# Week 5 CFB -- Which AP Top Ten team(s) will lose? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 22, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467 "2013-09-22T21:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/1 "2013-09-22T21:22:29Z")
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](http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/polls) ): 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](http://espn.go.com/college-football/schedule/_/week/5) ): ```auto 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 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/2 "2013-09-22T21:52:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/3 "2013-09-23T01:08:19Z")
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. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/4 "2013-09-23T01:46:23Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/5 "2013-09-27T18:34:22Z")
Here’s the situation after six voters: ```auto 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.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/6 "2013-09-27T20:06:32Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/7 "2013-09-27T21:58:32Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/8 "2013-09-28T13:35:38Z")
This doesn’t quite fit the op but UCF will stun south Carolina today. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/9 "2013-09-28T15:49:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > This doesn’t quite fit the op but UCF will stun south Carolina today. Thanks for reminding me that there’s more to watch at that hour than Tennessee murdering South Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/10 "2013-09-28T17:15:12Z")
And Ucf dominating so car through a quarter and a half (though the score board doesn’t reflect it yet). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/11 "2013-09-28T18:56:15Z")
Now we’re not ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/12 "2013-09-28T19:59:37Z")
Here’s the latest: ```auto 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 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/13 "2013-09-28T21:24:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/14 "2013-09-28T22:14:33Z")
Geaux Tigers! LSU-GA tied up at 27. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/15 "2013-09-28T23:25:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/16 "2013-09-29T00:11:15Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/17 "2013-09-29T06:11:34Z")
The final tally: ```auto 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 ``` ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/18 "2013-09-29T12:11:05Z")
ESPN reporting that USC has fired head coach Kiffin after ASU dropped 62 points and 612 yards on them. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/19 "2013-09-29T12:37:32Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > ESPN reporting that USC has fired head coach Kiffin after ASU dropped 62 points and 612 yards on them. Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467/20 "2013-09-29T13:23:52Z")
Wanna try to pick the next Top 25 AP? ==================================== ```auto 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 =============================== 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 ==================================== ``` [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-5-cfb-which-ap-top-ten-team-s-will-lose/669467.md?page=2)