Posted: Friday, January 9, 2009, 1:08 AM | 6 comments |
 

Final AP Top 25
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I e-mailed my final Associated Press Top 25 ballot in about an hour ago, just minutes after Florida's 24-14 win over Oklahoma in the BCS championship. Frankly, I'm tired, so I'm not going to explain my order. My kids haven't been sleeping so well of late. Nevertheless, here's my list. Talk amongst yourself. Maybe I'll weigh in tomorrow.

1. Florida (13-1)
2. Southern Cal (12-1)
3. Texas (12-1)
4. Utah (13-0)
5. Oklahoma (12-2)
6. Alabama (12-2)
7. Penn State (11-2)
8. Texas Tech (11-2)
9. Ohio State (10-3)
10. TCU (11-2)
11. Boise State (12-1)
12. Oregon (10-3)
13. Georgia (10-3)
14. Mississippi (9-4)
15. Virginia Tech (10-4)
16. Missouri (10-4)
17. Cincinnati (11-3)
18. Iowa (9-4)
19. Oklahoma State (9-4)
20. Oregon State (9-4)
21. Florida State (9-4)
22. West Virginia (9-4)
23. LSU (8-5)
24. Georgia Tech (9-4)
25. California (9-4)

 
Posted by Jeff McLane @ 1:08 AM  Permalink | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:12 AM, 01/09/2009
    Next week nobody will really care about the rankings and we will all look forward to next year. As JoPa says, anyone can win on any week. PSU, at neutral site, would give any team a run, as would any team in the top 15 or so.
    — psuwelsh
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:37 AM, 01/09/2009
    The over-rating of the Big 12 all year prevented USC from getting into the National Chanpionship Game with Florida where they belonged. Utah looked like they could beat anbody in the Sugar Bowl. Just another year of the fans being unsatisfied at the end of the season and caring even less about next season.
    — Voytas
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:43 AM, 01/09/2009
    You're a biased, bcs hack. I can't believe you still get to vote! Penn State--> Gets throttled, falls one spot Utah--->Well, you have screwed them every week, so what can you say? Ole Jeffy has ranked them the lowest nearly every week. Pre-Bowl Ranking? 10. PATHETIC. Alabama--> You know, the team Utah killed? Fell two spots. Texas Tech--> Gets DESTROYED by Ole Miss..falls one place. I could go on. All you readers go to http://pollspeak.com/pollstalker/pollstalker.php?s=5&p=9&t1=107&t2=&v=396&w=16&r=V to see where ole Jeffy moved the teams. PATHETIC. Congratulations Jeffy, you are not only PART of the problem, you are the worst AP voter in America. Disagree? PROVE IT...Especially your homer treatment of PSU and your BCS bias against Utah. Inexcusable.
    — tonytheute
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:40 AM, 01/09/2009
    The Utah fans are delusional. I live in Utah and have had a front-row seat for this and I think the would lose a minimum of four games if they had to play a Big 12 or SEC schedule each week. They beat that powerhouse U. of New Mexico team 13-10 and would have lost to TCU if TCU would have had a decent kicker. Even then, they had to win on a last second play at home. Sure they beat Alabama but the 1980 USA olympic hockey team beat the Russians and nobody in their right mind would think they were as good. They would have lost 19 out 20 times but they won the one game that counted. That's what Utah did to Alabama. There's no way Utah should be ranked number one.
    — sandman
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:59 PM, 01/09/2009
    im not a utah fan either but they should atleast be threebehind usc and florida. texas barely beat a half decent big ten team. keep in mind utah didnt just beat alabama. they whooped them. they deserve more for that and they are the only undfeated team. undefeated! no big 12 team should be in top five in my opinion either. im a big psu fan and i agree they shoulda dropped more to like 9-11. bottom line bcs is bs again and always. college ball has lost its meaning. there needs to be playoffs so no one can ever argue
    — moose42


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About Joe Juliano
Joe Juliano has been a staff writer for The Inquirer for 20 years, covering college sports, golf and the Penn Relays.

This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.

Joe McIntyre is a senior at Penn State majoring in journalism. He covered the Penn State football beat in 2011 for the Daily Collegian. Follow him on Twitter here @JoeMcIntyre5.
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