The WTf? Poll.. Harris

[Jamtas#2]

Check out the results of the Harris Poll:
1 USC (99) 12-1 2811 1 L38-41 at Texas
2 Texas (14) 13-0 2726 2 W41-38 USC
3 Penn State 11-1 2592 3 W26-23 at Florida State
4 Ohio State 10-2 2398 6 W34-20 Notre Dame
5 Notre Dame 9-3 2295 7 L20-34 at Ohio State
6 Oregon 10-2 2205 8 L14-17 at Oklahoma
7 Auburn 9-3 2085 9 L10-24 Wisconsin
8 Georgia 10-3 2053 12 L35-38 West Virginia
9 Miami (FL) 9-3 1942 10 L3-40 at LSU
10 LSU 11-2 1812 4 W40-3 Miami (FL)
11 Virginia Tech 11-2 1719 5 W35-24 Louisville
12 West Virginia 11-1 1673 13 W38-35 at Georgia
13 Alabama 10-2 1451 14 W13-10 Texas Tech
14 TCU 11-1 1328 15 W27-24 at Iowa State
15 Texas Tech 9-3 1147 16 L10-13 at Alabama
16 Louisville 9-3 1016 17 L24-35 at Virginia Tech
17 UCLA 10-2 1004 11 W50-38 Northwestern
17 Florida 9-3 1004 18 W31-24 Iowa
19 Boston College 9-3 763 19 W27-21 Boise State
20 Wisconsin 10-3 675 20 W24-10 at Auburn
21 Michigan 7-5 556 21 L28-32 at Nebraska
22 Florida State 8-5 474 27 L23-26 Penn State
23 Clemson 8-4 301 23 W19-10 at Colorado
24 Georgia Tech 7-5 282 24 L10-38 at Utah
25 Iowa 7-5 132 25 L24-31 at Florida

Which then leads us to the final BCS rankings:
BCS Standings
Rk Team W-L Harris Coaches CPU % BCS
Rk Points % Rk Points % Prev Avg
1 USC 12-1 1 2811 .995 2 1483 .957 .970 1 .987
2 Texas 13-0 2 2726 .965 1 1550 1.000 .990 2 .973
3 Penn State 11-1 3 2592 .918 3 1421 .917 .920 3 .919
4 Ohio State 10-2 4 2398 .849 4 1357 .875 .880 6 .856
5 Oregon 10-2 6 2205 .781 12 837 .540 .820 7 .799
6 Notre Dame 9-3 5 2295 .812 11 866 .559 .600 8 .733
7 Georgia 10-3 8 2053 .727 10 900 .581 .720 13 .718
8 Miami (FL) 9-3 9 1942 .687 18 558 .360 .730 9 .704
9 Auburn 9-3 7 2085 .738 14 760 .490 .550 10 .675
10 Virginia Tech 11-2 11 1719 .608 7 1176 .759 .790 5 .672
11 West Virginia 11-1 12 1673 .592 6 1235 .797 .710 11 .640
12 LSU 11-2 10 1812 .641 5 1281 .826 .600 4 .629
13 Alabama 10-2 13 1451 .514 8 1066 .688 .340 15 .454
14 TCU 11-1 14 1328 .470 9 914 .590 .390 14 .445
15 Texas Tech 9-3 15 1147 .406 19 422 .272 .470 16 .429
16 UCLA 10-2 17 1004 .355 13 774 .499 .410 12 .369
17 Florida 9-3 17 1004 .355 16 718 .463 .220 17 .306
18 Wisconsin 10-3 20 675 .239 15 739 .477 .410 18 .302
19 Louisville 9-3 16 1016 .360 20 342 .221 .050 21 .262
20 Michigan 7-5 21 556 .197 28 32 .021 .400 19 .258
21 Boston College 9-3 19 763 .270 17 584 .377 .190 20 .245
22 Florida State 8-5 22 474 .168 23 209 .135 .000 0 .111
23 Oklahoma 8-4 26 87 .031 22 274 .177 .240 23 .100
24 Georgia Tech 7-5 24 282 .100 34 5 .003 .110 24 .095
25 Northwestern 7-5 29 30 .011 35 2 .001 .240 22 .089


So USC is ranked ahead of an undefeated Texas team that beat them, a 9-3 Georgia team is ranked 4 spots ahead of an 11-1 West Virginia team that beat them, an 11-2 LSU team is ranked behind a 9-3 Miami team they throttled, and so on....


Great stuff huh?

[timvp]

So USC won after all?

Nice.

[tlongII]

Excellent.

[Dre_7]

Both polls are BS.

Auburn ranked higher than the team that smoked them in the bowl? Bull!!

[N.Y. Johnny]

wonderfull, I would imagine they have some people that have no clue about the sport of football and college football voting on this poll.
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[Kori Ellis]

i imagine that this thread is complete

Me too.

There's no link and it's not anywhere on the wire.

[Jamtas#2]

I apologize for not posting a source.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/polls

[Kori Ellis]

But that link says the polls get updated on Sunday. So has it actually been updated since then?

[Jamtas#2]

For the record, I went to Texas and this isn't posted as a "ha ha in your face" post. I just can't believe all of the BS and crap that goes along with college football rankings.

[Jamtas#2]

But that link says the polls get updated on Sunday. So has it actually been updated since then?

I thought that maybe it hadn't, but the information in the grid is up to date (i.e. AP and Coaches rank TX #1 inside the BCS grid formula along with the current records.

[hussker]

The Poll is from December 4, 2005...and WAY off.
The Harris Poll is one of three determinants in the BCS. The FINAL Harris Poll is NOT after the Bowl Season, it is before the Bowls begin. It is instrumental in determining the BCS representatives in the game.

You will NOT see a "BCS" Final poll after the games are over, because the FINAL Harris Poll is that 4 Dec Poll...See link:

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/new...s/BCS_2005.pdf

Fret not t.u. fans, you are the National Champs (as if you were worried...)

Nice STRETCH CaliCondoms...Hope you do not burst like that D Line you had...Could lead to some inbreeding!

[Jamtas#2]

That's good to know.
I was thrown off by them updating that information in the BCS grid.