The first Harris Poll

[GTTiger]

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/bcsnews/BCS_Sept_23_2007.pdf

It didnt' copy/paste well into this page.

[D^3]

Pretty much what I would expect. But I have to say, I'm a bit shocked that VA Tech is ranked ahead of South Carolina. Remind me again why this is?

Same W-L record.... but there was that LSU game that both teams have in common, and I'm pretty sure VA Tech got embarrassed while SCAR at least hung in there.

[OneBigDawg]

Here it is from another site:

Harris Poll
Index | AP Poll | Coaches Poll | Harris Poll | BCS Standings | Division I-AA
Harris Poll Top 25
Rk Team W-L Points Prev Next Last
1 USC (91) 3-0 2821 0 Washington W47-14 Washington State
2 LSU (19) 4-0 2742 0 Tulane W28-16 South Carolina
3 Oklahoma (1) 4-0 2567 0 Colorado W62-21 at Tulsa
4 Florida (3) 4-0 2538 0 Auburn W30-24 at Mississippi
5 West Virginia 4-0 2409 0 South Florida W48-7 East Carolina
6 California 4-0 2213 0 Oregon W45-27 Arizona
7 Ohio State 4-0 2101 0 Minnesota W58-7 Northwestern
8 Texas 4-0 2089 0 Kansas State W58-14 Rice
9 Wisconsin 4-0 1867 0 Michigan State W17-13 Iowa
10 Oregon 4-0 1748 0 California W55-31 at Stanford
11 Boston College 4-0 1666 0 Massachusetts W37-17 Army
12 Rutgers 3-0 1658 0 Maryland W59-0 Norfolk State
13 Clemson 4-0 1472 0 Georgia Tech W42-20 at North Carolina State
14 Kentucky 4-0 1186 0 Florida Atlantic W42-29 at Arkansas
15 Georgia 3-1 1021 0 Mississippi W26-23 at Alabama
16 Virginia Tech 3-1 929 0 North Carolina W44-3 William & Mary
17 South Carolina 3-1 831 0 Mississippi State L16-28 at LSU
18 Hawaii 4-0 7 71 0 Idaho W66-10 Charleston Southern
19 Penn State 3-1 731 0 Illinois L9-14 at Michigan
20 South Florida 3-0 724 0 West Virginia W37-10 North Carolina
21 Missouri 4-0 632 0 Nebraska W38-17 Illinois State
22 Alabama 3-1 432 0 Florida State L23-26 Georgia
23 Arizona State 4-0 331 0 Stanford W44-32 Oregon State
24 Nebraska 3-1 303 0 Iowa State W41-40 Ball State
25 Michigan State 4-0 300 0 Wisconsin W31-14 at Notre Dame

Others receiving votes:
Purdue 268, Cincinnati 180, Miami (FL) 114, UCLA 114, Kansas 72, Michigan 43, Texas A&M 38, Arkansas 26, Louisville 26, Connecticut 24, Virginia 17, Florida State 12, Georgia Tech 11, Tennessee 10, UCF 6, Illinois 4, Washington 1, Texas Tech 1, Brigham Young 1.

[scfan5338]

Pretty much what I would expect. But I have to say, I'm a bit shocked that VA Tech is ranked ahead of South Carolina. Remind me again why this is?

Cause we suck lol. No I think its probably because they maybe saw that we struggled against ULL and SCSU. By struggling, we put up the points but the games were flat out ugly to watch. Also they took into considertion that we give up like a billion yards rushing a game.

In my opinion, VA Tech should be ranked below us because we both play LSU at their place and both lost but USC was a little bit more competitve than VT. VT is vastly overrated.

[D^3]

In my opinion, VA Tech should be ranked below us because we both play LSU at their place and both lost but USC was a little bit more competitve than VT. VT is vastly overrated.


Bingo. I think you have to determine who is better based on the common denominator, which is the LSU game. SC proved to be a better opponent. You are dead on about VA Tech being over rated. I think some voters are still giving them an "emotional" advantage.

[GTTiger]

While VT and South Carolina both played LSU, there were a few differences. LSU was playing without thier best WR, best O-Lineman, and the QB(Flynn) was playing at less than 100% and in a tropical sub-depression. I'm not taking away from South Carolina because I know they had injuries also, but the games were different.

[uscrules]

We lost our best run defensive lineman and We played most of the game without our best player, period and looks like he is gone for the season. Injuries are part of the game. I don't really think it would have made much difference in the outcome if all the players on both sides were healthy.

[GTTiger]

We lost our best run defensive lineman and We played most of the game without our best player, period and looks like he is gone for the season. Injuries are part of the game. I don't really think it would have made much difference in the outcome if all the players on both sides were healthy.

Maybe not, but I was just pointing out that both games were different situations. While South Carolina is probably better than VT, they don't deserve to be ranked better simply because the lost by less points. They might deserve to be ranked better because they beat UGA though.

[JerryBeeds]

Va. Tech has not beaten a ranked opponent and they struggled mightily with ECU and Ohio. They probably should not even be ranked IMO.