.Texas A&M

Their Week 5 schedule (from College Football Schedule - Week 5 (Jun 19 - Jun 19), 2023 - ESPN ):



Saturday, September 28  

 3:30 PM Wake Forest              at (3) Clemson      
 3:30 PM (6) LSU                  at (9) Georgia      
 3:30 PM (8) Florida State        at Boston College  
 6:30 PM (21) Ole Miss            at (1) Alabama      
 7:00 PM (10) Texas A&M           at Arkansas  
 8:00 PM (23) Wisconsin           at (4) Ohio State  
10:00 PM (5) Stanford             at Washington State 
10:30 PM California               at (2) Oregon
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I voted that Georgia will beat LSU between the hedges, but that one could go either way, and should be a hell of a game.

Alabama is in for a test at home against Ole Miss, but I think they’re up to the challenge. Ole Miss has some big receivers that will cause matchup issues, and they’ve got a true freshman DE that is an absolute beast. Bama is…Bama. Solid defense, and a sometimes explosive offense, plus excellent special teams.

3

LSU will beat Georgia, who will fall out of the to p10… but just barely. The voters, given their druthers, would have the top 10 consist entirely of SEC teams. A loss in the SEC barely counts as a loss, to voters.

I’m still not 100% sold on Ohio State, and would love to pick Wisconsin to upset them… but I think Ohio State will survive.

4

I think Ole Miss pulls it off - Alabama isn’t immune to that one mid season screw up and the Rebels are better than people think. And LSU beats the Dawgs - Mark Richt is just not good at game planning for these types of games.

5

Here’s the situation after six voters:



                       Alabama  Oregon  Clemson  Ohio St.  Stanford  LSU  Florida St.  Georgia  Texas A&M

basset hound        1                            Ohio St.            
Labrador Deceiver   1                                                LSU 
Oakminster          1                                                LSU
Oredigger77         1                                                LSU
Zakalwe             2  Alabama                                                         Georgia
Zeldar              3                            Ohio St.  Stanford                    Georgia

   6                9     1        0       0        2         1       3       0           2         0      /9

Please note that I miscounted the number of days before the first game. As a result, even though the poll won’t close until 09-28-2013 at 04:25 PM, I will cut off updating this array after 3:20 PM. Anything after that will be “just for laughs.” :slight_smile:

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I don’t think LSU is as good as people think, so the Bulldogs will win at home. I also picked Ohio State to go down, but I’m real iffy on that one. If I was betting actual money instead of just a poll response, I wouldn’t have picked them, but I just really, really want them to go down. (sorry Buckeyes)

7

LSU will play exactly like it does in every other game I’ve ever seen them play with Les Miles.

Up until 8 minutes to go in the 4th quarter they will be down by about 10 or 14 after playing semi-inconsistently most game.

Then they will come back and win by 3 or 4.

8

This doesn’t quite fit the op but UCF will stun south Carolina today.

9

Thanks for reminding me that there’s more to watch at that hour than Tennessee murdering South Alabama.

10

And Ucf dominating so car through a quarter and a half (though the score board doesn’t reflect it yet).

11

Now we’re not :frowning:

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Here’s the latest:




                       Alabama  Oregon  Clemson  Ohio St.  Stanford  LSU  Florida St.  Georgia  Texas A&M

armedmonkey         2                            Ohio St.            LSU
astorian            1                                                                  Georgia
basset hound        1                            Ohio St.            
Fred Garvin         1                                                LSU  
Labrador Deceiver   1                                                LSU 
Oakminster          1                                                LSU
Oredigger77         1                                                LSU
Wolverine           1                                                                  Georgia 
Zakalwe             2  Alabama                                                         Georgia
Zeldar              3                            Ohio St.  Stanford                    Georgia

    10             14     1        0       0        3         1       5       0           4         0      /14
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Georgia up 24-17 at the half. LSU is unable to stop the run, and unable to run the ball. They are, however, throwing the ball well. Georgia’s starting RB rolled his ankle in a cringe-worthy moment, unknown if he’ll be back in the second half.

14

Geaux Tigers! LSU-GA tied up at 27.

15

Georgia stood up when it counted, and it’s a win for the Bulldogs at home. Hell of a game though, and may be the best one I’ve seen so far this season.

16

It’s up there with Ole Miss-Vanderbilt and Alabama-Texas A&M for me.

Bama-Ole Miss is more of a defensive struggle, Bama up 9-0 at the half.

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The final tally:



Fred Garvin        1/1   LSU  
Labrador Deceiver  1/1   LSU 
Oakminster         1/1   LSU
Oredigger77        1/1   LSU

armedmonkey        1/2   LSU 

astorian           0/1                                                         
basset hound       0/1       
Wolverine          0/1  
                                                                
Zakalwe            0/2  
                                                         
Zeldar             0/3                           

    10             5/14   5   /5
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ESPN reporting that USC has fired head coach Kiffin after ASU dropped 62 points and 612 yards on them.

19

Amazing!

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Wanna try to pick the next Top 25 AP?

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Week 5 Standings  

Ohio State (4)       1-0 5-0 

Alabama (1)          2-0 4-0   
Oregon (2)           1-0 4-0   
Clemson (3)          2-0 4-0  
Stanford (5)         2-0 4-0  
Louisville (7)       0-0 4-0 
Florida State (8)    2-0 4-0  
Oklahoma (14)        1-0 4-0    
Miami (FL) (15)      0-0 4-0   
Washington (16)      1-0 4-0   
Northwestern (17)    0-0 4-0   
Michigan (18)        0-0 4-0 
Texas Tech (24)      1-0 4-0 
Fresno State (25)    2-0 4-0 
  
UCLA (13)            0-0 3-0 
Baylor (19)          0-0 3-0  
   
LSU (6)              1-1 4-1    
Texas A&M (10)       1-1 4-1 

Georgia (9)          2-0 3-1     
Oklahoma State (11)  0-1 3-1   
South Carolina (12)  1-1 3-1  
Florida (20)         2-0 3-1  
Ole Miss (21)        1-1 3-1 
 
Notre Dame (22)      0-0 3-2  
Wisconsin (23)       1-1 3-2    

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Houston              1-0 4-0  
Maryland             0-0 4-0   
Northern Illinois    0-0 4-0   
Missouri             0-0 4-0  
 
Virginia Tech        1-0 4-1  
Iowa                 1-0 4-1   
Minnesota            0-1 4-1   
Bowling Green        2-0 4-1    
Ball State           2-0 4-1 
Oregon State         2-0 4-1  

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