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1Ohio State (55)16361-03
2Penn State (7)15581-02
3LSU (3)15141-09
4Georgia14101-05
5Miami13601-010
6Oregon (1)13021-07
7Texas12930-11
8Clemson11350-14
9Notre Dame10680-16
10South Carolina8821-013
11Illinois8551-012
12Arizona State8501-011
13Florida7371-015
14Florida State7051-0NR
15Michigan6861-014
16Iowa State5662-022
17SMU5611-016
18Oklahoma5191-018
19Texas A&M4241-019
20Ole Miss3931-021
21Alabama3600-18
22Tennessee3391-024
23Indiana2571-020
24Texas Tech2471-023
25Utah2271-0NR

Others receiving votes: BYU 102, Auburn 94, Georgia Tech 67, Southern Cal 64, Louisville 59, TCU 49, Missouri 42, South Florida 25, Tulane 18, Nebraska 13, Kansas St. 7, James Madison 4, Liberty 4, UNLV 4, Duke 4, Navy 2, Pittsburgh 2, Baylor 2, Virginia 2, Memphis 2.
What are the numbers in parentheses after Ohio State, Penn State, LSU, and Oregon?
 
I'm actually watching this game. Nevada has had some big plays.

Texas ... wtf?

Archie Manning has actually played college football before, right?
sad to say they out power us in everyway but we did cover the spread lol we were suppose to lose by 45+ lol so we held our own Brocks Brother Chubba needs to play better and our RB need not to fumble
 
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How is Bama even ranked? like at some sort they gotta knock that off Bama looked trash Vs FLA State

Something tells me they won't be ranked for very long. They fell 13 spots... there are other 0-1 teams on the list that are still ranked, so I don't know how they could remove them entirely. But, if they lose again, yeah they will be off the board.
 
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How is Bama even ranked? like at some sort they gotta knock that off Bama looked trash Vs FLA State

Reputation goes a long way in college football's rankings, which are subjective polls.

Always has, and always will. Like Jerry Jones says, as long as it keeps the sport in people's minds, it's a good thing.
 
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Looks like we have a some choices for games tonight. Western Illinois vs Northwestern looks intriguing as does Northern Illinois vs. Maryland. I'm unsure how the same Big Ten Network will carry both, i wonder if it will be location based.

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Looks like we have a some choices for games tonight. Western Illinois vs Northwestern looks intriguing as does Northern Illinois vs. Maryland. I'm unsure how the same Big Ten Network will carry both, i wonder if it will be location based.

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I just wish schools from Illinois were better reperesented tonight... :p
 
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The James Madison/Louisville game was a good game, as was the N Illinois/Maryland. I was switching back and forth between the two.

I have plans for the day, so I'll miss today's games, maybe I'll be home in time for tonight's
 
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The James Madison/Louisville game was a good game, as was the N Illinois/Maryland. I was switching back and forth between the two.

I have plans for the day, so I'll miss today's games, maybe I'll be home in time for tonight's
I was rooting for JMU ...
 
I missed most of the games yesterday, driving to visit my daughter, total time to drive up and back was 8 hours, so that was a large chunk of my time.

I did see the last portion of Ole Miss and Kentucky, that latter portion of the fourth quarter was good where Ole miss was able to hang on. I like Ole Miss so if I was to root either team, it would have been them.
 
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Looks like there's a still tension between the Patriot organization and Bill Belichick. He banned scouts from NC's practices. I don't think any new action on the Patriot side prompted this, but I could be wrong - seems like he's still salty of what happened in 2024
 
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I missed most of the games yesterday, driving to visit my daughter, total time to drive up and back was 8 hours, so that was a large chunk of my time.

I did see the last portion of Ole Miss and Kentucky, that latter portion of the fourth quarter was good where Ole miss was able to hang on. I like Ole Miss so if I was to root either team, it would have been them.
I saw most of the Ducks' game... @C0ncreteBl0nde their unifomrs yesterday were beautiful! I love the old duck logo.
 
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I bet Mike Gundy wished he kept his mouth shut, and not say anything how the ducks run their organization.

But the thing is though -- was he wrong? If anything, the game result proved him right.

CFB has always been stockpiling as much raw talent as a school can, under the rules. Well-coached teams go farther, but even those that aren't could simply overwhelm another based on the relative skill levels of the players.

The patsy, non-conference humiliations games that some schools play, and which the smaller or lower-division schools agree to schedule for the financial payouts that make up large parts of their budgets, prove that again and again.

In the past, that money had to mostly be spent indirectly, through lavish facilities, and other incentives to attract the young, impressionable kids, who are there to play sports more so than to get an education.

Now, the schools can pay them directly, and those financial battles are upfront and in the open. In a system that allows commitments to be easily broken and what little allegiances to be changed like underwear on an annual basis.

Ask Tennessee how that can go. UCLA has other issues with its team, but so far, the bang for its buck hasn't been so great.

Gundy just proved himself right, and that there is always a fish larger than you.

We used to have one primary pro league and a larger semi-pro league. Now we have two pro leagues, except one that's larger and with unrestricted free agency for all, and no hard salary cap except what the market dictates.
 
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I bet Mike Gundy wished he kept his mouth shut, and not say anything how the ducks run their organization.
But the thing is though -- was he wrong? If anything, the game result proved him right.

CFB has always been stockpiling as much raw talent as a school can, under the rules. Well-coached teams go farther, but even those that aren't could simply overwhelm another based on the relative skill levels of the players.

The patsy, non-conference humiliations games that some schools play, and which the smaller or lower-division schools agree to schedule for the financial payouts that make up large parts of their budgets, prove that again and again.

In the past, that money had to mostly be spent indirectly, through lavish facilities, and other incentives to attract the young, impressionable kids, who are there to play sports more so than to get an education.

Now, the schools can pay them directly, and those financial battles are upfront and in the open. In a system that allows commitments to be easily broken and what little allegiances to be changed like underwear on an annual basis.

Ask Tennessee how that can go. UCLA has other issues with its team, but so far, the bang for its buck hasn't been so great.

Gundy just proved himself right, and that there is always a fish larger than you.

We used to have one primary pro league and a larger semi-pro league. Now we have two pro leagues, except one that's larger and with unrestricted free agency for all, and no hard salary cap except what the market dictates.

As for stockpiling talent, CFB has been this way for a long time now.

The only difference is openly paying a player what they are worth.

But yer not wrong.
 
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