USA Today Poll- Week 1

[AppGuy04]

Normally I wouldn't care, but holy hell, Duke got a vote

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2539278
1. Ohio State (28) 0-0 1,487
2. Texas (11) 0-0 1,378
3. USC (1) 0-0 1,348
3. Notre Dame (9) 0-0 1,348
5. Oklahoma (13) 0-0 1,320
6. Auburn (1) 0-0 1,206
7. West Virginia 0-0 1,202
8. Florida 0-0 1,054
9. LSU 0-0 1,037
10. Florida State 0-0 874
11. Miami (FL) 0-0 839
12. California 0-0 798
13. Louisville 0-0 785
14. Georgia 0-0 784
15. Michigan 0-0 778
16. Virginia Tech 0-0 591
17. Iowa 0-0 519
18. Clemson 0-0 493
19. Penn State 0-0 406
20. Oregon 0-0 373
21. TCU 0-0 270
22. Nebraska 0-0 261
23. Tennessee 0-0 216
24. Alabama 0-0 210
25. Texas Tech 0-0 198
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Arizona State 182, Boston College 87, Utah 84, Arkansas 64, South Carolina 55, Boise State 46, Wisconsin 37, UCLA 29, Georgia Tech 28, Fresno State 14, Tulsa 11, Iowa State 9, Minnesota 9, Maryland 8, Purdue 7, Texas A&M 6, Memphis 5, Nevada 3, UTEP 3, Rutgers 2, Northern Illinois 2, Northwestern 2, Oregon State 2, Arizona 2, Brigham Young 2, Colorado 1, Duke 1.

[dbackjon]

No votes for any Sunbelt team????

[putter]

So if Richmond beats Duke, do they deserve a vote? :thumbsup:

[ucdtim17]

Steve Spurrier votes for Duke. There are about 10 teams you could make an argument for at #1, but everyone has question marks. I'd put ND in at 1 - the offense will be the best in the country and the D is a year older and hopefully a year better, with Zbikowski leading as a preseason all american. WR's are going to think twice about crossing over the middle after seeing him knock out that OSU chump at MSG :rotateh:

We'd all be better off without these stupid preseason polls - it's insane how much influence this has on the season and predetermines what bowls schools go to. See Auburn, 2004

[Tod]

Iowa #17. Oh-oh. : smh : : smh : : smh : :p

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Texas at #2 is a bit of a suprise consider they're starting a redshirt frosh at QB. Even though i'm an ND homer i figured it would be Ohio State #1 and Notre Dame #2. Also a lot of these votes must have been done before Oklahoma suspended Bomar. I think in reality you can drop them about 10 places.

[ngineer]

Duke even gets a vote??:eek:

[lambertjr]

I don't even look at the polls until the 4th or 5th week.xcoffeex

[wannabegaucho]

Steve Spurrier votes for Duke.
These polls are worthless, but I love how Spurrier stays true to where he gained coaching fame.

On a different subject: If he was a voter, would Mack the Knife give Appy any love in the I-AA polls?