New Polls are Out - Week 6
30 09 2007Wow, the pollsters must love South Florida now. I don’t know if I would have jumped them as much as they did, but the Bulls are now #6 in the AP and #9 in the Coaches poll - the highest ranked team in the state of Florida, at least in the AP (Florida only dropped 4 spots in the Coaches, so they’re still #7).
South Florida for the national championship anyone? Of course, they still have a tough schedule left, having to still play at Rutgers, at UConn, vs. Cincinnati, and vs. Louisville (they’re a combined 16-3). The only real hit on the Bulls is their lackluster out of conference schedule, which consists of I-AA Elon, 1-4 UNC, 3-2 Florida Atlantic from the Sun Belt, with 3-1 Central Florida being their only real good out of conference game.
However, there is a good chance that the Bulls will be 6-0 and possibly a top-5 team going into their game at Rutgers October 18th.
As I suspected, Kentucky is in the top 10 as well, ranked #8 in both polls, and they become the highest ranked team in the SEC East in the AP poll as well. However, Kentucky is looking at a very tough road ahead in the month of October as they have to play at South Carolina, then at home against LSU, Florida, and resurgent Mississippi State on consecutive weeks.
Also, as I thought, LSU also takes over #1 in the AP poll with 33 #1 votes to USC’s 32, but USC maintains their #1 ranking in the coaches poll. LSU is ahead of USC by a mere 2 points in the AP poll. LSU closed the gap, but not as much as I thought, in the coaches poll.
Boston College also joins the top 10.
