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 Sports Information Director's Poll
RANK	TEAM	       RECORD	POINTS	1ST 	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW

1	Ohio State	6-0	1547	47	1	0	1/1
2	Baylor	5-0	1463	8	4	2	2/5
3	Texas Christian	6-0	1441	5	2	-1	2/3
4	Michigan State	6-0	1358	1	3	-1	2/6
5	Louisiana State	5-0	1288	1	5	0	5/15
6	Clemson	5-0	1245	0	6	0	6/12
7	Utah	5-0	1239	1	7	0	7/NR
8	Florida State	5-0	1080	0	8	0	6/9
9	Alabama	5-1	1052	0	10	1	2/13
10	Texas A&M	5-0	1028	0	11	1	10/NR
11	Florida	6-0	1001	0	12	1	11/NR
12	Mississippi	5-1	837	0	13	1	5/15
13	Notre Dame	5-1	786	0	15	2	7/15
14	Michigan	5-1	760	0	21	7	14/NR
15	Oklahoma State	6-0	689	0	19	4	15/NR
16	Stanford	4-1	677	0	18	2	16/NR
17	Iowa	6-0	525	0	23	6	17/NR
18	UCLA	4-1	466	0	20	2	10/20
19	Oklahoma	4-1	432	0	9	-10	9/19
20	Boise State	5-1	321	0	24	4	20/NR
21	Northwestern	5-1	242	0	14	-7	14/NR
22	Memphis	5-0	185	0	25	3	22/NR
23	California	5-1	174	0	22	-1	22/NR
24	Duke	5-1	154	0	27	3	24/NR
25	Toledo	5-0	149	0	29	4	25/NR

Others Receiving Votes
Houston 75; Temple 71; Georgia 61; Arizona State 33; Mississippi State 21; Wisconsin 20; Kentucky 13; Kansas State 
11; Penn State 6; Southern California 4; [B]Texas 4[/B]; Texas Tech 4; West Virginia 3; North Carolina 3; Navy 2;
 Washington 2; Tennessee 1; Illinois 1; Arizona 1.
*Hi/Low Rankings

lol

I know upsetting OU is pretty big, but Texas is still 2-4, that's enough to get 4 votes?

 

[Piano]

AP Top 25

Michigan State dropped even further.

 

[truly101]

Edsall gone.

Maryland probably shouldn't have fired Fridge either but I think Debbie Yow hated him. I know some delusional terp fans think they could be the Oregon of the east with their UA affiliation, but it aint happening. Maryland has never come to terms with being a B tier program.

 

[El_Chino]

AP Top 25

Michigan State dropped even further.

That's more in line with what I was expecting, congratulations to Duke and UH for getting ranked!!

 

[Piano]

Honestly AP looks pretty accurate to me, other than OSU still being #1.

 

[JHall]

Honestly AP looks pretty accurate to me, other than OSU still being #1.

They're like '09 Florida. As long as they continue to win, they'll be #1.

 

[El_Chino]

They're like '09 Florida. As long as they continue to win, they'll be #1.

Which means Michigan State or Michigan will expose them.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I know upsetting OU is pretty big, but Texas is still 2-4, that's enough to get 4 votes?

Texas is the best 2-4 team in the country!

 

[ag-my001]

Honestly AP looks pretty accurate to me, other than OSU still being #1.

They've been bleeding first place votes each week, now less than half. They've just kept enough (so far) and the others are being split by a bunch of others.

 

[Yaboosh]

Honestly AP looks pretty accurate to me, other than OSU still being #1.

Northwestern still being ranked is pretty ludicrous.

 

[HeySeuss]

Just read that Ohio State has been ranked as the AP #1 a record setting 102 weeks passing Oklahoma for #1 all time.

 

[El_Chino]

Northwestern still being ranked is pretty ludicrous.

Why not? They're still 5-1 in the Big Ten.

 

[MIMIC]

AP Top 25

Michigan State dropped even further.

I at least got the top 4 right

I also dropped Michigan State because the pollsters clearly aren't liking them right now, but not as far down as 7. I was originally thinking that it was because of the knee-jerk reaction to beating Oregon (and how Oregon sucks now), but that wasn't taking other factors into account.

 

[El_Chino]

We lost and only dropped one spot? When did we join the SEC?

Who's your team?

 

[timetokill]

Who's your team?

The LSU Fighting Tigers. Just look at his avatar.

 

[bucknuticus]

This may be the weirdest fucking stat ive ever seen:

Under Dave Clawson, Wake Forest is 2-1 in ACC games when it doesn't score a touchdown, 0-8 when it does

 

[MIMIC]

MSU is a huge underdog against Michigan next week? 27% chance to win, according to ESPN. Wow.

 

[bucknuticus]

@insidetroy 2m2 minutes ago
#USC football practice just ended. Head coach Steve Sarkisian was scheduled to speak to the media, but he did not attend practice.

 

[cdyhybrid]

@insidetroy 2m2 minutes ago
#USC football practice just ended. Head coach Steve Sarkisian was scheduled to speak to the media, but he did not attend practice.

Welp.

 

[El_Chino]

The LSU Fighting Tigers. Just look at his avatar.

Haha that's what I figured.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

First time since 1999 that both USC and Oregon are unranked.

 

[Mac the KNife]

MSU is a huge underdog against Michigan next week? 27% chance to win, according to ESPN. Wow.

Wasn't USC ranked #2 in ESPN's metrics last week?

Yeah...

 

[El_Chino]

MSU is a huge underdog against Michigan next week? 27% chance to win, according to ESPN. Wow.

Florida has a 36.5% chance of beating LSU so we'll see how that goes.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Lindsey Thiry Verified account
‏@LindseyThiry

I'm told players just met w/Pat Haden and Clay Helton is interim coach as Haden has asked Sarkisian to take a temp. leave of absence #USC

Sounds like a health issue. Hope he's alright.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

EDIT: Health not firing for Sark's absence?

 

[cdyhybrid]

EDIT: Health not firing for Sark's absence?

Sounds like it:

InsideUSC ‏@InsideUSC 13m
A #USC source called me during practice to say Steve Sarkisian was not in "good shape" this morning

 

[bucknuticus]

Sounds like a health issue. Hope he's alright.

Or the sauce got him

 

[cdyhybrid]

Or the sauce got him

I'd consider alcoholism a health issue

But yeah, if it's booze related he needs to step back and get his shit together.

 

[timetokill]

Sark went on a bender, 100%


Dude needs help. I hope he gets it.

 

[Dsyndrome]

MSU is a huge underdog against Michigan next week? 27% chance to win, according to ESPN. Wow.

Whichever one I pick to win, it's going to go lopsided the other way. So I'm taking money for picks either way...

Or the sauce got him

Damn, that's brutal. Not like the old days.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Sark went on a bender, 100%


Dude needs help. I hope he gets it.

http://twitter.com/InsideUSC/status/653321922093056000

That's the rumor!

And now reading on Twitter that it is basically confirmed.

At least there is this: http://twitter.com/MattRHinton/status/653319183761969152

 

[timetokill]

http://twitter.com/InsideUSC/status/653321922093056000

That's the rumor!

And now reading on Twitter that it is basically confirmed.

At least there is this: http://twitter.com/MattRHinton/status/653319183761969152

Poor guy knows his USC career is over, and that he's passed the apex. Rough as hell.

 

[El_Chino]

http://twitter.com/InsideUSC/status/653321922093056000

That's the rumor!

And now reading on Twitter that it is basically confirmed.

At least there is this: http://twitter.com/MattRHinton/status/653319183761969152

Damn, I hope he gets better.

 

[squicken]

Sark thing is nuts. Is this out of nowhere or did he have issues at Washington?

 

[bucknuticus]

Sark thing is nuts. Is this out of nowhere or did he have issues at Washington?

He had issues a couple weeks back with the press conference thing where he was going to get help then.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Sark thing is nuts. Is this out of nowhere or did he have issues at Washington?

He should've never been coaching this season.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Sark thing is nuts. Is this out of nowhere or did he have issues at Washington?

He had issues, but they never got into the public eye/directly interfered with his ability to work like they are at USC. He had a reputation as a partier and was a big fan of the waitresses at Joey Restaurant.

He's also going through a divorce right now too.

 

[squicken]

Thx for the info. You'd think that USC would be a selective enough program to not take a risk like that

 

[Mac the KNife]

Dang, hopefully Sark can get some help.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Thx for the info. You'd think that USC would be a selective enough program to not take a risk like that

I've seen people say Haden wanted someone he could hang out with off the field more than the best coach.

 

[CartridgeBlower]

I've seen people say Haden wanted someone he could hang out with off the field more than the best coach.

Meaning he just wanted a friendly relationship with his next coach, or someone he could party with?

Either way, Haden needs to go down for this. This has a been a disaster.

And so far his bball hire isn't working out, either, although that is still somewhat early.

Didn't he also hire Kiffin? Yikes.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Meaning he just wanted a friendly relationship with his next coach, or someone he could party with?

Either way, Haden needs to go down for this. This has a been a disaster.

And so far his bball hire isn't working out, either, although that is still somewhat early.

Didn't he also hire Kiffin? Yikes.

That's kind of what it sounds like yeah. And yeah Enfield has been a disaster but a lot of that has to do with the state the program was in.

I believe Kiffin is on Garett.

 

[Balphon]

http://twitter.com/InsideUSC/status/653321922093056000

That's the rumor!

And now reading on Twitter that it is basically confirmed.

At least there is this: http://twitter.com/MattRHinton/status/653319183761969152

Unfortunate. Hopefully stepping back from such a ridiculously high stress job will allow him to get help.

 

[JHall]

http://espn.go.com/college-football...gia-significant-knee-injury-avoids-damage-acl

No ACL damage for Chubb. Hope he has a speedy recovery, always hate seeing a player go down like that.

 

[DominoKid]

InsideUSC
‏@InsideUSC

BREAKING: Some #USC assistant coaches believed Steve Sarkisian was drunk during the Arizona State game on Sept. 26.

 

[CartridgeBlower]

So did Sarkisian get any actual 'treatment' earlier in the year after the pep rally, or was that all just lip service?

 

[Ryuuroden]

Honestly, I wish OSU wasn't number 1. I hate being number one and rather be discounted. But then again maybe this is all in Urban's grand plan to make OSU look disfunctional and then blow up the opposition at the end of the season.

I did read that currently Ohio State is on the same track it was last year in offensive stats, and interceptions by starter. The biggest difference between this year and last is at least twice as many fumbles in the same amount of time which needs to be fixed pronto. Thankfully the Maryland game had none. People forget that Ohio State did not look dominant during the entirety of last year (it was off and on) and had let teams score a bit. The turnovers (due to fumbling or in the redzone) are what are costing Ohio State a lot of points. same with red zone scoring which is down a lot this year. These are things that can be fixed

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

InsideUSC
‏@InsideUSC

BREAKING: Some #USC assistant coaches believed Steve Sarkisian was drunk during the Arizona State game on Sept. 26.

And yet we still couldn't beat them.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

InsideUSC
‏@InsideUSC

BREAKING: Some #USC assistant coaches believed Steve Sarkisian was drunk during the Arizona State game on Sept. 26.

Scott Wolf is also running a report now that Sark passed out after the WSU game last year.

And now they start losing recruits:

 

[Fragamemnon]

Scott Wolf is also running a report now that Sark passed out after the WSU game last year.

In all fairness, that was a road game in Pullman. He's just trying to fit in with the locals.