LandThieves Poll

A special thanks to my friends at Verizon, I still don't have internet at home. Enough complaining, onto the poll:

1. Ohio State – wins another ho hum game against a middle of the road Big 10 school. The Buckeyes have held every opponent underneath the opponent’s season scoring average.
2. Oregon – I keep waiting for them to fade and they haven’t yet. The opponent’s W/L % is higher than anyone else in the top 10.
3. LSU – Les Miles and the gang keeps squeaking by. Their defense gives up a lot of points.
4. Kansas – Kansas has given every opponent they’ve played this year their worst defeat of the season. It all boils down to the Missouri contest in Kansas City over Thanksgiving weekend for them.
5. Boston College – Florida State now has two road victories – at Colorado and at Chestnut Hill.
6. Oklahoma – thank goodness we're ranked ahead of Michigan. That Missouri wins keeps looking better. The Miami FL win keeps looking less impressive. And the CU loss continues to baffle most folks. Adding Baylor to the strength of schedule this week is going to hurt. If the Sooners keep winning out, that will solve itself in the Big 12 Championship game against a one-loss Mizzou team or an undefeated Jayhawk squad.
7. Michigan – The Big 10 reminds me of the mid 80s Big Eight where Oklahoma and Nebraska were really good, and everyone else was average at best. Only difference is there aren’t two good teams in the Big 10 right now. So it’s probably more like the ACC of the early 90s, where FSU went undefeated for several years.
8. West Virginia – Opponents won loss percentage barely better than Kansas. Dominated Rutgers this weekend, but other victories are: Western Michigan; Marshall; Maryland; East Carolina; Syracuse; and Mississippi State.
9. Arizona State – you didn’t expect the undefeated season to last, did you?
10. Connecticut – like Ohio State, they’ve held every opponent underneath its scoring average. Like Ohio State, watching their games is akin to watching paint dry.
11. Florida – the young defense is hurting the Gators. That and their opponents 68% won-loss percentage.
12. Virginia Tech – they’d be higher if not for the incredible comeback by BC two weeks ago. That being said, the Hokies boast victories over East Carolina; Ohio; William & Mary (William was tough but they were able to exploit Mary for a couple of scores); North Carolina; Clemson; Duke; Georgia Tech.
13. Missouri – the big matchup against the Shamanginos awaits. First they have to get past Cash Machine U.
14. Georgia – on a bit of hot streak after a bye week, beating Florida and Troy. Troy is undefeated in the SEC, losing to Arkansas, Florida and Georgia, but dominates the Sun Belt conference and Okie State.
15. Northern Iowa – you can’t stop them, you can only hope to contain them. Actually, they contain everyone they play.
16. Auburn – rumors persist about Tuberville to College Station. He does well at Ag schools with an inferiority complex, so it’s a logical fit.
17. South Florida – the glass slipper shattered, but that’s still an attractive high heel their wearing.
18. Illinois – Zook sure can recruit.
19. Texas – my predictions for a comeback W against Boone State were true.
20. Virginia – this team keeps barely squeaking by. They’ve lost to North Carolina State and Wyoming.
21. Clemson – Don't know nuttin' 'bout 'em.
22. Alabama – the Tide are two heartbreaking losses at home (Georgia in OT, LSU in final 3 minutes) removed from being a top 10 team.
23. Southern Cal – That run oriented domination of Nebraska in Lincoln a few weeks ago looks a lot different now, doesn’t it? They haven’t been on the ABC Sat. night in a few weeks, and they’re feelings are starting to hurt.
24. Yale – Don’t mess with the Ivy League.
25. Cincinnati – I have nothing to say here. I know it’s in Ohio.